Good morning!!!!

[ArlyA]

Arly, just looked at a map and I thought my brother's place in Cedarville was far away, but Houghton is even further
out that peninsula to the West. You are almost in Canada.
looks like a wonderful spot to have a boat
and a beautiful area in general. Town of 9000 should be just the right size.

Thanks daugen. Not all that close to Canada it being a 93 mile flight to Thunder bay. Even taking a boat to the isle is a 6 hour trip. Here is a pic a friend took of me on the Ranger .

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
63° and partly cloudy. It’s only going into the middle 70’s and the clouds will persist through the day.

Yesterday’s trip was totally uneventful other than the price of Jet fuel was almost $3 a gallon lower in Maine than in Philly. We always try to arrive with minimum fuel and leave with maximum. For comparison it was over $6 less than Boston. The variation seems insane to me, flat out usury in the cities with many fingers in the pie.
I got home just before Amazon finally delivered my access point, so I got that installed as soon as I changed my clothes.

It was nice of Drew to deliver tomatoes, I put them to use for dinner. Apparently Zoe was outside when he arrived, and gave him the royal greeting (which usually isn’t appreciated). She loves people and just ant help herself. My wife says she can’t control her licker….

Here was my dinner thanks to Drew.

And here is Zoe giving me some attention.

Today starts with breakfast with the professor, not sure what will follow.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 65 going to 75 and sunny.
The rain did mess up the dusting of the YJ, but went out and did it again last night.
Even with that the numbers I see around the gazebo are minimal, so I guess the gazebo ones and the ones under the bush are the same.
The tree that I thought took a lightning hit is an ash and I think it just dropped bark, which is weird as the bark is on top of the Y?
Down to 2 peaches since the rest have disappeared, Since I did not see any on the ground of the 30 or 40 I started with, I assume they have been taken by animals.

Ron, sounds like you are on the home stretch with the ankle !

Zoe is looking great Popgadget.

be well,

The harvest this year...

 

[ronjhall]

And here is Zoe giving me some attention.
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Sassy likes to do her attention with jumps on my legs and licks. I warn people that she is my attack dog. If she gets close enough. She will smoother you with her kisses. Sassy is kid size.

 

[daugen]

I told Popgadget I had a lovely dance with his dog
She led
I followed...
Zoe was having so much fun, hard to resist.

found five mums at bountiful acres, will buy more but cheaper ones.
Got all five planted which was what I thought I'd be doing this afternoon.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Lou, sorry and prayers for your ability to get around. My buddy bought his mom a portable O2 machine. She has bad allergies and some asthma. She uses it whenever she gets winded. Sure appreciate your advice here, I can tell it comes from years of experience.

 

[sodamo]

71°F and .16 inches rain

Got the new carburetor for Sophie’s Scag. Will get that installed today. That solenoid piece at bottom was sticking.

Gonna cleanup her Sear mower and put that on CL. Mowes well, but that is the one she brought the frame I mended.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

89F and sunny @ 13:00, which is 2F above what WU was calling for, for the day's high. DP 65F, HU 47%, "feels like" temp = 95F.

A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible today, with thunderstorms likely this evening.

Dark clouds to the north, cloud cover here can't arrive too soon.

Got meds doled out first thing yesterday.

Refilled hopper and both tube feeders, also scattered some seed for the ground feeders.

Put out some food for the feral kitty that seems tobe hanging around.

Menards rebates put in the mail.

Ran down to the corner and picked up another 5 gallons for the Cub, refueled Cub when I got back.

Hauled down another couple of bucket loads of mulch for the arbs.

Some more mulch spreading done.

Cleaned out interior of new freezer, swapped positions of freezer and hutch, checked it for level (within 0.1 of a degree) and powered it up setting it to "Fast Freeze".

It was down to -20F within 2 hours, reset it to "4" (normal) which allowed it to come up to a couple degrees below 0F.

Got call in early evening, Woman's car would not start ... so rescue trip over to deal with that.

It had been acting a little flaky when I ran down to get gas for Cub: turn key on and the wipers cycle ... despite being the off position. Try it a second time and it turns over and starts.

Was able to get it started for Her using that procedure and we drove it over to Autozone and had them load test the battery. Bad battery (not at all surprising, given how often some light in it has been left on ... )

So She drove it back home stopping by Micky D's to grab some chow on Her way back.

Low fuel light was on in the van so I drove it over to one of the cheap fuel places and filled it up. $93 and 25+ gallons. Then came on home.

Ran over to NAPA this morning (it was a NAPA battery) in The Woman's car. Had them verify the battery was bad, unfortunately no warranty as the battery was 10+ years.

Got new battery and installed it, and left $214 lighter in the wallet. Car now starts right up.

Looks like it starting to cloud up some here so probably go mow the front which is now at the point that it needs it.

That will allow me to put the rest of the gas that's still in the can into the Cub.

Lawn not looking too bad considering no appreciable rain in the month of August. But we surely need it.

Then pick up a few items that need to be brought inside before it rains.

After that probably process squash for freezing ... that Lemon Squash Cake is weighing heavily on The Woman's mind ...

Hope everyone is having a decent Tuesday ...

 

[daugen]

hope you get ten years out of this battery RS.

cleaning ladies left, house looks better, wasn't scolded too much...
worked out deal for them to come every three months.

replacement head for Makita string trimmer came in.
oem one only has one string, replacement has two. Newer model of same unit switched to
normal double string, but had to special order it since it has a smaller shaft (M8?) instead of M10 arbor.
but getting old one off will require a youtube video, how to stop shaft while trying
to undo the head.
that's tomorrow's project, ran out of energy

very nice day outside

 

[Thomas]

Coyotes are howling outside, loudest I’ve ever heard them here.

