Tuesday Morning

morning folks. It's 52º here with sun and clouds. Highs into the 70's later. Yesterday was rather chilly, low 60's. Didn't get any rain, which is good. I was able to get the rest of the mulch spread last night after work, sprayed/pulled some weeds and cut off last year's flower stalks. Need another 1/2 load of mulch to finish up. I need to get on the mower too, but with all the rain on the way, it might not get done this week. After I mow, I need to spray for weeds again. It's getting there!

Donnie, my neighbor girl killed a big gobbler yesterday morn. 9 1/2" beard. (*facebook Tiffany Keller) Probably the one that's been going crazy over that way the past 3 weeks. Should be his twin left, I saw them about a month ago. Oh, and you raised a bunch of good kids...better to ask than ruin your hunting spot!

I think waskruse is getting soft, or his blood is thin...38º is too cold to sort brass in the barn??? Jeeze.

Well, I better get to work. Have a good one!

Charlie

Good morning, GoGo. It's 62 in Louisville, going to 82 and partly cloudy. Rain still due Thursday through Saturday, which is Derby Day.

Well, yesterday sure didn't work out as planned. I worked from home and Miss Cindy was home as well. While I did my work-work via my laptop, she went out just before noon and cut the grass in the front yard. When she came in, she mentioned that the self-propelled Lawn Boy was kind of jerking. I bought the mower used last fall and it's been fine the 6-8 times we've used it.

About 4 p.m. Miss Cindy was out shopping, so I decided to surprise her by cutting the back yard. Fired up the mower and could definitely tell something was wrong. This is a rear-drive mower, so I watched a few Youtube videos, then got my tools out. It turned out that a gear had come loose inside one of the rear wheels and there were ground up plastic and metal shavings everywhere.

Two hours and a trip to the hardware store got things put back together, but when I tested only the left wheel is pulling. I think I put the Woodruff key in backward, so hopefully I can tear things down, flip that key over, and be good to go. We never had a self-propelled when I was a kid, so Dad never had the chance to teach me anything about them. He did, however, pass on some basic troubleshooting skills and taught me not to fear tearing into a repair job if I thought I could get the parts. Thanks, Pop!

Y'all have a good'n and be safe out there.

Good morning from the sticks of Kentucky where we have 55° and looking forward to a sunny day here.
Yesterday i moved 3 rolls of hay from one farm to another and about got rid of the old hay by feeding it to the Damcows. Starting over next month trying to build up hay for the winter months.
I did some more spraying 2 4 D trying to kill Buttercup in the fields. It is indeed beautiful, but kills out the grass. Heres a photo out the rear window of my tractor.



Here is a photo of the offending weed. Pretty but a pest.



I talked to the Infamous Voldoc yesterday. He has about Put Away his Dental Monitor shingle for good i think. He is running a Daycare for little girls in Cookeville Tn. now and thinking about slinging bullets at prairie dogs again. It was great to hear from him.

Judy Brown is off to a lunch with a church group today. I hope she don't decide to go to Texas and join a group there, cause I Ain't Going.

I suppose i better go check on Otis the Kat, somehow he got into a pan of used motor oil a couple days ago. I guess at the neighbors house as Otis goes there to visit his female cats sometimes. Anyway. Otis is an absolute mess with black oil over his legs, tail and halfway up his body. He has been rolling around in the dirt but it will take a while to get this off. I suppose the fleas and ticks will leave him alone.

Today

Good whatever day morning this is. I think we've save enough daylight that there's 8 days this week. Whatever, it's cloudy and 53 in Indy heading for the uppah 60s. Not a lot going on today. I'll go look around the reloading dungeon and see if I spot something that needs done. Once again, I'm waiting on weather to be range suitable. Went to both heavier and lighter bullets for the .224 Valkyrie. Got some home brewed 53 VMax and 90 Federal Fusion factory loads to try.

The track meet was big success for the great niece yesterday. She took 1st in the 200 and the long jump, 2nd in the 400, and ran the anchor leg in the 4 X 100 relay for 3rd place. 5th and 6th graders only and they often ran boys and girls in the same race. Some of the hurdle events only had 2 runners. The whole meet took about an hour! Done just in time for dinner. Lemon pepper white fish, rice and coleslaw at the Main Street Grille. Since when is there an "E" on the end of grill?

Enough wondering for this morning. Have a good day.