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What are U doing today? (Ongoing thread)
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May 03, 2017 01:05PM
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Joy, What did you think of my word, "fremeny" that I posted? Did you already know the meaning? I thought it was an interesting word. I put the sentence in that was in the essay in the NYT. I posted it and wondering if you saw it.
Nina wrote: "Joy, What did you think of my word, "fremeny" that I posted? Did you already know the meaning? I thought it was an interesting word. I put the sentence in that was in the essay in the NYT. I posted..."No, I didn't see it, Nina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenemy
This was the sentence I posted; "For two days in Abidjan, on the Ivory coast, she found herself both frenemy and fixer to Nina Simone." I also found that Disney made a teen comedy named "Frenemies."
I vaguely remember hearing about the word (frenemies).See: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865368/?...
"Frenemies" (2012) (TV Movie)
Here is an example of SF becoming true. Uterine replicators a la Lois McMaster Bujold! (She writes the Vorkosigan SF series.) http://www.tor.com/2017/04/28/science...
Jim wrote: "Here is an example of SF becoming true. Uterine replicators a la Lois McMaster Bujold! (She writes the Vorkosigan SF series.) http://www.tor.com/2017/04/28/science......"
INCREDIBLE!
No hummingbirds yet. They are smart - must have known about the snow flurries we had over the weekend. Today it is only 41 degrees. I'll need warm clothes for work today.
We were down in the 30s for a few nights, but it's warming up again. The hummingbirds sucked the front feeder dry & I didn't notice for a day or two. I filled it up, but haven't seen any out on it since. I hope they're OK.
I hope to put up my hummingbird feeder this week as it is in the upper eighties now. Hope yours are OK Jim.
Oh 80 degrees. How nice. I'm sitting here contemplating on what to wear to work for this in between weather.
Changed our feeder water again. Maybe we'll see a hummingbird soon.
We're getting rain again today. I'm kind of happy since I should get to spend time in the shop tonight. I have bowls to turn. I've been too busy doing outside chores in the good weather.I sprayed the lane with Gly4 (Roundup) yesterday afternoon, so it had plenty of time to get taken up by the weeds. It was a bit windy, but I really needed to get it done. I hate having to mow parts of the lane. I have enough to mow. I did the neighbor's parking area while I was at it since she doesn't have a good sprayer.
The fish pond needed some TLC. The wind was just right & managed to get under the center fountain to practically drain it. I turned the fountain way down & cleaned the filter. I found a lot of tadpoles in it. First I've seen of them this year.
I did a little weeding around it while waiting for it to fill & found the chameleon plant had come back! I thought I killed it off a couple/few years ago. Tough stuff! I wouldn't recommend planting it. Pulling it up by the roots doesn't work, so I'll have to get my RoundUp stick out & keep after it.
The night before last, I got the logs from the maple I cut down at Josh & Erin's over to the sawmill. Not a long trip. Dallas lives about a 1/2 mile down the road. He was going to charge me 40¢/board foot, but I talked him into doing it by the square foot instead. I don't know why he'd think of the former unless all he ever cuts are 1x boards. I want 5/4 & a 2x out of each log, so it would have cost me twice as much for half the cutting on the 2x. He's still making out since I just want the straight-line ripped which means he gets out of one full lengthwise cut.
I don't really want 5/4 boards, but I've bought lumber from him before & he doesn't measure thickness properly. A 1" rough cut to him includes the kerf, so the board comes out at 7/8". By the time I plane down a 7/8" rough cut board, 5/8" is all I can count on, but I should be able to get 3/4".
I'll have to stack the boards in the barn for a couple of years to dry, but it's a good deal for maple. That's running $3.50 - $4/bf at Bagdad Sawmill, so this will be about 1/10th the cost. In the meantime, I cut the butt of the biggest log off so I can get some big bowls & should get a dozen smaller ones out of some upper logs.
The Global Big Bird Day is coming up soon, the 13th of May. You can find out more about it on Cornell Labs Ebird site:http://ebird.org/ebird/globalbigday
There's a book describing this event that I've been meaning to get around to reading, The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession. Has anyone read it or do you participate? I never have.
Linda wrote: "Bowls to turn? You are making bowls?"I turn bowls all the time, Linda. I generally only turn green, found wood. IOW, if I or someone else takes a tree down, I cut some logs from it & turn the bowls before the wood is dry. I generally dry the finished product in the microwave, so they can have some interesting shapes. I've been doing it for 15 years or so. They're pretty cool, if I do say so myself. You can see a few at http://jimwoodwork.com
Just in case I don't get around to it, Happy Mother's Day to Marge and Joy and any other Goodreads mothers. From Nina.
PS my husband was born on Mother's day.
Jim wrote: "The Global Big Bird Day is coming up soon, the 13th of May. You can find out more about it on Cornell Labs Ebird site:http://ebird.org/ebird/globalbigday
There's a book describing this event that..."
I've never participated in the Global Big Bird Day. Only the bird count in February. Definitely will check this out!! Thanks, Jim.
