Ain't nothing wrong with taking it easy..... I've gotta learn to practice what I preach. Here in the Grate Republic of Texas, it's still bone-dry. Yeah, things are turning green, including the pasture grass. I understand whay the trees are greening up but cannot fathom why the grass is greening. Haven't had measurable rain in weeks.. Dust everywhere! All of the Live Oak trees have dropped their leaves now and are ready to begin spewing the green pollen everywhere. I hate that part of Spring. The repairs to the small house are complete and ready for our hunters to start scraping and painting. The chicken coop is complete with the exception of tweaking here and there. On Friday, we had doctor appointments in Austin, about an hour drive away. On Saturday, we made a return trip for Sherry's daughter's birthday. While in the area, Sherry drug me to a seminar on raising chickens. I confess that was the last thing I wanted to do on Saturday but am reluctant to tell Sherry that it was actually very interesting. Ergo, the tweaking of the new chicken coop. Sherry is still undecided as to what kind of chickens we will end up with. Except for the hard work, I'm staying out of this little enterprise.....We arrived back home late last night. To add to my aggravation, the Sunday paper hasn't come yet. Thus far, I have made two 1/2-mile trips to the front gate... <sigh> One day last week I did get Blanche (my tractor) out to spread the bentonite into the soil in the bottom of the stock tank. That went fairly well but if I had to do it again, I'd use a fertilizer spreader, powered by the tractor PTO, to spread the bentonite. I could have gotten much better distribution, which would be the key to preventing leakage. We live, we learn. <sigh> With this little bit of useless information, I'm signing off to make another 1/2-mile trip to the front gate. I sure enjoy my daily newspaper... The Dougster :-) It's been unusually hot this past week in my little corner of the world, but this morning we have a rather cool North wind with overcast skies. If the sun comes out, I have things to do outside but if it remains cloudy and cool, I'm guessing I'll have an easy day. On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Walter J Freeman <sffwjf@gmail.com> wrote: > Raining here in the Village of the Logans. Bring it on. We could and can > use it. Things are greening up fast in these parts. Trees are in bud, > Bradford Pears have come and gone and are now solid bright greens, azaleas > are in bloom and dogwood buds are just shy of opening. Weather is the 50s, > which is not bad, with light intermittent rain. > > A good day for a cuppa coffee and a book. > > Worked in the yard some this past week, but did not overdue it. Took down > and stored in the woods all my many, many wire plant cages 5.5 ft high by 2 > ft in diameter, and fencing along with the 5ft 1/2" rebar that I use for > fence posts/plant stakes, etc. In short, me garden is bare. Nekkid. > Unplanted. Neglected. I will let it lie fallow this year, and who knows > maybe the next one as well. Looks cleaner by a lot down at that end of the > yard. I am a fixin' ta git reddy ta plant me sum more balcony boxes fer our > greens 'n herbs. The mint from last year is already up and very, very > healthy looking. Mmmmm, mint juleps! Taboleh! Mint in salads! > > Well, that was the good news. > > Now for the bad news (at least for me personally.) With Shirley's help we > found and removed six tiny, tiny, deer ticks which had embedded themselves > in my old hide. No problem finding the large angry welts though since they > are quite visible and itch like mad. Went to the doctor on Wednesday and > after we finished talking about and recommending books for each other to > read, he finally got around to looking at me tick bites and reassuring me > that the chances of Lyme disease are not very high here in Georgia. I > protested that I had seen one neighbor, Dr. Gil Perkins die of Lyme disease > back in Pennsylvania and another neighbor very, very ill for six months > walking with her own IV pole from the same disease. So he gave me a > prescription for doxycycline and told me to stay out of the sun. > > This was all I needed to keep me outta the yard for a while. I had already > picked up about half of the leaves and pine straw with the Cyclone Rake, so > I have about half to go. It will be there when I return from my antibiotic > treatment, I am sure. I also intend to paint up real, real good with bug > repellent and to get in and shower ASAP after my work there is done. > > Picked up some car parts this week as well as I intend to put my 1993 Ford > Probe back on the road after several years in storage. I have already > washed it, and now need to thoroughly clean the interior, replace the rear > brake calipers (sticking) and the A/C compressor and accumulator, pump it > and recharge the system to get the A/C going again. I will need the A/C > real soon, if I start driving it again, and it will be good to get it going > again if I decide to sell it. > > Been having computer issues for the past couple of weeks, but my learnings > there are probably grist for another email under a separate topic. I sure > learned a lot about hard disk drives though. > > Walter > > On 3/26/2011 4:07 PM, marilyn E B wrote: > > Annette, > > Here in East Tennessee, we will gladly send Florida and Texas (for Doug) > rain. Though that might include some very cool weather and tornadoes. > > While we have had a few warm days, very few, right now I am still in > sweat shirt and sweat pants. It is cool and damp outside. Can't get anything > done outside. > > Marilyn > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:48 PM, annette tucker <annelovespugs@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> >> The flowers and veggies have been planted and it is a beautiful day here >> in Central Florida. You could not ask for a more beautiful day but we are >> still praying for rain. Sure do hope that it rains here next week. >> >> It lmust be Spring Fever because I am so tired not sick just dragged out, >> do not even have a headache. what else could it be? >> >> Will bring this short note to a close and get ready to go to church. >> Everyone have a great day and a great and safe Sunday. 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