What's everybody doing today?

[Pearl]

@Mountain trapper that's a nice lookin' horse. How many horses do you have? I don't understand horses. It is over 100° during the day and there could be shade nearby, in the same field or pasture, but the horses stand there, in the sun. IN THE SUN. Why? Isn't it bad for them? I've asked y'all this question before, but nobody seems to know. @Pearl your donkey does the same, eh? Hey is he a watch donk? Freaks out when visitors stop by or unknown people are around?

Buddy will sunbathe! He'll lay on one side for a bit, then roll over on the other! Donkeys are desert animals, they handle the heat better. But most of the time in the heat he hangs out in his woodsy area or under his big shade tree!

 

[Pearl]

I'm off today instead of Friday! The couple I would have cleaned for today has one of their daughters and her family staying from north of Dallas. Their electric company is doing rolling blackouts in the Excessive Heat Warning to help the grid! So we switched days, which is nice, I can stay home in the possible record heat today! Bear got up at 2:30 with belly issues. We really haven't slept much since then. As soon as I feed Buddy I am taking a nap! I have a long list of inside jobs to do!

 

[Magus]

As little as possible.

 

[Patchouli]

I haven’t heard if we’re getting rolling blackouts here. The AC at work has needed to be repaired for quite some time and this isn’t helping. It works, but only in certain areas. Big job to get it repaired. Have a great day.

 

[snappy1]

Already walked.
Did leaf blowing.
Never did purging of night stands yesterday, so today.
Will make meatloaf and mashed potatoes a little later.

 

[Spikedriver]

Blasting through the creek at Ledges State Park in my truck, just for fun. Note the guy holding the little kid to get splashed - that's a tradition at the Ledges. Kids love it...

 

[gloryroad56]

I'm going to help my neighbor mow the lawn today. Then remove weeds from tomatoes and peas. I don't want to use pesticides. Yesterday my wife brought 5 more speckle baby hens.

 

[Mountain trapper]

@Mountain trapper that's a nice lookin' horse. How many horses do you have? I don't understand horses. It is over 100° during the day and there could be shade nearby, in the same field or pasture, but the horses stand there, in the sun. IN THE SUN. Why? Isn't it bad for them? I've asked y'all this question before, but nobody seems to know. @Pearl your donkey does the same, eh? Hey is he a watch donk? Freaks out when visitors stop by or unknown people are around?

Fortunately we never see 100 deg temps up here, its 58 degs now. Livestock pretty much regulate their own needs when it comes to shade or shelter. Right now we only have one horse, with plans for several more. Years ago I raised and trained draft horses to be used for logging and pulling sleds.
We have a lot of acres of timbered pasture and the rest is open grazing land. We're surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of national forest lands, so much of the year I keep our gates open. The cattle come and go as they please. The horse wanders around wherever he wants to go too. Right now he's in the front yard.

 

[ABR]

Our livestock all have plenty of access to shade. Yet they choose to stand in the direct sun on 100°F+ days, including my BLACK horse and cows

I got chickens taken care of then emptied and filled the Bandits water and while the water was going I dragged a couple for corral panels around to extend the Jerseys pen for more space for her. After all that got done then I tipped the empty giant cow trough and sloughed all the built up algae that had dried out and flaked off out. Have the water running to fill that one now. Have a timer set to remind me to check it because it takes forever to fill and I tend to forget that it's on. Bandit nickered when he saw me and came right over to see me. He's very calm and relaxed. I can't wait to see how he rides. I think he'll be great for checking fence and cows. Right now we just drive the truck but there are a lot of areas that we have to walk because a truck won't fit.

I'm meeting my dad in the big town later for dinner. I'll run by the grocery store after that for a few things. Inside now with some gatorade and a snack. I probably lost a half gallon or more of sweat in the 45mins I was outside. Had to rinse of in a cool shower when I came in to bring my internal temp. It's hot as hades without a single cloud in the sky

 

[Amish Heart]

Icky hot here, too. And windy hot. 100 degrees, yuck. Spent last night in ER with mom, fluid in her lungs. They admitted her, said she'd be there a couple of days. Changed their mind this morning and sent her back without telling me. Got to bed about 4 this morning, and feeling pretty out of it after getting animal chores done. Talked to little Brenda's mom in the wichita hospital, and she might come home tonight or tomorrow. Asthma with pneumonia. She's doing better, though. Too tired to fill a cart at Aldi, so maybe tomorrow.

