Coffee anyone ?

[RR Homestead]

Since he's now aware of cameras & know you know, maybe he'll stay away.

A lovely Sat morning is here. Weekend at home. I stopped & got a can of gas for the mower on my way home from work yesterday. I'll get yard mowed late afternoon. It's too dampish now, esp with it being tall. I'll get it bagged & dumped for chickens, goats, etc. If dry I can use baggers on the mower! 58* now but mid 80s later, so expect dry!

Even had breakfast this morning -- another cuppa & I'll be outside to make today count for farm work needed. Job work looks less intense for coming week. Hope to be home Fri for any "prep" to be able to leave early sat morn for Gilmanor meet up. Need to leave by 5:30-6 2 hr drive. Tight parking close in.

I made sure to make it clear we have camera's everywhere.

 

[fuzzi]

And now for more sheep stuff...

"jumper" = sweater

A wool jumper, made in 1985, washed in cold water once a month, worn through three decades of British winters, would currently be sitting in someone's wardrobe doing fine.

A polyester fleece, made in 2026, machine-washed weekly, will start to lose its structural integrity within three to five years, shed an estimated 700,000 microfibres per wash into the water system, and end its life in landfill where it will persist for approximately 200 years.

The wool jumper:

- Came from a sheep
- Required grass and rain
- Will biodegrade entirely within three years of being buried
- Will keep you warm when wet
- Will not melt if exposed to a flame
- Will probably outlive you
- Cost £80 in 1985, which is £230 today, and represents the entire jumper budget for the next forty years

The polyester fleece:

- Came from an oil refinery in Texas
- Required hexane extraction, polymerisation and dyeing in three different factories on three different continents
- Will not biodegrade in any human timeframe
- Will get cold and clammy when wet
- Will melt against your skin if exposed to a flame
- Will be in landfill within five years
- Cost £40 in 2026, which means you'll buy ten of them across the next forty years for a total of £400, and the planet will still be eating the residue in the year 2226

But yes. The sheep is the problem.

The sheep, standing in a field in mid-Wales, growing a renewable fibre from grass and rain.

The sheep is the problem.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2047937664691667334

 

[Mini Horses]

Finally mowed the yard gonna rain tonight. Close to an inch expected -- we need it. Well, only front. That counts

 

[CLSranch]

We got a couple of heavy down pours hear in and I mean in the camper today. The slide out leaks like a sieve, even when slid in now. And the floor is so gone you can no longer keeping sliding it in and out at every rain storm. It leaked inside and ruined a computer within months of getting the NEW camper. I should've traded it back in and also claimed insurance on the blow out tearing out some of the wiring and breaking the brackets for the drawers above it years ago. To late now. I have about 6 pot, pans, cast iron and proydex catching leaks. I meant to grab some buckets I took out of the trash at work the other day, home at lunch. I forgot them then and after work. yay Supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow as well. Some of the leaks are more than you run your faucet at 18 degrees in the south.

“People like me don’t have people. We are the people that people have.”

yep

We've tried to stay with traditional AU Cattle Dog names and even Western names. This one told me her name was Poppy. She turned two on March 16th. The man who sold her said she was too nice for his needs. Yup - she's a love.

I've gotten rid of a friendly instead of protective minnie aussie before. Then the GF at the time and her mother got each a pup that was very protective. Mine would run off to anybody even with a lot of training.


We'll probably dump some HEET into it and see if that does the trick. If not, we'll have to drain it and refill. If we can get it going we'll head back tomorrow.
To late now but I like a fuel stabilizer in ALL gas as soon as I get it home in case I don't use it right away. HEET does work though. Like diesel 911 it works but better to put the anti gel in before it gels up.

I keep a couple of cans of gas around at all times. I may not need any or I need 10 gal for a quick welding job and don't have time to run to town, or weld some, mow the yard, run the little tractor and need a gallon for mixed gas all within 2 days. And I'm not one to run to town after lunch or after a couple of beers. The time may coincide but even with out I hate going to town late. Also in the truck (how I price everything) the 5 gallons cost an extra 10$-15$ because of the fuel in the truck. Don't forget oil (current leak) but every motor needs it's oil changed and tires so round up to the next dollar on fuel prices anytime you figure what it's going to cost to make that drive. Also why we all stock up.

 

[drstratton]

We got a couple of heavy down pours hear in and I mean in the camper today. The slide out leaks like a sieve, even when slid in now. And the floor is so gone you can no longer keeping sliding it in and out at every rain storm. It leaked inside and ruined a computer within months of getting the NEW camper. I should've traded it back in and also claimed insurance on the blow out tearing out some of the wiring and breaking the brackets for the drawers above it years ago. To late now. I have about 6 pot, pans, cast iron and proydex catching leaks. I meant to grab some buckets I took out of the trash at work the other day, home at lunch. I forgot them then and after work. yay Supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow as well. Some of the leaks are more than you run your faucet at 18 degrees in the south.


yep

I've gotten rid of a friendly instead of protective minnie aussie before. Then the GF at the time and her mother got each a pup that was very protective. Mine would run off to anybody even with a lot of training.


