Ribh's D'Coopage

[rjohns39]

Good morning Jeannie, have a great day

 

[Ribh]

I was out most of yesterday and could not believe hope my thread went on without me. I mean I knew yours would be long but I had a task calling up on Mine!

Haha! I learnt a long time ago I'm not needed on my own thread ~ but that's ok. It just means everyone feels @ home enough to carry on & that is a good thing I think.

 

[Shadrach]

At least one of mine will stand on my head for them - does that count?

Might do.

 

[Ribh]

What a darling photo! Way to go grandma! Send them home dirty and stained. Perfect!

My son knows me ~ which is why he'll dump the kids here. He knows exactly what will happen. He thinks it's good for his kids.

Youngest is a handful so I need to keep both fully occupied or there is trouble.

 

[Ribh]

Good morning Jeannie, have a great day

Thanks, Bob. Hope yours was wonderful.

 

[Shadrach]

Okay...it's my turn to atone for all of the book talk and to share for your viewing pleasure 6 fluffy butts......this is what I was greeted with when I opened the nesting box door this morning...
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That's a serious Fluffy Butt Friday picture.

 

[drstratton]

That's a serious Fluffy Butt Friday picture.

Brought a smile to my face and a laugh to my morning!

 

[Ribh]

X2

A long time ago I used to sail racing dinghies ~solo. 25ks was pushing it for me to hold my boat down. Anything more than that makes me antsy.

We lived next door to the sailing club in Sydney & one of our biggest fleets were *Shapies*. I don't expect anyone to know what these are but they are a three crew boat with a lightweight rig & no limit on mast height & sail area. If you can rig it you can have it.

They held the National Championships @ our club one year & what's known as a *southerly buster* came through. 30~35 +knot winds & boats literally exploded. Sails blew out. Masts splintered. They have trapezes so there were men foundering @ the end of a wire, tangled up in the sheets & sails or trailing meters behind their boat. The pick up boat was racing round like a mad thing fishing blokes out of the water with the sea broiling like a cauldron & the wind howling like a demon.

And now of course my lads are fishermen & crabbers so when the wind picks up suddenly I always hope & pray they are safe in harbour & not out somewhere on the wild wet ocean. Just cause I'm a mum, you know & I'd rather they were safe.

 

[Shadrach]

Somewhere we were talking about spurs etc on hens.
Not that I think anyone has forgotten, but this is Lock. Lock is one of the hens that has lived here that doesn't lay eggs.
There's more though. Her comb is basically a smaller version of Mag's, he's a rooster and she's got the rooster haircut. She doesn't have spurs as such although she did have growths on both legs were spurs would be. While I've never seen her try to mate with any of the hens.
She does pecks the hens but not in an aggressive manner; it's more playful, particularly with Bracket who Lock always catches by surprise.
Lock has been moulting and is just finishing off her new primaries and tail feathers.

 

[drstratton]

A long time ago I used to sail racing dinghies ~solo. 25ks was pushing it for me to hold my boat down. Anything more than that makes me antsy.

We lived next door to the sailing club in Sydney & one of our biggest fleets were *Shapies*. I don't expect anyone to know what these are but they are a three crew boat with a lightweight rig & no limit on mast height & sail area. If you can rig it you can have it.

They held the National Championships @ our club one year & what's known as a *southerly buster* came through. 30~35 +knot winds & boats literally exploded. Sails blew out. Masts splintered. They have trapezes so there were men foundering @ the end of a wire, tangled up in the sheets & sails or trailing meters behind their boat. The pick up boat was racing round like a mad thing fishing blokes out of the water with the sea broiling like a cauldron & the wind howling like a demon.

And now of course my lads are fishermen & crabbers so when the wind picks up suddenly I always hope & pray they are safe in harbour & not out somewhere on the wild wet ocean. Just cause I'm a mum, you know & I'd rather they were safe.

That would have been terrifying...I can swim pretty good and I scuba dive, but wind, water and exploding boats do not sound like a good combination!

We all want our children safe...you are a good mum/mom...