 

[Wingnut]

Hot here too, but it will be cooler this weekend... made a town run and knocked out half a dozen different errands, but I forgot to put caulk on the goldurned shopping list. Maybe Dollar General has it, but I like one specific brand, and DG may not have it, so I'll probably wait till I go to town again. I can still finish the painting in the kitchen by my self-imposed deadline, caulking won't take half an hour once I finish all the painting. I already plan to decorate the kitchen in early July, there's no rush as I'm gonna take a break from home rehab anyway during the heat of summer. This triple-digit weather is rough...

I was surprised to see that my favorite bottle of tequila is now $40, pfffffft... so I bought a big ol' handle of rum instead, Bacardi Superior for tropical umbrella drinks, lol. I mean seriously, I can buy TWO handles of rum for the price of ONE handle of tequila... gotta go where the value is right now, just to ride out these stoopid Biden Economics. Unlike Supe and other independently wealthy types here, I'm on a budget and I only have so much money to spend, aye? So rum it is, lol, and some nice cold beer which I'm drinking after a second shower... had to schlep all those groceries in the heat, 10-4?

I bought a big ol' value pack of yardbird because it was a good deal, but I thought I'd cook it in my NuWave Infrared Oven rather than my BBQ... too many bugs out there in the yard, since "Bug Season" is in full swing, plus the NuWave Oven doesn't get hot indoors, a big plus during a heat wave, lol. I went to the flour & spice aisle to pick up some Shake 'n Bake, and they wanted over $4 for a lousy package, lol... needless to say, the cheap knockoff coating won the day. No way I pay over $4 for a stupid little box of Shake 'n Bake, lol. Ain't gonna happen, I'll make better coating myself, yeah?

Another thing... I'm not a big soda drinker, but I like a little nonalcoholic carbonation now & then, so I buy soda in small quantities. However, I've noticed that the price of soda is now ridiculous, thanks to Biden Economics, that fraudulent goldurned greaseball, lol. So I'm buying 2L bottles of soda and just squeezing the air out as I go, that reduces oxidation and keeps the soda carbonated... if ya leave air in the plastic bottle the soda just goes flat more quickly, aye? Anyway, I bought root beer & some orange, grape & pineapple sodas which I've already tried, they're good in summer months.

MEH, I'M BACK TO MY COLD BEER!!! AND MAYBE A MOVIE ON THE 65" CURVED SCREEN... CHEERS!!!

About the ONLY good thing to ever come outta Puerto Rico, lol... nice bat$h!t crazy logo on the label, AYE? I'm throwin' in shots of my insulated stainless steel mixed drink cup and my Tombstone flask, lol... I use that flask for rodeos!

Edit: In Pic #1, that's Poseidon, God of the Sea, overlooking the nautical chart of San Diego Bay... that cheap b@stard STOLE my Henschel hat, lol. I ought to send him a bill, don'tcha know? But he'd probably weasel his way out of it...

 

[Pearl]

Our livestock all have plenty of access to shade. Yet they choose to stand in the direct sun on 100°F+ days, including my BLACK horse and cows

I got chickens taken care of then emptied and filled the Bandits water and while the water was going I dragged a couple for corral panels around to extend the Jerseys pen for more space for her. After all that got done then I tipped the empty giant cow trough and sloughed all the built up algae that had dried out and flaked off out. Have the water running to fill that one now. Have a timer set to remind me to check it because it takes forever to fill and I tend to forget that it's on. Bandit nickered when he saw me and came right over to see me. He's very calm and relaxed. I can't wait to see how he rides. I think he'll be great for checking fence and cows. Right now we just drive the truck but there are a lot of areas that we have to walk because a truck won't fit.

I'm meeting my dad in the big town later for dinner. I'll run by the grocery store after that for a few things. Inside now with some gatorade and a snack. I probably lost a half gallon or more of sweat in the 45mins I was outside. Had to rinse of in a cool shower when I came in to bring my internal temp. It's hot as hades without a single cloud in the sky

Glad Bandit is settling in so fast!!

