Cross Continental Friends!!!

[TarheelBirdy]

Well, here it is unseasonably cool, I'm not complaining makes for good outdoor time! Today started out a bit rainy but has cleared up now. Amazing how soon the flying bugs come back though, that's the complaint here in south carolina-the flies and the gnats! They live here in hoards, bracing myself for the mosquitos!! Sorry you didn't get a drink-me neither but for different reasons lol !! Yeah I bet your ducklings can't wait to see you too!

Funny you should mention the flies, Megan....today was the first day I noticed the horseflies are back. They were biting my horses and drawing blood - back with a vengeance.

 

[Megan Amber]

Funny you should mention the flies, Megan....today was the first day I noticed the horseflies are back. They were biting my horses and drawing blood - back with a vengeance.

Dang, poor horses!! I hear that diatomaceous Earth repels flies....have not tries it yet on the flies yet, works great for other pests.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Oh Yeah and I picked my mushrooms yesterday! Yummy! Now we are re-soaking the bag and going to do it again!

Oh wow....you are going to have to teach me about growing mushrooms. I contacted NC A&T University (which is only a half hour from here) about a special mushroom growing clinic they have and they never got back to me. The man who teaches it is supposedly the nation's number 1 guy in the field. Anyway, I want to grow some. How was your harvest?

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Okay, here is my attempt at photography. This is our original bird aviary from grandma, built by grandpa. She kept lovebirds, parakeets (budgies, actually) and green nandies, the same type of parrot at Paulie in the movie several years ago.

The original feed shed, currently a tack room and repository of junk and rats


Hubby's pink palace, his workshop and tool shed plus our GI Joe mobile, a toy we don't need but enjoy having.



One of the original houses on the property, stuffed with antiques like the headlight off a steam locomotive and the light grandma, who was a pool hustler, had over her pool table.


Another house, this one was a mobile command unit from early WW2 and sat on the back of a deuce and a half truck. Has a teeny porcelain wood stove inside like a kids toy. Used for tool storage historically, extremely heavy, there it sits as we can't move it.


The mushroom shed. Grandma and grandpa grew mushrooms and farmed worms. We store the boat in it now. Also crammed with generations of old stuff including fishing poles and 1920's lamps from rich Uncle Charley. Cousin Evelyn got drunk and drove into the side one afternoon.


My bunny barn and chicken coop. 2/3 is the bunny barn, 1/3 the chicken coop. Electricity, running water, downdraft swamp cooler for the bunnies in the summer, lights, I am very fortunate.


Our year round creek. It floods every winter and takes random things of ours and gives them to the neighbors. We get random things in return.


Inside of the barn later.

Karen

Just lovely!!!! I am thoroughly enjoying these pictures, along with you commentary. You are so funny. I think I would have liked Cuz Evelyn.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Buonasera,

it's nice to see the Karen's pictures, what can I say, I've got to buy a GI Joe caddy too, I think it's gonna upside down the first week here, or straight in some cop depot

today was fresh and my work continues right, even if it's never done

my shoulders gone better, the pain-killers works and get me more sleepy than usual

I wait for doing the hay, grass is unbelievable tall this year

hope you have a nice and funny day

Good to see you post. Glad you're feeling better.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Glad to hear your shoulder is getting better, mine is to. I had an alright day, didn't get as much done as I wanted to, but then again I never do. Mom and I made a souffle for dinner, that turned out good, used the mushrooms that I grew in it. Desperately trying to find people to give, yes give, my rabbits roosters and some of my drakes to, not having much luck with that. Of course the grass is tall-it's all that rain you got!

Karen-Thanks for posting the pictures, such unique and interesting stories to go along with them all!

You could always send them to freezer-camp til it's time for stew.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

I can't believe there are no clients for your rabbits, maybe, if your weather is so hot, they're scared about some troubles with, usually kind of client is dumb like a goat

we've got just something like ten freezed animals, if I don't sell them next Sunday, it's time for party!

I think it's time to sleep

Buonanotte piccoletta

Party at Bill's on Sunday! See y'all there!

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Dang, poor horses!! I hear that diatomaceous Earth repels flies....have not tries it yet on the flies yet, works great for other pests.

How is DE used with horses?

 

[el pollo rey]

So because various different Tropical Rain forests are my destination in life, what is the best month to visit the ones in Costa Rica?

now is perfect its summer here or the dry season ,, but it does depend on where you want to go when you are here it is a small country about the size of the state of west Virginia but it is very unique as it contains what are called micro ecosystems because of its location above the equator and proximity to the Caribbean and pacific oceans high elevations different areas have very different climates its a really cool place

 

[el pollo rey]

Party at Bill's on Sunday! See y'all there!

i would love to go but i have that darn turkey pen to wrap up lol