Texas

[jockeyeba]

My husband was working at our airport when the planes hit. He did not get home til very late that night. I was home, worried sick that someone would hit San Antonio's airport, pregnant with my first son. I remember hearing it on the radio right when it happened and thinking it was some kind of hoax. Thinking about it makes me cry. Now I know there is argument over what exactly went down, and who all was involved, so I don't want to debate that. I just wanted to remember all those people who died. All the firefighters like my DH who ran in without a thought for themselves and never came out. If you see a firefighter or a cop today, just say thanks. They really are the people running to save others lives when everyone else runs for the door.

Thank you I still remember that day, like it was yesterday. My heart is heavy and sad today. Please tell your husband "Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything he does", also thank you for supporting him.

X2

 

[TexasLisa]

Run into them is right. Those big yellow and black ones I guess you are speaking of banana spiders? I can't tell you how many times I have been walking through trees and walk right into one of those face sized spiders. That is when I scream like a five year old girl and run off doing the monkey dance.

. I love it that you home school.

Aren't they beautiful? Look at her web. I know, I am weird!

You homeschool your kids! Wow that rocks!! It takes a special type of person to have that lvl of patients, I would never dream that I could do it!!!

Hahahahaha, patience-----me??? I loved it and would do it again in a heartbeat. Both of them have graduated from college and have good jobs.

Best advice I ever received here on BYC about dealing with chicken killing dogs. Follow the 3 S rules. Shoot, Shovel and Shut up.

Lisa

 

[uglychickens]

lisa your not weird they do have a beauty all their own! Their webs are magical... They look so pritty especially when the morning due hits them and twinkles! My boys always called them garden fairies!

 

[jockeyeba]

 

No worries, they are not for everyone. No offense taken. We have everything you could have out here and I got to know when to pick my battles. Right now I am at war with fire ants. I like to be chemical free out her but this morning I saw fire ants crawling through a thick layer of D.E. that I keep under the feeders. I am getting ready to go nuclear on those punks. I am soooooooo sick of getting bites all over my poor flip flop clad feet! Maybe someday I will learn to put on real shoes.

I know what you mean about putting on real shoes.  Last year I broke down and bought a pair of work boots.  This from a girl who loves to go bare-footed!  I haven't had any ant bites this year because of them.

I love tarantulas.  They are fun to play with.  I also like the wolf spiders.  What area really pretty are the black/yellow garden spiders.  Their webs are awesome.  (When you homeschool, you run across some interesting subjects. )

Lisa

I gave up trying to wear flipflops outside but I still get ant bit everyday wearing the slip-on canvas shoes I use now I don't wear my outside shoes in the house-between horse,sheep,cat,dog & chicken poop- so they need to be easy to put on & off I love banana/garden spiders but haven't seen near as many this year as we usually have

 

[TexasLisa]

Two million bikers hit D.C.!!

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...mble-through-on-the-way-to-d-c-for-911-rally/


Lisa

 

[TexasLisa]

lisa your not weird they do have a beauty all their own! Their webs are magical... They look so pritty especially when the morning due hits them and twinkles! My boys always called them garden fairies!

Ohhh I love that name, 'garden fairies'. How precious!! I never realized how many different kinds of webs there were. There is one web that look likes a tunnel. You just lightly touch the web (with a leaf stem) and that spider comes up out of the tunnel to get its prey. So smart!!

Lisa

 

[jockeyeba]

 

My husband loves the crowing. I have used this to my advantage. I told him if he likes the noise of the roosters he will just love peacocks. Ha ha. So now I have permission to get some just gotta find some that I do not have to sell some of my organs first to afford them.

Peacocks are fantastic alert birds.  My neighbor has some and I love them.  They let you know whenever things are not right in the world.  If an unusual truck drives down the road, they alert.  If a hawk is about, they alert.  The chickens learn to pay attention to the other birds' alarm calls.  I was surprised that the peacocks didn't alert when my parrots buzzed right over their heads the other day.  They must now know my parrots are not a threat, but it still surprised me they just calmly stood there when a huge red bird with a 4-foot wingspan swooped down inches from their heads.

My parrots pay attention, too, so between the peacocks, my neighbor's rooster and my parrots (who alert for hawks), we've got a pretty good alarm system for predators in the sky and sometimes for foxes.  My own free ranging chickens are a little young to be very vigilant, but they are learning.  This morning my parrots were yelling about some sort of avian monster in the sky (usually a harmless vulture) and my chickens were all on alert, looking for the danger.


The down side of peacocks is they have a call that sounds like a woman screaming, Help Me!  Neighbors often really hate having peacocks around.  I would love to have peacocks, but I think I've pushed the limit of my neighbor's patience with my parrots and a rooster or two.

I love peacocks too but my husband thinks their too noisy Love to see pictures of the parrots

 

[galanie]

I gave up trying to wear flipflops outside but I still get ant bit everyday wearing the slip-on canvas shoes I use now I don't wear my outside shoes in the house-between horse,sheep,cat,dog & chicken poop- so they need to be easy to put on & off I love banana/garden spiders but haven't seen near as many this year as we usually have

I'm the same way. I don't wear my shoes in the house any more and only want slip on ones. I really don't like flip flops that much but will wear them. Thing is, dirt and crud gets in them and makes your feet dirty anyway. I have a couple old pairs of clog style tennies that I use. Wish they would come back in style so I could get new ones

 

[wlhtx]

Y'all are giving me the heebie jeebies with the spider pics. Any color, shape, or size - I'm sorry, but I despise them...

 

[TexasLisa]

Y'all are giving me the heebie jeebies with the spider pics. Any color, shape, or size - I'm sorry, but I despise them...

I am sorry.

Lisa