Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[secuono]

@Mini Horses , I get what you are saying but I doubt it. I lived right across the road from a train that went through several times a day and got "used to it" but I could hear it and feel it coming and it was not sudden headlights and then different degrees of noise as it is here with the vehicles......I could tell you the time by when it went through....Here it is cars and trucks speeding past; some with radios blaring and some with mufflers or lack there of, loud enough to sound like a monster truck from the truck pulls....

In CT years ago, I lived near the interstate and it was a certain level of noise you always heard, but it was more muted. You get used to it to a certain extent, but I never got used to it to where I "didn't hear it".

The further off the road and beaten path the better I have always liked it. Don't want to hear "civilization" going by. But, for now it is what it is....

Made a trip with the truck and then a trip with the car, will get the car unloaded this evening in a little bit after the ibpro, that I just took, takes the edge off. Will unload the truck in the morning so I can take it back down to load junk. I will take the vacuum down in the morning too.
Just some stuff in the one cabinet over the sink, odds and ends stuff here and there to gather up inside. Some stuff outside to get together yet...but not major.... and need to clean out the fridge; most of that will go in the dumpster too....Do some basic cleaning of the cupboards.... there have been mice in them and need a good thorough washing out with soapy water and a scrub brush.... when they get here. Going to have DS leave them out on the deck so I can get some serious washing down and scrubbing with a brush, done.... then move them inside in a few days to make sure they dry good.....I can tip them on their side on a blanket and get them inside myself most likely once they are cleaned. The mice have taken over down there again....

Possible showers tomorrow then part clouds for 7 days.... sure we could get a possible shower but it doesn't look like there is much of any precip in the forecast for over a week.

Wound up with .4 inch in the rain gauge this morning, so about an inch in the last 5 days total....
Nothing like the downpours and all that @secuono has had across the mountains east of here.

Went and got my milk too, and they had about 1 inch or maybe a little bit more over there too.

Going to catch up with some posts then go out and get the car done... won't take but a little bit to get that stuff inside, it is mostly all kitchen stuff .....

I think people claimed 5+ inches had fallen here.
I haven't been following this thread and idk about the comments that triggered your post about traffic, but I'll add my experience living on a 55mph road.
We can hear vehicles coming & going before they get here, some further than others, some weather conditions carry the sound further. The lights, two of my dim ponies spooked at the lights just once, when I was leading them around the new land. They knew they were coming, but they were on higher ground than before, so it spooked them. I'm used to the noise, too. And I know the regular schedule, what normal vehicles sound like vs mailman or lost people, even.

 

[Mini Horses]

When you get your milk do you get enough cream for butter making? That's the one thing I've always wanted to have a cow for....the cream for butter. I get cream in goat milk but need to use a separator for max amounts. It will culture if left to. White butter.

I get what you're saying about the noises...no they don't go away but, some do become less annoying over time. You build tolerance. Dislike the loud trucks, too. . Especially at night.

 

[secuono]

When you get your milk do you get enough cream for butter making? That's the one thing I've always wanted to have a cow for....the cream for butter. I get cream in goat milk but need to use a separator for max amounts. It will culture if left to. White butter.

I get what you're saying about the noises...no they don't go away but, some do become less annoying over time. You build tolerance. Dislike the loud trucks, too. . Especially at night.

Omg, they added rumble strips on the divider line last year, I think it was. It's so dang annoying in general! So many people drive all over the place and have crashed on either side of us that it scares me every time I hear someone go over them!

 

[Baymule]

We live 2 1/2 miles off the paved Farm Road, on a country road paved with hot mix, whatever that is, but it isn't rocks or dirt. It is bumpy, but people still drive like idiots on it. The dogs go nuts over Fed-Ex, UPS, garbage trucks, trucks and trailers, so they add to the excitement of a loud rattling vehicle. We sit 100 yards off the road, so not a big deal. Not much traffic here!

When we lived in Livingston, practically downtown, one block off a major 4 lane highway, we were constantly in the middle of noise. There was a tire store right across the street from us, our driveway lined up with theirs, so nothing to block the highway noise, plus the tire store noise, traffic down our street and all around us. Lived there for over 30 years. Don't miss it one bit and never want to go back.

 

[farmerjan]

Those rumble strips are the absolutely worst for annoying. None on this road....yet... thank goodness. They are on a couple of roads we have to travel with equipment and you can't straddle them with the equipment, so you run down the middle of the road to stop the head pounding noise....
On this road, there is alot of traffic and they fly. Just hate all the traffic. It runs parallel to the main route 11, about 2 miles to the west, a straight shot from the one small town to the other, so alot of people travel this...

