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[DobieLover]

Can you keep such a 'farm' outside?

If it's warm enough. If the temp is too low, they'll die or go completely dormant depending on how low we're talking about.

 

[Shadrach]

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Good morning Café.
The river this morning. It was -6F when I took this. There are two crows on the large chunk of ice to the right in the picture. High of 12 today.

Looks lovely DL but it looks way too cold for me.

 

[N F C]

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Good morning Café.
The river this morning. It was -6F when I took this. There are two crows on the large chunk of ice to the right in the picture. High of 12 today.

Ice berg ahead!

Brrr, that looks cold.

 

[DobieLover]

Looks lovely DL but it looks way too cold for me.

The highway runs along the river for most of my drive in to work. It was quite beautiful seeing the vapor rising off the river. It was hard to capture the light frost on the trees. Magical.
I'm a 'silver lining on the dark cloud' kinda gal and tend to find the positive in most things when those around me whine so loud about their first world problems they make my ears ring!

 

[N F C]

The highway runs along the river for most of my drive in to work. It was quite beautiful seeing the vapor rising off the river. It was hard to capture the light frost on the trees. Magical.
I'm a 'silver lining on the dark cloud' kinda gal and tend to find the positive in most things when those around me whine so loud about their first world problems they make my ears ring!

Sounds like a pretty drive to work, no matter the season.

I agree with looking for the silver lining 100%! Why make our lives miserable just moaning and groaning over everything?

 

[Shadrach]

The highway runs along the river for most of my drive in to work. It was quite beautiful seeing the vapor rising off the river. It was hard to capture the light frost on the trees. Magical.
I'm a 'silver lining on the dark cloud' kinda gal and tend to find the positive in most things when those around me whine so loud about their first world problems they make my ears ring!

It does make one wonder.
I don't think I whine...maybe if I'm cold and hungry.
I'm not one for recommending travel for all, but one thing travel did teach me is really I lived a far better life than most despite comparative poverty at times.
I also learned that constantly 'wanting' was a recipe for misery.
I have what's important to me and that's enough.

 

[N F C]

It does make one wonder.
I don't think I whine...maybe if I'm cold and hungry.
I'm not one for recommending travel for all, but one thing travel did teach me is really I lived a far better life than most despite comparative poverty at times.
I also learned that constantly 'wanting' was a recipe for misery.
I have what's important to me and that's enough.

I don't think you're a whiner at all. I mean everyone has their down times but some go out of their way to concentrate on the negative which just makes them all the more miserable. You're right about travel, it really opens the eyes and can make us appreciate all we have. You don't have to even go very far to see that.

Sure, I could have more, but I could (and have had) a lot less too! So there's that

 

[DobieLover]

It does make one wonder.
I don't think I whine...maybe if I'm cold and hungry.
I'm not one for recommending travel for all, but one thing travel did teach me is really I lived a far better life than most despite comparative poverty at times.
I also learned that constantly 'wanting' was a recipe for misery.
I have what's important to me and that's enough.

Let me take the mystery out of it for you, Shad... ALL men whine when they are cold and/or hungry!

For sure on the travel and 'wanting' (I call it coveting).
I find I am so different than most. I left a great paying full time job for a good paying part time job because of the stress.
I left my large house with the large mortgage and taxes for a small house that I own outright.
I don't have TV (we've discussed this already) so I am not constantly bombarded with materialism and society's definition of success.
I love my life, I am happy. I don't need a fancy car, a fancy house, fancy clothes. I just don't care. I really don't. And that grates on some.
I can't be bought at work. You work with me, I'll work with you. My managers understand that and have been absolutely wonderful.
My stress levels have dropped dramatically after leaving the Rat Race to the rats!!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Have you ever tried that Shad? I've read up on it but haven't done it...with only 5 girls not sure it's worth the trouble.

It is pretty easy, except for superworms.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Can you keep such a 'farm' outside?

I did in FL but i think freezing kills them.