Good Morning!!!!!!

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We have 23 and should see 43 today.  Was nice to not be muddy yesterday.  Not a lot going on today.  Have a good one.

[glenn57]

morning fellers......lookin nice outside. man mt body felt messed up yesterday..... sounds like a day or 2 of observations then wifes daughter should be able to go home........still waiting on maybe another bombshell.

getting ready to put the last of the pickling fish i have in brine this morning........then put my jiffy legend auger away for the summer!

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 30 at choretime heading for a high in the upper fitties. Topped out at 44 on the ranch thermometer yesterday. Got the Gator up and running so was able to clean up the white pine debris. Changed another crappy defective LED bulb last nite so I didn't have to put up with all that blinking and flashing when feeding bottle lambs before 10 p.m. Bought a box of what are hopefully better quality ones. They can't be much worse than those Satco bulbs have been. Had a lamb that was ailing this a.m. Looks like it might be enterotoxemia so I jacked it with some antibiotic & revaccinated it just in case. Chances are my efforts will be unrewarding. Of course it's one of the bottle lambs we worked our butts off on and spent extra $ on milk replacer. Typical.

[mike89]

a classic!!! 

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 28 here and heading for 39 it says. Also shows us getting some snow this morning around 8ish. Can't say I did much after work last night. Just relaxed to try and get this alien out of my chest. It has been hanging around for 2 weeks now. Lots of lung cookies this morning. Otherwise just getting ready for another day in the salt mines. Have a good one boys.

[markn]

Looking at the weather forecast I should grab a shovel and fix the mistakes I made in the yard after the last snowfall. Too soft for skid loader, still missing parts for it. Pick up some branches laying in the yard too after that burn the beer boxes and other crap that accumulates. Should be about a three beer project. Later....

[mike89]

mornin all, 32 here and should see the low 60's today..  got a few things I'd like to do today and then who knows!!  want to fire up the smoker this weekend but Sat will be out..   with the weather and winds I'll do it Sunday..  have a good day all!! 

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We have 25 and may see 52. Low tonight of 41 with snow/rain/thundershowers.  Interesting.  We shall see.  No big plans today here neither.  Have a good one.

[Gunner55]

Mornin guys, 28 here & we're headed for 54. It says we're getting some snow now too, but I'm not seeing any. It was a little busier in town yday than it was last week. No big projects planned here either, but I will find something to do outside this morning. No more now, hopin your Thursday's a good day.

[tangle tooth]

      Good morning, campers. At the start of chore time it was 31 sunny (almost) degrees here in paradise. May hit 70 today.
      I need to work on cleaning out the big lean-to and trying to get rid of my OLD Van Brunt seed drill.
      Stay safe, everyone.

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 36 at choretime, heading for a high in the upper sissties! Took a ride last nite to see how much snow was still on the fence. Most places it was gone but up closer to the buildings was shocked to see drifts a couple feet deep yet. It's charging though so it must not be grounded out. Get thru this weekend weather and then we may turn the brood ewes with lambs out either Sunday or Monday. On my travels I checked in the wetland to see how the pussy willows are coming. They're baaaaaccckk! Should be some at their prime to harvest after this warm weather the next couple days.   

Sad news on the ewe lamb I treated yesterday altho after I made the diagnosis, I'm not surprised. Found her dead this a.m. after watching her go downhill all day yesterday. Nothing I could do. Textbook enterotoxemia & it made sense considering her history. We'd used colostrum substitute on her which works fine except for one thing: It doesn't transfer additional antibodies against clostridium perfringens, the bacterial pathogen that causes enterotoxemia. Ewe's milk does when the ewes are vaccinated annually like we do. This lamb got chilled back in January & lived in the garage kennel for quite some time. It received very little of its' mother's colostrum. We bottle fed her and vaccinated her but in retrospect, we likely should've given her a booster 14 - 21 days later. We have a couple younger bottle lambs in the same boat so we will definitely give them a booster when the time comes. It should keep this from happening again. This lamb was large already, weighing 35 - 40 lbs. It had a pretty good life all things considered. It got fed well & was a big hit with kids when their parents brought them over to bottle feed her. The fortunate thing was she didn't have to suffer a long time.     

