California - Northern

[Janeothejungle]

oh how cool! i teach in the environmental studies department, i'm the jack-of-all-trades social scientist -- here's me there:
http://www.sonoma.edu/ensp/faculty/laura_watt.html

which high school do you teach at?

Holy Crow, I read your book a few years back when I was a young, impressionable field biologist. Nicely done.

 

[debs_flock]

which high school do you teach at?

My DH, a retired teacher would jump on your preposition (sometimes I want to just smack him, LOL). *Turkeys are done, people are finished*, "correct me one more time and you'll be done".

He was a rebel fun teacher that got away with murder. He taught his students that in those cases you could just tack @$$___e at the end of the sentence and it would always work. He said that at Open House nights, parents would come up and relate how their kids at the dinner table would amend their parent's speech with a tacked on @$$___e when they misspoke.

We can't go ANYWHERE without running into one of his former students and they are frequently the people we now hire (and mostly middle-aged businessmen), contractors, our feedstore owner and on and on, even one of the recent candidates for County Sheriff.

 

[Grandmas Basket]

The GF pizza recipe has Almond Flour in it. Costco had a big bag of Almond Flour. If you are a member it might be a good deal--and of course it is a Costco size bag too.

I hope the pizza it tasty!

I hope any GF dough is edible. We've found more baked goods lacking as gluten really does make a big difference in texture. The exceptions are rare and memorable. The best GF pizza dough DH and DS tasted was made by scratch in a now defunct little pizza joint in Coeur d'Alene. I was not along to taste it but they thought there was some cornmeal involved. Anyhow, at least being GF is trendy enough now that our local favorite, Roma's, offers GF crust option. My, this is making me salivate too early today!

Last day of State Fair. Last free fireworks display tonight for us. We mark 10pm by the boom booms and flashes of color between the trees. Can you believe August is almost upon us?

Gave the chicks a raw ear of feeshly picked corn. They eyed it suspiciously. Ting, little black Cochin, was the first to attack it. Furious pecking and splattering of kernels. I laughed so hard. I read about caution that corn raises body temps but the girls didn't seem to be impacted. Is that because this is fresh corn? Or did I get lucky? I keep up with this thread and learn enough to realize how much I don't know about chickens.

 

[lawatt]

Holy Crow, I read your book a few years back when I was a young, impressionable field biologist. Nicely done.

oh, the Buying Nature one? thanks! i was only one co-author of five... did most of the NPS-related research for that. but working this summer on finishing my Point Reyes book -- only about 3 years late on my contract, but welcome to academia...

 

[tommysgirl]

oh how cool! i teach in the environmental studies department, i'm the jack-of-all-trades social scientist -- here's me there:
http://www.sonoma.edu/ensp/faculty/laura_watt.html

which high school do you teach at?

I would have signed up for your classes for sure. They sound fascinating! I teach at Clear Lake High in Lakeport. Have you ever been to Lake County?

 

[tommysgirl]

My DH, a retired teacher would jump on your preposition (sometimes I want to just smack him, LOL). *Turkeys are done, people are finished*, "correct me one more time and you'll be done".

He was a rebel fun teacher that got away with murder. He taught his students that in those cases you could just tack @$$___e at the end of the sentence and it would always work. He said that at Open House nights, parents would come up and relate how their kids at the dinner table would amend their parent's speech with a tacked on @$$___e when they misspoke.

We can't go ANYWHERE without running into one of his former students and they are frequently the people we now hire (and mostly middle-aged businessmen), contractors, our feedstore owner and on and on, even one of the recent candidates for County Sheriff.

last night we went out to dinner with OOT friends. Thought we were early enough to not need a reservation but the host and our waitress were both former students so they finagled things and scored us a table. It pays to not alienate your students in a small town

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Yeah, I'd be looking there for eggs. In her defense, it does look nest box like. And the big guy upstairs is looking out for her.

And then I saw Carl, my dominant rooster, kick that metal rooster's butt.

I think I would have died laughing. That is hilarious!

so hilarious!

good news here: there are still three campine chicks peeping away! the weak one that was having trouble yesterday made it through the night, and was happily tucked under its mama's wing when i checked just now. am keeping them in the henhouse today, rather than letting her out into the run -- probably tomorrow too -- just to let them get strong enough to keep up with her when she wants to teach them to forage.

so relieved!

Yay, so glad the chick is doing better. Wise call on not letting them out into the run yet. I always coop my broodies up for about a week - partially so mom's and babies can bond. But selfishly, by a week old, they have enough wing feathers to navigate the ramp. Then I don't have to play "catch the baby chick" as long - buggers are FAST!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
Beautiful up there.

 

[tommysgirl]

Yeah, I'd be looking there for eggs. In her defense, it does look nest box like. And the big guy upstairs is looking out for her.

Tom took the footwear out and she stayed for a bit longer but I think she preferred them to be sharing her space.

Beautiful up there.

Thanks spent yesterday on the lake we love it. It's confusing because the high school where I teach is called Clear Lake because it was the first high school in the county in 1903 but it is in Lakeport which is the county seat. In the 80s a town called Clear Lake Highlands at the other end of the lake decided to rename themselves "Clearlake". Visiting teams, speakers, etc frequently end up in Clearlake instead of 30 min away at Clear Lake High in Lakeport.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Today I visited the new Placerville Tractor supply. Next weekend is there offical Grand opening with 10% off all purchases.
I bought a nice feed scoop for 3.00 and I bought a nest box for 9.00
It had about a dollar worth of wood but ohwell saved me a hour making it I guess