What are you doing today, II

[NorthernRedneck]

We're back on the road again with our fifth wheel camper. We traveled 2.5hrs to our friend's camp for the weekend for a break. No big plans. Just hang out relaxing. It's supposed to be 27c today and 29 tomorrow. We'll enjoy the last of the hot weather this summer. It's been getting cold at night though. 2 nights ago we had frost.

 

[Melensdad]

Planning to mow today.

Was hoping to get out early but we had a light rain so the grass will have to dry off before I get out to do the mowing.

I planted a bed of pachysandra yesterday in a shade area under an oak. That will need to be watered again. I think gutter cleaning may be on the agenda for the day too.

There is a yellow jacket nest under the upsidedown plant pot. Caught quite a few with those green sticky traps.

45 degrees this morning. Got up at 5. Put on heavy fleece clothes under my scene of crimes suit ( Tyvek) a thick hat, a headnet. Slid the pot onto a piece of cardboard and slid that into a garbage bag then another bag.


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Or you could have set up a trail cam, and then listed a "Free Planter" on Facebook Marketplace to anyone who wanted to come and get it.

 

[waybomb]

Mowing too. Then moving my cars around to make room for my winter storage customers. Gotta fill all my cars up and get some sta- bill in them. Boats too. Leaving the 450SL for driving on nice days, so that one will remain summer-ized.

 

[Don Coyote]

Going to the Imax in Traverse City Michigan, this afternoon... and dressing up like Jaws and hanging out in the lobby, messing with people before I go see the movie in 3D.

I can't believe I get to see the original Jaws in 3D........ I expect to have nightmares for weeks!!!

 

[bczoom]

Came out to get some hamburger from the "meat" freezer. I don't mix the meat with anything else otherwise it gets buried.
Found the freezer door open about an inch. GRRRRR. Some things defrosted. Most are fine but the entire freezer was a block of ice and frost.
Spending a few hours removing the ice/frost from the meat, moving it to a backup freezer, cleaning out the now dirty freezer then run the pressure washer over everything used as well as the floor so I don't get a varmint infestation when they smell the blood.

EDIT TO ADD: I'm now having steak for dinner instead of hamburger as the steaks thoroughly defrosted, the hamburger didn't.

 

[Melensdad]

Just got back from HOME DEPOT to pick up an order of crown moulding that arrived for Melen's bathroom.

My plan is to cut it here and then just take it up to the city to install it in the master bathroom of her condo. I might have to trim to fit if a measurement is off a bit but I should be able to get it close enough. And since it will all be painted, if I am off a bit, some paintable caulk will hide a minor issue.

At a jumbo/spicy "red hot" and now I'm waiting for a tramadol pain killer to kick in so I can get out and mow the lower parts of the property. Figure I'll get the Victor Davis Hanson podcast listened to before I get the mowing started; current episode has him interviewing/conversing with Dr Sebastian Gorka, who is a security advisor to Trump.

 

[FrancSevin]

Breaking hard clay in the pond project and moving large boulders and some decorative gravel. 20% of the project is done.
Watched one of the Cooper Hawks take a bath for 45 minutes. 15 feet away from where we sat.
I assume they are comfortable with us.
Crumpy has photos.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Not a bad view. Sun shining. Slight breeze. Absolutely nothing to do but sit and enjoy the view. It's a little spring fed lake.

 

[pirate_girl]

Angry little bastards

Yes, I had them last year.
So far this year.. nothing!

I've been fairly busy all day.
Went down to Oakwood park and walked all through it and back with two neighbour friends.
Gorgeous weather for it!

 

[Melensdad]

Just like Tom Sawyer, I have been out painting a fence.

A MONTH AGO, the lovely Mrs_Bob demanded the chain link fence be painted. She wanted it painted black. I said either green or brown, not black. Grabbed several cans of spray paint out of the garage and painted a few of the metal posts and parts of the top rail.

Black was the worst looking. I preferred green. "We" settled on brown

Of course I said it was going to take forever and be a PITA. But off to the store I went for some rustoleum brown paint.

The very next day the lovely Mrs_Bob goes to the gate next to the kitchen patio, paints about 1/2 of the gate, gets bored and quits.

I kept waiting for her to continue the project.

And waiting.

Today I went out, painted about 1/2 of the fence posts and 1/2 of the top rail. Painted the gate. I did my best to not paint the actual fence because that would take forever, is pointless and generally would piss me off while I was doing it. I looked at this exercise as a "hit the center of mass" project. What do you really see when there is a cyclone fence along a wood line? You see the galvanized posts and rails because they are visually larger. So I painted those. The fence is about 150' long.

I got about 75' and got alerted on my phone that Walter had left the property!

WTF, Walter the rescue dog was in the yard with me! So I glance around and I see Mitty and George, but not Walter. WTactualF!?! Mitty is standing at the far gate staring out to the back area behind my workshop. And what is he looking at? He is looking at Walter. Walter decided to go visit the neighbor???

The FitBark GPS dog tracking collar actually works.

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So I get Walter back inside the fenced yard. I figure out where she got out and I 'plug' the escape route. By the time I get done with that I'm mentally done with painting. So cleaned up the supplies and now and trying to figure out what to eat for lunch.

 

[FrancSevin]

Just like Tom Sawyer, I have been out painting a fence.

A MONTH AGO, the lovely Mrs_Bob demanded the chain link fence be painted. She wanted it painted black. I said either green or brown, not black. Grabbed several cans of spray paint out of the garage and painted a few of the metal posts and parts of the top rail.