[roony]

Sorry about your lamb. Went down to the creek yesterday to see how much damage the current is doing to the beaver dam. Some but not enough. Noticed the tile are running

[glenn57]

morning fellers.....done at the store......my phone says near record high for today!!!!!! gonna change oil on da truck.....then me thinks it'll be nap 30!!!!

getting myself mentally prepared for some  and a  tomorrow!!!!!!!!

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. TGIF!  38 here and heading for 48 it says. Not sure what we are supposed to get for snow here yet since weather channel shows nothing but wind and KVLY has not updated there forecast on there website. Still Thursday morning weather. I have all different snow totals from people. I will be done at work by noon today. Otherwise just getting ready for another day in the salt mines. Have a good one boys.

[markn]

Too windy to burn yesterday, I did get most of yard mess fixed with Kubota. Forgot shovel handles don't fit my hands anymore. Later......

[mike89]

mornin all, 45 here and might see 68 today..  besides some wind today it will a nice day..  now tomorrow is another story..  still saying 3 to 5 inches of snow for us..  and plenty of wind with it too..  not much we can do about it anyway..  got to make a run over to Little Falls and LP too today..  have a good day all!! 

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We have 38 and may see 53 today.  Have a good one.

[Gunner55]

Mornin all, 40 to start here & we should see 66. It looks like they've upped our snow totals a little, so we'll see.   The hourly says snow starting ~ 9 am tomorrow here. I've got a couple things on my list for today, nothing pressing though. 'Bout it here, have a great day.

[Scenic]

Good morning All.  46 here this morning and just a bit of SE wind.  Calling for rain tonight changing to snow in the morning.  Believe it when I see it.  If it is going to hit here bring in on hard.  We need all the water we can get up here right now.   

Working/learning new welding project.  Plastic welding and repair.  A whole new animal!  You cannot buy dashes for the older Lund boats.  (over 2015)   Then then learning how to texture to look like leather.   My son has done most of it so it is a learning progress for both of us.   Turned out really good though.

[LPS]

Good for you Scenic.  Always good to know more stuff.   Our ground is still froze except the top couple inches.  Kind of getting drier.  Now it will be a mess again if this hits us.  Maybe I should bring another round bale out to Bucko. 

[glenn57]

morning fellers......i pulled an LPS  and slept in a wee bit!!!!! i didnt get my nap yesterday!!

that looks awesome Scenic!!!!!!!

oil got changed on the truck yesterday, need to hit the grocery store then its gonna be a date with my fire ring later!!!!!!! 

[LPS]

Sounds like a great idea.  I am going out to play now.   

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! Fitty at choretime heading for a high in the mid-70's. That's sorta the normal temps for mid-to-late May in these parts. Will prolly take the afternoon off to replace my divots from last week's snow removal. Ground has firmed up enough so I should be able to use the skidsteer on a lot of it. It's how it got there in the first place! Looks like rain heading in tonite so would be a good time to get it done. Watching the Wednesday system. Sounds like rain/snow mix so far. Heard that one before...    

[Bobberineyes]

Ola Amigos,  como sta!! The cellular is saying 73 and I aint arguing,  windy but friggin awesome outside.  Bustinazzville kicked us all out at noon, some major computer update they shut the doors to the public so I took advantage.  Took the pooches on a stroll, came back here and put anyone to shame with the power nap i had, could almost jump in the air and click my heels!! Anywho walking the yard with it being soft makes me wanna start some grass seed, I'll wait I think a day or so, the ground won't dry that fast. Pooches must be able to read the clock....Feed me!!! See ya!!!

[LPS]

We have 62 at the moment.  Breezy too.  Will be a cocktail on the deck in awhile after I feed the dogs.  It is muddy out. Breezy too. Lots of brown showing up.  Been picking up dog bombs that were buried in the snow.  Can't wait till I can get my drag out.  Works great.  I do the whole lawn with it.  Breaks the bombs up nicely.

[Gunner55]

Got some grass turning green between the garage & the new shed here. Kind of low spot there where we put a bunch of black dirt back when the new shed went up. Still some standing water there but the puddles on the driveway were all but gone early today.