Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, got any Witch Hazel? or 'After Bite'?

no, used to use aloa plant but don't have any of that either.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 67ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 83ºF, HI 88ºF. Made coffee to start day, bike ride, 81.5 miles, lunch, nap, clean front porch off, too tired to PW do it this fall.
Resuming Wednesday 5/28 9:21 AM CDT post 207,246:
Buppies went water skiing on Mississippi (upstream from Illinois River) first week of May 2007 to make sure boat could pull me up on slalom ski. It was cold. prayers sent.
RS hope you were able to complete short agenda and get fuel nozzle unclogged.
Bill sorry get up and go has left the house.
Buppies what is get up and go?
David sounds a lot my SUV 2019 Ford Explorer 14K miles sold it early this year.
David wondering how you expect to find get up and go before finish second cup of coffee.
Drew glad you got some cleaning done, my cleaning crew comes one a month. Hope you get that squirrel with something extra.
Dennis glad you got BBQ for lunch and Sam's run in.Sorry wood wouldn't catch fire. Nice rain amount.
Billy glad you got Costco run in. Nice gas price.
Thomas glad wood stacked, and cukes replanted, hope momma racoon takes talk to heart.
Thall Costco in Frisco $2.499.
Dennis sorry no parking at Costco
Randy(wag) hope you enjoyed the seat time.
PJ Hope golf was good nice deal on truck
Thursday 3:40 AM CDT:
Ron glad you got some bush trimming and weeds pulled and some energy conservation in. Not good odds for drakes, nice pic
Billy glad rain stopped.
Happy(nc) good to hear wrist got extra rest. Hope you and friends got old tank out of river.
Drew hope all you preventive maintenance help car to last longer. There are traffic data sources, my Garmin navigation has traffic info displayed on it.
Thomas hope day went well.
Drew sorry no joy with sound bar, did you try to hook up to tv in the house?
Bill hope you conserved plenty energy.
Ken hope they were able to start driveway. Hope pool robot generate less stuff per day.
Frits hope you can dry out some. Glad excavator oil changed.
Buppies sorry BS dropped so low. I have not had that problem yet. Glad you are about done with antibiotics. Glad Holly is chilling.
Masseyrider sorry so cool in your neck of the woods.
Don have fun with the boat. Sorry dinning out was canceled due to extreme weather. Hope good visit and trip to airport.
Scott(vt) sorry mower had to work so hard to get the grass cut.
RS glad progress in shop clean up. Hope 2 steps forward and only 1 step back. Hope posts are getting coated.
David hope concrete pour went well. $260/yard wow.
Dennis hope you were able to mow some Thursday.
Drew hope you can get some who can work cheaper.
Dennis glad mowing done, and don't forget zoom call.
Randy(wag) glad paddock #1 chain harrowed. Hope you enjoyed easy day.
resuming more tomorrow
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 40° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 70° with hazy sunshine. Got yard ornaments put out. Shrub and grass trimming is done. Good conserve energy in afternoon. Garden pond maintainace in morning. Then conserve energy. With a picnic at neighbors in afternoon.
Morning sunrise with some haze.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

Up way to early pone rang at 3:30 hang up from California now cannot go back to sleep. Wife now up really upset.

Phil sent me a wonderful gift. He is so talented. Means a lot to me. Some days are really dark now trying best I can.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[daugen]

good morning all
brrr....dropped to 46 degrees out, going to be one of those weeks, forecast for later this week in 90's.
better night's sleep last night though had leg cramps I had to walk off

will probably do some car/rv washing today, will try to get outside on what should be a nice day.

Welcome June

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 41 and going up to 61°F. Wind NNW 9 mph. 30% chance of showers.

Was up way too early this morning. Think I will go back to bed for a power nap.

Have a safe day all

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
49 going to partly cloudy 61.
After 18 long years of battle we finally got the great nephew to here:

Rain parted in the middle of the day just long enough to get the ceremony in and done!
Have a new visitor hitting up our humming bird feeder.

Also seeing some of mother nature's best while on our walks.

Not much going on around here. Just the normal everyday stuff. We did get the buckets filled and placed for the tomato plants.

Working in the shop bit by bit. Neck issues are really slowing me down. Have an appointment on the 6th.
Will post again with a few pics once the finish is applied.
That's all for now.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Thomas]

45F cloudy day near 60F for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...cut and fill 3 large kindling barrels,put on new set mowers blades,afternoon take trimmer for walk also pick up limbs etc. from yesterday storm.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

on this day six years ago I was tilling the veggie garden after a rain in NC
with those tires and engine sitting over rear axle, pretty hard to get that Gravely stuck.

I could never use a rototiller like this up here with all the rocks in the soil.
but in the sandy soil of the Inner Banks, that tiller was marvelous and only broke once.
I tried to space the rows to I could use the tiller to get between them
on the row crops the Super A with cultivators worked fine but this tiller did a nice job
where it fit.

The Gravely was all gear and had a full four low speeds perfect for slow speed tilling.
I was in no rush, that aftermarket seat was comfortable, back reclined and even had adjustable lumbar and
adjustable armrests. I still see the seat offered at TSC in some places. Awesome cordura fabric is still in one piece.

only engine I ever ruined was on that tiller. Whole thing is on an angle, and it bounces around a lot, which
splashes the oil inside, increases consumption and I let it get too low. Started to smoke and tap and I didn't have time for a rebuild.
sure kept the oil level above full from then on.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 42 to start going to 51 with a little sun this morning. Yesterday was a total washout, even last night when Kathleen and I drove down to Manchester for a nice dinner at Mistrals restaurant. Heard lots of wind last night so hopefully that will help dry things out for us.

