Already into November.  Wow! 

Did get a few Halloween shots roaming about the city. Lot of work even though most were still repairing from Delta storm. 

Saw some 2nd crop rice being cut on my afternoon ride abouts in the country. Love those back roads for sure. 

A couple trips to Loggerheads to visit and of course a glass of wine. Still lots of damage to clean up in and around Lake Charles town and area. Wow! Gonna take a few years of no storms to get back to normal if ever. 

Then took Brenda with me to the Reed graveyard near T'Mamou to look for any Kinfolk beside the 2 I knew were there.  Did find some more Veronie's for sure.

And yesterday, attacked the short problem with the vette again. This time had bought some long pliers to run a piece of rope to the wiring harness to tie it off away from the engine. And a few coats of electrical paint to help seal the worn spot on the harness. 

Next is getting the car off the jacks this morning and a parade run through the Vet Home for Vets day parade. No stopping or getting out of the car, just a ride through and wave. 

 Wow! Sunday already and how time flys.  

Several ride abouts since Delta wrecked the area with winds and rain.  I totally enjoy my afternoon rides in the Vette or Truck.  

Poor house was the victim of the tree you see cut up to the left of the picture. Was told the peeps were riding out the Delta in the house when the tree came and visited. 

 Did take a few runs into south part of LC town but not in town for sure. Still a wreck there I'm sure. 

But a few days ago I ventured down Fruge Road South of Iowa and had to turn around and go back to high ground. 

Was enuff of that water in the Vette.  To headed back to higher ground!!!!!! 

Did get a set of chevy truck wheels from Bro in law and have one cleaned up so far. They were pretty rusted up in places but still better than my eat up aluminum ones on Da Truck at present. The jury is still out on if I'm gonna use them or lose them. 

Next is a batch of Lemon wine that it now ready for sugar and yeast this afternoon.  Did it a bit different this time by slicing up the lemons and putting them in a big pot to boil and futher making mush out of them with a little cutter I have that finally gave up on me but did finish before the motor quit. 

Did get one wheel cleaned and painted this morning on the truck wheel deal.  Now only 3 to go. 

Hello Delta.

 `I just guess that one hurricane for the year in our area was not enough for Maw Nature. She chose to send another in pretty near the same path as Laura.  Hence,  DELTA.  arrives as a Cat 2 and the eye goes right over Jennings. 

Been many years since I saw the eye of a storm.  Audrey  in 1957. But didn't remember much cept the men in the hood getting up on their roofs for inspection , then back down under cover as the last half go there. 

I did stay  outside under the carport for the hardest part right before the eye. Wow! The wind screamed so bad I had to cover my ears once. Then the quietness of the eye with a light rain. So erie. Back in the house and getting ready for bed when the winds returned and knocked out , 1st > the internet , followed rapidly by the electricity going out. 

So, to bed and getting up at '2:30a and and back to bed at 3:30a and wake up again at 7:30a and see the electrics back on. Then call from the wife whom was in Lafayette with daughter and Gdaughter. Damage report given to her from what I could see out the window as I'd not been outside yet. But, we good as far as I could tell from the kitchen. 

Put the stove on to heat  up left over coffee from yesterday and a walk about out side. About 30 plus grapefruit on the ground. And that was it for damage.  Awful lucky again. 

Did Go to Tractor Supply in Eunice and buy a generator.  5000 watt unit. Brought home, put together, put oil and gas and fired it up to test with fan. Then put it up n case of need 

Next morning before the Delta came,  got gas out of the truck, about 6 gallons and topped off the 5 gallon container just in case of need. No need. So , after the storm, put the 6 gallons back in the truck. 

Yesterday, ran generator for about 30 mins with fan on and shut gas off to let it run out in the carb. 

Will be running it every 2 weeks for 20/30 mins to keep it in shape,. 

Reminds me, need to fire up the pressure washer.  ;-) 

Did take a few runs about the area and more trees down and more electrics out. Gonna be awhile before our city back to normal for sure. 

Aftermath of a Storm

 Over a month has pasted since my last entry to my blog. But , What a Month!  A storm by the name of LAURA  has came and left SW Louisiana a big big MESS. With 150 mph winds and the eye passing just West of Lake Charles , destruction was everywhere. And as of it's entry date , 27 August 2020 , early morning.  I'll let these pictures do the talking.  

