Got the walk. There and back before the sprinkles. Multiple pics without falling on the rocks, or into the water. Tried once but was able to grab a tree to prevent tilting backwards onto the rocks.
River and such pics later.
The wife wants an onion to go with her steak. Don't think this one will do. Like me, it appears to be past its prime.
Perhaps I will plant it, but a bit early for that. Three nights ago it was down to 22 degrees.
Onwards to better things. Grab some parts from the blower to put on eBay. 1st that pulley behind the frozen up bearing for the impeller.
Get the 9/16", the 7/16", the 1/2" socket and the extension to see if I can get the two bolts that hold it to the shaft loosened. One loose. Other one is 90 degrees from that one, and a flange on the housing prevents straight access. OK, maybe pry on the impeller a bit to get it to move a little.
Lug wrench right there as an item for the scrapper. Not long enough, or I'm not strong enough 🤔 6' prybar is right there handy in the garage. Got that in place, and just a little nudge to get things to move. Moves like there is no issue whatsoever.
Turns out that the bearing did not freeze up. A scrap of wood had been augured in and jammed up the impeller solid.
Now I have to decide if I think I can put it back together (it's in several pieces now) or just sell some parts, and let it go. It's only 18 years old.
Sprinkles have arrived, so it will wait. I don't think I broke anything taking it apart, but that doesn't mean I can put it back together. Wife thinks I can, but wife also thinks I can just buy a new one. I looked outside. No leaves on the trees, and what's more, no money growing there.
@katzrul15 yup, I should take the phone. Would only have "emergency" service, but in theory that is all I would need anyway 😊
Not out there "goggling" or surfing eBay 🤣
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Something has nipped the tops off the flowers that are sprouting up in the front yard. Probably bambi in the dark of night.
Was just looking out the window, and across the street there were 4 hen turkeys working along by the guard rail. They don't have much sense, but in this instance, they chose to fly over the stream instead of wandering into the road. They are working their way southward beyond the guardrails, so I suppose a road crossing is still an option.
It was nice and sunny this morning with a bit of afternoon rain expected.
Seemed like a shame to spend it attempting to put the blower back together, but I dragged it all back from the scrap picker pile and went at it.
OK, who took the nuts that hold the engine in place😡
Oops, there they are threaded onto some other short bolts, so they won't get lost.
Back together, up and running, headed back to the off-season storage location before the rain arrived.
Darn, no new toys for Jack☹️
Yesterday's walk to the river started with a few trout lilies at the edges of the road.
Starting up the RR tracks there were some feathers. I decorated a chunk of RR tie with them for other hikers to see.
There is no wrong side of the tracks here, but at the river crossing you should stay between the lines.
The little series of falls is not as impressive in a photo as it is in real life.
I installed a photo program in this computer to stitch a panorama.
Finished my walk out with a shot of the trout lilies
and picking up after the pigs.
@buyselljack2016 wrote:
Starting up the RR tracks there were some feathers. I decorated a chunk of RR tie with them for other hikers to see.
I bet some hunter will shoot at this and it will be gone. 😄 😄
The neighbor has been hunting turkey this past week at the farm.
Rained on and off during the night.
My NYC apartment building has put in a roof garden.
I loved the roof before + now after…
@katzrul15 things outside here to see and appreciate.
From my walk at the river. The sticks in the river vary from year to year depending upon the melt and runoff level. Sticks of different sizes get stranded atop rocks. Some will get swept away the next year. Others remain for years as in the large wide pileup at the little island in the 1st photo. Those have been there for years. Some years back I found a go-pro 3 camera there amongst that pile. As evidenced on the stored footage it was lost by a whitewater kayaker.
Years for these as well. As there is a good rock to cast a line from there beyond the sticks, I have climbed on/over the sticks in the second photo many times.
Up and down the stream the sticks vary year to rear depending on water level and ice flow.
This year.
Same spot April 21 2014,
then April 28 2014 as the water dropped
Followed by May 3 2016
Nearly forgot. (may have posted this before) From the island pile up, when I waded over to the sticks April 28 2014, there was a white object stuck there.
The S.S. Minnow ?
I released it back to the river with visions of it ending up in the Atlantic ocean via the St Lawrence seaway. If I had a marker that day I would have written where it was released from.
Other upstream rock stranded sticks this year.