Happy Birthday Nina's husband. Happy Mother's Day everyone.
Jim wrote: "Linda wrote: "Bowls to turn? You are making bowls?"I turn bowls all the time, Linda. I generally only turn green, found wood. IOW, if I or someone else takes a tree down, I cut some logs from it ..."
You certainly are blessed with multiple talents, Jim.
Hummingbirds arrived (at least first time we spotted them) yesterday! Luckily, my husband had changed the sugar water that morning. Happy Day!
Glad your hummingbirds arrived, Linda.'Blessed' with talents? Not hardly. I try very hard to refine those things I seem to have any ability & interest in. Many others I try to learn what I can & then quietly slink away. Anything musical seems to be beyond me. I dance like a spastic stork, sing like failing foghorn, & have no sense of rhythm.
I'm pretty good with my hands, though. I've practiced turning for 15 years & have a brush pile full of failures, but quite a few adequate projects. I've even made a few spectacular ones. It's a lot of effort, though. I've had to learn to look at a chunk of wood to judge how to cut it to turn, how thin it can be turned, & what will happen to it as it dries. I read, practice, & try various things until I'm frustrated beyond belief sometimes. The other day I made a really nice thin cherry bowl only to have the bottom break out as I was chiseling off the nib left on the base. Over an hour's work shot with one blow...
I agree with Linda you are a talented man, Jim. And Linda great news of the hummingbirds sighting.
Happy Mother's Day to all!
Jim wrote: "Glad your hummingbirds arrived, Linda.'Blessed' with talents? Not hardly. I try very hard to refine those things I seem to have any ability & interest in. Many others I try to learn what I can & ..."
Pretty funny descriptive of your singing and dancing! A comic as well?
Ok - so the bottom of the cherry bowl broke - yet you had the talent to create a cherry bowl. I don't even have a thought of making a cherry bowl.
I still believe you are a talented person Jim.
Thanks, Linda. I'm not quick enough witted to be a comic, but manage to make Marg laugh often enough to keep her interested. :)
The base didn't break on the cherry bowl tonight, but I think I made it a hair too thin. I'll let it dry over night to be sure, but it might make the brush pile, too. I've taken to cutting them in half on the bandsaw or else people fish them out & keep them. That's irritating. If I think it is garbage, then it is. Marg says I'm a perfectionist, but I'm not. Every bowl has some imperfection, it's a matter of how much. I sign, date, & put the species of all my bowls on the base. I won't be remembered for junk!
Today is housecleaning day. Rewarding when it's done. I'll take a break and get some fresh air. Drive down to the Lake and see what's going on in town.
Say hello to Lake George for me. :)
For a cool rainy day, Beach Road was busy. Then we realized the cruise boats were running today.
It started at 47 today, went down to 45 at dawn & shot up to the mid 70s this afternoon. They're saying we might be in the high 80s later this week.
Sounds like summer is on its way!
Since today will not be a wash out with rain we are going to take a car ride. See if we find any new places, new things, something different. We call our rides little adventures. Have a good day.
Have a good adventure today! :)
Today weather expects to be high in 70's and sunny. How nice!
I finished getting everything mowed last night. If there isn't much of a breeze, I plan to spray the lanes & fence lines with 2,4-D, a broad-leaf herbicide. I sprayed the lanes with Gly4 (RoundUp) but that didn't kill off the
Speaking of breeze. We have too much. twenty to thirty miles per hour wind and in the eighties/ not a pleasant day.
Hang on to your hat! :)
I even cover my ears/don't want them to blow away.
That's miserable. We've had too strong a breeze to spray, so I fiddled this afternoon. Got the powerwasher working, fixed my fish pond skimmer, & some other things. One was the spout to my gas can. I can't believe this new 'safety measure' for the new spouts. Half of them leak &, if they don't, they dribble the liquid out like an old man with an enlarged prostate. Worthless. I have to get cheap 'water' can spouts that last a couple of years & then break.:(
Today the weather forecaster said don't wear long sleeves. Sounds like a warm one today. I'll have to go stare at the clothes in my closet to see what is fitting to wear today. Looks like a beauty. Enjoy today everyone.
Going out to run a few errands with a friend--and dodging trees!We had a major storm last night in Omaha---windy, hail and heavy rain. Power outages in some areas. Lots of large tree limbs down all over the city! More rain expected later tonight.
Also, I forgot---there was a picture of Valley ,Nebraska on the news and a tree fell on a house (empty/no injuries).But the photo of that huge tree split in half was astonishing.
I saw the pics of the storm in TV. How awful!
Yes, it's really HOT today!
I hope everyone remained safe today - Mary, Nina and Jim. Joy and I just had very hot weather. Some nice breezes though.
Hummingbird feeder - at least pairs of males and females
Maybe more once we get some flowers which won't be until after May 30th.
No hummingbirds yet but my feeder has a crack so I do need a good one however they are predicting a huge storm tonight and into tomorrow so we'll stay put until that passes.
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