And this is not the worst of it. 

Of course I was really lucky here at my home as lost no power and no damage. But, then I got rid of all my big trees also. Only thing I kept is fig, grapefruit, kumquat and the new one. Satsuma tree still in  the 1/2 barrel till much later next year. 

And have been getting out every day pert near just driving about and checking damage to the area to the West of me. Wow! 

And now, Beta arrived out of the gulf to the Central Texas coast.  But with flooding their main problem. 

So , while this is happening, the wine making continues>  Can't do without out the wine can we? 

And this being the latest batch of Fig wine.  Still have 5  liter and a half bottles of the Dew Berry I made for the wife last month.  We will not be wineless for sure. 

Then the old Craftsman finally made me say UNCLE and get rid of it after 16 years of repairing it and now , some parts you can't get. So, a Toro rearwheel drive and the learning experience . Finally got it adjusted right and removed the rear ground flap. 

A lot different than the Craftsman's I've been using for  the last 30 years for sure.  But, we'll learn it 

So, that's about catches us up for the last month as I've been lazy about entering. 

 Finished with the new desk and storage project for my room. And a different computer arrangement. All came out as wanted. 

After finishing that project and getting all working but the Dell computer as not ready for it yet, want to get another monitor.  Ask Bren if she was up to a Chocolate Malt from The Rocket and a ride about in do truck. And off we went. 

End up going near Hayes to check on one of Brenda's friends. And , onwards through Hayes and to Lake Arthur and back home. 

A little more dirt work at the new Jennings Elementary School location and the concrete piping for the drainage program. 

And did see they were harvesting the rice just South of here on LA 26. 

Love that I was able to get this pic into the sun. 

Vehicles need love too.

 Wow! Getting close to the middle of August already yes. 

With the hot weather , been using the truck in the afternoons cause that single cab keeps thing cooler faster than the Vette Coupe. Plus the sun heating up that big black dash. 

Finally after near 3 weeks I got my car back. Nothing done on the short problem but mechanic didn't really want to mess with that anyway.  The A/C pulleys and tensioner and belt changed out plus put the new belt on the main pulleys.  350 bucks and I'm happy with that. 

After the car sitting for so long I put a new fuse in and tried it out figuring what ever was wet done dried out by now. Surprise > all working again till the next rain < so I thought.   Wanted to redo the wiring for the day time run  and signal lights and soldier them instead of butt connectors. Last time I redone them the running lights didn't come on but since it was going to the shop the next day didn't concern myself with it. figured a bad connection. 

Well , got it all fixed up properly and still no running lights.  Hmmmmmm. In the house to check what fuse is in charge of that and saw #2 fuse under the hood.  Yep, blown. New 15 amp in and all is good. 

So , put car back down off the jacks and decided to check out the system for the wet blow fuse and bingo, it blew as soon as I turned  the multi switch to run lights. Chassis twisting reactivated it.  But , being as I don't really drive at night in that low car, I can live with it till the weather cools off and I get the car up higher to go hunting with a short finder I was reading about. 

Also, seeing how much mileage before it tells me to change oil. At over 10K miles on the last change and at 14% oil life left according to the car. 

And that brings us to Da Truck. And getting in it to go to the graveyard for my walk about, Change Oil Soon  comes up on the dash.  But I just changed the oil/filter 2400 miles ago. Hmmmm did I forget to reset Oil Life.  Not sure.  So 38 bucks later oil change done. And see the trans output seal leaking again.  Had changed that about 5 years ago. Again,  a winter job LOL. 

That's it for today, Till the nexty.

7 Aug 2020

And the old air operated lift that has help me service so many things and especially my bikes is finally gone to a new owner.  As I have motorcycles no more, no use having it taking up space in the shop. Now the hunt for something smaller to work on my lawn mower when needed

And the Vette is still at the shop and I begin to wonder about my choice of bringing it there.  

And notice yesterday that dirt work has began on the new school for Jennings on LA 26. 

Also took a run by the Sunflower field at the junction of LA 99 and 102 and they have all died so many seeds available for sure. 

And that pretty much catches up activities for this entry.  Am doing some garden work as planting some cantaloupes in one plot this week and fixing to plant some cukes in the next few days. 

So till the next!