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[Cynthia12]

 

[bamadude]

Thanks Cynthia.
It was a good day. Glad its over.

 

[bamadude]

Happy Mothers Day to all u mothers...and grandmothers...and mother figures..

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank you Bama

 

[Bunnylady]

Well, here we are, with - what is it, day 3? - of Tropical Storm Ana. We are all still sitting around, saying, "you have got to be kidding me!" We have had a relatively moist, mild Spring - the air hasn't been that warm, the Gulf Stream water isn't all that warm; this really shouldn't be happening. Hurricane season doesn't even officially start until June 1st. Think about that; the National Hurricane Center is a government agency, so a lot of their personnel probably don't even go "on the clock" until June. I'm not even sure they'd have the funds to be able to pay the electric bill before then.

But there it is, this blustery, rainy patch of low pressure actually had wind speeds up to around 60 mph last night, and even developed a rather ragged eye. It stumbled into Myrtle Beach sometime during the night; I guess it's wanting to check out all the shows down there, because it appears to have been pretty much stationary all morning. North and East of a landfalling tropical system can be a messy place to be - the highest amount of energy usually gets concentrated there, as the spiraling rain bands come ashore with the maximum amount of time over the water that fuels them. It hasn't been anything to get exited about, really; a few inches of rain, a bit of wind. Ana is like the Energizer Bunny - just keeps going, and going (but not going - leave, already!), and it's a bit of a "puzzlement" how it's happening at all.

*splat*

 

[Latestarter]

I feel for ya Bunny... we've had a week straight of rain here on the front range of Colorado, topped off last night by about 4-6 inches of light, wet snow drifted by some pretty gusty winds. And that snow is not in the foothills or mountains but out here on the high plains. No idea what the mnts got but it could have been rather substantial. Rivers/streams here are out of their banks in places and lots of flooding going on. Hard to believe this is high desert climate. Hope you get a reprieve soon and dry out.

 

[chickadoodles]

Thanks Bama.

Bunnylady and Latestarter I hope you will get a some relief from the flooding soon.

 

[Beer can]

@chickadoodles What do you think of this site? Thinking of getting Holland Whites from them next spring.
http://www.porterturkeys.com/

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Happy Mother's day to all.

I feel like we are have 'Nor Easters here! We have had rain since Thursday and yesterday's daily amount was 5 inches.

We've got more today. Supposed to be dry Monday and Tuesday and then hit us again Wednesday until ? No wonder the stinking Canadian Geese have decided we have a marsh land and are visiting for the first time in 6 years.

I also got a new "pet" for Mother's day. Pulled out cereal for breakfast and there was a hole in the box.

Spent before and after church cleaning the pantry and putting everything in plastic tubs, setting mouse bait and traps.

On the up side, my broody girl is warm and dry and has 5 chicks so far.

Still 2 eggs that could be on day 21 today so might be hope for a couple more. Hope it does dry out before she brings them to ground.

I put feed & water in the box with them so hopefully she will wait a bit longer before she gets them out of the box.

Have a great week all!

 

[chickadoodles]

@chickadoodles What do you think of this site? Thinking of getting Holland Whites from them next spring.
http://www.porterturkeys.com/

I ordered some from him twice and he has great quality birds!