 

[snappy1]

We are finally down to 90 degrees at 8:15. Feels like 102.

 

[LadyLocust]

Powder coat run first thing this morning, then busy day at work, then home and waiting for the canner pressure to come down so I can pull the greenbeans out.
Supposed to be 97 here tomorrow . I like the 70s and 80s. A couple months I suppose.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Got the septic tank dug up today. Will need to pump it out. Also dug the hole for the new solar panel mount. I'll get a length of 6" scd 40 pipe next week for the mount. Then order a cement truck to come out and fill the hole.

 

[Pearl]

Powder coat run first thing this morning, then busy day at work, then home and waiting for the canner pressure to come down so I can pull the greenbeans out.
Supposed to be 97 here tomorrow . I like the 70s and 80s. A couple months I suppose.

No comment

 

[zannej]

I've only had goats and not sheep. The goats liked to sit in the shade and in the barn when it got too hot out. Also huddled together in the barn when it was cold. Will sheep go stand in water if they get too hot? I know cows will. I remember driving across states and seeing a bunch of cows up to their necks in pond water. Our pond had a little island closer to the north side. It had a tree on it and the pigs liked to sit in the water in the shade. Ducks and geese liked the shade as well.

That's funny, you put them up to keep the heat out, I have put blankets over the windows ( double glass ) in winter to keep the cold out

I'd had blackout curtains but cats climbed them and tore them down. Part of the reason was they wanted to get behind them. I caught Rupert starting to touch one of the curtains after I put it up and I said his name sternly. He looked at me and stopped. My windows are metal with single pane glass and one of the panes had been broken and haphazardly replaced with a piece of glass that was an inch too small on the side so there was just this open gap. Tenants had put duct tape over it but it deteriorated.

It was over 100° again. I stayed inside with the fans blowing on me for most of the day. Then I went to Walmart for curbside pickup. Had to go in because they don't let you get salads via curbside anymore. Have to go into the store. Went straight home. Cooked for Mom and watched Brother vs Brother on DVR.

I need to go down while it is dark and spray some wasp nests at the workshop. Also need to spray some up in the eaves of the house. Later on I really need to clean the kitchen.

 

[Peanut]

It's hot here also, temps about 100 everyday, 82 now at 11pm.

Went to the little town yesterday, so today was toast. Had enough energy to cook which is a good thing. Even went out for an hour this evening and removed another ‘side window deflector’ from the truck. 2 left to go...

Oh, talked to my friend on Pine mtn today. We figured out a way I can go and play music next month. Duh! Don’t need a camper shell when I own several tents. There 2 large metal roofs I can camp under, one floor concrete, one dirt, pitch a tent anywhere. He’ll leave the building open so I’ll have a bathroom and a big kitchen. Heck, I can use the stove inside or any of the outside grills and pits if I want to cook. And electricity, even lights! I wouldn’t call it camping by any means. A few mosquitoes but a summer night on the mtn is worth it.

The best part… on friday nights mickey and his band set up the sound system and get everything ready for the festival on saturday. They usually sit and pick a while, maybe have a beverage or two!

This is doable… and get 2 days with music. I'm happy!

The community center on the mtn... a nice place to camp?

 

[Wingnut]

Hey, Peanut, when you're sleeping in the mud along the Chagres River in Panama, hard roots in your back and various pests sharing your bivouac site (including snakes, spiders, fire ants, vampire bats, etc), you'll look at that Community Center on the mountain like it's FRIGGIN' PARADISE, lol...

 

[UrbanHunter]

Today I am sitting in meetings, on a lunch break now... These early days are difficult to adjust to. Good news is by 11AM my full day is done! I hope to work in the garden a bit after that.

 

[sonya123]

I have heavy curtains lined with thermal blackout fabric. I close them in the summer during the afternoon because the sun shining through those windows makes it warmer in the room than when I draw those curtains. I only do this when I have the AC on.

I have those too, I put the blankets on top of them when it's like zero outside. We don't have heat in the bedrooms, the wood stoves are in the kitchen and livingroom

 

[sonya123]

I've only had goats and not sheep. The goats liked to sit in the shade and in the barn when it got too hot out. Also huddled together in the barn when it was cold. Will sheep go stand in water if they get too hot? I know cows will. I remember driving across states and seeing a bunch of cows up to their necks in pond water. Our pond had a little island closer to the north side. It had a tree on it and the pigs liked to sit in the water in the shade. Ducks and geese liked the shade as well.


I'd had blackout curtains but cats climbed them and tore them down. Part of the reason was they wanted to get behind them. I caught Rupert starting to touch one of the curtains after I put it up and I said his name sternly. He looked at me and stopped. My windows are metal with single pane glass and one of the panes had been broken and haphazardly replaced with a piece of glass that was an inch too small on the side so there was just this open gap. Tenants had put duct tape over it but it deteriorated.

It was over 100° again. I stayed inside with the fans blowing on me for most of the day. Then I went to Walmart for curbside pickup. Had to go in because they don't let you get salads via curbside anymore. Have to go into the store. Went straight home. Cooked for Mom and watched Brother vs Brother on DVR.

I need to go down while it is dark and spray some wasp nests at the workshop. Also need to spray some up in the eaves of the house. Later on I really need to clean the kitchen.

I think it might depend on what type of goats you have. Our neighbor's Saanen milk goats are out in the rain , even if they have a shelter. Ours think they will melt and go in the barn. Our goats are Kiko/Boers , Boers are from SA, so they started in a hot and dry climate, maybe that's why. But it never gets really hot here. I think the hottest it has been here maybe for a few days was high 80s.

Sorry about your windows. We had that issue too. Both bedroom windows were cracked. I think the cold did it but not sure. We had them replaced ( one of the 2 glass panes this year and it cost a whooping $800 , most of it glass cost.

 

[sonya123]

We have a unhealthy air warning but thinking about going to the outdoor pool in town if it is open. They only open if it is warm enough. Right now it's 58 degrees but supposed to warm up to close to 80 this afternoon. But not sure about how bad the unhealthy air is. All our windows are open, so we probably breathe it in anyway. What's up with this smoke? I look at the weather and see lots of rain up there in Canada. How come that doesn't put out the fires? Or did it, and that's why there is now smoke again?

I just signed up for a free months of Amazon Prime. Will cancel it after a month. Any suggestions what to what on there? I can't even figure out how to do a search to find anything.

Finally cleaned the house yesterday. It was SO dirty. I think I had not cleaned the floor in 3 weeks before that. It will be ok for a few days until it rains again and the dogs track in the mud

 

[dademoss]

Feral Cat TNR driver this morning, this afternoon I will have to cut the back yard grass, they forecast for rain the next five days

 

[Amish Heart]

Possibly taking husband in to the docs again today...the oral antibiotic is not working, we'll see how he feels when he gets up, but he was up and down all night long. I have a late morning physical therapy appt that I can always cancel, and I was going to fill a cart at Aldi afterwards, since it's all next door to the docs. Little Brenda is home, and her great grandma's funeral is today, starting in about an hr. I know it'll be a big one, and my favorite cousin's farm is between that farm and the amish cemetary, so that whole area will be busy all day.

 

[Buffalo]

Finally seem to be on the downhill side of this respiratory virus. What a dozy this one was, going on a week and a half of just feeling like crud. I must have picked it up in our travels down to Florida and back. I suppose that is to be expected when you stuff yourself into an aluminum tube for several thousand miles, eat nothing but prepared food for 10 days, surround yourself with several million people, walk 30,000 steps a day, stuff yourself back into an aluminum tube and return home. Oh well. I suppose the memories of the trip and the enjoyment my family had was worth it!

Planning on getting a couple more vehicles finished and out the door today. I've got to get both my son's motorcycle and mine fixed. (He laid his down in town and messed up a few things. I foolishly decided I wanted a different exhaust and snapped a bolt off in the head). Then I've got to get his truck in the shop as well, his F-150 needs cam phasers and timing chains. Sigh. Being the family mechanic is not always the most enjoyable of tasks.

Waiting on some sourdough started to dry so I can send it to Amish, it was a little damp this morning, so I was apprehensive of bagging it and sending it to her, I'd hate for it to get moldy in it's journeys.

