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[chickadoodles]

Diva last night we got winds so hard it blew all our leaves off! I had hoped to pack them in my garden beds and the chicken coop.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote:
Bwhahahahah....

deb

x2 hhahahahha

 

[pennyJo1960]

@chickisoup ah beautiful part of the state but yes more prone
to harsher winters no doubt

 

[pennyJo1960]

We had the winds yesterday trying to put the new 11 ml tarp on the "barn"
tried to take flight as we where getting it grounded good

 

[perchie.girl]

The winds blow so hard year round off and on I have to do an X with rope over the top of anything tarped... I tarp over the top of chainlink roofs.... So the X give the tarp extra support. my coop roof is twenty by twelve. almost too big for the x to work.

deb

 

[pennyJo1960]

The winds blow so hard year round off and on I have to do an X with rope over the top of anything tarped... I tarp over the top of chainlink roofs.... So the X give the tarp extra support. my coop roof is twenty by twelve. almost too big for the x to work.

deb

the coop is 30 x 30 the one we call the "barn" is 30 x 60

 

[Bunnylady]

Well, that went as well as can be expected - actually a lot better than I thought it would.

BB2K and I took Syd and Blondie for a walk around the neighborhood again tonight. We put Blondie's lighted Christmas blanket on her, and draped a line of battery-powered lights across Syd's back, and off we went. Things look very different at night, and the lights throw weird shadows - previously, even with Blondie and Betsy along, Syd has been a panic attack waiting for a place to happen when we went out after dark. Tonight, she was like a different pony. 95% of the time, she was doing exactly what I was asking her to do, and even seemed a little bit bored with the whole thing part of the time. I kind of thought she might get a little silly when we got near the place where the tree guys had been yesterday - nope. I don't think she even gave the yard a second look. When you consider that the wind was blowing at about 20 mph, gusting in the 30's, it's even harder to believe; I've always known that the wind goes in one of Syd's ears and blows her brain out the other ear on windy days . . . go figure, but I'm certainly not complaining (and Syd got lots of pets and an extra carrot for being such a good girl!)

 

[pennyJo1960]

@Bunnylady great to hear she did so well that can be so tough for colt

 

[Bunnylady]

@Bunnylady great to hear she did so well that can be so tough for colt

Well, Syd's no baby; she's an '06 model.

I just haven't gotten really serious with her before now.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: that can be a load of fun lot's larger than a colt and when it wants to bolt
planting the feet are not in the equations