The Old Folks Home

[Sally PB]

Once I got to the main roads, they were fine. There and back again, a Sally's tale.

 

[Alaskan]

Going to the chiropractor today. Low of 21° and I'm hoping that the ground is still plenty warm enough that I don't have to worry about icy roads, as we got measurable snow yesterday and overnight.

My back really needs the adjustment, so I really need to go. I hope I'm worried about nothing.

The older I get, the older I get the more I hate driving on ice roads. But... driving only 3 months out of the year really doesn't work for me.

 

[ronott1]

Good Afternoon!

I pulled a muscle helping my DD work on her car. It is better today though

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. Facing December weather today. Broke out the longjohns.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have not worn the long Johns yet raincoat allot.
Morning Old Folks, Moose let me sleep till 8.
We are dry here still.

 

[Cynthia12]

Happy Veterans Day.
My Veteran. I miss him.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My Richard served in Vietnam he was a Cee Bee in the Navy.
He built me 4 coops I miss him greatly also.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey good morning Old Folks dry here this morning.
Need a shower today.

 

[CanuckBock]

Heel low:

Spectacular once in a lifetime light show yesterday...very appropriate for Remembrance Day, eh. Caused by nitrogen gases I read.

Earlier before I went back to get my camera, there were red shades with green in the Northern lights (aurora borealis). I chose to sit and enjoy the show in person and when it began to wane, I went and retrieved the camera. Tons of people posted great images of the phenomenon.

We rarely see the Northern Lights altho we live in the Great White NORTH...just don't bother much to l00k up...and not out much after dark. If it was more an early morning feature, I guess we'd witness it more often. LOL

Snow is long gone but being teased as they are saying maybe some more tomorrow. Hate it looking like this. Reminds me of the Coast and I abhor the bare ground. White is so much more cheery & enjoyable.

Em went in for mammary gland removals on one side. We had them tested two years ago and benign cysts but she's been nipping them and bleeding, so at over 10+ years, best do the operation and get them gone. Samples sent in for cancer testing.

Cone (of shame) and a coupla Jurassic T's...she's got a week under her belt now...one more week and stitches get removed.

Emmy-Lou did alot of napping the 1st few days and then when it was +14C and sunny, we all went on a walkabout to visit the ram lambs at the Lucky Barn. The sheep really miss their stock dogs coming for a visit.

So very overjoyed to be able to wean the Jacob ram lambs together...they certainly are the cutest sheep on the Planet.

Cutest and the most practical breed...milk, fibre (Merino grade fine!), meat, and draft...never mind such characters. They really shine as a primitive breed and have a better recall than most canines. LOL

Forage removed by the Jacobs, dirt tilled, leaves sucked up by the ride 'em and deposited for composting...now the blanket of white needs to fall and tidy up the view. In the meantime, I keep clearing out pens and lavishing them back up with new straw.

@CanuckBock Haven't seen any of your cedar waxwings down here in Missouri yet. I always enjoy seeing them show up at the bird feeder chomping down sun flower seeds. I love your pheasants. Truly beautiful birds. But the snow. Sorry, you can hang on to that up there in the cold white north, lol. One of the many things that spirited us away from Illinois and into Missouri was less snow. DH was raised in WI but even he admitted he was getting tired of fighting our way into town over the winter months thanks to towers of snow on the road that took days to get cleared out. But.....I love looking at pictures of snow and living vicariously through others, though so keep posting them!

You may have a few waxwings down there by now. I see the apples are all gone from the crabapple trees so food for them has been harvested and they likely are on their way!! The blackoil sunflower seeds are happily eaten by the chickadees and nuthatches who stay here all year.

Snow...we adore it. WE are the ones that clear the snow out...but not for the MD's...we hold contracts to do oilfield roads up North of us. MD's tend to be under manned, so while we own our own motor grader ... we also have this massive service truck so my spouse can drive IN to the grader and then grade OUT. The local County sends out a newsletter every fall, warning persons to have at least a ten day supply of essentials as they cannot promise to have anyone dug out within a week or so.

We have the tractor with attachments & a robust large snowblower here for home...and my spouse has 50+ years experience in motor grader operation.

I want the White but not too much White just yet, got my spouse booked in for a museum quality five day vehicle restoration course. We have been putting this course off for about 17 years now & he's been working on the four post lift in the shop bay. It's been inspected but he wants to straighten out the welding and as usual, put a few licks of paint on it to spiff it up.

Time to get those lil' hammers working on the body work and get two 1928's and two 1936's up and running. He's very much hoping to get some leads on mechanical brake parts...the Leafs are hydraulic, so he's got those parts all bought and stowed away but the '28's have him a bit concerned. Shoes/pads are a non issue (I believe a set are there in that box) but he started rattling off things like master cylinder, slave cylinder and quite frankly, I am not that mechanical past enthusiastic about him focussing on sourcing the bits he needs to get them operational.

Green season will be here before we know it and my hubby needs to get MY Leaf running so I can torment the general public, flat out at fifty (kilometers, not miles an hour) trying to pass him in his own Maple Leaf. Be the same story for the 1928 Chev one tons...block traffic and be annoying. What more can Old Folks want, eh? Get noticed for causing issues on the hwy's & making others have to slow down and smell the roses for a change.

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada