Granny's gone and done it again

[CapricornFarm]

I almost always get hurt, but just enough to be annoying, like my big toe or palm or something like that. I have the same slow motion experience as Lisa. Gives you a long time to dwell on how much it's going to hurt.

I generally end up with scrapes or bruises. Between that and old bug bites, my legs are a mess!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Summer hills around here are usually brown with green trees. Now they are black with brown trees. First 2 are views from my patio. Next two are right behind the edge of the neighborhood. This was the second time firefighters set backfires to keep the worst of the flames away from the neighborhood houses which have their backyards right on the other side of the power poles. Last pic is a view of the hills closer to where my sister lives. The fires were very widespread. I will have to take more pics.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Summer hills around here are usually brown with green trees. Now they are black with brown trees. First 2 are views from my patio. Next two are right behind the edge of the neighborhood. This was the second time firefighters set backfires to keep the worst of the flames away from the neighborhood houses which have their backyards right on the other side of the power poles. Last pic is a view of the hills closer to where my sister lives. The fires were very widespread. I will have to take more pics.

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Very scary. We keep trying to get rid of all the old dead trees laying around. I think it is going to take a long time to do 13 acres. I pick up small branches as i walk and use old feed bags to store them in. Use it for kindling for the wood stove. I doubt we will run out in our lifetimes.

 

[jane s chickens]

I read all these problems folks have with their chickens & im just thankful for healthy chickens that give me 8-10 eggs/day.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Trying to post some pics from my phone, but it's not working very well.

Evacuation time! They got pulled off the roost at 2:30am and tossed in the back of the truck and driven over to my sister's house. They were a little confused when the sun came up, but were happy to go into the backyard. I got a bale of shavings for the truck, and put a couple of 2x4s across for them to roost at night. We were there for 8 days. 13 hens. Jane, this is the same truck as your new one. 2001 model, so a bit older.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good night, i am tired and drowsy. Enjoy your rest this night.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Happy in sis's backyard, pooping all over the deck!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Goodnight Cap! Sleep well.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I was innocently sitting in the grey chair, trying to catch up on byc, and Ming leaps off the back of the chair to the upper window at sis's house. Crazy cat!

Didn't have any time to pack toys for Scooter, so he got a new mustacheio squeaky toy. He loves it!

See? Spike really is a hen! They chose a corner to lay eggs until hubs got a couple cardboard boxes and made them 2 nests.

Some still liked the corner. Spike's egg is the biggest.

This is the hill behind my neighborhood burning. 3rd day of evacuation. I did not expect to have a house after seeing that. The entire face of the peak burned, but they saved our neighborhood! The sky was solid smoke, no blue to be seen anywhere... cough cough

Hubs and I did a little exploring after everyone was safely at sister's. We drove up to see if the farm was okay (it was). We chose the wrong road to try to return to sis's. Backed up, turned around and got out of there fast!

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

hahaa bubble lady

Wasn't there a bubble routine for "exotic dancer's ?? " just saying.