Several months ago, I bought a Finch feeder. I have a bunch of House Finches and have seen a few yellow ones. But no Finch found the feeder. Yippee today the Yellow Finch found the seed feeder and he was thrilled. The Cardinals can not land on the feeder. They are too big. I hope he will tell all his friends and soon I have dozens of Yellow Finches! Sunflower seed is pretty expensive...but Finch feed costs lots more. Good thing is it takes them a long time to eat the seed.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Finch Found Feeder
Several months ago, I bought a Finch feeder. I have a bunch of House Finches and have seen a few yellow ones. But no Finch found the feeder. Yippee today the Yellow Finch found the seed feeder and he was thrilled. The Cardinals can not land on the feeder. They are too big. I hope he will tell all his friends and soon I have dozens of Yellow Finches! Sunflower seed is pretty expensive...but Finch feed costs lots more. Good thing is it takes them a long time to eat the seed.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Ready for Isaac's Rain
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Welsummer Bantam's Are Laying
The two eggs on the right are from my new hens. The white egg is from my other Bantams and the dark egg is from the Golden Comet. The Welsummer eggs are a nice size. I have let my chickens out the last two days. Today I got 8 eggs where I had been getting 3 eggs. I think they are saying 'thank you'.
http://www.uamshealth.com/varicose This is a link I want to save so I am putting it here. I believe if I have this bad vein destroyed...my problem will be solved. For now I will continue with the blood thinner, but I hate taking meds.
http://www.uamshealth.com/varicose This is a link I want to save so I am putting it here. I believe if I have this bad vein destroyed...my problem will be solved. For now I will continue with the blood thinner, but I hate taking meds.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Greta's Coming
Clayton is adjusting to school and Greta is missing his company at home. They are coming this weekend. Sept. 1 is Laura's birthday--38 and Alivia Jane--1! I hope Alivia is a blessing to her family as Laura has been in my life.
Friday I am going to Siggie's school for lunch! Astrid plays volleyball today and Thursday! We got a couple of little showers on our fall garden and a big rain is coming our way for Thursday and Friday they say!
September will be here this weekend. I plan to enjoy the month piddling and doing as I want. I have read a non fiction book about the Hatfields and McCoys. They made a movie out of the story of these fueders. The book documented all the epidsodes of the families. Wow, I knew of some of the stuff but not all. Now I have a new book about Bill Clinton and it is starting out interesting. Each chapter is about him and written by those who knew him. I am in Hope, AR now and the comments are from neighbors and relatives of his Grandparents who had a grocery store there in the black part of town.
When the light finally fills the outdoors, I am going to walk. It really helps my knees. They ached yesterday and today because of the moisture I suppose. Humidity causes them to hurt more...
Love you all and hope your day is filled with good things.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Somedays
Saturday, August 25, 2012
I have noticed
Friday, August 24, 2012
Go Astrid
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Gone to Californie
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Brush Pile Is History
Got rid of one big brush pile today. Had to do a little water work around the edge to keep it contained but it all went well. No snakes crawled out either.
Every farm needs a place to pile brush and a hole dug to get rid of unwanted stuff.Wehave both here. We almost have the hole full and will soon cover it over. Someday some archaeologist will dig it up and wonder what kind of grave it was!
Welsummer Banties
Larry bought me 9 new chickens. Six are Welsummer Bantie pullets about 4 or 5 months old and three are young hens. Aren't they pretty. They don't lay the dark cherry looking egg, just a lighter brown one. That one chicken is a Golden Comet. I only have 4 of those left. I have lost 2 this summer. They are getting older and they couldn't stand the heat.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Pictures from 1930s
Clayton Tells about his first day!
Clayton went to pre-school today. It is the school he will attend kindergarten next year. Astrid, Ingrid, and Sigrid enjoyed their day. I heard Clayton say--I'll do the same thing when you leave me tomorrow--cry, cry, cry! Poor little fellow, but he does need to go to school!
Going To The Dogs!
Monday, August 20, 2012
Today
Look what Greg has been doing.
Erin sent a message that she is so pleased with all they have gotten done this weekend. They bought these cabinets off Craig's list, but Greg has to build a few and they will get doors or Greg will make them match. You can see she has her tile in and has a new ref and new microwave above the stove. She really wanted a pantry and she showed me how big it was by crawling in it.
I have a new plan when I knees hurt. I get up and walk somewhere. It works wonders. I walked to the lake and saw the geese and then in the front yard I noticed the Robins were back.
It was cooler today and I made corn bread in my Patsy skillet....you can see it worked good. Did not stick and I think all the heating I have done with grease in has worked.
We have been blessed with a couple of rains and our garden is up. We put the stuff around it anew to keep the deer out. We got it at the Co-op. I think it was about $20 a sack. It worked last night. I heard Cora barking so I know the ugly varmits were out there. They stayed out of the garden
Erin sent a message that she is so pleased with all they have gotten done this weekend. They bought these cabinets off Craig's list, but Greg has to build a few and they will get doors or Greg will make them match. You can see she has her tile in and has a new ref and new microwave above the stove. She really wanted a pantry and she showed me how big it was by crawling in it.
I have a new plan when I knees hurt. I get up and walk somewhere. It works wonders. I walked to the lake and saw the geese and then in the front yard I noticed the Robins were back.
It was cooler today and I made corn bread in my Patsy skillet....you can see it worked good. Did not stick and I think all the heating I have done with grease in has worked.
We have been blessed with a couple of rains and our garden is up. We put the stuff around it anew to keep the deer out. We got it at the Co-op. I think it was about $20 a sack. It worked last night. I heard Cora barking so I know the ugly varmits were out there. They stayed out of the garden
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Quote of the Century From Paul Greenberg
Saturday, August 18, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Helen!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Hair Cuts
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Siggie Comes Home
Sigrid had a grand time. Erin said it was not a lot of hassle either. She loved the drive through animal park and she had to feed every animal. But she said her favorite thing they did was play in the backyard. She is a simple girl. Clayton and Greta loved having company. They slept in the floor like we used to do when we had company.
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