Good morning Scrap Yard, and HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the Moms out there.

Gardens...I need to get my tomatoes and peppers in! Also gotta get a few more pots of greens and beans planted... and feed my peas! Made the first strawberry rhubarb pie of the season last week with our fresh rhubarb. The asparagus I put in last year didn't come in as full as I'd hoped, but what can you do? At least it's still growing. Maybe next year it will come up in droves.

Since I've been gone a long while (Bo clue why I couldn't log in, or why it more works, but I'm not complaining ), focus of catchy you all up...

Picked up our elder daughter from school yesterday. Just finished her first year of her nursing program. She got in "early decision," or something like that. Lots of school ratios you to do a year or two of college and then APPLY to their nursing program. She earned her CNA (certified nurses assistant) certification when she was 16, which helped her get right into a BS in nursing program. She passed the CNA test her first try-- there were adults on their second or third attempt to pass the test when She took it.

Went to my oldest's graduation in UT a couple weeks back. He finished in December, but walked the stage in spring. Earned a BA in poli-sci. His grandfather has a PhD in the subject, and i did my BA and MA in related fields. If be lying if I said I wasn't proud that he's followed the family business.

Second oldest got married in March. His wife graduates from her undergrad nursing program this coming Friday, and he's got one more year in his Aerospace abs Mechanical Engineering programs. Must have got his smarts from his mom.

Youngest just got nominated for a county- wide theater award for her role in The Music Man... which was coincidentally the first musical I was in in high school. She's got one more year of high school, and was selected for a county- wide science program in "plant and environmental sciences." She's not sure what she wants to do yet. What she wants to do-- graphic design-- might be made obsolete by AI by the time she'd graduate school. But She's also interested in bio and veterinary science... and 100 other things.

If it sounds like I'm bragging, it's because Iam They are bright kids!

Hung out with SF45ACP a couple days in UT. He's doing well and enjoying retirement. I've still got 5 years until I'm eligible, and probably 10 before it's feasible

My health has taken a turn for the better the past couple years. Had a heart attack a year ago December. One stent and countless hours in the gym later, I'm feeling pretty dang good. Hoping to live well into my 70s or 80s. That's both live WELL, into my 70s or 80s, and live well INTO my 70s or 80s. Two years ago I'd have been shocked to lived until 60. God has richly blessed me and performed miracles in my life!

Wow DT, yeah I’d say Y’all have spawned a good batch of smart kids. Congrats on them AND both you and the wife. Take her someplace nice to eat after Church today. She deserves it. Oh and tell her this Ole Redneck says howdy and Happy Mothers Day.

That's really something to be proud of all the way around ! I am really glad that you got back on the forum as you were greatly missed.

Y'all gotta take better aim.

You're confused ; it was Dumpster Dan who didn't like squirrels, he called them tree rats. On the other hand, the forums LOVES our Super-Squirrel.

Good afternoon to ya dogs. Hope everybody has a nice meaty bone to chew on.

Ha ! I managed to break my mower and I'm looking to find a repair shop. Of course it happened before I could finish mowing the yard.

Evening Yard!

Glad to see you back DT.

I finally got the dust blown of my SxS and went for a ride in the hills today. I finally made good use of a hand saw. There was a fair sized Aspen that had fallen across the trail and my friend was about to turn around since we both forgot our chainsaws. (It's a should have thing in the spring here) I grabbed a cheapo hand saw and had it out of the way in about 5 minutes. He was thinking it wouldn't work. Soft green wood wasn't too much of an issue and the biggest part was only about 10 inches.

I am ordering a better quality handsaw though. I ordered a Silky Gomboy 11 inch saw. The one I used which rated high worked but it tweeked the lock bar after the first cut. I'm not sure it would have made it through a similar sized tree if we had to do it again.

It was a great day on the trails though, We had to turn around 3 times though due to deep snow all right at the 7500 ft elevation. I never made it to where I was trying to go but it was nice to get out and it was gorgeous country.

Oh man that sounds so nice MB.

Good morning Yard.