We'll probably dump some HEET into it and see if that does the trick. If not, we'll have to drain it and refill. If we can get it going we'll head back tomorrow.

To late now but I like a fuel stabilizer in ALL gas as soon as I get it home in case I don't use it right away. HEET does work though. Like diesel 911 it works but better to put the anti gel in before it gels up.

I keep a couple of cans of gas around at all times. I may not need any or I need 10 gal for a quick welding job and don't have time to run to town, or weld some, mow the yard, run the little tractor and need a gallon for mixed gas all within 2 days. And I'm not one to run to town after lunch or after a couple of beers. The time may coincide but even with out I hate going to town late. Also in the truck (how I price everything) the 5 gallons cost an extra 10$-15$ because of the fuel in the truck. Don't forget oil (current leak) but every motor needs it's oil changed and tires so round up to the next dollar on fuel prices anytime you figure what it's going to cost to make that drive. Also why we all stock up.

We use stabilize too, especially in the boat. Just picked up 25 gallons of gas in town yesterday, we always have it on hand. Got it at 80 cents off a gallon from Fred Meyer, still over $4 per gallon.

He's starting out with the easiest possible fixes and going from there. Don't think we'll be fishing tomorrow.

 

[drstratton]

When we were done working on the boat for the day, we got busy and planted our new Flowering Pear tree. Yep another spring bee tree.

 

[fuzzi]

It's not what we needed, but I'm not complaining!

 

[Mini Horses]

Haven't been out to check the empty feed pans for accumulation but, appears we didn't get but some light showering. Heard a few little hits on window about 9-10 last night. It's wet out but mostly surface annoyance stuff. Overcast & a "wet cold" at 54* . I guess it's an inside day. Goats are sure inside the barns! Rain & goats aren't a mix.

I had left windows open front & back of house -- under porches -- so it's just 70 inside. Thinking I'll cook!! There won't be a heat up issue. Gosh, it was a HOT 88 here yesterday afternoon. Inside wasn't much better. We need a good, slow, warm, sit on the porch with iced tea & watch it rain kinda day. Not happening. Sadly, I can't remember having one of those in a couple of years.

Should probably get off of this couch & do something!

 

[farmerjan]

Haven't been out to check the empty feed pans for accumulation but, appears we didn't get but some light showering. Heard a few little hits on window about 9-10 last night. It's wet out but mostly surface annoyance stuff. Overcast & a "wet cold" at 54* . I guess it's an inside day. Goats are sure inside the barns! Rain & goats aren't a mix.

I had left windows open front & back of house -- under porches -- so it's just 70 inside. Thinking I'll cook!! There won't be a heat up issue. Gosh, it was a HOT 88 here yesterday afternoon. Inside wasn't much better. We need a good, slow, warm, sit on the porch with iced tea & watch it rain kinda day. Not happening. Sadly, I can't remember having one of those in a couple of years.

Should probably get off of this couch & do something!

Same here, just enough to be damp and wet but not any real good for the ground..

You are so right about needing a good all day sit and watch it rain ... kind of day...

@fuzzi; I would be sooooo THANKFUL to get 5/10 in my rain gauge... Glad you got it...
Hey, I need to do something like that for whenever we do get some rain... rain barrels.. Guess I will go back through your "journal" and see how you made them... at least to water the stuff around the house because there is just not enough rain to do it. Even a couple tenths would fill them off the gutters.

One thing, the wind has finally died down . Yesterday was next to no breeze and today none so far.

 

[Grandmas Barn]

Haven't been out to check the empty feed pans for accumulation but, appears we didn't get but some light showering. Heard a few little hits on window about 9-10 last night. It's wet out but mostly surface annoyance stuff. Overcast & a "wet cold" at 54* . I guess it's an inside day. Goats are sure inside the barns! Rain & goats aren't a mix.

I had left windows open front & back of house -- under porches -- so it's just 70 inside. Thinking I'll cook!! There won't be a heat up issue. Gosh, it was a HOT 88 here yesterday afternoon. Inside wasn't much better. We need a good, slow, warm, sit on the porch with iced tea & watch it rain kinda day. Not happening. Sadly, I can't remember having one of those in a couple of years.

Should probably get off of this couch & do something!

WOW that was very warm, We got to 59.
And a big maybe 68 by 3pm today