The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

On Saturday we went to visit my Mom at her place in the Mountains near Shingletown California. It was a very nice day!

 

[getaclue]

Al, tell the kids it's better for the world to be taken over by blue sprinkles than by idiots, and blue sprinkles taste good.

 

[bruceha2000]

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I use the pressure cooker for quickie artichokes. Yum!

Yep!

 

[ronott1]

I also have photos!

My Wife and youngest Daughter:



Same plus My Oldest Daughters Dog(Riley looks very happy!)



Picture of Creek:



I tried to get a picture of the Osprey's flying but they are a bit blurry:



And I baked a strawberry cake yesterday. My Youngest made the strawberry mousse filling.

 

[Alaskan]

Ron, looks like you had a perfect day!

 

[ronott1]

Ron, looks like you had a perfect day!

Yes!

We left the Sacramento area, which was very dirty from Agriculture related smog and went up to a place where the air was clear and the sky was blue.

It made me smile to see the nice tall trees too.

 

[drumstick diva]

cake !!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: That's great news that everything is fine!

Congratulations on the clean bill of health on your visiting bat, Ron.

I'm a bit down tonight. Came home to find my prized Lavender O rooster on his back in the coop, quite dead. No symptoms to lead me to believe he was on death's doorstep other than a bad case of molt. I suspect a sudden death heart attack or heart failure. I was able to hatch one chick that was him in June. She is a doll. I hope it wasn't anything genetic. He was only 14 months old.

Quote: I'm so sorry to hear about your rooster.

My main flock rooster died earlier this year. He would have been 2, maybe older when I found him on his stomach under the roosts. There was no previous indications of anything. His comb and wattles were of good color so perhaps he had a heart attack like your mentioning. Everyone's been healthy. I have kept many offspring from him, including breeding roosters so it'll be interesting to see their health as time progresses.

Nice picture/pictures Alaskan and Ron!
The bees/diarrhea and pressure cooking are interesting!
(I'm sure there's more I'm missing)

 

[superchemicalgirl]

If I can figure out how many stamps it'll take I'll regift it to you.

Thank you, I love getting mail.

Ron, lovely photos. Looks like you had a great time, thanks for sharing.

 

[chickadoodles]

Al, that was two different thoughts. Someone posted happy jewish new year... which is celebrated with apples and honey.

Chicka, surprisingly you can see them have diarrhea when they fly and the diarrhea is ALL OVER the frames and front of the hive.

Poor bees.