So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Spacebus]

Textured the ceiling and wall patches today.  Next up is primer and paint 🏁🏁🏁

Made a run (twice actually) for material for a storage cabinet that is to be built under a garden window.  Also picked up some 20"x20" pavers to start figuring out how to spruce up and tie together the immediate area off the carport/back of the house. 

This place was built in 1930 and a hodge podge of add on over the years.  Our main entrance is from the back door under the carport that we dont use as a carport but use it as a covered patio.  The old shop is directly behind that back entrance with about 12' of space between the carport and the shop.  Many homes exit the back right into the yard.  We come out to a gravel strip and an run down building.  It doesn't have that inviting, backyard, homey feel so we are trying to remedy that.  We also have a graduation party coming up in June so that is a good motivator to get this work done. 

Went to Bible study tonight and we (my family) headed over to the coffee stand afterwards and got drinks.  Our oldest daughter was working there tonight so it was a trip to visit her and say hi. 

Came home and i hadnt cleaned the griddle from dinner so i tended to that and did a reseason on the cook surface.  Now im in bed next to Mrs. P surfing the interwebs winding down for bed to start my work week tomorrow.  I work a split shift Tuesday-Saturday with Sunday/Mondays off. 

Enjoy the week people! 💥 👊🏼

Is that a maple tree? Ours are starting to bud here as well. I've heard the PNW is pretty lousy with bald eagles these days, I can say it is definitely true here in eastern coastal Maine. I usually see one on clear days.

[bReTt]

Textured the ceiling and wall patches today.  Next up is primer and paint 🏁🏁🏁

Made a run (twice actually) for material for a storage cabinet that is to be built under a garden window.  Also picked up some 20"x20" pavers to start figuring out how to spruce up and tie together the immediate area off the carport/back of the house. 

This place was built in 1930 and a hodge podge of add on over the years.  Our main entrance is from the back door under the carport that we dont use as a carport but use it as a covered patio.  The old shop is directly behind that back entrance with about 12' of space between the carport and the shop.  Many homes exit the back right into the yard.  We come out to a gravel strip and an run down building.  It doesn't have that inviting, backyard, homey feel so we are trying to remedy that.  We also have a graduation party coming up in June so that is a good motivator to get this work done. 

Went to Bible study tonight and we (my family) headed over to the coffee stand afterwards and got drinks.  Our oldest daughter was working there tonight so it was a trip to visit her and say hi. 

Came home and i hadnt cleaned the griddle from dinner so i tended to that and did a reseason on the cook surface.  Now im in bed next to Mrs. P surfing the interwebs winding down for bed to start my work week tomorrow.  I work a split shift Tuesday-Saturday with Sunday/Mondays off. 

Enjoy the week people! 💥 👊🏼

Is that a maple tree? Ours are starting to bud here as well. I've heard the PNW is pretty lousy with bald eagles these days, I can say it is definitely true here in eastern coastal Maine. I usually see one on clear days.

Not sure what that tree is.  We were out and there was a pair in the trees.  It's not rare to see bald eagles here.  We have a mating pair at the end of our road in a large cottonwood tree. 

[maraudinglizard]

Is that a maple tree? Ours are starting to bud here as well. I've heard the PNW is pretty lousy with bald eagles these days, I can say it is definitely true here in eastern coastal Maine. I usually see one on clear days.

Being where Brett lives, it's probably the Big Leaf Maple (Acer Macrophyllum).

[Blowpipe Sam]

Drove four boat tours.  The water clarity is excellent and we were spotting the manatee a fifty yards or better so I had a comfortable, low stress day.  Harassed a young gator that's getting a little too curious about the swimming area.  It's best to get them now before summer starts.  I'll take the wrist rocket and some hickory nuts with me tomorrow.  If it is still hanging around I'll try and "educate" it a little bit.

[Spacebus]

Textured the ceiling and wall patches today.  Next up is primer and paint 🏁🏁🏁

Made a run (twice actually) for material for a storage cabinet that is to be built under a garden window.  Also picked up some 20"x20" pavers to start figuring out how to spruce up and tie together the immediate area off the carport/back of the house. 

This place was built in 1930 and a hodge podge of add on over the years.  Our main entrance is from the back door under the carport that we dont use as a carport but use it as a covered patio.  The old shop is directly behind that back entrance with about 12' of space between the carport and the shop.  Many homes exit the back right into the yard.  We come out to a gravel strip and an run down building.  It doesn't have that inviting, backyard, homey feel so we are trying to remedy that.  We also have a graduation party coming up in June so that is a good motivator to get this work done. 

Went to Bible study tonight and we (my family) headed over to the coffee stand afterwards and got drinks.  Our oldest daughter was working there tonight so it was a trip to visit her and say hi. 

Came home and i hadnt cleaned the griddle from dinner so i tended to that and did a reseason on the cook surface.  Now im in bed next to Mrs. P surfing the interwebs winding down for bed to start my work week tomorrow.  I work a split shift Tuesday-Saturday with Sunday/Mondays off. 

Enjoy the week people! 💥 👊🏼

Is that a maple tree? Ours are starting to bud here as well. I've heard the PNW is pretty lousy with bald eagles these days, I can say it is definitely true here in eastern coastal Maine. I usually see one on clear days.

