Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[snowflake]

Hey Snowflake, glad you had a good time at the festival. Did you catch the parade at all? I was able to get some revenge on the kiddos. Bwa-ha-ha. It helped that my 2 squirt bottles were too stiff to squirt so it was more of a tilt your head and hope I get it in your mouth.

no we missed the parade. sounds like you had fun

I would have liked to have seen the night lights on the lake also, ;;maybe next yr. I have to remember to have my grand daughter stay over night then I will have some one to go with. my guys have no interest

Just got in from Ann Arbor. Saw my brother, said our goodbyes, got teary-eyed and wished him off with my blessing. God keep him safe on his venture to Denver, Colorado.

Dropped my grandson off with his "Oma"..he was very good for all the running around I put him through today. The botanical gardens were very nice.From there we went to Briarwood Mall, Macaroni Grill, and the World Market.

I will go to the funeral home tomorrow to pay my respects to my old friend and her family. That should be rough.



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My son just called me to come pick him up. Fighting with his girlfriend and wants to leave, move out, whatever. I cant tell him no, but I have no idea what he is going to do, or where he will sleep. I dont even have a couch in my living room for him to sleep on.

Mom 2em sounds like you are having a rough week, prayers for you and yours.






Momma hen is separating from her little ones and they are having a hard time. she has had 3 that we got from Theron at chicken stock, so that makes them 8 weeks? the little roo is starting to crow, such a funny sound

...I still have my daughters 9 and 2 guinea, started letting them free range with the big girls monday, it is so funny to watch, all thees littles running all over the yard. the guinea's stay with their chicken mates, and all put themselves to bed with out any problem
Have a great day, looks like another VERY NICE DAY

 

[snowflake]

Taprock I wish I had your energy, sounds like a VERY hectic week end..

 

[chicken grandma]

Just sent my daughter back to college.
Feeling worried and sad.

Prayers for you Mom2 as you attend the funeral. That is always hard.

 

[Opa]

Coffee is a must this morning. I woke with just about every muscle and joint aching from a fall I took yesterday. Old people don't bounce as well as young folks.

Across the front of my house I had a water feature. Near the front steps is a 125 gallon pond from which water flowed 65' to another pond that is 12'x30'. There is a 12' drop between the two. The raceway is rubber lined and rocked with a couple of drops of about 3'. When I first installed it 15 years ago it was very pretty and soothing to listen to the water cascading between ponds. Unfortunately the plastic and rubber materials failed two years ago and it all needs to be replaced.

One flower, I believe a variegated vinca major, has taken over completely obscuring almost everything. Yesterday I decided that I needed to start cutting it back and removing a lot of it. As I worked down the slope I stepped backward off one of the plant hidden 3' drops.

After lying there a few minutes to determine nothing was broken I managed to get up and walk off the pain and finished what I had wanted to accomplish. I was sore but not as much a I thought I would have been.

This morning is a different story. Every joint and muscle has decided to remind me of what they went through. Nothing moves without protest and I suppose I'm lucky that's all I have to endure. I've know others who went through less and wound up with broken bones. Still it doesn't make this aging thing feel like a cause for celebration.

Enough whining. Today is going to be another beautiful day. We're all still here to enjoy the sunshine so life is good. The melons, accidentally planted due to being mismarked seedlings at the nursery, have grown well. The melons on them and huge and are starting to ripen. Both Granny and Hope love cantaloupe so I'm sure they will enjoy them.

Each day is a wonderful thing to enjoy. Just some days you must look a little harder to find the beauty.

 

[chicken grandma]

Glad you had no injury Opa!

 

[1muttsfan]

CG, she will do fine - and so will you. Hard to let your chicks go, though, isn't it?

Opa, you dont have to be older to bang yourself up with a fall like that - glad you are OK. My dad hurt his back about a week ago and has been having a lot of trouble getting around. I wish I could go worry over him in person, but I guess I will have to worry from a distance.

Taprock, tell Von Good Luck!! And to you too. I always loved fair time growing up (Ingham County), and still do.

Lost a bird yesterday - had about 8 of them out running around, went in the house to get something and heard an ungodly racket. When I looked out the window I saw an explosion of birds - 2 of the pullets had flown to the top of the pen - and a swirl of activity at the corner of the coop. By the time I got there the only thing left was a big pile of white feathers. So I guess the birds are confined to quarters for a while. Hawk maybe?

 

[Opa]

Lost a bird yesterday - had about 8 of them out running around, went in the house to get something and heard an ungodly racket. When I looked out the window I saw an explosion of birds - 2 of the pullets had flown to the top of the pen - and a swirl of activity at the corner of the coop. By the time I got there the only thing left was a big pile of white feathers. So I guess the birds are confined to quarters for a while. Hawk maybe?

Rather unusual for a hawk to carry off a chicken. It is possible but normally with larger prey, like chickens, they eat it at point of kill.

 

[chickflick]

Sam, take it easy today!! Has nothing to do with being old. We all hurt when we fall like that.
Got the two chicken coops cleaned yesterday. Took all day cuz I have to wait for the laying hens. Finally got them all out so I can take the leaf blower and blow out all the dust. So nice to have the clean coops! I had a mountain of laundry to do after our camping trip. Last trip so everything needs to get washed.
Hopefully today, I can get to weeding the flower garden. I'm hoping to find the flowers in all the weeds. Someone want to come and help me weed??
Take care and have a good day.

 

[Juise]

Mom -

Fear of what, Nova? Fear that people won't accept you for who you are? Fear that you are not what they expect you to be? Fear that your fine make-up and dresses have been replaced with muddy shoes and an un-tucked shirt?

If that is how people judge and value you then I think that you are better off without them.

/agree

oil cans are less work than women, anyhow...

/agree some more. I have never done well with female friends...

Ok now I am up for the day. What I forgot to do last night! Move the dried roosters from the cages in the basement to the cages in the garage. So at six this morning a wonderful chorus rang through the house and woke all! Have a great day. I'm just waiting on my coffee.

Woops!

Wow you got a lot done in one day. I keep telling myself that my kids won't be so little forever, and that some day, I, too, shall be able to get a thing or two done.

I woke with just about every muscle and joint aching from a fall I took yesterday.

Oh, Opa, glad you are alright! Hope you are feeling better soon. I think that Vinca is one plant my Mum told me not to bother putting anywhere but in a container, not if you want to have other plants, too. I have some in my hanging baskets and big pots out front this year. I may be thinking of the wrong thing, though, I would have to ask...

 

[Juise]

Oh, and Farmerboy - I know I had you quoted, too, don't know why it didn't show up, and for that matter, I wonder if I lost any others. I wanted to ask if you use ASL? Also, I am with the others who have no idea what anyone was wearing. Nor do I care. Sometimes my husband makes fun of me for that sort of thing, because he doesn't understand how I could be "so unobservant," as to not notice what the person we were just talking to was wearing, but I like to take the view that we are just observant of different things.