Things have been so busy lately at work and on the homestead i forgot to write about last month’s rain. We got two good storms. One dropped 1.5 inches of rain and the second one brought 2 inches. It was not enough to start the river flowing again. From what i understand it needs to …
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Shades of the Moon
This year there hasnt been much cloud cover. As a result i’ve seen much more of the moon than i usually do. Ive also seen an unprecedented amount of shooting stars this year.
A Quick Repair to the Chicken Coop Door
The chicken coop has been repaired a few times now. Chickens like to peck and pry at anything shiny. So of course the chicken coop screws had to be silver. They’ve removed a few and ive had to put in little black replacements. They’ve also worn down the wood the door ledge was screwed into …
A New Outdoor Thermometer
With colder weather approaching i knew i needed to replace the outdoor thermometer on the porch. The current one was about eight degrees off and it bugged me, especially when trying to calculate if i needed to put animals in the house or cover plants. The forecasted temperatures for my town pertained to the valley, …
A Weekend Shift Observation
Ive noticed something about the butch lesbians in my life vs the men in my life. Im just going to call it like i see it. if i have a problem and i mention it, the butch lesbian grabs the tool needed, fixes the problem immediately, and walks off with a swagger unmatched having demonstrated …
A Return to the Dog Run
With the weather well into the 100s for several months, the dogs have been living in the crates in the house while im at work. It is not the quality of life i want for them but there’s just no way i can leave them out when the weather is like that. The chickens were …
Sula
There was no evidence of deer in the yard for 3 or 4 days, despite me leaving watermelon rind and the chicken scratch being everywhere the chickens flung it. There was no poop, no tracks, and no indentations in the dirt where they slept at night. Sula and her youngest daughter “Little One” were gone. …
Ordering Baby Chickens in June in Texas
Okay, i began with six chickens, or what i thought would be six chickens. iris turned out to be more of an ira, which was fine until he hit his homicidal streak, began ripping out all the chickens feathers, beating them daily if they did not cooperate with his advances, and engaged me in a …
Tiny Glittering Jewels in the Night
My neighbor has long held a difference from me in that she prefers the bright LED light of a modern hands free headlamp attached to an elastic band on her forehead rather than the hand held lantern i have used for the past few years. I dont like LED lights. I find them blindingly bright. …
Boba the Bat
Last week i noticed that every time i did the evening chores, right around sundown a certain squeaking noise would become evident around and about my head area. When i looked up there was nothing out of the ordinary to witness but i knew the click and squeaking noises to be those of a bat. …