Cloudy and humid. 69 degrees. Hung some clothes yesterday also, mostly sun in the afternoon. Supposed to have some sun in a bit, before the front drops down from WVA and all into this area for some rain - T-storms this afternoon. Going out to unload truck now and then see.... I will try to bring the clothes in before they get "re-rinsed".... work jeans and such. In this heat you can only wear clothes one day, if that, because of the sweat and all. Winter I can get by with a couple days on the jeans if they don't get covered with "barnyard".... but not this time of year. I strip in the evening and it is like peeling off a wet bathing suit here lately with the humidity and sweaty from work. Go through work clothes twice as fast.....
Once this front goes through, we are supposed to have a week of dry.... expect we will be in hay big time. My work schedule will work out pretty good for it by the looks of it....Mon aft test.... then morning Wed and off all afternoons until Friday so will be able to do tedding and raking.

 

[Baymule]

Where we used to live, cars on the highway that I called “thumpers” playing the base on their stereo real loud. It literally shook the slab foundation of our house and we could feel the vibration in our breast bone. Nope, don’t miss that either. Paris hated all the loud noises and barked her head off. Once she got here, she sure calmed down. Poor dog, she was stressed too.

 

[Bruce]

Omg, they added rumble strips on the divider line last year, I think it was. It's so dang annoying in general! So many people drive all over the place and have crashed on either side of us that it scares me every time I hear someone go over them!

There are places here where they were put in then taken out. I ASSUME because all the people on the road complained. I can only imagine hearing that sound at all hours of the day and night.

 

[farmerjan]

Back up here at new house. DS and Jim came down and took a load to the dumpsters. Old box springs, all sorts of stuff I was not going to keep.... plastic containers that I had been keeping.... just stuff..... then loaded a bunch of stuff on my truck and the 3 cupboards that are going in this house and 1 cupboard that is too tall for here and DS was going to put it in his barn for now. The ceilings in the other house were taller... and the way the metal strips were put in to make moveable shelves I can't cut off more than about 6-8 inches off the top... but might be able to cut it in half since there is one permanent non-moveable shelf in the middle. Also got the old washing machine out for DS to take to scrap .... There is a bunch of stuff, maybe one more load of misc....for me to move, some stuff out of the cabinets there... but at this point the house is pretty empty.

The sun had finally come out some, but I had brought in the laundry before I went down in case. Glad I did as it would have been pushing it time wise if I had waited til we were done.

By the time we got up here to the house it was getting "dark". Got the things put where I wanted them pretty much, and I covered the 2 cupboards on the deck that I want to clean out good with a scrub brush, and the rest of the stuff off the truck. Then DS was taking the full size mattress to his house and the tall cupboard to the barn for now. Was pushing to get it done before it rained.
The thunder started and I checked the radar, and it just started raining here about 5... so about a half hour after we got done here.

I had to sit for a bit. I may go back down all according to if the rain settles in or not.... Have some tires and other stuff that could go on the truck and not hurt if it gets wet.
The fish tanks are still in the building.... that will have to wait for another day.
Now the serious cleaning out of the fridge, and then CLEANING in the house. Got to take the legs off the one kitchen table and bring it and the chairs up.... they are going to go in the yard sale...... time to get rid of stuff. I have the table from my parents house in CT and it is nicer than that one that I picked up somewhere years ago. I can move it myself once I get the legs off.....

It is raining pretty soft and steady right now. Radar shows precip for the next couple hours then it is supposed to stop and then clearing off and some clouds but mostly sun for the next week....

So, I am going to go in and empty the dish drainer and do another sink of dishes and stuff... empty one box maybe....and then see about getting the rest done down there in the next couple of days. Maybe do a little here at night... make it a goal to empty a box a day???? Of course, still have to get the fish tanks moved... trying to debate what's the best to do with them. Let the landlord raise cain.... I really don't care at this point.

Need to think about something to eat since it is going on 6..... I have a headache..... and the dampness and several hours mostly on the knees is causing some complaints from them.....lol....

I have to work tomorrow afternoon and need the meters so will back the car up and load them in the morning and the hoses and get the sample bottles ready this evening ..... Have to leave by noon tomorrow since I have no idea who I am testing with... Geneva is not milking there during the week anymore just fill in on weekends....probably be the owner since he knows the cows.... but I don't want to hold him up so will get set up early in case... sometimes they will start 15 min early and I don't want them waiting on me.

DS said he is going to start mowing hay tomorrow since they were calling on rain this aft/eve.... no sense in it laying there getting wet if we can help it. Glad he didn't cut today.

I think that I may be done for the evening... will get the bottles ready and all for tomorrow. There are things I can do here so might just get started on a few things here. Haven't gotten the towels and all moved into that cabinet yet...

Break time is over....

