In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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I can't even tell from soggy anymore. The concrete has been wet since the snowfall before Christmas whether it's raining or not. I forgot what the sun looks like again.
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Well FWIW it's bdowntowneen soggy here, too. LA clocked 7" of rain since about Nov 1. 
We've had ants in our bathroom trying to escape being drowned!
If we get that 4" of rain that's predicted for the next 10 days we'll be very close to our season total.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well FWIW it's bdowntowneen soggy here, too. LA clocked 7" of rain since about Nov 1.
We've had ants in our bathroom trying to escape being drowned!
If we get that 4" of rain that's predicted for the next 10 days we'll be very close to our season total.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Oh no... The last time you had water like this I had a miserable spring.
I hope I don't regret not installing that 2nd sump well when I had a chance.
For the ants, get yourself some Terro Liquid Ant Bait before they find something they like in your house and decide they don't want to move out when it dries up. It's about $6 or $7 for a 6 pack right now (EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR), but they will absolutely do the job for you. There is no other product I would ever use for this. It's that good.
Just keep the pets away from it.
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Rain today but it is my lazy Sunday. So no worries.
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Quote:Fingers crossed, SIX!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well FWIW it's bdowntowneen soggy here, too. LA clocked 7" of rain since about Nov 1.
We've had ants in our bathroom trying to escape being drowned!
If we get that 4" of rain that's predicted for the next 10 days we'll be very close to our season total.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Oh no... The last time you had water like this I had a miserable spring.
I hope I don't regret not installing that 2nd sump well when I had a chance.
Quote:I'll keep that in mind. So far they're just exploring.
For the ants, get yourself some Terro Liquid Ant Bait before they find something they like in your house and decide they don't want to move out when it dries up. It's about $6 or $7 for a 6 pack right now (EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR), but they will absolutely do the job for you. There is no other product I would ever use for this. It's that good.
Just keep the pets away from it.
BTW sorry for all the typos. I don't have a spell check and I don't always have the time to proof. Plus, my phone insists on filling in some things for me.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Fingers crossed, SIX!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well FWIW it's bdowntowneen soggy here, too. LA clocked 7" of rain since about Nov 1.
We've had ants in our bathroom trying to escape being drowned!
If we get that 4" of rain that's predicted for the next 10 days we'll be very close to our season total.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Oh no... The last time you had water like this I had a miserable spring.
I hope I don't regret not installing that 2nd sump well when I had a chance.
Farmer's Almanac tells me stuff that I want to hear. Too bad it's not always right though.
Quote:Quote:I'll keep that in mind. So far they're just exploring.
For the ants, get yourself some Terro Liquid Ant Bait before they find something they like in your house and decide they don't want to move out when it dries up. It's about $6 or $7 for a 6 pack right now (EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR), but they will absolutely do the job for you. There is no other product I would ever use for this. It's that good.
Just keep the pets away from it.
You're nicer than I am. If I see a single ant in my house after what I've been through the poison comes out immediately. You never know what they're up to behind your walls.
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BTW sorry for all the typos. I don't have a spell check and I don't always have the time to proof. Plus, my phone insists on filling in some things for me.
Yeah, I know. You told me about that when I asked if you were okay when I first started noticing it.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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A bit of cleanup done so far today. More will be done now as I finished the wood putty repairs and caulking of a piece of furntiture that will be primed and painted after the caulk dries.
But I will be cutting out the two "platform" hardboard pieces to protect the basket weave tops of the entryway table first and rounding them to shape so I can prime everything at once and not waste paint.
It's not sunny out today, but at least it's BRIGHT. I think that played a big part in today's motivation.
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Been busy helping daughter declutter. That means doing it with her,at her place, and making occasional suggestions as to how she can speed it up or do it better, or both. I decided to start with her collection of quarters, got her books to put them in, and we're going to bank the rest.
But yesterday I took out the pocket reciprocating saw that I bought for sis that she lent back to me, and (mostly) took out an ugly shrub. But I had to quit on that to pick up a tank of propane for my trusty flame thrower bc after all this rain the weeds are springing up. I'm going to try flaming weeds tomorrow in the rain so that it's really safe.
On to making dinner.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Everything is primed. I doubt I'll do anything else tonight.
Had to turn it up to 54 degrees just so the heat would come down and dry off the top so I could hit it with a 2nd coat because it hardly goes off at all. It was set at 52 degrees all day.
Most productive day I've had working on my own stuff for a while. If it weren't so cold in the house I'd feel great about it.
I think I'm going to do this Gas protest until my next bill and then lay off a bit on it. I'm hoping that I have it so much lower than last years bill that I can keep it at 60 or close to it for the rest of the winter and still pay them less than I paid them last year.
It was fine while I was cutting things and sanding stuff down, but after painting I had to wash the brush and damn the hands get cold when they're wet.
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Low temps in the house not bothering me today. I think it is fine in the morning but for some reason after the sun goes down it starts bothering me. Maybe it's a psychological phenomena? It's only 51 degrees right now and I've felt just fine while I'm painting stuff.
I've got the first coat of finish paint on both sides of my boards for the entryway table on (I did do one last night before I went to sleep), and I've got the first coat of the first color on the piece of furniture I repaired. That will be 4 coats because of the 2 colors, and the 2nd color will be the tricky one that I have to cut in. Shouldn't be too much of a problem with my growing skills, but this one isn't wide open like walls and a ceiling are.
Gonna have to clean up by around 2:30PM so I can run some errands. I may or may not be going to my friend's house tonight to install the soundbar and TV and shoot some pool. If not, that will wait until Friday or the weekend.
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