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Just for the record, it is no longer sunny 

I understand it might be cloudy in mass but you can't tell me my weather when I'm standing right in it. There's been a few clouds, sure, but it's been mostly sunny beautiful May day. Lilacs are just starting to bloom. Saw some Jack in the Pulpits. 

29 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Mostly cloudy means mainly sunny. Got it!

It's mainly sunny

3 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Wow what a stretch! Mainly sunny again in Connecticut. 

 

Been a beauty all day. A bust for morels for me though 

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s like he lives on a different planet.  Absolutely nothing makes sense or is real . Half man half Martian ?

Beautiful sunny morning 

Does anyone have a point and click ground temperature map type thing? 

Can everyone agree that it was a nice day at least?

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Maybe they’re Beech ?

Beech are smooth barked and very gray. Ash have a distinct weave to their bark. Ash also has opposite branching as opposed to Beech which is alternate. 

10 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Maples have tiny leaves over last few days. Birch , willows, Ash and Norway’s are out. Oaks not out but swelling and a few warm days from opening 

You still have live ash trees?

32 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Lol flowering bushes ain't trees. Scooter lives in the tropics Kevin lives in a fantasy world. Only leaves I see are in the valley but carry on.

My birches and maples have just started here. Some of my cherries and apples are pretty much all the way there. Beech, oaks, hickories just buds. One big red oak on my  hill started a little early. Found a decent little chestnut tree today... And a handful of ticks.

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Oops

No frost herenever said what I planted anyway... Carrots and radishes are plenty frost tolerant. Get sowing, it's a beautiful day.

30 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Nice piece. Looks fairly stable.

Generally, I'm not looking for Norway maple. I got the logs from my buddy for free was just going to use it for shelf banding and drawer boxes but when it got sawed up it revealed this wonderful spalting. Pretty stunning stuff. Better than using it for firewood.

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Is it my mistake ( Tam'  ?  )  or isn't it early for even Norways?   Obviously they're the most eager every spring but I think they are also more variable of all big stem species and can be triggered by a season's 'climate personality.'  

My sister was telling me that Norways are actually invasive to N/A.      Either way, their florets give off a subtle sweet aroma that for me sparks a lot of nostalgia for some reason - ... I just can't remember her name   or if she ever existed.  LOL.  

Stradivarius supposedly used it in his violins. I'm doing a kitchen right now out of Norway maple. Some nice spalting to it. 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Most folks planting that know 

https://x.com/growingwisdom/status/1781707199061827910?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

 

People that haven't planted yet are sissies

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

 

Absolutely nothing changed a week of 50s /30s with a hard freeze Thursday AM. 

Gtfo here my strawberries are already flowering, this can't be 

It was pretty warm this morning. I wore a shirtsleeve and worked with the shop garage door open all day, never bothered to look at the thermometer though.

32 minutes ago, kdxken said:

How's your early install working out? Haven't seen any cookout pictures lately.

Everything is in bloom, I grilled ribeyes tonight. No fire in the wood stove, embrace it... Spring time is here. I've got my first flower on my strawberries for Pete's sake

50 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Most of those came in Morch 

Yea, haven't peaked yet though.

29 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Most are now wilted and peepers covered by a thin layer of ice in the swamp this morning. Another miserable cold windy day. Congrats on UCONN.  Women got hosed by the Caitlin Clark phenomenon 

Bundle up and go sniff the flowers 

April brings in forsythia, daffodils, perrywinkle, magnolia, peepers, and if you're deep in the valley maybe even some morels. I'm not one to rank months but April is pretty great in my book.

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Oh joy it's pouring  again as I watch a great sunset from my deck. 

Was watching that band of rain from my deck. Blue sky right behind it, beautiful stuff 

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

Off to a bad start. While setting up genny I walked out of garage back door and locked myself out. I always check to make sure it's unlocked before I walk out even if other doors are unlocked out of habit. After looking for the spare outdoor key which conveniently was not where it's supposed to be, a few expletives, I grabbed a brick and busted the window. Awesome, now I can start shopping for a whole new door. Probably won't need the genny now,lol

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You can just get new glass. You should be able to take out the old stuff from the inside. Probably a standard size.

Good luck.

the red part

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

there's definitely drip edge and it juts out enough so that the water runs directly into the gutter. I think you're right about not enough ice shield due to the buckled shingles. I think the water was pooling in the soffit. When I took a level to the pine soffit pieces, some of them slope towards the house just enough so that water would eventually drip down the siding. No evidence of wall wetness or damage inside. We also have 1/2" foam board behind the siding so I believe the water is leaking between this foam surface and the backside of siding, but hopefully not on the backside of foam and OSB. I need to a roofer to take a look. 

Is there any space in between the drip edge and gutter vertically where the fascia board is exposed without an aluminum strip shingled below the drip and into the gutter?