The Old Folks Home

[cheepteach]

good morning all!

 

[ronott1]

Good Morning!

Today we start at 78F and go to 110F.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning. Lots of work to do today . Need my caffeine.

 

[Peep_Show]

Goog morning, folks!

Happy Labor Day... Try not to put too much labor into it, but it's nice to have a national chore catch-up day.

So feeling a tad stressed, I thought back to happier times and came to the conclusion that the happiest I've been is when I had a horse. So have been perusing various mounts and daydreaming that perhaps one day I'll get back into it.

Went and toured a new boarding stable that opened up nearby. Nice facilities and I'd really like to get back on a horse, but realistically my knees are a tad too problematic at present. (It seems like everyone I know who rode English is having to have their knees and hips done...all that posting, I guess.) Even if I found a horse built like a corgi, I'd still have to have a mounting block. My sorority sister who has had her knees done and rides now insists on short horses as she has to shimmy down for a dismount to avoid percussion. Anyway, having been the barn-on-your-own-property route before, IF I were to get a horse, I'd gladly pay to have someone else do all the maintenance elsewhere. Not as cost effective, but time is money and there's a lot of horse schlepping that gets done before the glamour of riding off into the sunset. (I say that latter part facetiously because there is no glam in horse owning. More than once I've gone out in public with alfalfa in my hair....)

It was nice that DH -- not a horse person at all -- joined me to see the facilities. They are brand new and super with great trail access. (Our village's slogan is "The Horse Capital of New Mexico," so there's lots of equestrian amenities, like a couple of public arenas, hitching posts downtown.) I will definitely keep the stable in mind for the future.

In the meantime, I've started to tackle cleaning out the garage. It's my own personal 3-car sauna! Needs to be done and crossed off my to-do list before I seriously contemplate adding other projects to my life.

Dinner tonight is ribs, homegrown corn on the cob, homegrown greens and homegrown melons. The veggie compound is producing nicely!

 

[ronott1]

Goog morning, folks!

Happy Labor Day... Try not to put too much labor into it, but it's nice to have a national chore catch-up day.

So feeling a tad stressed, I thought back to happier times and came to the conclusion that the happiest I've been is when I had a horse. So have been perusing various mounts and daydreaming that perhaps one day I'll get back into it.

Went and toured a new boarding stable that opened up nearby. Nice facilities and I'd really like to get back on a horse, but realistically my knees are a tad too problematic at present. (It seems like everyone I know who rode English is having to have their knees and hips done...all that posting, I guess.) Even if I found a horse built like a corgi, I'd still have to have a mounting block. My sorority sister who has had her knees done and rides now insists on short horses as she has to shimmy down for a dismount to avoid percussion. Anyway, having been the barn-on-your-own-property route before, IF I were to get a horse, I'd gladly pay to have someone else do all the maintenance elsewhere. Not as cost effective, but time is money and there's a lot of horse schlepping that gets done before the glamour of riding off into the sunset. (I say that latter part facetiously because there is no glam in horse owning. More than once I've gone out in public with alfalfa in my hair....)

It was nice that DH -- not a horse person at all -- joined me to see the facilities. They are brand new and super with great trail access. (Our village's slogan is "The Horse Capital of New Mexico," so there's lots of equestrian amenities, like a couple of public arenas, hitching posts downtown.) I will definitely keep the stable in mind for the future.

In the meantime, I've started to tackle cleaning out the garage. It's my own personal 3-car sauna! Needs to be done and crossed off my to-do list before I seriously contemplate adding other projects to my life.

Dinner tonight is ribs, homegrown corn on the cob, homegrown greens and homegrown melons. The veggie compound is producing nicely!

You are very ambitious for a Holiday!

We had baby back ribs last night. Tonight is BBQ

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning OF sitting here with my coffee need one more ..
going to be hotter than I like it for like at least 10 more days

 

[getaclue]

The only thing saving us from horribly high temps, is the afternoon rains. It rains enough to actually cool things down.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are seeing no rain .. Very odd but know it happened years ago dry Septembers

 

[bruceha2000]

With fire ants, easy peasy.... just stick your thumb on top of their mound.

Oh heck no! I've heard about them thar fahr aints!!!!

Honey bee stings for sure - very few arthritic long term bee keepers.

Because they die from anaphylactic shock before they are old enough to have arthritis?

 

[Alaskan]

Because they die from anaphylactic shock before they are old enough to have arthritis?

Sounds likely.

Always have been curious... I think my great grandfather died of anaphylactic shock... I know one of his sons, my great uncle, had a death allergy to bees.