There are June bugs in my coffee again this year too

[Scattered Thumbs]

Speaking of melting, I saw some pictures from a forest fire in Portugal, looked pretty bad, bunch of cars on the highway caught up in it. Hope it's not close to you!

Yes it was very bad. There's no memory of a wildfire with such a high number of  casualties in this Country. It was some 130 miles to the Northeast. This a small Country, if you drive 250 miles from where I live in any direction except West you'll  be out of the Country. If you drive to the West you'll be in the Atlantic Ocean in less than 5 miles.

[Delmonico]

Slim showed up about 8:30 and was fed pulled pork on rye and Black Foreest type browies.

[The Trinity Kid]

Morning all.

Quite the past few days.  I was talking to a friend on Sunday, and he said he was going to a fellow's house to clean out a garden.  He said it was probably 20 hours worth of work, mostly pulling weeds and tilling and that he was getting $500 for the job.  I told him it was going to be over 100 degrees, and he offered me $200 to help for two days.  I was thinking, how bad could it be?

We pull in at 6AM on Monday and find that it is a half acre garden, most of it head high with grassweeds.  So the first three hours were spent using  a lawnmower and a broken weedeater to clear the walkways to dirt.  Then we laid 200 feet of weedcloth, and just as the thermometer broke 100, we were given shovels, a wheelbarrow and 6 tons of gravel.  We shoveled and scooped almost 4.5 tons of the stuff.  The way it worked was, he took an ATV with a 1000lb trailer, loaded it up at the gravel pile and drove it the 100 yards to where I was and dumped it.  I then loaded it into a wheelbarrow and dumped it in the garden.

We called it quits at 1:30 because it was almost 110 and we were both starting to show signs of heat exhaustion.  Yesterday, we finished the gravel by 8, then pulled weeds with a rototiller and a rake for the rest of the morning, until 1.  We barely got a quarter of the way through the garden.   $500 may not have been enough...  Any other time of the year, it would be.  But June, not so much.

On the bright side, I brought home my new Winchester on Sunday. 

--TK

[Delmonico]

We had a pizza party last night.

[Capt Quirk]

Well, the weather has been cool... ish. Of course, it has been raining pretty non stop the past couple days. Had to drive upstate to Newnan for my 90 day tests, and was fortunate to just beat the heavy rain. On the way, we were passing by Senoia, where they film the Walking Dead series, and finally decided to stop and look around. Cool little town, but don't expect things to be cheap! It is loaded with tourists, and the town is making the most of it.

[The Trinity Kid]

Morning all.  I've got an assortment of beverages and foods ready.

Weather here has been pretty constantly 105 with little to no breeze.  Fire dept and the ambulance are running on a lot of heat stroke calls.  It's predicted to drop back to the 90s by next Wednesday.  Yay...

In other news, I'm in the process of going through a job change.  I got a full time job over the summer working for the Forest Service as a fire lookout.  It's Wednesday-Saturday, and pays almost $13 an hour, so I'll have enough money to play with when I'm done to pack away in the bank earn interest on.   

Cap, I know the tourist thing pretty well.  I don't know if you've ever been to California, but where I live in Trinity County (hence the name) our main source of money is tourism.  I live in the county seat of Weaverville, so milk is less than $5/gallon, but you go most anywhere else in the county and everything immediately goes through the roof. 

--TK

[Delmonico]

59 here, going to 71.  Was 102 on wed.

[Capt Quirk]

I can understand tourism, I grew up in Florida. Had the Space Center just north of me, and Disney and Orlando just west of me. But Senoia is really getting what they can. Norman Reedus (Daryl from the Walking Dead), and the producer Greg Nicotaro, own a restaurant there. We stopped in, hoping to get a bite. A steak was $25, and a burger was like $15. We passed. There were a few other places there, and the prices were not far off. That includes the Irish Pub that was there.

And then there is the price of homes! 3BR/3Bth will run you about $350K. For that kind of money, I want that pretty girl from Walking Dead as my neighbor

[litl rooster]

6 inches of rain curtesy of Cindy... thanks very much, i have not one tomato or pepper plant in the ground this year.  

Waiting for call about my surgery.   Watching my chickens and single duck pecking and scratching  for fresh new worms and bugs.

[litl rooster]

As a one time member of the coffee thread use to say, only 92 more days.

[pony express]

Best wishes on the surgery, Roo.

Anybody hear from Four Eyed Buck? I noticed he's been absent, last post was May 2.

[litl rooster]

Best wishes on the surgery, Roo.

Anybody hear from Four Eyed Buck? I noticed he's been absent, last post was May 2.

It has been sometime.

[Delmonico]

Had a number, called, alive and well, pewter problems.  Just Slim and Micha here now with me and they are napping.

[Delmonico]

I'm home and all cleaned up, most the unloading can wait till after work tommorow.

[Delmonico]

Sat night.

[The Trinity Kid]

Evening all.

More shoveling and such today and tomorrow.  Have thunder and lightening last night and tonight, couple little fires that got smashed pretty quickly.

--TK

[Capt Quirk]

Stay safe Kid!

[Silver Creek Slim]

Got home 'bout 21:30. Unpacked guns. Rest can wait. Time for bed.

Slim

[Good Troy]

Sat night.

Thanks for the pics Del!
I had a great time, and look forward to next time!

[Silver Creek Slim]

I have some videos I'll upload in a day or few.

Slim