Pups starting to get more active???

 

[Thomas]

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And here is Zoe giving me some attention.
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Zoe giving nothing but love.

 

[Thomas]

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Sassy likes to do her attention with jumps on my legs and licks. I warn people that she is my attack dog. If she gets close enough. She will smoother you with her kisses. Sassy is kid size.

Picture worth 1000 words.

 

[Thomas]

68F now and high for today temp.

Good day at work,saw little Boo setting by the stack wood driving by early morn,roll down window and wave Boo lifted paw like he waving back.

Highway department doing road side mowing this afternoon, operator got little close edge with mower stretch all the way out,JD around 100hp slid down into deep ditch couple hours later after wrecker did it's thing JD headed back to barn bet looking for power washer...ditch will need good cleaning.

Plans for the evening...other than feet up waiting for critters nothing O.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Thomas]

I'm picturing an extra heavy duty swing with Boo pushing the little ones
back and forth
old truck tire and a chain?

Try that years years ago bear front paws head through tire and got stuck game warden gave bear sleep shot.almost 1/2 hour cutting tire free.

Wife wants purchase HD hammock tie between 2 trees.

 

[rswyan]

88.1F now with clouds on the increase. Marginal risk of severe thunderstorms.

Front lawn mowing all completed.

Topped off fuel in Cub.

Large peach tree watered and fed, 13+ gallons. That emptied the water buffalo.

Swapped out the female QD coupler on the hose on the buffalo for a male . That will allow connecting the buffalo to the female QD coupler on the garden hose without having to swap fittings on the hose.

Dropped buffalo round back for refill then connected dump cart up and gathered up Stihl pole saw and the Altec Rock Box and brought those inside along with the fertilizer from the buffalo.

Looks like thunderstorms developing off to the north and west and heading this way. Fingers crossed we get some rain.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Pups starting to get more active???

Don't know, sure made a lot of noise. Should have recorded it.

mowed just a little this morning, ran a load of Dad's wash and it dryied while I mowed. Then ran in to see him.
Then drove home, so am tired. Will probably do this weekly. The resident Dr came in to see him while I was there, I'm not impressed by him.

Was hotter in Ohio than at home, ran into very heavy fog at the top of the mountains. Almost got hit by crazy drivers twice that I saw, one was racing and trying to pass someone on the right, and then try to duck in front of the vehicle in left lane about to pass me.. I thought it would slam right into the back of me, but they braked as they finally decided they wouldn't make it.

 

[daugen]

on this day a few years back I harvested so many things in one day I had to lay one of
each out on the counter. Lots more not shown, all the early veggies like lettuces and bok choy, potatoes, etc

those okra plants would just grow taller and taller and taller, up to twelve feet until a storm knocked them down.
And then they started growing back up again. That is one tough persistent plant. And since each new flower is at top of the plant,
that's where the okra grows, and up it goes like a beanstalk. I don't happen to like the veggie or I'd grow it here. Plus it likes it hot and sunny.
In NC the food pantry clamored for all I could grow. Most folks had never seen red or orange okra, much less those little beer
barrel stubby types. Lot of fiber in okra and low calorie.
I loved to grow it, but would have to do it from seed to get the good colored okra seeds from Baker Creek seed in Missouri.

 

[txdon]

Good evening! 73˚F after a thunderstorm dropped 1/2" of rain, the only significant rain this month. Over all a pretty good day started out with a 2 mile walk and then I left the Apple Watch going and I clocked in another 2 miles while I mowed, weed eater, edged, and blew the yard. Just finished my 1000ft swim before the first lightening, water temp was 89˚, now. 88˚.

Had lemon rosemary hamburgers for dinner and nada moo vanilla ice cream for desert with a caramel topping made from sweet potatoes and a bit of coconut sugar. Surprisingly it taste very good, almost like butterscotch and has the perfect caramel color.

Good Morning thread quote for the day by Richard Osman, author of "The Thursday Murder Club":

"Many years ago everybody here would wake early because there was so much to do and only so many hours in the day. Now they wake early because there is so much to do and only so many days left."

 

[m7040]

on this day a few years back I harvested so many things in one day I had to lay one of
each out on the counter. Lots more not shown, all the early veggies like lettuces and bok choy, potatoes, etc

those okra plants would just grow taller and taller and taller, up to twelve feet until a storm knocked them down.
And then they started growing back up again. That is one tough persistent plant. And since each new flower is at top of the plant,
that's where the okra grows, and up it goes like a beanstalk. I don't happen to like the veggie or I'd grow it here. Plus it likes it hot and sunny.
In NC the food pantry clamored for all I could grow. Most folks had never seen red or orange okra, much less those little beer
barrel stubby types. Lot of fiber in okra and low calorie.
I loved to grow it, but would have to do it from seed to get the good colored okra seeds from Baker Creek seed in Missouri.

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Thanks for. showing your harvest.
We grew Okra when the kids grew up. Beautiful flower on top
Sautéed did not work and made them stringy, slimy
However breading and frying turned out very delicious

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 0.2C and it's presently 15.0C, partly cloudy with a breeze.

A quiet day yesterday spent with my friends.

we really, really do not bounce well any more.

... and that happened to me last evening as I missed a bottom step and, fortunately, landed on a fairly thick carpet. I received an annoying rug-burn on my right knee & some bruising on my right forearm. It could've been a lot worse.

It's 'into town' day for groceries. Yay. Also the last day for my friends as they'll head off early tomorrow morning.

That's about it, take care all.