The Old Folks Home

[pickitfarm]

you have to be zone 9 to grow outdoors. it will grow very well in pots thou

That is what I thought. I wanted to plant it as natural mosquito/insect repellent. The chickens help but they cannot control the full 15 acres.

 

[pickitfarm]

Glad it tweaked you to try it. The fruit cocktail I buy has no added sugar...at least that seems a healthier choice.

I did use no sugar added fruit cocktail. My team loved it! It was gone before lunch. Thanks.

 

[ozexpat]

a prayer for the 239 souls missing in the malaysian airlines 777

 

[Bunnylady]

a prayer for the 239 souls missing in the malaysian airlines 777

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I hate Angus-- I'd be happy to eat it though!! Grass fed is so much more nutritous. Hope you find someone to s plit it with.

Our new grandson Evan James and his proud Paw Paw

Waht a sweet pic of Pawpaw and baby!

Did you know that Corn Flakes is fifty years old today? That was a steady eddy in my diet....good, bad or neutral...a breakfast of champions....

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Cornelius or Corny​

Loved this roo a doo Corny staring back at me off the box...funny that he is such a wonderful icon! One of the urban legends is that Mr. Kellog went to a concert and was told by Welsh Harpist, Nansi Richards that the Welsh word for cockerel was "Ceiliog" which sounds alot like Kellog. Interesting bit a trivia.

Doggone & Chicken UP!

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

Gosh, I always thought it had been around . . guess not.

We don't eat cold cereal anymore. BUt I can sure remember pouring on the milk and sprinkling on the white sugar!! Nothing like a slug of refined carbs!! lol

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In 1917, it was YOUR patriotic duty to raise chickens! Dunna hafta hold a gun to my head to see the logic there is in raising chooks, eh?

I was told that during the California gold rush (1848–1855), eggs were fifty cents a piece which is $13.60 per egg in 2012 dollars.

I fondly remember my Gran, short as she was wide, but huge in stature in her flowery house dresses, knee high stockings, and the hair style she got done religiously ever few weeks. I know where I got the booming voice and stubbornness...

Thanks Gran--a renegade before her time--I can't help being gob struck over poultry...it's in my very genetics!

Doggone & Chicken UP!

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

I think I have enough chickens to cover my neighborhood's needs-- certainly more than the 8 for my family!

Quote: You lost me . . . .

 

[ozexpat]

Thats why I love the old folks home.

 

[wolftracks]

Wolftracks and Linda it is so nice to see ya'll back! We have missed your stories and updates!

Our grandson was born yesterday morning he weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 19" long. Mom is doing great and first time dad is very proud of his new little bundle that looks his spitting image.
We took our grand-daughter up to the hospital to meet her new little brother and she was so happy she cried when she held him.

Got to find my hammer to get my quilt laid out and tacked down to pin it all together to start quilting it.

Congratulations!!!

Our new grandson Evan James and his proud Paw Paw

He's a cutie

I just love this shot. I have been removing bits of flotsam and jetsam from the waterfall rocks to improve the stream drops into this or that pool and became entranced with the growth in the mosses. Oooooh.


We were absolutely flabbergasted to see a street sweeper swoosh the roads out here. C'mon! STREET sweeper? I had passed it on Mt. Aukum/E16 earlier in the day and was wondering what the heck it was doing out here... We don't have streets out here - they're all ROADS and Perry Creek Rd is one of those .... Forget what it's called when pea gravel is imbedded in the slurry. The sweeper flung the gravel everywhere. It made three passes at that corner, flinging gravel into the Pub parking lot. A real "Huh?" 45 minutes for us local folk.


My "watering hole." Still waiting for some BYCers to show up for a good draft brew, glass of wine from local wineries, or made-from-scratch meals. Or a dart game. That's a real, wood-fired pizza oven at the front of the place.

And here's the sign for the hardware/etc. store where I sell some of my eggs. The sign is much fancier than the establishment.

Love the pics. I'd go drink wine with you Linda, but that would be a long cab ride. LOL Drinky no drivey hahaha

We are also expecting another grand child..and a great grand child this year..number 33 grand child on it's way..and we know it's a boy..their third.

Your little guy here is soo darling! Nice weight too. Do all of your grand children call him paw paw? That's cute? Are you maw maw?

You have me beat! My next one is #29....I have no idea is there are any greats from my husband's kids, but my personal forst great, turned 1 in December.

 

[chickadoodles]

I totally agree! slightly high colesterol runs in my paternal side of the family....but the youngest member to die in five generations was 98. My 17 y/o DD knew her great great grandparents. They only just died a couple years ago.

I'll keep eating my bacon and eggs too!

The thing for me is I only eat bacon or sausage and eggs once or twice a week and bake most of our meats. Now I have tried to eat healthier for years and don't really care if the doctors keep changing the rule of how to eat. I'm old and just eat. lol

I take an aspirin a day but no blood pressure meds.

 

[chickadoodles]

Praying

 

[chickadoodles]

Arielle:
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Waht a sweet pic of Pawpaw and baby!


Thanks Arielle and Wolftracks!