Coffee anyone ?

[farmerjan]

Got rained out for a bit... I got the big weed eater, and wheeled it around and got some done around the back deck, and the tree and shrubs that buck cut down awhile back... The tree was a rose of sharon that had been overcome by some weed/crappy tree and it had to go... it had killed some of it... and there was a huge bush that kept spreading, that had tiny white flowers in the spring for about a week, then was just "there"... tired of mowing around them. So, Buck had cut them one day when he was here doing some other stuff for DS across the dirt road; then had to cut the branches away from the opening across from me where we go in and out with the hay and equipment... and some stuff here in the yard. I had mowed close one day with the mower, but this was much better... got down close to the ground and didn't worry about tearing up the blades etc...
But it was partly sun, then clouds, then thunder, and then a real good rain... hardest rain we have had so far. Really came down... then steady for about an hour... Now it is partly cloudy, humid, and I am going back out to see about maybe doing a little more.
I got some Pink Lily of the Valley pips the other day... and set them to soaking and got another planter ready for them. I want them to get planted as we are supposed to get another bout of showers/rain/storms to go through later tonight.. That will settle them in real good. I want eventually to get them planted around/under the maple tree out front here. But getting them a good start and not accidentally run over with the mower is the goal for now... Had them marked down at Walmart.... so I might go get a couple more packages. There are only 2 to a package, but Lily of the Valley usually spreads good with runners... and they only get 12-18 inches tall and the flowers smell wonderful. One of my grandmother's favorite and "no-care" plants. Good in shaded areas and as a ground cover so to speak. So if I can get a few clumps growing, then they can spread in the area I want them to and fill it in.

So, that is what I am going out to do right now... maybe weed eat a little more. The daffodils that come up in big bunches in the lawn; the leaves are dying off as they always do, so I am mowing them off with the weed eater as the mower flattens them and then they die and leave a bunch of "dead spots"... this cuts them off at the ground level and then the grass grows somewhat and fills in the spots. There are 2 big bunches of them... and are pretty in the spring, so going to leave them. I had thought to dig them up and move them but not going to.

So, while it is "dry" I am going out to do that and see about getting the eggs and maybe take a ride across the road to check on the nurse cows and heifers. Then something for supper... Ate lunch when I got home before... getting more and more weary of eating out as seems there is something that does not agree with me most places... Cannot take the congestion, coughing, difficult to breathe crap all the time...

But, all that aside, we are getting rain...going to slack off for a few days and get in the 80's... this is really helping by soaking in so good...

 

[RR Homestead]

Stocked up on oil. Should be good for a while even with the move in progress. So thankful to y'all for mentioning the coming possibility of shortages. We'd totally forgotten.
I'm doing a lot of deep breathing on the food front. Most is now at home. A lot of our stock we've been eating without replacing due to the move. Giving me anxiety. Especially not having a garden this year to replenish. I'm hoping to get there before garden season is over and buy produce from the amish or farmers markets and get canning done. We are taking a couple steers with us so we definitly will not be without food in the freezer at the least.

 

[Alaskan]

Morning all. Retrieved Hubb’s pickup from the dealership yesterday. Key fob malfunction. New fob about $600. We fell back on the spare. A 19 percent chance for rain turned into a severe thunderstorm that dropped a big oak tree on the county road just short of my driveway. More rain in the forecast. Don’t know what I’ll do today, won’t need to water at least. Have a great day all.

Truck isn't new enough for the fob to be under warranty??? Sucks.

 

[Weldman]

Me too. Many of the improvements on my car aren’t. The drive mode switch is on the console where I have bumped it with my elbow and unknowingly switched the acceleration from normal to ice and snow mode which “adjusts the throttle and transmission to maintain traction on icy roads”- in other words the car no longer accelerates normally. Eco mode does this too, to save fuel. There is no light or tone to warn that those features have engaged. Only a small icon at the bottom of a crowded display panel. What.Could.Possibly.Go.Wrong. I nearly found out pulling into traffic. I fixed that with duct tape and the lid from a Gold Peak tea bottle. I haven’t even scrolled through all the cra- I mean features, fearing I may turn off something needed or turn on some awful nanny state doo dad.

This is what is happening in these new fangled vehicles. Should include this as a sound when you open the door.

 

[Weldman]

If nothing else, go to Walmart... buy the 6 qt BOX of oil... advertised to save on so much plastic going in the landfills... It will cost you about half of what buying it by the qt does... Keep the couple empty qt bottles and fill them at home to reuse... I have been doing that for years. Even getting the gallon plastic jugs and refilling the small qt bottles saves money...

Who wants to see my pile of 5 gallon buckets of hydraulic oil. More buckets than I can use, I think I dropped enough fluid to grease the world to keep spinning.