Sally's GF3 thread

[aart]

I buy the reusable snap traps.

The wire kind?

 

[Sally PB]

The wire kind?

This kind.

 

[aart]

This kind.
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Oh, I see how kibble could be used in that.
Company website didn't show much, so I had to see what Shawn Woods thought:
Easy set and placement too, eh.

 

[Sally PB]

The Sparta Celtic Fest was great. This year the weather was beautiful. Last year it poured rain, and they moved the whole thing inside into the only available space: a room in a cinder block building with cement floor and accoustical tile ceiling. The sound engineers still made it sound good.

I talked a couple of neighbors into going this time. I kept going on every year about how it was FREE, and Crossbow was a great band, and it wasn't wall-to-wall people. They came, and they were not disappointed. He said, "I'm loving this!" She said, "Oh, yeah, these kids are really good."

We stayed and heard the Steel City Rovers too. Funny, they are from Hamilton, Ontario, not Pittsburgh! I'd heard of them, but not heard them play. I will be looking for them at the Michigan Irish Music Festival in Muskegon next month, that's for sure. Their main vocalist... knocked it out of the park. He has a pair of lungs, and next time, I'm going to see just how long his long sustained notes are.

 

[Sally PB]

This is a weeping willow in Sparta, near the park where the Celtic Fest is. It's roughly 4-5 feet in diameter; no idea how old it is, but my guess is ancient. I have never seen a willow with burly bark like that. I would LOVE to see the grain inside, but would rather the tree lived instead.

 

[NanaK]

Wow! I've seen willow trees all my life and never seen one with bark like that. Don't think I've seen one that old looking either. Neat pic!

 

[Sally PB]

I hum. A lot. Most of the time.

It got me into trouble in 4th grade when Mrs. Hyde demanded, "Who's making that noise! Who's humming?" Uh... I didn't even realize I was doing it.

15 minutes later, I got yelled at again.

4th grade left some marks, but that one rolled right off. I still hum.

I am an eclectic hummer.
Beethoven (2nd movement of the Moonlight Sonata, since it's the easiest movement of that piece to hum; other piano pieces; lots of the Symphonies)
Carole King
Tchaikovsky (4th Symphony! Yes! the pizzicato ostinato is so much fun to hum! Can you tell I really like that piece?)
Brahms
Janis Ian
Bach
70s stuff in general
Piano crap from when I was 7 (Trot Along My Pony, and other forgettable ditties)
Etc. Etc. Etc.

But today, I was humming a lot of Dan Fogelberg, as it would have been his 72nd birthday. Dan, thanks for the songs, the memories (3 concerts), helping me get through lonely times, and having a vocal range I can sing along with.

 

[Sally PB]

Rain, rain, rain right now. It's rather dark (over an hour before sunset!), and I bet the chickens have all gone to roost. I could go lock them up, and be almost done for the day.

I canned 4 more quarts of tomatoes. They aren't ripening all at once, but I have enough plants that I can get 4-5 quarts worth, which makes it worthwhile to can them. 8 quarts done (I did 9, but one didn't seal; used it for spaghetti sauce), and about 42 more to go.

When I put it like that, my calves and feet whimper. How in the world did I ever stand on cement for 8-10 hours a day at my job? Well, I was 3+ years younger. And had been doing it for years already.

I think next to my sanity, my feet are the happiest part of me for being done with that job.

 

[Sally PB]

This is the time of year when I need to decide what is the most important thing to get done. (Hang out on BYC, of course!)

Dig the onions that are done growing, so I can cure them on the porch? Ummmm... I'll pull a few as I go by; not all of them are ready anyway.

Pick the tomatoes that are nearly ripe and set them out on the table, safe from the critters that TAKE ONE BITE and let the not-quite-ripe tomato fall into the dirt, then move on to another tomato? Grrrrrr.....

Weed the raised beds where the tomato plants are dying back for some reason; I think a vole munched on their roots. Humph... At this point, it's more cosmetic, so this can slide. I'll do what I can at times, but not sweat it.

Go sit with the chickens.... YES! Do this! Pip and Sunny will sit on my lap and remind me that chickens are really interesting creatures with soft, beautiful feathers. This is the first time I've had lap chickens. I'm hoping they will still want to when it gets chilly. Their feet are surprisingly warm on my lap.

 

[Sally PB]

It's rather dark (over an hour before sunset!), and I bet the chickens have all gone to roost. I could go lock them up, and be almost done for the day.

Silly me! Nope, they're still up. SMH.