Friday 24Jun22

[Dave Hoskins]

Have a semi annual doctor's appointment late this morning. Then a couple of errands and then home and the ac and the poochies. It's gonna be in the triple digits today and probably tomorrow.

 

[Dave Hawksford]

Heading to the farm this afternoon for the night, get some mowing done. Check on feeder and camera. Get the camper open and relax by the fire.
Sunday Shelly's side of the family reunion in Hanover Pa. Jarrods bring his new girl to meet everyone.

 

[bill kaminski]

Great day for me...get to bring Dee home from re-hab hospital. Leaving in an hour.
Hopefully she will be ready to travel, in a week or so.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Now mowing this weekend, been too dry. Laying the finish on the corner cabinet and working on designs for the next project.

 

[Bill Arnold]

Our main effort today is keeping cool! (See my other post) Also waiting to hear from the A/C folks this morning.

In any case, we plan to make our usual trek to Boston for shrimp and catfish. Not sure about shop time, although my shop is reasonably comfortable with the small A/C unit I have there.

Saturday shop time will be working on my 3D printer that decided to act up a bit - being weird.

Sunday will be our normal routine of me preparing brunch, then chilling out watching some golf and NASCAR.

 

[Don Baer]

still in Kalifornia, spending time with son and grand kids. I'll be heading back to Arizona on Tuesday. It been a good visit but I am looking forward to getting back home.

 

[Leo Voisine]

I really need to MOW.

Today is shop work to be done

Tomorrow my friend and I will be going to the Mystic Wooden Boat Show at Mystic Seaport

The WoodenBoat Show

www.thewoodenboatshow.com

Last time I went I rowed a dory around the harbor. I may row something else this time.
A ride on the Steam boat will be in order as well.

 

[Don Baer]

I really need to MOW.

Today is shop work to be done

Tomorrow my friend and I will be going to the Mystic Wooden Boat Show at Mystic Seaport

The WoodenBoat Show

www.thewoodenboatshow.com

Last time I went I rowed a dory around the harbor. I may row something else this time.
A ride on the Steam boat will be in order as well.

when I was stationed in New London I used to love going up to Mystic Seaport. Great place to se a bit of history. I would always end my visit with a few beers at the seamans inn. Don't know if it still there since that was over 50 years ago.

 

[Ted Calver]

Recovering from painful tooth extraction and bone graft. Really wish they could just knock you out until it was finished. Probably do some minor gardening and make some pickles.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

No big plans here for the weekend. I need to do a bit of cleanup and organizing in the shop, and LOML would like me to cobble together a little lean-to roof to keep the rain out of one of the mealworm dishes she puts out for the roadrunners. I'll also button up the access hole in the closet that I opened up last weekend to investigate a plumbing leak. And of course there's the weekly mowing and other assorted yardwork that happens here this time of year. Aside from that, I'm planning to just kick back and work on my sloth impressions.

 

[David Johnson]

Mowed early this week but not needing to again to mow for a long time. Mowing was a dust bowl. Very dry and hot. Yes live in airconditioner. Surprised at electric bill just arrived. only $80 and479 kwh. I feel changing whole house to LED's really is paying off. Also got a new digital meter installed which is proably more accurate than the old style. Installing a back porch light fixture with led type which is desperately needed but not till it cools off. Maybe in morning.
Everone stay healthy and safe and cool. Pray for the ill and for rain.
David

 

[Darren Wright]

Staying cool. It's dry enough that the yard hasn't grown much, so I'll probably get out of mowing this weekend. I've been loading up the trailer with scrap metal to take to the scrap yard and trying to finish taking down the last of the little house. I knocked down the rest of the lean-to on the back of the barn the other day. I'll be working on picking out the metal and salvaging some wood from it's framing that is still good.

 

[allen levine]

been busy in shop, childrens adirondack chairs, and today I finished up 2 pvc pipe birds for my niece when they move into new home.....just keeping myself busy....my son is about to give me measurements for a ladder desk his bride wants, so that is my project as soon as we get home from down south in august.
my daughters babysitters mom tested positive for covid, so we didnt want baby near her...even though she tested negative, so we have him today, hes sleeping over, and then again all day tomorrow and hes sleeping over a second night .........its tough, we have spoiled him rotten, and he knows it, so he is the prince, the king, and he only wants grandpa to push him around in his ride on car, and onlyl wants grandpa to push him in the swing, and only wants grandpa to walk with him, we look for birdies, squirrels, bunnies, and gardeners.....for some reason the lawn mowers and truckies they have impress him, and he will just stand there for 20 minutes watching them.
I would never be able to handle him by myself, with my back, my weight, he is a constant moving machine, and then he naps for 2.5 hours.....then once hes recharged, its go time.
today I let him handle some of the pvc piping , handing him small pieces and telling him where to put them....he likes to feel like hes part of everything.

he was so tired today, while I was swinging him, he fell asleep, we laughed for a bit, too funny.

so I play with him, then when elen feeds him or whatever, I try to squeeze in some shop time.

 

[Don Baer]

been busy in shop, childrens adirondack chairs, and today I finished up 2 pvc pipe birds for my niece when they move into new home.....just keeping myself busy....my son is about to give me measurements for a ladder desk his bride wants, so that is my project as soon as we get home from down south in august.
my daughters babysitters mom tested positive for covid, so we didnt want baby near her...even though she tested negative, so we have him today, hes sleeping over, and then again all day tomorrow and hes sleeping over a second night .........its tough, we have spoiled him rotten, and he knows it, so he is the prince, the king, and he only wants grandpa to push him around in his ride on car, and onlyl wants grandpa to push him in the swing, and only wants grandpa to walk with him, we look for birdies, squirrels, bunnies, and gardeners.....for some reason the lawn mowers and truckies they have impress him, and he will just stand there for 20 minutes watching them.
I would never be able to handle him by myself, with my back, my weight, he is a constant moving machine, and then he naps for 2.5 hours.....then once hes recharged, its go time.
today I let him handle some of the pvc piping , handing him small pieces and telling him where to put them....he likes to feel like hes part of everything.

he was so tired today, while I was swinging him, he fell asleep, we laughed for a bit, too funny.

so I play with him, then when elen feeds him or whatever, I try to squeeze in some shop time.

Grand kids are the best. Today I am with my grandson on his 13th birthday.

 

[allen levine]

Staying cool. It's dry enough that the yard hasn't grown much, so I'll probably get out of mowing this weekend. I've been loading up the trailer with scrap metal to take to the scrap yard and trying to finish taking down the last of the little house. I knocked down the rest of the lean-to on the back of the barn the other day. I'll be working on picking out the metal and salvaging some wood from it's framing that is still good.

if the barn is really old, wouldnt it be wonderful if it was made with chestnut framing

 

[allen levine]

Grand kids are the best. Today I am with my grandson on his 13th birthda

nice, I hope i make it to my grandsons 13th. there are alot of things I want to do with him as he grows up, but first he has to learn how to potty himself.

 

[Darren Wright]

if the barn is really old, wouldnt it be wonderful if it was made with chestnut framing

Not quite, probably 100 years too young. I believe the barn was built in 1919, there's a license plate on the beam with that year. We know the little house was a bit older and the main house was built in 1921. Would have been cool though. I think most of the wood is white oak for the beams and siding has mostly poplar and some walnut.

 

[allen levine]

Ok way too hot and humid to cut more birds today
Went to park this morning sliding pond was too hot would burn baby's legs
I needed the pink chair right away and have a ton of pink berry spray paint I use for the flamingos
No more room to start much else
Maybe a couple more birds to make someone happy

 

[Dan Noren]

he was so tired today, while I was swinging him, he fell asleep, we laughed for a bit, too funny.


seems like he takes after his grandpa....

 

[Bill Satko]

I don't really plan my weekends. For one they are just a continuation of my week. Work on the homestead and squeeze in some play. And generally play involves some form of exercise. So this week has been a lot of digging and weed-wacking with some mountain biking. Today I felt tired from all the week long activities, so I decided to take a short hike with over 1150 feet of elevation gain. The hike was to Lookout Mountain with an elevation of 5486'. Funny thing is we could see our house a long ways away with the binoculars. None of attached photo's are looking that way.