BYC Café

[CapricornFarm]

Happy belated birthday, @CapricornFarm ! Hope you had a great day. I love your new quilt, but really can't wait to see the Harry Potter one! Are you feeling better?

@N F C too bad winter didn't make us all feel that pretty 23° last night and 7° this morning, but still no snow?? And supposed to be 49° on Saturday

@DobieLover , I'm glad you'll have Bella to keep you company at your dads house.

@igorsMistress , I envy all your garden talk. Feel free to share pictures for those in the frozen tundra's

Yes Meg, the pills are helping and I am getting lots of sleep.
I have 18 of 24 squares done for the Harry Potter quilt. I ordered a poster of one of the house pennants and plan to make a fabric version for the center of the quilt. I will post pictures once I start to assemble.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Did you want snow Meg? We're supposed to get more Wednesday & Thursday...maybe some will drift up your way.

Ah, that's quite alright haha. I fear it'll hit like last year. You guys are getting hammered, huh?

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Yes Meg, the pills are helping and I am getting lots of sleep.
I have 18 of 24 squares done for the Harry Potter quilt. I ordered a poster of one of the house pennants and plan to make a fabric version for the center of the quilt. I will post pictures once I start to assemble.

Glad to hear they're helping. Can't wait to see!

 

[N F C]

Ah, that's quite alright haha. I fear it'll hit like last year. You guys are getting hammered, huh?

This is the most snow we've seen since moving here. There's a real concern about flooding in the spring. Everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

 

[FortCluck]

Hi FC, I noticed when I cracked my eyelids open at noon that it looks sunny. I took a sleeping pill last night since I slept so much during the day. Really need to get out and feed, water. Maybe even clean the dead plants out of my garden. Have a great day.
It does worry me that the plants think it is spring. Mums are sending up shoots, daffodils are coming up...and it will likely just freeze and kill the stuff off.

I heard tree frogs today I told them to go hide because winter is coming

 

[Meg-in-MT]

This is the most snow we've seen since moving here. There's a real concern about flooding in the spring. Everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

Fingers crossed for sure! We had a bad flood year in 2011 (12?) 2018. I felt horrible for the people affected. People had flooding for months, because not only was it flooding but the water table had risen. As flood waters subsided, it helped some but not all

 

[Shadrach]

I caught the rat that has been living in my house since Christmas this evening.
I've evicted it before; twice, but it kept coming back. The door is open all day.
I almost caught it with my hands 3 days ago but it got underneath and behind the cooker and there was no way for me to move the cooker out of it's place and catch the rat.
I knew by then that if I didn't catch it and kill, or relocate it, it would be back.
This rat made so much noise when it came out after I had gone to bed that it woke me up!
It's broken two glasses, chewed one of my shirts, knocked a picture off the wall and broken the glass and frame. It's been trying to chew through the bread bin and ate my last banana.
This is all very bad news.
We have another rat related problem in this area and that is sick Pole Cats. The reason these pole cats are sick so I am told is they've eaten rats that have eaten poison. It has apparently also effected quite badly one of the species of owl we have here which also eats rats.
The problem with sick predators like the pole cat and other rat eating animals is when they get sick, they can't hunt well. You need to be pretty well tuned up to catch rats and mice as I've found out.
Instead they come here and to other farms where there are chickens which are comparatively easy to hunt and they eat them instead.
This isn't good news either.
Ideally the sick Pole Cats should be killed but it isn't easy even with a gun. We've had two here in the last month. Both sick but still very quick and they are wonderful climbers.
The rat, which seems disgustingly healthy and well fed got relocated to the owl woods.
it will provide a poison free meal for someone.

 

[sourland]

I here a little rat voice saying, "I'll be back."

What to do on a dank and dreary day ? I upgraded. Got a new flip phone - old one was at least 15 years old. This one should last the rest of my life. If I'm having trouble figuring this phone out where would I be with a 'smart' phone ?

Also went to Costco and made an appointment with the hearing center for a hearing test in preparation for hearing aids.

 

[Shadrach]

I here a little rat voice saying, "I'll be back."

It will need a compass and a stout pair of walking boots. The owl woods are 9 Kilometers away.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I here a little rat voice saying, "I'll be back."

What to do on a dank and dreary day ? I upgraded. Got a new flip phone - old one was at least 15 years old. This one should last the rest of my life. If I'm having trouble figuring this phone out where would I be with a 'smart' phone ?

Also went to Costco and made an appointment with the hearing center for a hearing test in preparation for hearing aids.

I have a customer in his late 50's who's wife just made him switch to a smart phone. He's not impressed