Black was the worst looking. I preferred green. "We" settled on brown

Of course I said it was going to take forever and be a PITA. But off to the store I went for some rustoleum brown paint.

The very next day the lovely Mrs_Bob goes to the gate next to the kitchen patio, paints about 1/2 of the gate, gets bored and quits.

I kept waiting for her to continue the project.

And waiting.

Today I went out, painted about 1/2 of the fence posts and 1/2 of the top rail. Painted the gate. I did my best to not paint the actual fence because that would take forever, is pointless and generally would piss me off while I was doing it. I looked at this exercise as a "hit the center of mass" project. What do you really see when there is a cyclone fence along a wood line? You see the galvanized posts and rails because they are visually larger. So I painted those. The fence is about 150' long.

I got about 75' and got alerted on my phone that Walter had left the property!

WTF, Walter the rescue dog was in the yard with me! So I glance around and I see Mitty and George, but not Walter. WTactualF!?! Mitty is standing at the far gate staring out to the back area behind my workshop. And what is he looking at? He is looking at Walter. Walter decided to go visit the neighbor???

The FitBark GPS dog tracking collar actually works.

FitBark GPS Pet Tracker & Activity Monitor | Smart Collar for Dogs & Cats

FitBark monitors your pet’s everyday location, activity & sleep and turns it into actionable insights. Safety and fitness on both ends of the leash!

www.fitbark.com

So I get Walter back inside the fenced yard. I figure out where she got out and I 'plug' the escape route. By the time I get done with that I'm mentally done with painting. So cleaned up the supplies and now and trying to figure out what to eat for lunch.

All that "before lunch?" Wow!
Hope you day gets better.

 

[Melensdad]

All that "before lunch?" Wow!
Hope you day gets better.

Yup after Church and before (late) lunch.

All but 1 rail and 3 or 4 posts are now painted brown. Ran out of paint.

So the fence, once gleaming in galvanized zinc splendor, now looks old and rusty. At least the top rails and vertical posts. But it is what the lovely Mrs_Bob wanted.

And I was tired of looking at the 1/2 completed gate. One quart? should finish the posts and rails. But honestly the only way I'd do the cyclone mesh is with a spray gun, which would waste a huge amount of paint but save a huge amount of time. As far as I am concerned the cyclone mesh can rust over the next 25 years of its lifespan before I go out and paint that. I will finish the posts and rails.

 

[tommu56]

Francis.. the only spooning I do these days is in the kitchen

we enjoyed spooning on the kitchen table when we were younger and more agile

 

[tommu56]

Working on shimming the calves on my bike.
I usually use one of those magnet trays for the parts but saw this on YouTube plastic compartment box it worked great for the parts.

 

[Don Coyote]

Working on shimming the calves on my bike.

It's funny, and sad, how many Japanese bikes I've ever seen in junkyards...... and the only reason they're there is because very few people know that they need to lash the valves every four thousand miles.

Good job, Tommu...... for being one of the intelligent ones.

 

[Melensdad]

I might set a burn pile on fire?

I have 2 of them now. They are growing. Small pile is 15' around, 6' tall. Big pile is about 25' around, 8' tall. Center of the big pile has been decaying for about 3 years. Small pile is brand new this year as I did a lot of storm clean up and a lot of pruning over the spring/summer seasons. Seems prudent to get rid of one of them. Leaning toward setting the small one ablaze, the large one may just end up composting for another year?

The fence that I got mostly painted yesterday can be finished today. I have the supplies, and more importantly, picked up more disposable rubber gloves.

Jump in the pool this afternoon?

I have some thick cut lamb chops and mint jelly set aside for dinner.

 

[Melensdad]

Bring some steaks, I got the charcoal going!

Started the smaller pile, which was deadfall, and this years pruning. So it was not compacted down or starting to compost itself. As that burned down pretty quickly I scooped up buckets of embers and bruning branches and dumped them on the larger pile. Large pile is probably 1/2 gone. That has been breaking down for at least 3 seasons. Some the center core is compost, it is far more densely packed, so it will probably burn/smolder all day and be hot tomorrow morning.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Nothing wrong with a burn to burn off a brush pile. As long as it's not too dry.

We're home from our last planned trip with our fifth wheel camper this summer. I already unpacked all the groceries and clothes. We've spent half the summer in it (feels like anyways). The drive was alright. It's only a 2.5hr drive. But as soon as we got to the city, I whipped in to the city free dumping station and dumped the tanks. I'll just hold off on winterizing it as we may never know.

 

[Melensdad]

Still burning.

But I did add a couple more deadfall trees.

And a couple I knocked over that were dead but still standing.

 

[FrancSevin]

Lazy day for me. Retired two 8' high tomato plants. They are done for the season. recycled their soil into the north lawn project and put the plant material in the new compost pile.

This year's pile will spend the winter digesting for next spring plantings. Dug a little more in the pond project. Sorting bottom soil from rocks. Tedious but worth the effort.

Pruned big limbs out of the plum grove. Irritated the Cooper Hawks as they like to sit on the branch's unseen.

 

[Melensdad]

And so it begins . . .

 

[FrancSevin]

Working on my granddaughter's bedroom. Water damage to the ceiling last spring. I cleared the mess in the attic but have yet to replace the insulation and remount the siding on the gable. I'm looking for my supply of aluminum flashing before I mount the siding.

Easy but tedious work. At least it is cool today.