Tag: Time-Lapse Video

Monday (08-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, European Starling, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco.


Birds of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Time-lapse videos: 1) Building floor supports and moving plastic-coated wire rolls into the storage sheds. 2) Building pallet supports for the tractor implements (rototiller and snow blade).

Daily Electric Energy Used (50.3 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (26.5 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 33.8 kWh.

Sunday (07-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: House Finch.


Birds of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Time-lapse video building a shelf to store 2×4 and 4×4 boards.

Red-Rover time-lapse video. Holding rolls of deer fence, transporting wood boards, changing from 3-point towing-hitch to 3-point weighted tool bucket.

Daily Electric Energy Used (57.8 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (28.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 29.0 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (383 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (187 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Deficit of 196 kWh.

Saturday (06-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Time-lapse videos working outdoors and using Red Rover. 1) Building a wood frame in the second storage shed to hold the 4′ by 8′ sheets of plywood. I built it to store the plywood above the rolls of deer fence 2″ by 4″ and 4″ by 4″ pressure treated wood. 2) Installing the winch for the DP Power half-ton trailer. Probably wouldn’t have taken so long if I read the directions first. But how better to learn than by doing??? One problem with the directions was drilling a 1/2 inch hole to install the heavy-duty eye-hook. The section behind the threaded part of the eye-hook was larger than 1/2 inch, so the hole had to be increased in size using a Dremel grinding tool. 3) Moving the plywood to the new wood frame. Yesterday, I was reminded how heavy plywood sheets could be. Red Rover was not able to lift a pallet containing 4 3/4″ sheets and 8 1/2″ sheets. A 3/4″ sheet weighs ~ 70 lbs, and a 1/2″ sheet ~ 43 lbs. Not counting the pallet, that would be 624 lbs. In order to move the plywood, I needed to separate the 3/4″ and 1/2″ sheets. Also, Red Rover needs to be running at 3000 rpm to maintain the hydraulic pressure to raise the forks loaded with the plywood.

Daily Electric Energy Used (58.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (28.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 29.9 kWh.

Thursday (04-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco.


Birds of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Time-lapse videos using Red Rover. Changing from the front loader to the fork lift, moving several tractor impalements to make room for storage shed 2, and biweekly recycling. A lot of cardboard from the deer fence supplies. I hope the county takes it all.

Daily Electric Energy Used (55.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (29.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 26.0 kWh.

Wednesday (03-November-2021) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Time-lapse videos using Red Rover, my new Massey Ferguson GC1725M Compact Garden Tractor from the local dealer Belle Mead Garage. So much easier moving the black mulch. It would have taken me two plus weeks to move it manually. Wish I got a compact tractor 30 years ago…

Daily Electric Energy Used (54.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (29.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. The Geothermal furnace is now on to heat the house. Indoor temperature set to 64° F. Deficit of 25.0 kWh.