 

[farmerjan]

Back up here at new house. DS and Jim came down and took a load to the dumpsters. Old box springs, all sorts of stuff I was not going to keep.... plastic containers that I had been keeping.... just stuff..... then loaded a bunch of stuff on my truck and the 3 cupboards that are going in this house and 1 cupboard that is too tall for here and DS was going to put it in his barn for now. The ceilings in the other house were taller... and the way the metal strips were put in to make moveable shelves I can't cut off more than about 6-8 inches off the top... but might be able to cut it in half since there is one permanent non-moveable shelf in the middle. Also got the old washing machine out for DS to take to scrap .... There is a bunch of stuff, maybe one more load of misc....for me to move, some stuff out of the cabinets there... but at this point the house is pretty empty.

The sun had finally come out some, but I had brought in the laundry before I went down in case. Glad I did as it would have been pushing it time wise if I had waited til we were done.

By the time we got up here to the house it was getting "dark". Got the things put where I wanted them pretty much, and I covered the 2 cupboards on the deck that I want to clean out good with a scrub brush, and the rest of the stuff off the truck. Then DS was taking the full size mattress to his house and the tall cupboard to the barn for now. Was pushing to get it done before it rained.
The thunder started and I checked the radar, and it just started raining here about 5... so about a half hour after we got done here.

I had to sit for a bit. I may go back down all according to if the rain settles in or not.... Have some tires and other stuff that could go on the truck and not hurt if it gets wet.
The fish tanks are still in the building.... that will have to wait for another day.
Now the serious cleaning out of the fridge, and then CLEANING in the house. Got to take the legs off the one kitchen table and bring it and the chairs up.... they are going to go in the yard sale...... time to get rid of stuff. I have the table from my parents house in CT and it is nicer than that one that I picked up somewhere years ago. I can move it myself once I get the legs off.....

It is raining pretty soft and steady right now. Radar shows precip for the next couple hours then it is supposed to stop and then clearing off and some clouds but mostly sun for the next week....

So, I am going to go in and empty the dish drainer and do another sink of dishes and stuff... empty one box maybe....and then see about getting the rest done down there in the next couple of days. Maybe do a little here at night... make it a goal to empty a box a day???? Of course, still have to get the fish tanks moved... trying to debate what's the best to do with them. Let the landlord raise cain.... I really don't care at this point.

Need to think about something to eat since it is going on 6..... I have a headache..... and the dampness and several hours mostly on the knees is causing some complaints from them.....lol....

I have to work tomorrow afternoon and need the meters so will back the car up and load them in the morning and the hoses and get the sample bottles ready this evening ..... Have to leave by noon tomorrow since I have no idea who I am testing with... Geneva is not milking there during the week anymore just fill in on weekends....probably be the owner since he knows the cows.... but I don't want to hold him up so will get set up early in case... sometimes they will start 15 min early and I don't want them waiting on me.

DS said he is going to start mowing hay tomorrow since they were calling on rain this aft/eve.... no sense in it laying there getting wet if we can help it. Glad he didn't cut today.

I think that I may be done for the evening... will get the bottles ready and all for tomorrow. There are things I can do here so might just get started on a few things here. Haven't gotten the towels and all moved into that cabinet yet...

Break time is over....

 

[farmerjan]

I didn't go back down. It is still raining, actually a nice steady rain. Looks like some serious rain in some surrounding areas, but ours is not bad. Ought to have a fair amount though.

I went in and took a shower and washed my hair because it was so crummy. Going in to put the bottles in the trays for tomorrow and put this ankle up as it is swelling again. I hope that this gets better after the knees and I get more active.

DS said there are a couple of new calves on the rwf heifers we bought several months ago... when we bought those couple of herefords that the friend of ours bought... Well, seems they were short bred cuz there are 2 that have new little babies. He moved them to the nurse cow field... and my nurse cow is going there with the calf we fostered on her... trying to get a few more moved out to pastures away from the barn fields so they can grow back up a bit. Anything that has a calf on them by next weekend, will be going out to pastures to get bred back... anything that still hasn't calved will become a fall calving cow as far as the breeding goes. There are still about 10-15 that were late bred..... so they will have "bigger" calves when they go with a bull this late fall/winter. But then they ought to breed right back then. Hopefully the ones that have just calved in the last 2 weeks, will cycle once they get out on good grass, and "back up" a bit so that they have their next calf in 11 months; so in May rather than in June.... trying to get back to more defined, controlled calving timing....

DS just called, they got called into work, there was such heavy rain south of here they have roads flooded and trees down... he is on his way to check some roads now. He was telling me about the cows, then we got off the phone and then he called back....It is still raining out there but a little lighter right now. We are getting perfect rain, but they got hammered south of here....