The Watering Hole

The range went well.

Shot the Trailer Park Trash 92. The first mag without a hitch. The second mag a malfunction. The third mag, multiple malfunctions.
Diagnosis is what I already knew. Weak magazine spring, and possibly a weak mainspring.
New mags arrived after I returned from the range, so Sunday will see the magazine issue resolved.
Springs should arrive tomorrow

Those Gold Dots shoot well.

The Factory Crimp Die seems to have solved the 9mm Kurtz issue, based on a small 8 round sample.
Will try again with 25 rounds on Sunday.

Put a hundred rounds through the 1911. There's a lot yet to be done to that pistol, but I'm headed in the right direction.

Skeeters and Gnats ran me off.


Came home and primed 100 .45 cases.

Loaded said 25 rounds of 9X17

Kentucky Derby Saturday, anybody got a pick?

3-1 Zandon
7-2 Epicenter
8-1 Messier
10-1 White Abarrio
10-1 Mo Donegal
12-1 Taiba
20-1 Smile Happy
20-1 Crown Pride
20-1 Charge It
20-1 Simplification
20-1 Cyberknife
20-1 Zozos
30-1 Happy Jack
30-1 Summer Is Tomorrow
30-1 Tiz the Bomb
30-1 Pioneer of Medina
30-1 Barber Road
30-1 Classic Causeway
30-1 Tawny Port
30-1 Rich Strike

Grass is coming in. A few weeks behind last year, but last year I was already using the AC.

GP_in_Minn said:

Isn’t your porch in the real world?

Gregg

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Smoke and mirrors...

From the front porch (yesterday)
Neighbor's house (one block away)
My birdbath
Detail on the van in photo 1

Taken with a Nikon lens and camera, 24-85mm.

The latest rain event started yesterday 2 or 3 hours before the weasels claimed it would. Started about the time I was going to dig the modern Schwinn Cruiser 6 out of the garage, so the ride idea was cancelled.

Between the rain drops, I went to a couple of locally owned and operated greenhouses. The first greenhouse has a flower called Beth's Blue and is the only place that I have found it. Noticed another flower small yellow flower, that cascades well over the side of a pot, that I usually get elsewhere, but this place's priced had jumped significantly so passed on those as well as the creeping phlox I thought was too high priced.

Went to the second greenhouse where I picked up the creeping phlox which was $2.00 a plant cheaper than the first greenhouse. The creeping phlox will be used to try to establish a border for a small flower bed in front that I hope to revamp this year Picked up some ivy type accent plants for the 4 centerpiece large pots the get placed on the front porch. Also picked up a small white flower/plant, that cascades over the planter edges well, called Betty White. It is similar to Snowflake. That greenhouse did not have the small yellow cascading flowers that I have gotten there in the past. The centerpiece pots will probably have Geraniums, Betty White, and the ivy type plant.

The local Symphony Orchestra has a flower sail fund raiser each year. I ordered a bunch of Geraniums and Dragon Wing Begonias to be picked up May 20. Most of those will be used at the cemetery. The Begonias for my parents, and the Geraniums at my wife's grave. I'll use the left over flowers at home. Will probably return to the first greenhouse to get the to get the small yellow flowered plants. Will need more Geraniums as well.

Also ordered from the Orchestra fundraiser are a couple of large Geranium Bushes that get dropped off anonymously at a couple of lady friends places. I have been doing that for many years, but I think the flower Santa has been determined. I'm spending way too much on flowers.


Last year, or maybe the year before I was thinking about getting a two wheel wheelbarrow, but "supply chain" issues created some problems with availability of the one I preferred. I'm thinking that a twin wheeler would be easier for this aging geezer to handle. Eventually gave up on the idea at the time. Last weekend there was an estate sale a ways down the street. The elderly owner had passed, and the kids cleaned out the house and put the contents up for sale. I stopped at the sale and found nothing of interest. Fast forward to this week, and the kids put the unsold items from the estate sale out to the curb for the trash pickers and eventually trash pick up. I happened to drive by the discard pile of stuff and noticed the only item that appeared worthwhile was a dual wheel wheel barrow. The dually barrow was made by the same parent company as the one that I preferred. The difference being that the one being discarded has a bigger, much bigger, poly tub, rather than steel. I thing the only reason someone hadn't already picked it, is that with the 8 cubic foot tub, it is big, real big. One would probably need an open pick up to cart it away. So yesterday evening during a brief let up in the never ending rain I drove past to verify it was still there. It was, so walked down and pushed it 8 blocks home. Appears in good shape, no cracks or holes in the poly tube. If the poly tub breaks, I can replace it with a steel tub. Tires are sound though they could use some air. Will pass on my older wheel barrow, also a freebee, acquired 35 years ago. It was discarded because of a broken handle.

When going to the second greenhouse yesterday, a bit south of town, I noticed numerous farm field with wet spots or standing water. At two different rural houses I saw yards with with standing water, each with a pair of gooses. A third house had a pair of ducks occupying the flooded yard. If I start seeing more pairs of animals in flooded yards, I'm getting out my carpenter tools and start building a boat. Talked to my farmer friend that lives 20 miles in another direction and he confirmed many flooded fields, or fields to wet to werk, out his way. He is fortunate in that his place is dryer than many and he was able to get manure applied last Friday after 3 dry days.

Patricia just called me for the third time this week warning me the file for my extended car warranty, that was about to expire, just came across her desk. This was my last chance to renew before my coverage expired. Apparently Patricia didn't remember that I previously told her to remove me from her call list. Maybe with the language used this time, if she understands English, she'll remember that I told her to take me off the call list. If not, maybe she'll call again for additional abuse.

Crow out front picking apart what appears to be a freshly hatched featherless baby bird.

Now back to the weather. When the rain started early and with only about 10 points collected in the old school glass rain gauge, there was already standing water in the super saturated back yard. Desperately needs mowing. Last week after about 3 and a half days with no rain I was able to get it mowed, but it was still wetter and mushier than I'd have liked. Some of the neighbors haven't mowed yet, and their grass is tall enough that small dogs become lost should they venture in. Weasels say that when the rain stops her in about another 3-4 hours we should finally have some warmer, dryer, and sunnier weather for about a week. About time, it has been a rotten spring. Will probably take at least three days before it will dry enough to mow.

End of water logged, cranky ole geezer, sprouting mold and other fungi report.

I live an exciting life.

Whew, that was a lot of Ketchup!

TGIF!!!

Great job Mike (and assistant!)
Glad it all went well.

A long but good week.

I will be off to dinner with pals a bit later and will be czeching out and acting on any opportunities that may arise with respect to the female population!

Hope y'all have a great night!



R