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Random thoughts from the moose cave.

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Rockhead
 
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Reply Tue 29 Jun, 2010 06:50 pm
the humidity has dropped off during the drought, and it's an almost bearable 89 degrees in the shade.

got the kid pulling the head off'n his pickup truck.

gotta replace it...bad valve.

finishing up the planter, and gonna place my vincas and hyacinth beans. shade for the patio by august...

dusted for fleas, made the cats kinda crazy, must be doing something.

feels like summer now...
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Rockhead
 
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Reply Tue 29 Jun, 2010 10:02 pm
planter is done.

it's been like a big sore thumb there with nothing but the odd weed. (it runs the whole side of the patio bordering the big curved garden with the large tropicals in it.

got my hyacinth dropped in behind as well.

now I gotta run my wires and give it something to climb.

gonna have shade on the whole south end, i'm hoping...

tarred now.

wish it was this nice of a daytime.

80 and a slight breeze now.

tomorrow is motor swap day...
Reyn
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2010 08:26 pm
@Rockhead,
Rockhead wrote:

tomorrow is motor swap day...

That sounds like a lot of work!
Rockhead
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2010 10:43 pm
@Reyn,
if it weren't, it wouldn't pay well.

got it ready to go in. will hit it again friday.

tomorrow I'm a plumber.

replacing the floor under a turlet.

(lotsa fun...not)

tarred again.

Reyn
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2010 10:32 am
@Rockhead,
Rockhead wrote:

replacing the floor under a turlet.

Toilet?
Rockhead
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2010 01:02 pm
@Reyn,
Si...

been slowly rebuilding the bathrooms in Smoky's trailer house.

today is turlet removal day. (got gloves and wipes, it's kinda yucky)

on a nicer note, got one pole up on the fence over the planter, but gonna hafta do two...

but the overall natural patio cover idea is in full bloom, as are the vines involved.

gonna rock...
mismi
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 11:50 am
@Rockhead,
EW. Removing toilets is a messy job. You know what I saw that I actually thought was kind of cute? There was an old shack in someone's back yard. They took an old toilet and put it in there and used it as a planter...impatiens...they left the door open so when you went into their backyard it looked like an outhouse...it even had a half moon on the door. I thought it was really cute. And pretty funny.

Of course - I do come from a long line of rednecks...so this decor probably wouldn't suit most folks. Razz
Rockhead
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 11:53 am
@mismi,
if I did that some smartass would leave me a stinky present.

one must know the caliber of ones neighborhood.

damn rednecks...

(but impatiens is hilarious...)
mismi
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 11:55 am
@Rockhead,
Quote:
damn rednecks...



you betcha Wink
Rockhead
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 11:59 am
@mismi,
visualizing your, uhhh gun rack...

go DO something feather.
mismi
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 12:03 pm
@Rockhead,
Laughing Oh I AM doing something.
Rockhead
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 12:10 pm
@mismi,
riiiiight...

oh .. my ... god...

it's raining. (jusst a wee bit, but the ground is all wet...)

my dance worked.

tramp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-hi_gHsqs

(i know, that's the other thread, but what the hell.)

now i really gotta go.
Reyn
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 01:33 pm
@Rockhead,
Rockhead wrote:
now i really gotta go.

Testing out the toilet?
Rockhead
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jul, 2010 06:34 pm
@Reyn,
that's kinda funny, as to work on the bath I hadda shut the well down, so no water to the whole trailer. (no shut-off)

passed the flush test. (pix available. no crack shots)

got a bigger problem.

BLISTER BEETLES.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blister_beetle

all over my tomatoes.

arrrrrrgggghh...
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Rockhead
 
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Reply Sun 4 Jul, 2010 01:58 pm
been over to the vw place. we don't much work on weekends. got plants instead.

it's raining today. been waiting 2 weeks for rain so I could dig mexican sunflowers. mine did not come back this year.

and trumpet creeper. gonna put it around the pond as a hummingbird attraction and neighbor screener.

off to plant as soon as I finish my PBJ sammich...
Letty
 
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Reply Sun 4 Jul, 2010 02:13 pm
@Rockhead,
Ah, Rockymoose, I used to watch the humming birds dart in and out of my trumpet vine in Virginia. The hibiscus bush here reminds me of it, and I saw two of those little ruby throated things not too long ago.

http://www.beginner-gardening.com/images/trumpetvine.jpg
Rockhead
 
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Reply Sun 4 Jul, 2010 02:20 pm
@Letty,
my friend has an old utility pole wrapped in fence that is a 30 foot tall trumpet tree in the summer. he has plenty o' starters. (says I will hate him in 5 years for it) my sprigs are 8 and 12 feet long, so they should start fast...

we'll see if it brings in the hummers or not.
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Rockhead
 
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Reply Sun 4 Jul, 2010 05:24 pm
I know I am not the guy in charge of rain, but if I was...

two weeks without a drop, and now 3 1/2 inches in 6 hours.

i woulda spread it out a little more, but oh well.

did all my planting, and half of the weeding.

gonna stop and make something hot to eat for dinner...
JPB
 
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Reply Mon 5 Jul, 2010 08:59 am
@Rockhead,
looks like you get to keep the rain band that was supposed to come here. We're in a sauna with a cold front (and associated rain) stuck over near the quad cities.
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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Tue 6 Jul, 2010 11:41 am
Here's a video of the latest progress in my garden. Hope you'll take some snaps of the work you're doing in your garden and share them too.

 

 
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