Good Morning All. Clear and 59° here on the SFW estate, heading up to 82° today. Last pleasant day before the week of 90°+ days coming up. Unusually early this year for that kind of extended warm spell. The rain predicted for yesterday stayed south and east of us and there is none in the ten day forecast. That's OK since I had 3" total earlier this week.
The busy day yesterday went off without a hitch, grocery trek, trip to Home Depot, lunch at a BBQ joint and then the trip to the doctor. He has again reduced my dosage of Metformin (500mg/2x), since I have continued to bring my A1C level down, 5.6 on the last blood draw. It used to always be above 7.2! I split some more firewood after I got home, I thought that I would feel it this morning, but no! Today, I plan to put up 150' of 24" high chicken wire fence around the garden to keep the persistent critter out that keeps disrupting things out there when rooting for dinner. Although I saw no damage yesterday, it is most likely still in the neighborhood though. Today or tomorrow, I need to borrow my neighbor's mower while mine is still in the shop. He has one of those fancy zero radius turn mowers that I am interested in trying anyway. I'll be mowing 3/8 mile of road ROW in each direction to get it to my house. His son, another neighbor, did that about three weeks ago, so it's time to do it again.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments regarding the garden pictures;
Karl, Guy, Joe, Chad, Smudge, Hughie, Moermusic, Patrick, Louis, Steve J, Curt, Tom, IB Ken, OB Ken.
It was a busy day for me yesterday and I didn't get a chance to get into the train shed. So I will continue with the series of pictures that I took while on vacation last year at the Roadside America Museum in Hillsboro TX.
Ken (D&J) - You want a request for pictures? I'd like to see some of the empty empire as well as your destinations for intermodal traffic.
Troy - Prayers and best wishes continue for your mother and your family.
Guy - Amusing story about the hare.
Jaz - That's quite a greenhouse, or poly tunnel as you call it. Those are common on commercial places around here, but they have to be re-covered every year to stay ahead of the incessant winds in the spring. Commercial folks are the only ones who can afford that.
Sherrel
I think maybe I better start "shopping"!
I am leaving that up to the heirs to pay back all of the aggravation that I endured.
You an't seen anything yet
2022 has not been a normal year for me, but I plan to get back to normal health by June at the latest. My energy level has fully recovered and has actually improved.
Joe - WOW and double WOW!!! Armed security at blood testing centers there in Jersey. I always knew that there was tough neighborhoods there, but WOW! My issues with Quest have always been after the fact and normally the doctor's office eventually straightens them out. It has happened with both my company provided health insurance and Medicare w/supplement. I had to pay additional just one time about 10 years ago because the doctor actually had a certain blood test done 89 days after the previous one instead of 90 days. Since then I schedule my visits at 90 days plus one week to prevent that.
Tom O - Best wishes on a successful and speedy recovery. Seems like you have this process down pat by now. When I was visiting Arlene in the hospital recently at mealtime, the nurse provided me with a full meal. Someone else either died or was released early.
Patrick -
I blame Willie for not keeping it south...
Pay back for the winter weather earlier this year.
Steve J - Best wishes on your recovery as well.
Everybody have a great day and an awesome weekend.
. Was given another course of antibiotics.
. I cleaned the contacts and the contact pad then it started working properly but now it was catching on one of the approach track rails. First time for this-WTH? I filed the rail and tested it and it was fine.
