grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

uug, just got home about an hr. ago went to feed and water the chickens and them bugs attacked us ! what is that orange crap they leave one you ? first time i seen it . was on toms neck. Tom needs a stress in 5 days . My dr. is giving me steroid step down. surprise surprise . I flashed some old man today.

 

[rIrs roost]

So, I had been meaning to clean out the horse side of the barn/coop - but kept thinking of all the other things I'd rather do (like, pretty much ANYTHING else, lol).  Technically it's a stall, but for the most part we have always just left it open and let it be used as a run-in shelter, so it gets mucked out a couple of times a year and it is time to do it before the winter freeze sets in.

Well, tonight the neighbor came over and asked if I would "let" him clean it out for his garden...........gee, let me think about that a minute........I mean, I was really looking forward to doing it myself........   I was feeling generous so I even offered to send the "spreader crew" cd ) over to help him get it spread around the plot once he gets it all hauled over there.  Then he tells me that a buddy of his at work was asking where he kept getting all his horse manure and has asked if he thought we might be willing to "let" him have some too.  I told Charlie to tell him to bring his pick-up and a shovel - he can go out the back gate and take all of Mt. Volpoopius he wants!

You sound such a giving person. All that work that you could've hoarded to yourself and your giving it all away. WOw!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

You sound such a giving person. All that work that you could've hoarded to yourself and your giving it all away. WOw!

If there's one word to describe me it is generous....

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

uug, just got home about an hr. ago went to feed and water the chickens and them bugs attacked us ! what is that orange crap they leave one you ? first time i seen it . was on toms neck. Tom needs a stress in 5 days . My dr. is giving me steroid step down. surprise surprise . I flashed some old man today.

I first noticed them out here 3-4 years ago - had NEVER seen anything like it before. Here I am thinking, "Oh, cute little lady bugs - isn't this neat?" - turns out not so much! The nasty stuff is some sort of "defensive chemical" they use - if they get in your house it'll stain your walls (stains on the outside too, but less noticeable and less of an "ick" factor outside)

 

[rIrs roost]

uug, just got home about an hr. ago went to feed and water the chickens and them bugs attacked us !  what is that orange crap they leave one you ? first time i seen it . was on toms neck.   Tom needs a stress in 5 days . My dr. is giving me steroid step down. surprise surprise  .  I flashed some old man today.

You better hide if twist finds out you been flashing old men other than himself

 

[rIrs roost]

I first noticed them out here 3-4 years ago - had NEVER seen anything like it before.  Here I am thinking, "Oh, cute little lady bugs - isn't this neat?" - turns out not so much!   The nasty stuff is some sort of "defensive chemical" they use - if they get in your house it'll stain your walls (stains on the outside too, but less noticeable and less of an "ick" factor outside)

I've never seen the insects. So they sting?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

lets see if i can remember now , we got a black (velvet)? stuffed (soft) high backed office chair $20. weed whip, feather light $5, 2 piece tool box full of tools,$10., humongous copper pot for (flowers ) ? not sure for $2 org.price $39. Yahtzee game .50, 2 deck of playboy playing cards .25, thats all Im remembering

 

[Mutt Farm]

Just caught up. I'll post while it's slow.
Boy! Ya'll were busy till the wee hours! Too funny! RUN TWIST! EWWW Scorpions! Yes blacklight! Needed equipment when horse camping! (they also detect ringworm btw) blacklights, not scorpions. Great skunk poem Wishing, that's one BIG dog!
Hope granny's Tom Tom gets Tom to the Dr and home with goon news! Great story about neutering cats on the fly. Good information too!
I worked at a clinic that fixed tons of ferals for TNR (trap, neuter, release) I have the battle scars all over my forearms. They'd be stacked 5 high, hissing and spitting in traps by the time Doc got to work. We'd pin em with a thick towel, knock em out with a pole syringe, do the deed, notch the ear and back in the trap. Females got dissolving sutures.

Managed (fixed) feral cat populations are a good thing. I have about 5 fixed ferals here. Mice, gophers and ground squirrel control. I trap all newcomers. If they're healthy, I fix and release. If not, I snuff them. Like everybody said here, if they're not fixed, they become overpopulated and unhealthy. If I didn't have any, new sick nasty unfixed cats would take over.
2 Airedales to the groomer this am. My hands and shoulders just hurt too bad to clip them myself when I let them get narly. Conned DH into fetching them this pm!
Stray Husky went home first thing this am! She'd been missing almost 2 weeks! The poor gal had put up fliers and was checking the pound every couple days. She was so happy! Dog was 3 miles from home.
There's my story, hope I'm not dropping this in the middle of deep meaningful conversations!

 

[rIrs roost]

lets see if i can remember now , we got a black (velvet)? stuffed (soft) high backed office chair $20. weed whip, feather light $5, 2 piece tool box full of tools,$10., humongous copper pot for (flowers ) ? not sure for $2 org.price $39. Yahtzee game .50, 2 deck of playboy playing cards .25, thats all Im remembering

How do you always seem to find the greatest deals ever? I mean two decks of play boy cards for fifty cents lol

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I've never seen the insects. So they sting?

They are similar to lady bugs - but they are larger, a different shade of orange, have more spots and are aggressive. From what I can find they bite rather than sting, which is almost better since at least it stops hurting as soon as you smack them off of you rather than a sting that keeps going. It's getting dark or I'd go get a picture of the barn, but this is a good representation of what it's like out there right now: