The Old Folks Home

[pennyJo1960]

that can be felt a long ways that big

 

[microchick]

I hear ya, Cap. Once had drunks across the street from where I lived when I was a city dweller shoot bottle rockets through my bedroom window screen. Not funny by a long shot.

Hope are all well in Southern Cali. Also saw on: https://earthquake.usgs.gov that there was a 6.2 off the coast north of Vancouver Island. Underwater quake but still dangerous and still not a small temblor.

Did you feel that one, @penny1960?

 

[pennyJo1960]

My birds knew not me they are saying 100 miles around the epi center 6.4 is the magnitude Ridge Crest has damage is all they are saying @perchie.girl is the one I more concerned about

 

[bruceha2000]

@perchie.girl is 200 miles south, probably didn't even feel it.

 

[microchick]

Those high desert mountain offer some protection don't they?

 

[microchick]

I read an article recently that speculated that coyote howling during the winter serves the purpose of determination of what the population will be the following year. If a pack howls and hears a lot of howls in return, there will be smaller litters born to support the higher population but if they don't hear howling, they will have larger litters to fill in the population.

I swear my chickens read the article and think that is a good idea. I just went out to check water and every nesting box is filled with a broody hen. Every one of my hens with the exception of my Fayoumi has went broody this summer. When I culled last month I rehomed 4 broody hens to our next door neighbor and breathed a sigh of relief. Now I have 5 broodies and another one doing the tuk tuk tuk and dancing around all fluffed up. All of my nesting boxes are filled. The smallest is one of my 2 year old little BBR hens named Faith. Even Minni Mouser is broody. Maybe eating all those baby mice put her in Mommy mode. DH asked me what I was going to do and all I could say was....give them eggs and tell them buona fortuna! I'll deal with the babies when the time comes as I am trying not to stress myself out any more over the chickens. If they weren't so cute, I'd be mad. And IF they were human women they would be sitting in a rocking chair humming lullabies, glowing and knitting booties.

Sometimes ya just gotta know when to fold em.........

Mother nature is about to throw her own fireworks display here. Storms about to move through.

Stay safe everyone.......

 

[Peep_Show]

They felt the earthquake in Las Vegas and evacuated the Golden Nugget.

 

[Alaskan]

So true.

We can feel the earthquakes in Anchorage.... and I think they are 300 miles away

 

[Alaskan]

Huh... I googled... it says 222 miles... but by car.

I can't find the crow flies miles... so I guess we aren't that far

 

[Peep_Show]

Happy Fourth of July, Everyone!

We have the grandkids in -- girls 7 and 9 -- so we all went to Corrales' parade this morning and it did not disappoint. There were Civil War re-enactors, marching bands, bands on floats, horse teams, the mule club, horse-drawn wagons, Girl Scouts, firetrucks, fire fighters, politicians, tractor club, Model A club, hotrod club, Shriners, clowns, Miss Rodeo and runner-ups, llamas in tutus, kazoo bands, various Village clubs, and Wonderwoman riding a Unicorn (which was the girls' favorite.) The whole town and then some turns out for the parade, so it's a big social gathering on our main street.

Pork ribs, corn, sweet potato biscuits and salad for dinner tonight. The kids picked blackberries and gooseberries for jam (yesterday's busy-hands project.)

Fireworks -- legal or not -- being set off at all hours here. The dogs are nonplussed and tend to ignore them, but the youngest kid seems to have some sort of PTSD about them. We'll watch ABQ's big display from afar in our backyard tonight.

Hope everyone's Fourth is safe and sane. Happy 243rd birthday, America!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=638018153346426

video courtesy of friend Cheryl (who does great nature photography)