Beautiful sunny cooler day today. Looking at the pictures of NJ, NY, and PA is heart wrenching. So much destruction and many frightening stories. A few family members personal pictures and articles were ruined from basement flooding. We have had a lot of rain and bad storms here in KY, but the east coast got all our summer rain in just a few hours last night. We have been snug as a bug in our cabin through it all.


My thoughts and prayers are with you guys. Harbor Freight is starting to recognize me now. Had to pick up some oversized wrenches to work on the hydraulics for the new thumb today.

That work is still continuing.

More siding went up today. As I mentioned before the higher you get the slower the siding goes up. Just plugging along.


One of the bee traps finally got a yellow jacket. I tried Cranberry juice for three days and got no bugs at all. Then tried beer and got a ton of drunk flies and no bees. Today I put in apple juice and within five minutes I snagged a bee. The bait makes the difference.

Today’s product recommendations are for keeping aware of your surroundings: 1) Love this indoor outdoor thermometer, and 2) We own and love this five camera Blink Outdoor camera system with the Echo Show. Here’s the links to these products:
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