The Old Folks Home

[Peep_Show]

Favorite scratch-and-dent was Grocery Outlet. (None near where I live now)
When Mom discovered they sold alcohol too, I had a ready-to-go shopping companion.
(Hmmm....)

DH is a big fan of dollar stores. Give him a fiver and it's a spree.

 

[ronott1]

Favorite scratch-and-dent was Grocery Outlet. (None near where I live now)
When Mom discovered they sold alcohol too, I had a ready-to-go shopping companion.
(Hmmm....)

DH is a big fan of dollar stores. Give him a fiver and it's a spree.

We have a nice Grocery Outlet here. They carry produce and Fresh meat now too

 

[ronott1]

We are going to have a rain storm every couple of days for a week or so.

La Nina is here in the Pacific Northwest and we are at the bottom of the pattern. Most of the storms go up to where Penny lives but we get the occasional bit that moves further south

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning OF. Often passes us in our spot in the road ..
We can get locked between Morton and I-5 Three micro climates but snow can trap in 4 spots between.

 

[microchick]

Been AWOL. Out of the blue had an old friend from the 80s get in touch with me and we have been burning up the emails since then. When I wasn't typing away I was prone on the sofa binge watching motorcycle races on Prime with DH. Love those things to pieces which is sometimes how riders and bikes wind up also.

So I'm back recharged and operational.

Weather here is normal winter. Meaning cold and grey. Colors are brown and grey. Man I go into longing for green really fast any more. I'd probably be a person who would do well in a southern climate with 'green' winters. But on the other hand I would miss snow.

Speaking of which, @Alaskan, those boys need a log splitter! Just think of how much wood they could produce for you if they had one!

Baking cookies this afternoon. Tis the season!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hard to tell with the world so mad climates are not sure what to do

 

[Alaskan]

Speaking of which, @Alaskan, those boys need a log splitter! Just think of how much wood they could produce for you if they had one!

We used to have one... back when the kids were little and spouse and I did the work.

But the hydraulics sprung multiple leaks. And it was hooked up and ran off of our tractor.. which has bit the dust.

So, hand power it is! If they start leaving home, we will have to shell out for one.

 

[microchick]

We have had weird winters here since we retired.

Okay, anybody have the answer to this question?

We all know that sunlight and the lengthening of the days is what causes hens to commence laying in the spring and stop laying after they molt, Right? So we are approaching the shortest daylight hours of the year shortly. So why are my hens starting to lay? I mean I'm not complaining. They aren't laying like gangbusters but I got three eggs last week from my Amerauracana and today I got a brown egg from one of my barnyard crosses and two eggs from bantam hens that have just reached POL.

Is the warm weather messing with them? Should I just enjoy their gift eggs and not look too closely at the cause of this early laying pattern? I've never had the girls do this before. They always usually start laying by mid February once the days get longer.

 

[microchick]

We used to have one... back when the kids were little and spouse and I did the work.

But the hydraulics sprung multiple leaks. And it was hooked up and ran off of our tractor.. which has bit the dust.

So, hand power it is! If they start leaving home, we will have to shell out for one.

We love ours. No way we could produce 10 cords of firewood without it doing the hard work. I wrecked my shoulder splitting wood one year using an 8 pound maul (sic?)

 

[Perris]

We have had weird winters here since we retired.

Okay, anybody have the answer to this question?

We all know that sunlight and the lengthening of the days is what causes hens to commence laying in the spring and stop laying after they molt, Right? So we are approaching the shortest daylight hours of the year shortly. So why are my hens starting to lay? I mean I'm not complaining. They aren't laying like gangbusters but I got three eggs last week from my Amerauracana and today I got a brown egg from one of my barnyard crosses and two eggs from bantam hens that have just reached POL.

Is the warm weather messing with them? Should I just enjoy their gift eggs and not look too closely at the cause of this early laying pattern? I've never had the girls do this before. They always usually start laying by mid February once the days get longer.

lucky you! I don't think it constitutes an answer, but I just observe that the weather/seasons have been so out of whack this year that a lot of natural processes are out of synch. So I have primroses, a clematis and a camelia in flower, the grass is still growing, and somebody laid an egg in the border last week - there may be more scattered around but that one was visible from the lawn.