Not sure what that tree is.  We were out and there was a pair in the trees.  It's not rare to see bald eagles here.  We have a mating pair at the end of our road in a large cottonwood tree.

I saw one swooping around the compost area at work today. It appeared to be hunting something. Later in the day someone saw a large eviscerated rat near the compost area.

[buellm2]

Prepping gear, sighting in, testing for start of 50' summer leagues.   It would be a real feel-good to beat some of them "younguns" this year.

[bReTt]

I did do airgun related stuff but here is the non-airgun stuff.

Made a stepping stone walkway to the gazebo and a connecting path of crushed rock between one area of gravel to another. 

[Sqrl Klr]

Now that looks nice! I had unlevel pavers improperly gapped that size years ago on a degrade which was an ankle break waiting to happen and what a PITA it was to get them all proper with no wobble as I'd never done it before. It wore me out but I had twice that amount of pavers to straighten up too. 

[Mr.P]

I grilled burgers and dogs for 100+ people at the local high school band’s outdoor performance at the town I just moved to.  The food cart that was supposed to provide food canceled last minute, my neighbor asked for help, so my daughter and I manned the grill.  The band was pretty good - those kids were clearly putting their heart into it and it was great to see.  A nice early taste of summertime…

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Drove 1,010 miles we are in Amarillo TX for the night we left Home at 3:58 AM Pacific and got to the Hotel here at 10:50 PM CDT  we averaged 63 1/8 mph, not bad, we tried to keep moving and kept gas stops short. There were some construction zones but really not much.

We just have 546.2 miles to go tomorrow.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I grilled burgers and dogs for 100+ people at the local high school band’s outdoor performance at the town I just moved to.  The food cart that was supposed to provide food canceled last minute, my neighbor asked for help, so my daughter and I manned the grill.  The band was pretty good - those kids were clearly putting their heart into it and it was great to see.  A nice early taste of summertime…

What a cool story!

[bReTt]

Now that looks nice! I had unlevel pavers improperly gapped that size years ago on a degrade which was an ankle break waiting to happen and what a PITA it was to get them all proper with no wobble as I'd never done it before. It wore me out but I had twice that amount of pavers to straighten up too.

Thanks Gil!  Getting the area close to level is a bit of a chore.  I laid sand down and went over that with the pacers then shoveled the crushed rock over it and watered it all in.  It's not perfect but it's the best job I've done so far. 😆

[buellm2]

I just finished up doing something I swore I would never do again.   Polishing 6 pair of shoes.   But they are my wifes shoes.   She asked me to polish them and for her, I will break the polish vow.    I will never polish my shoes because that chore reminds me of an awful manager.   When I was a rookie cop, I had a sergeant who was the stupidest, laziest, most cowardly, dishonest piece of garbage I've ever had to report to.   But he sure was good at polishing boots and brass.   He was always on my case about my badge and boots not being shiny enough.  But after awhile I made it a point to have messy boots when he was on duty just to p--ss him off.   He ended up getting fired for stealing from the petty cash drawer.   15 years and pension down the drain for petty cash.  I hope he had plenty of time to polish his shoes after getting fired.

[avator]

Come to think of it, I don't even own a pair of shoes that require polish.

[maraudinglizard]

Chicken feeders loaded, garden dusted for the little bug suckers. Since the weather is going south later today, I will spend the rest of it in the house cooking up what I got from the store yesterday and package it for separate meals for later on. Wally world dropped the price on huge hams and 2 of them went into the shopping cart. If I had a bigger cooler 4 hams would have come home with me. I cut the meat off the bone and package that up, the bones are cooked down and lentils or quinoa are cooked in the broth with the bone meat in it. I have more turnips to pick so some of the ham will used to season them. I have a canner so canning is not a problem for me. Just tired of the expensive canned goods that are tasteless and loaded with salt. 

[Matchstickshooter]

Chicken feeders loaded, garden dusted for the little bug suckers. Since the weather is going south later today, I will spend the rest of it in the house cooking up what I got from the store yesterday and package it for separate meals for later on. Wally world dropped the price on huge hams and 2 of them went into the shopping cart. If I had a bigger cooler 4 hams would have come home with me. I cut the meat off the bone and package that up, the bones are cooked down and lentils or quinoa are cooked in the broth with the bone meat in it. I have more turnips to pick so some of the ham will used to season them. I have a canner so canning is not a problem for me. Just tired of the expensive canned goods that are tasteless and loaded with salt.

 My wife will buy a ham with the bone in.
After having the ham, the bone and some of the meat hanging on will go into home made baked beans. (also maple syrup goes in.)
She fills a big blue roaster pan and pops it in the oven.
  We just had this!   lol

[avator]

Betty Lou makes bean soup with the leftover ham bone and Northern beans. She also adds extra ham.

[buellm2]

Ham bones go into pea soup for me.   But I like the baked beans/ham bone idea.   I'll have to remember to try it.

[Hoosier Daddy]

"Buhla" the Bronze F-one-fiddy got new treads.
MasterCraft Courser has been good to me for the last 3 trucks.
These are another set of 10 ply. Deep tread.

[Spacebus]

"Buhla" the Bronze F-one-fiddy got new treads.
MasterCraft has been good to me for the last 3 trucks.
These are another set of 10 ply. Deep tread.

Those look great!