My leukemia's back.

[LittleLakePhil]

Hey all, Anyone have any successful ideas for keeping hawks away? We had 9. Now we have 3. :-(  They are in a fenced .5 acre pasture with a tree covering 1/5th of it. Not allowed to shoot it here. as it is a protected species. We are not wanting a rooster at this point. But if I have to keep feeding the hawk, I would prefer a rooster over my laying hens! It is big enough to carry away my Olivia at 8 Lbs. 8-0  Wishing I could strap on reverse vision mirrored glasses on it! LOL. Then looking down it would only see the sky and not my hens.

sorry I got nothing....

 

[hbhoffman]

Thanks, Phil!

Hmm.. now I have that popular Christian song with the words "It's day 1.. of the rest of my life so here goes nothing!" rolling around on my brain.
Tired..think I am going to bed and not do my bible study HW for tomorrow's Community bible study class....

falling asleep at the computer sitting up...

 

[Blooie]

Oh, I hate to hear that, Rachel! Little Diane and Dustin talked about it for weeks before the wedding, and after seeing what her dad has gone through and passed down to Lacey, she knows how fortunate she is to be mildly symptomatic. So together they decided that Marfans stops with her. Lacey is five years older than Little Diane (previous marriage) so she knows she has no control over what Lacey does, but she says for our family, Marfans stops. So there will be no great-grandbabies from them, and that's okay - I'd rather keep her around as long as possible and I admire Dustin for not only understanding but for backing her 100%.

There are lots of different kinds of connective tissue disorders...the two I am most familiar with are Marfans and Epidermolysis Bullosa. Genetic testing is a huge part of diagnosis. Please tell your friend for me that there is life with Marfans and it can be a very good life. Diane's dad is active, plays drums in two different bands, and is the stage manager for a huge, well known club in Sioux Falls, setting up shows for some very big name entertainers. Little Diane is otherwise healthy and very happy, so although Marfans is a scary condition it's also much more manageable than it once was. Many years ago there was an epidemic of basketball players dropping dead on the basketball courts, remember? As it turns out, coaches love kids with Marfans because they are flexible, are usually extremely tall, have disproportionately long limbs and extremely long fingers. Talk about a basketball coach's dream player! But these kids also had undiagnosed Marfans and their aortas would just let go with exertion. Today things are so much better for folks with Marfans! There is a National Marfan's Foundation that she can contact if that ends up being her diagnosis, and they have tons of up to date (and calming, I know well!) information. They are also an excellent resource.

 

[sourland]

Blooie, glad that Ken and you are safe.

Rachel, Phil and Suzie you have all been heavy on my mind.

Our kids both survived the Disney marathon, and so did the Princess and I. I wasn't worried about our daughter, but was concerned about our son - he'd never run that far before.

Daughter ran the entire race with a taped right leg - some sort of muscle tear/problem yet crossed the finish line with a big smile on her face. Limped up to us and said, "I can see myself doing this again." Son came walking across the finish line (his legs just wouldn't 'run' anymore) storm clouds flashing in his eyes as he approached the Princess and me and said, "I am so done with this."

It's good to be home! As all of you probably know the weather in Florida was atypically cold.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Glad your back safe and sound...Sour.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Sour...your presence was missed....I'm still on a steady course my friend.

 

[N F C]

Hi sour, so glad to see you back! Congrats to your son & daughter on the race

It is cold here, we're around 30* now and the waterers had ice in them.

 

[Bunnylady]

Sour, having "hit the wall" a couple of times when riding a bike, I can empathize with your son. It's no fun having your body simply refuse. But hey, he finished, even if it wasn't as gloriously as he wanted to. Good job, all!

 

[donrae]

Morning everyone

I think I'm going to jack my prednisone up a little more. Just struggling with breathing. Sugar Monkey didn't top off the wood box this am, and bringing in just an armload of firewood wiped me out for about 30 minutes

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Blooie, I'm thinking our friend has something different, but I'm not sure if she has an actual diagnosis yet. She started with a local hematologist who I think put a provisional-type diagnosis out there, but wanted her seen by the specialists at the University. That was just last week, I'm not sure how long it's going to take to get all the results and a confirmed diagnosis.

Good on LD for choosing not to pass this on. I lived in an area where there was an ethnic population that was being diagnosed with a neurological genetic issue, similar to ALS but a little different. Lots of the younger generation were choosing not to have kids. It's a hard decision, but sometimes it's for the best. Besides, being the Cool Aunt is not a bad gig, either!

Sourland, glad you made it home safely. I'm with your son, but I'm glad you daughter hit those endorphins and had a great time.

hb, I got nothing for hawks except maybe a dog, or some type of netting. I've heard crows deter hawks, but crows also steal eggs and I'm not sure how you'd tempt them to move in anyway.

 

[N F C]

On another thread we had a brief discussion about how to attract crows. If I remember correctly, you can tempt them to hang out by setting out leftovers, eggs (!) and roadkill. I'm afraid if I tried that, I'd end up with more turkey vultures and hawks than crows.