Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[TeaChick]

Ooooo a thred for coffee lovers I'm definantly gettin in on this one. My hawaiin friend just today imported me some kona coffee choclate macadamia mmmm. I love me some cowboy mud but onnnnce in awhile I like the tasty stuff as well. Great to be here y'all.

 

[TeaChick]

Thank you everyone for the hugs and understanding.

Hubby told me she only lasted a few more minutes after I left.
My girls are more pets than poultry. I tell everyone mine are strictly for eggs and entertainment

Those Silver Wyandotte babies are so cute!!! Daddy did VERY good!!!

Oh, and Soup's passing does make room for one more new Aussie baby

The circle of life. Does anyone else hear the theme from the Lion King?????

Losing them is hard; I've lost several.

 

[TeaChick]

My horse did fine with chickens. Though occasionally he would roll one with his nose.

A new definition for "chicken bowling".

WELCOME IRELANDBIRD pull up a roost and join the flock. We are a friendly clutch of good eggs, some a bit more cracked than others (you know who you are), but that just might be due to we tend to be a bit more jittery from all the caffeine

Hey, where'd you get that pic of me??? I'm very careful to keep my portrait off the web!!!

 

[TeaChick]

HAPPY DANCE!!!

The day before Soup passed away I decided to post an add on Craig's list to see if there was any interest in my crazy rooster because Soup looked like she might actually recover and I just didn't know how I could put her back with the flock without him killing her. Anyway, I left the ad up and actually found him a great home! When I checked my email last night my inbox had no less than 4 emails from the same lady!. She sent one right after the other, "I will be home all day I can come get him right now".........(I read her emails too late for that) each with more information and the last even containing pictures of her place and her very happy, healthy looking flock out playing on her large property, with the line " my very lonely 13 ladies can't wait to meet him!".

Turns out she is only about 10 miles from us, what kind of answered prayer is that??? When I sent her the reply that she could have him, she answered right back that if it was ok they will call Sunday after church for directions to come get him "and oh, does Mr Rooster have a name?" I figure if she wanted to know his name she won't be calling him "Dinner".

I took a closer look at the picture of her girls and realized why she was so excited. It appears that at least 5 of her girls are aussies! No wonder she was so thrilled to find a good, non-hatchery, roo so close to home! More than one little prayer may have gotten answered

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So, not only does it look like I found a good home for my crazy roo, it means I will have room to keep at least one more of the new Aussie baby girls arriving next month!!!
(ok, cue up the Lion King music) got to love THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!!

So happy for you!!!

That's me dancing to THE CIRCLE OF LIFE with you (don't mind my rhythm).

Yep, I wonder how often God's waiting on us so He can answer someone else's prayer or someone else so He can answer ours.

Good afternoon!

Hi! Like the avi; remember the pic from your thread. =)

It snowed, then snowed, then RAINED, then snowed, and it looks like it is going to snow again.

Remember how I had spring last week? Well, now I have ice, with two feet of snow on top.

At least the snow berms are now high enough that when I slide all the way down the driveway, there is only a very low risk of rolling down the mountain.

Oh, and a coyote just sniffed around all of my poultry housing, in broad daylight.

Again,

Surely it'll get better, right?

Oh, and last night while plowing, the front shocks of the plow truck went out.

Oh, I don't know much about cars, but shocks are important to avoid damage to the back of the driver, right?
Hope you're able to get that fixed soon!!!

 

[Alaskan]

We are dealing with hardpack, too. and amazing amounts of rocks, which is why I am doing raised beds and bringing in decent dirt. The husband is okay with it because it is really just a one-time expense and he has had to dig in this soil and knows what I am up against... (love the DH!!!!) but our soil has always been a tad acidic...I wouldn't know what to do with alkaline either. but I know the UK has some lovely gardens and they have alkaline soil so it cant be too bad...you can grow roses and carnations if nothing else! (not sure what food plants, though) I am trying to plan what goes where based on the whole companion planting thing but it is making my head spin.

Try writing each plant you want to grow on a small piece of paper, they put all of the paper pieces on your dinning room table (or any clean flat and large space) and arrange them until you like it. You can put small notes on each card under the name of the plant, like "heavy feeder" "needs lots of water" or "needs to stay a bit dry" "needs heat and sun" or "some shade good" whatever.

MORNING!!!! A toasty -12 f this morning, sigh. We too are going to be blessed with more of the white stuff. Major storm by mid-week. You poor folks in the south! At least we are use to it up here.

X2 i know I complain about my weather all the time... But 70 whatever one day and snow the next might spin me into a nervous breakdown. That is full on crazy weather.

Alaskan-so sorry for the ice and wet snow. We have not had the ice problem here, yet We "were" actually seeing some ground in spots.

Yep, we were seeing ground too, just a week ago! It looked SO spring like! After the wet snow, the ice, and then more snow.... We are now at cold snow. Talk about nervous breakdown! Weather is NOT supposed to be this loony! Even with the kids shoveling every single day, since that rain happened at night, we ended up with welded onto the deck ice. I hate that. I hate that very much.

 

[TeaChick]

Help, help - Alaskan has fallen down and can't get up.

if i may shout and scream at decent intervals THIS IT RIDICULOUS I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SPRING AND NOW THIS ALASKAN HAS SENT ME OUT TO SKRAPE ALL THE FROSTED AND CRUSTED SNOW OFF OF THE NEXT DOOR PORCH WITCH WAS (i think i did the wrong witch didn't i) AWFULL AND THE WEATHER IS STILL TOYING WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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the wonders of cut and paste

I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you. =D

 

[Alaskan]

 
Help, help - Alaskan has fallen down and can't get up. 

 
if i may shout and scream at decent intervals THIS IT RIDICULOUS I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SPRING AND NOW THIS ALASKAN HAS SENT ME  OUT TO SKRAPE ALL THE FROSTED AND CRUSTED SNOW OFF OF THE NEXT DOOR PORCH  WITCH WAS (i think i did the wrong witch didn't i) AWFULL AND THE WEATHER IS STILL TOYING WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   


                         

 
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                 the wonders of cut and paste

I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you. =D

It is super cute when he gets grumbly. Really, it is. But whatever you do, NEVER stop feeding him.

 

[pysankigirl]

I was home one day this week with a sinus headache from my cold...but now my head is fine. cold is deciding to take a vacation to my chest...

but I am fine...how can I be blue when I have broodies with chicks!!!!!

 

[Alaskan]

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! You have a blue/lavender whatever color chickie!!!

 

[pysankigirl]

and here are my new planting beds: