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Tara, I'm sorry to hear Fixins passed, but at the same time I'm glad she went calmly, and doesn't have to suffer anymore. She will always live on in your memories, I'm sorry for your loss.

All this meat cooking under the saddle reminds me of a TV program I saw a couple years back. They wanted to modernize the concept, so they tried cooking meat under the hood of the car. Worked pretty nicely. I've also seen some show where they had to drive 3 hours to spend thanksgiving somewhere...

I wonder if complaining to your service provider would help. They are after all supposed to be providing you with the means to communicate, and if the latency on that connection is that bad, ten they're not doing a very good job of it, ergo, you're not getting the service you're paying for...

Tara, sorry to hear about Fixin's health issues. It's hard watching a dog in pain. But take comfort in the knowledge that Fixin's has gotten to live life to the fullest, and for quite a while too. I hope you can make her feel as comfortable as possible, and that the daily outings bring her a lot...

Coney the Warrior looks like she's getting good reception on that thing. It's interesting what you can do anesthesia on, the better half did some dental work on a miniature hamster yesterday. It weighed 30 grams, and she put it to sleep for the duration of the teeth trimming. It woke up just...

That is a shame really, because in my opinion, the best pictures are of doing something. It's a lot of fun to look at an old picture and think "Hey, we were building the outhouse together here" or something like that.

Come on Scott, take a picture of your jacket lying on the ground, for Diva. Yeah, you don't want to get sweaty when it's cold outside. The trick is to wear thin breathable clothing while moving, and warmer stuff while standing still.

Scott, Tara really seems like a high school biology teacher sometimes, she has a way of making it fun and easily digestible. *Edit* Although I have trouble memorizing it all.

I definitely got an answer to my question. That I can't deny. But it really did not clear up things for me I was sort of hoping for something like "The black from the BCM often tends to dominate over other colors" or something similar, but that just made me dizzy. The better half also mentioned...

Tara, I have a genetics question for you, Karin is considering some eggs. What would you get colorwise with a Wheaten-Cuckoo Marans mix roo crossed over a Cuckoo Marans or a Black Copper Marans?

I usually just do ribs in the grill on low heat, no boiling, glazing them with BBQ sauce throughout the cooking. We had horse steaks yesterday, that was a new experience, delicious. Today was rabbit. Karin was in charge of cooking today, turned out excellent. I hope the health issues are...

That's a good looking chili, Tara. And what a whopper of an egg! Your build seems to be advancing nicely too.

We're finally getting our cherry tomatoes to ripen too: So much more taste than in store bought. I'm normally not a fan of (Finnish) uncooked tomatoes, but these are delicious straight from the bush.

@CynthiaMQ Here you go:

Then a comment on the geography and weather. The Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway) are pretty high up north, but due to the Gulf stream (warm water moving north in the Atlantic on the west side of Norway) we get a slightly milder climate than you would imagine for countries located at...

I usually use really thin shoes until it goes under -20C, a thin pair of woolen socks in barefoot boots is good, it's cold if you're standing, but moving around your feet stay nice and warm.

Tara, I'm way up north from Latvia, closer to the heights you're living at, but the Gulf stream keeps our weather slightly warmer. Minus 20 C for weeks is pretty normal here though. Doesn't get much colder than that here down south. Now up north, that's a whole other story.

14F is a great temperature. Snow stays solid, it's very dry, you can do all kinds of winter activities, but it's not too cold to be outside.

Northie, activating your dog by giving it a job like that will lessen the risk of attacks too. Dog problems often stem from the dog not having enough mentally or physically challenging work to do. My sister was a exchange student at the U of S a few years back.

When I made my composter, I had to cut some styrofoam. Even though I had a tarp under when cutting, I ended up with a gallon of loose styrofoam balls in the lawn. I bet the neighbors thought I was crazy when I vacuumed the lawn.