Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

THIS IS TOO FREAKIN COLD!

 

[duluthralphie]

Good Morning - rise and shine said the dumpster with a thud to the cement. Yup this morning the garbage man accidentally dropped the dumpster instead of setting down at 6:03 am.

OH NO!! and you were bothered all night by that pesky politician too! Terrible day...


To the rest:

Caucus day! &pm where ever you live and whatever party you are.....Show up or forever hold your tongue for the next 2 years...

Here is where you go:
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If you are a Sasquatch living in Carpenter Township just note the special entrance you must use to attend.

 

[jerryse]

Driveway cleared . Just in time the diesel was starting to gel . 3 more inches of snow predicted this evening .

 

[jerryse]

 

[duluthralphie]

QUICK!!! Get it with the hoe.....Club it.....hard!

 

[jerryse]

Hey BC any Fox News ? Sadie being bad ? We miss you .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Anyone ever eat chicken feet ? I had some at a Chinese buffet yesterday . Seasoned nicely . Sure not much on them .
Do mulberries grow where you are ? They grow here . Chickens love the fallen fruit . Never saw mulberries in the far north .

I believe my See-ster has a Mulberry down in Savage. (South suburb of Minneapolis for Illinois folks) She sent me photo of a bowl full. I think she made some kind of pastry with them. Needless to say an attempt near a south side of a building would be in order if I do say so myself. But Perhaps Ed is correct despite hitting his head.

So maybe I should not share this but I have to tell somebody . I was in a restaurant / bar . Went to the restroom . Sign on the door said one at a time please . Same on the women's . ????? So this has been a problem ?

Women (in their early drinking years) notoriously go to the bathroom in herds to gossip and release oxytocin. In this political climate with equality and such I'm guessing they had to do the same for men...?

Morning . Minus 11 here . Had 5 inches of snow at 6 PM . I hear reports of 9 inches . Not going out yet to check . Janet will want out later . So snow removal is in order .

Jerry this is all good practice for your new home.

-18 in God's country this morning.
I put the red lamp (Premier) on for the birdies. It was 20 degrees in their coop. My babies.... Junior had one eschar fall off his wattle. I can't remember if I saw the other was off this morning. I need to take down his spurs before he really gets a-going this spring. Keep my hens' backs in good shape. Hopefully. He doesn't seem to over mate. He's SOOOO docile.

DS saw Two! Fox running down the 4 wheeler path to the lake. What was it....Friday? I think. Sadie Mae raising H-E-double hockey sticks with them. Barking. Hot on their trail. (Fox and the Hound stuff) He said one was dark (red) i'm guessing like an auburn and the other very light red. He said they were gorgeous. I'm sure their pelts are in great condition for this winter's lack of balmy days. I'd like their pelts better with .22 holes running through them. But holstering a .22 at the right moment is the trick...isn't it?
We have a family of those darn things and I'm going to have to get things in order before free range season starts. arg!

When we were on the Hobby farm in South Haven, we had an old pig shed with Wood chucks in high population. DH with his shot gun had blasted the v groove paneling to no end with those things running through the stud walls and tunnels of the dirt floor to no end. They were thick. One day I was just walking in the alfalfa field near that and saw a 'rabbit' run through so I sent Alex our Yellow lab at the time through for a good fun chase. KNowing the rabbit would get away and she would have had her fun.

NOT A Rabbit.

Wood chuck juvenile. Oh God. For an hour nearly they went back and forth 75-80 degree- high humidity day. Not one backing down. I tried calling her off she wouldn't listen. I was too scared to grab her collar and make her vulnerable. She started lathering, had gnashes on her fore legs from that crazy vermin. I then called DH on his phone. He told me to get the .22 if he thought I could get it. I did a practice shot into a round bale. They were still fighting. Finally, and before she went after it again I shot it. I couldn't find the hole but it had stopped. Alex took her prize up under the big Box Elder in the front yard. I couldn't get that dog to drink, to stand up...nothing. She was exhausted. She wouldn't let me take the wood chuck either for quite some time. Finally I coaxed her to the house for her supper sans Puxotawny Phil and discovered my shot had went through the eye. For heaven's sake. I did call DH to brag on that one. LOL.
Alex recovered that evening and slept well. And one Wood chuck down, a bazillion to go. But we'd let somebody else deal with that. LOL.

 

[ejb3810]

For the nature lovers. The Duluth News Tribune had a story and photo this morning of 5 Lynxes. A photographer happened upon them on the road up near Tofte. Speculation is it was a female and four young, although they all appear to be about the same size. Can access the newspaper on line.
Have them here although the DNR would claim they are near extinction in Mn.
Many years ago now when on the farm the Mrs. had an Irish Setter. He treed a woodchuck in a sapling. That was a humorous event. Almost as humorous as the time someone threw a snake at the Mrs. when she was operating the riding mower. Same time frame and no kill switch if you left the seat. Guess who had to chase down the mower. Those were the days.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Jasmine treed a woodchuck here at this house some years ago. It was a noisy affair out in the yard.

 

[MagpieDucks]

I finally got an egg! A nice green one too.