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[Debbie292d]

I can hardly wait until I have a few silkies. They are going to be spoiled rotten.

In 3-4 more days, you should be seeing some!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hi

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. Slow to get rolling here.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Good morning, OF. Slow to get rolling here.

I was slow this morning too lol

 

[pennyJo1960]

Slow start here today also Old Folks.
Cloudy 48 here.

 

[Nomadicus]

Good afternoon Old Folks.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good afternoon took a hot shower sure seems to have done a good bit
to keep me going today.

 

[Sally PB]

Good afternoon took a hot shower sure seems to have done a good bit
to keep me going today.

That sure felt good to me about an hour earlier!

A nap kept me going this afternoon.

 

[ronott1]

We don't go out that often, and it's usually to a restaurant when we do. Last night we went to a little known treasure, not far from here. It's a Winery/Brewery, a farm, a restaurant, with a nice playground, petting zoo, and pond with a fountain that has chairs, and a couple campfires by the pond. On weekends, from 4 - 9 they have live entertainment. A friend of Dh's was playing there last evening.

I had taken my daughters there, on one of their birthdays. The food was fantastic. We don't drink beer, so we didn't do a sampler of that, but we did do a sampler of their wines. Their wines are expensive, and awful. I'm told their beers are pretty good. It's the restaurant that keeps them in business. We got there at 4:00, and the kids headed to the playground. We sat at the huge outdoor part of the restaurant, so we were right near the playground, petting zoo, and could keep an eye on the kids from where we were sitting. It's actually set up for this, and the only entrance/exit is through the outdoor section of the restaurant. Nobody is going to snatch, or harm a kid. There were about 20 kids of varying ages playing. No teens are allowed to "play" in the kid areas.

After bit, I grabbed the kids, and we went to check out the farm (Dh stayed at the table). All their crops are organic, and they mostly grow them for their wines, and their restaurant, but visitors can pick a few of the fruits to enjoy. Strawberries are in, so we got to pick, wipe off, and eat some sweet strawberries. The blueberries had already been completely picked. We fed, and petted the goats, then the kids got hungry. We went back, and ordered food.

Dh had already ordered a couple apetizers, and was sampling the food. He got Gator bites, and Bruschetta. The kids tore into what was left, while waiting on their food to arrive. Those Gator bites were made from the good part of the gator tail, and had been done right. Best I've had in quite some time. On of the kids opted for fruit instead of french fries with her dinner. She, and her sister both ordered additional fruit plates. The fruits were ones that were grown right there, on their farm, and they were pretty generous with it. I ordered the Shrimp and Grits. I confess, I don't usually like grits, but there are 2 places that actually know how to cook them, and I'll eat them there. This is one of those places. When it arrived, I gave Dh a taste, and he agreed it was delicious, and ended up ordering it for himself too. The kids got Gator tacos, and cheeseburgers. The lettuce, onions, tomatos, kale, and herbs were all grown there too, which added to the taste.

Dh's friend played. Normally he plays heavy metal, but changed it to easy listening for this place. He did really good. At 8:30, Dd took the kids home. That gave Dh, and I a bit of us time, away from them. The music ran overtime, until 9:30, so we got about an hour to ourselves. I drank iced tea the whole time, since I never drink beer, and I simply can't stand their wines. By the end of the evening, Dh had sampled several, and put away a few beers he liked. He wasn't feeling any pain. Dh is a happy drunk, and I never have to worry about him getting mean, nasty, or uncooperative when he drinks. I was the designated driver, and brought us safely home.

Before we left, I ordered a cheesecake to go. Remember when I said they had already picked all the blueberries. Well, not only were they using them on the fruit plates, BUT they had made a blueberry reduction sauce, from their own blueberries, to go on the cheesecake. It was fantastic.

It sounds like an amazing place!

 

[ronott1]

Still raining here, flood advisories in effect for the usual streamside and low-lying areas. A woman in the Freshwater area (south of us) posting on NextDoor said her pastures were under 6 feet of water, and her big metal horse trough washed away. She was asking downstream neighbors to please keep a lookout for it, she'll come haul it home. One of those neighbors posted that with the flow they're seeing, her pasture trough is "probably out in Humboldt Bay by now".

Meanwhile I got stubborn, set up my yard umbrella over my work area between the raspberry patch and a young cherry tree, and made war on the wretched Bermuda grass and pineberries that have invaded my little orchard & berry gardens. (They don't care what the weather's doing, they grow like radiation monsters in 1950s B-movies!) Came in crusted in mud, knees and gloves soaked, but feeling like I at least accomplished SOMETHING outdoors for a change!

We were supposed to get more of that storm but It missed us this time. Here were have a much lower level of storm warnings.