Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[Hatchdog]

46 and sunny this morning. That’s the warmest overnight low so far this year. Thumbs up!

Today I’ll mow the lawn and wash the boat from yesterday’s outing. No fish to report, had one strike shortly after dropping my line but was still busy getting the boat set up and missed it. No other strikes. We did discover the trolling motor on the boat will not go fast enough for the fish we are seeking. Even downwind and down current the best I could do was 2.0 mph. For trout 2.2 - 2.4 is better. And once the wind died down the best I could get was 1.8. And the fact the wind was going in the same direction was an exception, normally the wind blows one direction and the current goes the opposite.

Still had a fun day on the water and gave the dogs a good romp on the beach. As you can see in the pics the water is way down. It will be full pool by the 4th of July.

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[Mags]

48' and overcast. Some gap with sun through. Maybe 73' later.

[Vaquero]

Before today ends.

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RP

[Vaquero]

Good morning, 64 and cloudy headed towards 75.
How about a little joke to start the weekend?

20 years as a successful gynecologist, a doctor grew tired of dealing with malpractice insurance and endless HMO paperwork. Even though medicine was all he had ever known, he decided it was time for a career change.

Since he had always been good with his hands, he thought becoming a mechanic might be a great fit. He enrolled in evening classes at a local technical college, attended diligently, and absorbed everything he could about automotive repair.

When the practical exam arrived, he carefully prepared, executing each step with precision. Weeks later, he received his results—and was shocked to see a score of 150%! Thinking there must be a mistake, he called his instructor.

“I don’t mean to sound ungrateful,” he said, “but I just wanted to check if there was an error in my grade.”
The instructor chuckled. “Not at all! You disassembled the engine flawlessly—that earned you 50%. Then, you reassembled it perfectly—another 50%.”

After a brief pause, the instructor added, “And I gave you an extra 50% because you did it all through the muffler… something I’ve never seen done in my entire career!”


RP

[cooperhawk]

Fair, 43°F, Humidity 87%
Wind Speed Calm
Barometer 30.37 in
Dewpoint 39°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Sunny, with a high near 62.
Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

And did the instructor mention that the engine was also running when he did it?

[Hatchdog]

43 and sunny with a prediction of the 70’s later. More of the same until Tuesday when some light showers may arrive. Today I have a date with 2,593 pine cones that have fallen. Yes, I counted them. I’ll pick them up and haul them in a little dump trailer behind the atv and dump them into a hole down at the bottom of my place. I used to burn them with limbs but that’s a pain in the butt. ]

[Mags]

47' and cloudy with sun breaks.

[Mags]

...Today I have a date with 2,593 pine cones that have fallen. Yes, I counted them. I’ll pick them up and haul them in a little dump trailer ....

Our two grand children, 4&6, think it's fun to pick up the pin cones. They go around their property with their pincher pickup tools and a radio flyer wagon and take them to a burn pile.

[cooperhawk]

Light Rain, 46°F, Humidity 87%
Wind Speed SE 13 G 17 mph
Barometer 30.17 in
Dewpoint 43°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63.
South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Showers likely, mainly before 8am.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Well, I think we're both well enough for church this morning.
I used the back pack leaf blower yesterday and I think I can now put
them away for the Spring and Summer. Now it's raining and the grass is
greening up.

[Vaquero]

Good morning, stayed up a little late last night so I slept in a bit. It's 58° and a little overcast the high is only suppose to be around 70.

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RP

[daytime dave]

38F, windy, supposed to clear off in a couple of hours. Maybe sun and 55.
Coffee in a Boy Scout mug.

I'd mow the lawn, but it's too wet.
Just hanging out with our new dog. He isn't minding the hardwoods or tile so much. He was up and down the stairs several times yesterday. He's getting more comfortable here.

I hope you have a great day.

[Hatchdog]

...Today I have a date with 2,593 pine cones that have fallen. Yes, I counted them. I’ll pick them up and haul them in a little dump trailer ....

Our two grand children, 4&6, think it's fun to pick up the pin cones. They go around their property with their pincher pickup tools and a radio flyer wagon and take them to a burn pile.

That is great. I can just see them helping out around the property. Good for them.

I use the same process, my Nifty-Nabber pick up tool loading the bucket which then loads my adult version of the radio flyer.

41 this morning with sunny skies. Maybe some light showers on Tuesday otherwise just more of this nice spring weather. Today I’ll finish up the pine cone project (got interrupted yesterday) and just enjoy this weather.

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[Mags]

39' and cloudy. Maybe 62' later. Got most of the mowable part of the property mowed. Only got stuck twice in separate spring seeps. Getting stuck, I start thinking I need to finish the french drain project I started some 30+ years ago. Got tired of working on it. Called it almost good enough.

[cooperhawk]

Overcast, 57°F, Humidity 82%
Wind Speed S 10 G 17 mph
Barometer 29.76 in
Dewpoint 52°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
High near 75.
Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3pm. Some of the storms could be severe.
Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
The weather guessers are predicting doom and gloom today. They're warning that some of the T-Storms
will contain tornadoes. So be it.
They also say if we get through today the rest of the week will be golden.

[brm4450]

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Got some much needed rain, had a classic thunderstorm last night . Lightning lit up sky and thunder was really loud. Everyone have a great day!

[Hatchdog]

41 with a filtered sun today and a high in the upper 60’s expected. Rain tomorrow hopefully, saw on the news over a week ago that we have had less than 2” of rain year to date and the average is over 5”. I noticed in the areas I don’t water it’s very dry and dusty. We’ve already had several smaller wildfires this year probably from idiots burning incorrectly. Could be a bad fire year AGAIN!

[Mags]

46' and cloudy. Maybe mid 60's later. Might be some rain overnight.
April sure went by fast. It's also been an unusually dry month.

[brm4450]

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Please pardon but proud GPa bragging but I Went to 2 award programs for grandkids last night, granddaughter won a state literary award for poetry & illustration of that poetry. Then went to 5th grade girls basketball program, granddaughter won award for best defensive player of the year. Everyone have a great day!

[cooperhawk]

Overcast, 45°F, Humidity 76%
Wind Speed NW 16 G 23 mph
Barometer 29.96 in
Dewpoint 37°
Visibility 10.00 mi
Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 57.
Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
We dodged a bullet yesterday afternoon. Severe storms all around us but we got no
damage and not much rain either.

[Hatchdog]

^^^^^^^
Proud Gpa bragging is encouraged. Keep the reports coming. For this Gpa our grandson is graduating High School this year and then going on to USC.

48 with a good steady rain falling. We need it badly. I’ve been waiting for rain to do some mowing of my non-lawn areas so today is the day. I use a different mower as there is lots of junk to hit with the blades. So with this prediction of rain yesterday I got that mower serviced and ready to go.

After today’s rain we’re looking at sunny and warm until Saturday when we may see some thunderstorms. Friday there is a suggestion of our first day in the 80’s. Hello May!