I spent today, "Wilderness SURVIVAL Training". (Yes, it was "hell" for a 75+ y/o man, OK......former "Man") This wimp is just trying to stay awake till 6 o'clock, currently 4:45 in afternoon.
What's everybody doing today?
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Worked some at cleaning up in the summer kitchen. At least I can walk in there again. It was pretty bad. It's not perfect, but much better.
Also, got 2 new batteries for the trailer. The ones that were in there were mfg. in 2014 so I guess they were due. Got those swapped out and tested. Am trying to figure out the little marker lights. On the inside, got it all vacuumed and then will wipe some things down and we'll be ready to roll.
Hubby didn't find any shrooms but one of our employees texted a pix. They found about 12 lbs of morels!
A few showers today, but the sun has been shining also so it's really pretty - rain drops look like crystals falling.
Also, got 2 new batteries for the trailer. The ones that were in there were mfg. in 2014 so I guess they were due. Got those swapped out and tested. Am trying to figure out the little marker lights. On the inside, got it all vacuumed and then will wipe some things down and we'll be ready to roll.
Hubby didn't find any shrooms but one of our employees texted a pix. They found about 12 lbs of morels!
A few showers today, but the sun has been shining also so it's really pretty - rain drops look like crystals falling.
Good job SD!
Cooked a bit and got a haircut. Went to the range, and got a nice compliment on my groupings from the range marshal. Made my day!
Finished weed eating, then mowed my normal routine. Got finished just before dark. Tomorrow I'll spray round up in the areas I want to keep knocked back. I don't use it everywhere.
Ben I am loving the pics. You've got such a nice area. I know you are happy getting it cleaned up.
Ben I am loving the pics. You've got such a nice area. I know you are happy getting it cleaned up.
Daughter's dance recital went great and I am super proud of her. She has been in dance for 11 years now and she has improved so much. You can see the confidence in her dance now. I know we probably shouldn't post pics of our kids, but I'm too proud of her not to share...
WOW, how awesome!! She is your amazing child, you should be proud of her!!
Beautiful young lady Spike. You have every right to be proud of her. CONGRATS
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Tank-Girl, I hope you have good luck house-training the Land Shark. I haven't had any luck with the redbone coonhounds. They decided to crap inside right in front of the main door even though they could have gone outside. They have been chewing stuff and driving me crazy. The male yelps like he's being murdered if someone even looks at him funny.
I went to meet my friend at the gas station to spot him enough $ until he gets his next paycheck. Filled up my own truck and then went to TSC to get sweet feed for the cows. They were very happy about that.
Not doing much else and can't concentrate enough to respond to other posts I read bc I can't keep them all straight of who said what (other than the bit about the land shark dog).
Should be getting some sleep soon.
I went to meet my friend at the gas station to spot him enough $ until he gets his next paycheck. Filled up my own truck and then went to TSC to get sweet feed for the cows. They were very happy about that.
Not doing much else and can't concentrate enough to respond to other posts I read bc I can't keep them all straight of who said what (other than the bit about the land shark dog).
Should be getting some sleep soon.
Gotta go to work, clean the building! Going to be a hot one so not planning on too much this afternoon, pool!!
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Going to be hot and very windy here, too. But hey, it's Kansas. Hoping to get done what I need to do outside before lunch. Will be doing housework after lunch. Dinner at my favorite cousin's place tonight. So I'll need to do some cooking to bring.
Family get together today so it seems I’m grill master, burgers , grilled chicken , the wife has made cake, chocolate cream pie, gallons of tea, slaw and lord only know what else.
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It's a Sunday so we have church. I need to do a little work in the garden and the laundry is always waiting.
What kind of snake is that?
Bull snake.
Those look different from ours.
These get pretty darn big! If they are near the house they die!
Ours tend to be a little lighter colored with darker markings. At a glance they look very much like a timber rattler. The smaller ones will coil up and shake their tails like a rattler too, sometimes. The big old ones are pretty docile though. My daughter caught one about a foot long a couple weeks ago and was playing with it, and it bit her mom...
These big black ones easily make 8'. We have corn snakes/rat snakes that are lighter with dark markings. I learned to always bring two killing implements for the big tough ones! I usually have a scraper, like in the picture and a pointy weed popper!Ours tend to be a little lighter colored with darker markings. At a glance they look very much like a timber rattler. The smaller ones will coil up and shake their tails like a rattler too, sometimes. The big old ones are pretty docile though. My daughter caught one about a foot long a couple weeks ago and was playing with it, and it bit her mom...
When I was in high school one of the guys in my biology class caught one about 30 inches long. We put it in an aquarium in the classroom and named it Leroy. Leroy got very tame and could be handled, and would go up one arm and down the other. He was lazy though. We put a live mouse in with him to see him kill and eat it. The mouse jumped on the back of his head and started biting him. So we had to rescue Leroy from his food! That day we decided that Leroy was a defective snake...
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Some days I wish I could drink. Got the one tractor stuck going down hill , tried to pull it out with the other tractor , yup, got that one stuck also . So I just walked away until tomorrow
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You're lucky.. if my wife saw that on the porch you would be cleaning up a lot more than blood... And the snake would have raced away frightened by all the screaming!!!
That's why I killed it and not the hubby
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Today is pension day and I had it all planned out to the last detail all ready for an early start!
Then I jumped in the car and NOTHING!
I though my key fob had gone flat but nope. It's the car battery.
*huge sigh*
Drag out the battery charger and the extension leads pop the bonnet, hook it up, turn it on and wait.
Yes, I know, I know, I know that I don't need a early morning flying start because I don't work anymore...
buttttt.....I prefer a early start to pension/ shopping day.
All the crackheads are still sleeping it off and won't be hanging around the doorways of the shopping center trying to grift this time of the morning.
Then I jumped in the car and NOTHING!
I though my key fob had gone flat but nope. It's the car battery.
*huge sigh*
Drag out the battery charger and the extension leads pop the bonnet, hook it up, turn it on and wait.
Yes, I know, I know, I know that I don't need a early morning flying start because I don't work anymore...
buttttt.....I prefer a early start to pension/ shopping day.
All the crackheads are still sleeping it off and won't be hanging around the doorways of the shopping center trying to grift this time of the morning.
A busy week, making tinctures almost daily. Have another 4 or 5 species I need to harvest this week.
Had to run to town for a few items including potting soil. On the way back I took a detour. I’ve been scouting new territory. I hunt plants over a 200sq mile area. This year I’m expanding into 2 new areas, another 120sq miles.
Last week I found a new watershed with yellowroot. Today I found a big patch of Joe Pye weed! I've been needing a good stone breaker plant in my arsenal. I’ll harvest the joe pye in August.
I’m done with the garden for now, getting the last of my porch plants set out today. I still have to hang the sun shade cloths.
Had to run to town for a few items including potting soil. On the way back I took a detour. I’ve been scouting new territory. I hunt plants over a 200sq mile area. This year I’m expanding into 2 new areas, another 120sq miles.
Last week I found a new watershed with yellowroot. Today I found a big patch of Joe Pye weed! I've been needing a good stone breaker plant in my arsenal. I’ll harvest the joe pye in August.
I’m done with the garden for now, getting the last of my porch plants set out today. I still have to hang the sun shade cloths.
Alexandra brought home a pretty little Bantam rooster today.
Woke up to my back having severe muscle spasms. Got it settled down this afternoon enough to go pick a pint of mulberries, then sprayed round up around the house and shop.
