Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Good Afternoon,
It might be old but it can still do days work

Critter going to like that.

 

[Thomas]

Sorry about the bad turn event.

Pup cutie Buppies.

 

[rswyan]

Front lawn finished.

Neighbor stopped by for a little chat.

The two of us finally got smart and took 10 steps to get out of the sun and into the shade.

Brought down the short t posts to bake in the sun.

Woman just headed out to the store for cat food and groceries, left me on duty minding the meatloaf that’s in the oven.

Still a sweltering 92F out there.

Taking the opportunity to cool off before any more outdoor fun and games.

 

[sodamo]

Learned years ago securing plastic in truck body can be tricky. Bought a number of those 1x6 pvc boards for some finish work. Drove all the way home, 20 miles from HD, no hurry to unload. Next morning Sophie went for her walk, came home and announced, “ you know one of your boards is in middle of the lower driveway” had worked itself out from middle of stack. fortunately, it was home not on the highway. Try to use that saran wrap stuff ever since.

 

[daugen]

just ate my fresh picked green beans along with a bit of left over meat loaf.
interesting that the burgundy beans almost immediately turn green outside when cooking.
a little salted butter and ground pepper, very tender and good.

going to be even hotter tomorrow, so headed outside in a bit to ride the lawn mower.
I don't need to trim this time so easy to do in the heat.
going to drink some extra water before I go out

 

[Buppies]

Made it up to 94.5 today hotter each day thru Wednesday did not see this coming

 

[Popgadget]

Good Evening
I started a post this morning, but never got it sent.
Just as well, the weather was nothing like the forecast.
It stayed overcast, hot and humid, but we had multiple rounds of passing showers, even some power outages. The generator started, but only ran for 25 minutes or so.

I did get out with the Lazer and finished the mowing all the way to the street. While mowing between the pastures and the pond, I noticed that there were 3 fawns inside the large pasture, and the gates were closed. Wife opened the gates and I herded them with the Lazer from outside the fence. They were slow to figure it out, but eventually found their way out.

Took advantage of the rain delays to clean up and organize in the shop. Got the M18 battery holders wired up as well.

This is the view through the Optrel welding helmet.
The auto darkening function is interesting as it has the ability to darken to a sensed intensity rather than a fixed shade. (It can also work in fixed shade mode if you wished).

I have never seen a welding helmet with this level of transparency. I’ll report back after I’ve used it on a few projects, but I have great expectations.

Tomorrow is another trip to Sarasota in the morning, not likely I will accomplish anything else when I get back, it will be close to 100°.

 

[Thomas]

75F clear sky.

Been slow motion day...little weeding,sweep inside shed clean,seem one of the cubs very interested in game cam neighbor down the road stop and good long chat...yup a lazy summer day.

Plans for the evening O to nothing,setting on the deck feet up enjoying smooth cigar until.

Enjoy your evening all.
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Couple critters visit while BBQing

 

[sodamo]

If I could poke our TBN brain trust.
In Jun 2014 we redid our lower driveway. Base in an old cane road, topped with 1” minus stone.
11 years has taken its toll. While tempted to just bring in more rock, I think some prep in order. A bit wash boardy in places.

Years before the redo, I attempted using Box Blade, but did more damage than good. I had better luck with my land rake, especially when just topping with rock.

Too compacted this time for just the rake.
Any thoughts on using a disc harrow, just to break surface an inch or two, then the land rake, probably adding more 1” as neccessary.

 

[ponytug]

I suspect that the tool you want is a land plane in some form or another. If you are handy with a welder, you can probably make one quickly. I would not use a harrow.

You want to get the bigger pieces into your low spots and then drag the fines over top and compact them. If you find it recurring, I'd be tempted to get a little red clay to help bind the fines. 1"- is great, but I think that clay probably helps, especially where you are.

I think that you live in a wonderful corner of the world.

All the best,

Peter