I’ve done my own foundation barrier and yard insect and weed spraying by using the 1 and 2 gallon pump up and pull behind yard sprayers for my entire life. Really they have worked fine and with a little cleaning have been an easy way to control bugs and weeds … but tools are tools and the temptation for me is too much. 😊
I’ve contemplated replacing the older and larger of the two pump up sprayers I use with a backpack sprayer that uses the 18 volt rechargeable batteries after buying some insecticide and vegetation killer from DoMyOwn.com.
So earlier this month I purchased the Ridgid Sprayer(hanging on wall photo) and so far it is working incredibly well for spraying the insect barrier. Next will probably be to control the inch worms that are showing up; I’ll hit hit a few areas of sod with Permethrin SFR to since I’m seeing some white moths fluttering around when I’m mowing the backyard. Stay tuned.
Noticed that the Ridgid batteries are getting larger too (see tomorrow’s post) … unfortunately they aren’t getting much cheaper.
With my granddaughters coming this weekend to help celebrate Brenda’s birthday(it is an excuse to get together), one of our granddaughter had a request: “Could Bompa make a Fairy Door for me to paint in his workshop?”
How could a request like that be passed up? So Katelyn sent a photo of what the girls were talking about … since I was clueless. It looked like a fun project … so I’m starting to get it ready and even requested that Brenda check her odds and ends for craft paints (she is going to buy some new paint). 😊
Fairy doors are miniature doors, typically set into the base of a tree or a structure, which serve as a gateway to a magical world. They can be found in various forms, from commercial products to public art installations and even DIY creations.
Investors who bought US Treasury iBonds when inflation was raging may see the lower May 2024 rate reduction as no longer attractive; the rate is currently 4.28% (it adjusts every 6 months).
The interest rate has steadily fallen as month to month inflation has eased from its high and investors may be able to find a better use for their dollars (inflation may have “eased from its high,” but property taxes, insurance and nearly all household expenditures have NOT eased).
Beware though, selling iBonds before the 5 year holding period does come with a penalty, that is losing the 3 last months of interest and facing Federal taxes on the gains in the year they are sold.
Also for those making them a part of your long term saving, there are limits to what you can invest each year.
A point to keep in mind is also when to sell, whether you have held iBonds for 5 years (no loss of interest) or are planning to sell them before 5 years (give up the last 3 months of interest) … would be to do it early in the month (see below).
Not that I’m contemplating “doomsday” or ultra-paranoid, but the new book by Annie Jacobsen called “Nuclear War: A Scenario” is indeed frightening and does make me realize just how quickly the President of the United States must make nuclear decisions — 6 minutes.
Our military interactions over the past 100+ years have all been quick-strike or longer term slugfests using conventional weapons, but if the ICBM war would ever start, the nightmare would be unfathomable. If there was one thing that would prevent me from “even wanting” to be president, it would be the weight of making that kind of decision.
Check out this “long” interview with Lex Fridman on his YouTube channel… or get a copy of the 2024 book.
Proud Prophet: “No matter how nuclear war starts, it ends with everyone dead.”
It is always interesting to stumble across tidbits from the past that trigger memories … this one of a high school rival … and at the time, the nearest mall (I actually worked evening at the Sear store there in the spring of 1981 while also substitute teaching at my old high school in Sidney and then again at Sears in Cleveland in my first year of marriage— a long story).
I almost forgot where I was going with this: I retweeted a politically charged tweet or “X” regarding the choice 2024 presidential Democrat nominee Kamala Harris picked for her running mate — Minnesota’s governor Tim Walz. It is disturbing to see how much control the socialist leaning far left has taken the Democratic Party.
Where are the common sense, patriotic American citizens who love our country, our founding principles and traditional values? Those who prefer respected borders, safety, law and order and an economy that lifts up all who work hard while keeping our military respected and feared so as prevent war? There’s no way they could possibly support and vote for this:
If the old adage that ‘A’ picture is worth a thousand words .. what are TWO pictures worth? 🧐 https://t.co/dDY7CnytvR
After noticing a ThrowBack Thursday #TBT post in the “Year(s) Ago On This Date” blog column and recently stumbling across a old automotive photo that I didn’t remember of me with the 1973 Cadillac Coupe Deville … the one that was hit by a train, well pushed off the tracks by a slow moving train.
This was the vehicle I purchased after selling my 1974 Capri in the summer of 1980 and before my 1977 Honda Civic in 1981. It was also the car my college roommates and I used when living in an Ada, Ohio apartment on Turner Avenue to haul a wooden coffin to a Halloween party … and the autumn when I met and dated Brenda. I sold this fuel hungry beast in the spring of 1981, bought the much smaller and economical Honda Civic (a rebuildable). At that same time, I needed somthing to drive, so I also bought a 1967 Camaro … that I sold in a few months to my brother in order to buy an engagement ring for Brenda — see last paragraph of this post.
The older I get, the more I enjoy those old photos that trigger memories!
Looking at September as a whole, we foresee near- to above-average temperatures across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Below-average temperatures are expected from the Great Lakes and Appalachians southward to the Southeast. Much of the Plains and Midwest will be on the warmer side, while Texas and Oklahoma will see a few shots of cooler, less humid air. The western United States will experience above-average temperatures for the most part, including Alaska and Hawaii. In Canada, temperatures will be near average across southern Quebec and the Maritimes, with above-average temperatures across most of the rest of the country.
Much of the eastern third of the United States will see near- to above-average rainfall this month. Drier-than-average conditions are forecast from the Midwest and the Plains through a good part of the West. Near- to below-average precipitation is expected across Alaska and Hawaii. In Canada, rainfall will be near to above average from southern Ontario eastward to the Maritimes. The Prairies and southwestern British Columbia will be on the drier side, while parts of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories will see above-average precipitation.
I’ve done my own foundation barrier and yard insect and weed spraying by using the 1 and 2 gallon pump up and pull behind yard sprayers for my entire life. Really they have worked fine and with a little cleaning have been an easy way to control bugs and weeds … but tools are tools and the temptation for me is too much. 😊 
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