Phil, beautiful job on the knob for Buppies, I’m sure he will treasure it

Drew, kind of wondering what you ended up getting for the Super A ?
I’m just not using mine and it’s taking up space. I have a 6 ft snow plow and frame that I built for it operated by the hydraulic touch control.

Plans for today are clean up this morning and head south. May go out and clean the shop a bit this morning. Hoping that the grass dries out enough before we go to give it a quick once over.

Hope all have a blessed and safe day

 

[daugen]

Scott, I bought it for 2500 with all the attachments, cultivator and fertilizer hopper (which I never used)
probably put 4 grand into it with new clutch, tires, complete refresh mechanically, though I never painted it.
sold it for 2500...
somewhere between 2500 and 4000 seems to be the range, depending upon what else is available locally.

 

[daugen]

I'm afraid selling an open old tractor with a snow plow today would only appeal to the very hardy.
everyone wants a heated cab....
even Bill.

today's compact tractors are so handy from a functional standpoint they make the old stuff seem crude and uncomfortable.
unless you have plenty of garage space and like to do parades, best use for A/Super A
with cultivators might be to sell it to a Maine or Long Island potato farmer to play with.
or maybe a struggling CSA that needs to cultivate veggies.

that tiny straight four engine makes a wonderful purr that deepens under load, very smooth, ecological nightmare dripping oil here
and there from every gasket, and the exhaust was none too clean, but it would settle down and just work.
loudest straight cut gear transmission I ever heard. Constantly thought something was broken. Nope.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
A sunny 52° out there with a high in the middle 60’s at best, but sunny all day.
A welcome change from the preceding grey days that brought 1-1-2” of rain.
Way too wet to do anything outside.

Yesterday was spent working on the shed. A trip to HD for almost $300 in material (admittedly including a tub of screws and a couple of tubes of silicone) started the day. I used the material to build shelves for tubs of alpaca wares that are presently cluttering my shop. I’ll probably have to do the same thing on the other side, but we’ll see how these work first.

Not much planned for today, I should figure out the lighting for the shed, and ought to take advantage of the nice day to aim the little plane somewhere for lunch.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 58 going to 70 and sunny.
Worked on the saws yesterday and then took one down to cut up that big maple branch lying in my lower field.
Some shopping and dinner out, kept it under $100 (it helps to keep costs down since I don't drink)
Lower field is a swamp, which made it less fun to clean up after using the saw.
Not sure what will happen today, probably take the dog for a walk somewhere.

Did clean pool robot again, less messy this time. Getting there.
Still need to powerwash pool and lower deck area.

Be well,

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!

60 this morning and going to 80 with afternoon Tstorms.
Took it easy yesterday. Kinda in limbo while I wait to get the old tank out of the river. Made a half hearted attempt on my own but with the way it needs to be manipulated coming out I just can't do it. Square peg round hole kinda thing.
Nothing planned for today. I have a tree across my trail that blocks the 4 wheelers so may go cut that out so I can check the rest

Already had a second cup and breakfast.
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[m7040]

good morning, 60 going to 66 sunny, nice change from the wind and rain the last few days

working on the barn off and on when I have a few spare moments. Slow progress but getting there

The swallows wants to build nests inside so need to get it closed off

 

[daugen]

nice rose Ken!
man after my own heart, rose wise.

waiting for pack of spinach seeds to show up so I can replant parts of garden.
figure I can do one crop before it gets too hot.
hard to believe forecast is for 93 in three days.

went out and scraped some window frames that were peeling, the ones not vinyl clad.
found one with rotted wood, it's a goner. I gently suggested to landlord, after sending pic of rot, that instead
of a window they replace it with a door. No door to back yard on this cottage. Sure would be nice...and I could finally have a normal
deck out back.
bought a quart of exterior white Moore paint for 29 bucks.
wasn't that what a half gallon used to cost a few years ago?

very pretty outside, headed back out.

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, from 1995 until 2011 I plowed with an open station Farmall C. Had a tarp that covered the grill and went down under the pan covering both sides and terminating at the rear fenders. Tarp served to keep the engine warm and helped keep my feet and lower legs warm too.
It had a 12 volt battery to spin the 6 V starter, but when junior had his girlfriend and her two boys (13 & 9) living here I took the starter off and covered the hole. Started it with the crank. The kids never went near it to the best of my knowledge, because of the hand starter. Turned the timing back about 2 degrees and it started easily for me, even in the coldest temperatures. It was supposed to do about 16 mph wide open, but I dialed the governor back and it would only do 12 mph. Plenty fast enough for me. Had a set of skidder chains on it. Way too big for the rubber it had, but the price was right on the chains.
Do I miss it? NO!

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .27 inches rain

Another rule broken
View attachment IMG_0759.jpg
And the best place to spend the night

Oh well, chair has aged and worn, She wins.

Plan is just piddle about today

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Buppies]

Great picture sodamo nice roses Ken

Got front yard and pond area mowed now backyard up by building

Cleaned truck yesterday a huge pile of bird poop on hood must have been flying elephant unreal