The wife and I are planning a run to Menard's this weekend to buy the pressure treated 2x6 lumber we need to make laminated posts for our pole barn. We are going to be punching holes in a couple weeks at the homestead to sink the posts into. The pole barn will be 24x40, with a 12' lean to on either side. We went with a 24' span because the price differences in pre-engineered trusses is astronomical between 24' and even just 30'. A 24' truss is $150, while a 30' truss is $275, while a 40' truss is $450. Being that the barn is mainly going to be used for equipment storage, I just couldn't justify the additional cost for the wider span trusses. We may wind up enclosing one of the lean tos, but one will be used to store hay and such out of the elements, but not indoors.

We've got to get some sort of larger storage area put up at the homestead. Hauling equipment and supplies back and forth on the car hauler is a pain, and not economical either. Having a place to keep mowers, the tractor, the side by side, etc, that can be secured from both weather and wondering eyes and fingers is a necessity at this point.

 

[Pearl]

Possibly taking husband in to the docs again today...the oral antibiotic is not working, we'll see how he feels when he gets up, but he was up and down all night long. I have a late morning physical therapy appt that I can always cancel, and I was going to fill a cart at Aldi afterwards, since it's all next door to the docs. Little Brenda is home, and her great grandma's funeral is today, starting in about an hr. I know it'll be a big one, and my favorite cousin's farm is between that farm and the amish cemetary, so that whole area will be busy all day.

Glad to hear Brenda is home! Hope your hubby gets feeling better!!

 

[backlash]

I have a long list of things I need to do but it's going to be around 97° so I'm going to sit in the AC and waste time on the net and maybe read some.

 

[Wingnut]

Another heavy watering session this morning... yesterday evening, I divvied up two bags of evergreen fertilizer plus two bags of steer manure, then watered for 1-1/2 hours before it grew dark. I decided to water heavily again this morning just in case that forecast rain (20% chance) doesn't materialize. I've decided to add evergreen fertilizer every month until the pine trees and juniper look really good... I'm kicking myself for not starting this program earlier, but I reckon I can save what trees are still alive out there, especially the ones which are stressed from drought. I don't wanna lose any more pine trees, ya know? I like my pines: they offer shade, habitat for birds, and the smell of pine resin in high summer is nice, it reminds me of camping, lol. When fall arrives, I'll enjoy great campfires in my stone fire ring, it's so cool to sit out there in a comfy camp chair under the stars... and when I'm done, I can walk inside my home and crash, lol. I COULD set up my tent, but WHY? The queen-sized Denver Mattress in my room is WAY more comfortable than any sleeping pad... but I can still PRETEND I'm camping as I sit around the fire, lol.

Gonna putter around today and finish some touch-up painting, hang a clock in the second bathroom, swap out the tank lever on my toilet, etc. Funny thing, the existing tank lever in my master bathroom developed a crack where the plastic arm wraps around the post from the handle, so the arm or lever wasn't working properly, it wouldn't open the flapper the way it should. When this first happened, I thought, "Oh, cr@p, not a plumbing problem on top of everything else!" Then I took a good look at the tank innards while attempting to flush the toilet, and I was relieved to see that the "plumbing problem" was merely a cracked lever arm, lol. A $6 part at the Depot, no funky plumbing repairs required, aye? So that was a pleasant surprise, and I don't have to deal with any more serious repairs... kinda like having a "check engine" light come on in your rig, only to read the code and figure out ya need a new gas cap, lol. Hey, I'll take ANY kinda break in this life, especially since I AM the plumber, auto mechanic, general handyman, etc.

 

[Supervisor42]

Well, I got the Cologuard test kit that my Dr ordered.
It may spare me from another colonoscopy.
I have about a 50/50 chance of passing it since I already have the 'defective DNA' that they also test for.
There are so many "S" jokes I could do, but I will spare you... all but one .
DW asked me when I was going to do it, my reply:
"... not until I can get my s**t together".

Ok, my completed test kit got picked up by UPS today.
It has " next-day-air" shipping so evidently, 'the s**t is gonna fly!'.
Old southern expression.
(Ok, so I lied about 'just one' )