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[Highcotton]

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You are supposed to hold a quilting bee for the stipling.

 

[insanity]

Pozees,
Thanks I"ll hit the feed store today for those medications.I've gotten good at rehabbing with basic issues because everyone knows I'm a sucker for hard cases. I don't usually use meds (survival of the fittest thing) but this time she didn't get a fair start.

 

[Highcotton]

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I never was really into Classical or Opera. My mother was a gospel pianist and between that and church I have plenty of gospel. I like pop or rock from the late 50's through the 80's and I like Blues, Bluegrass older Country Most of the country todayis rock with a country sound. I would rather be on one side of the fence or the other. Norah Jones is my favorite current singer and Etta James is my favorite Blues singer. Everytime a topic comes up I usually have a song for it . My grandchildren usually say uh-oh I knew that Papa had a song for it.

 

[Pozees]

LOL Hagar3

Another concert I just remembered I saw - Dan Fogelberg when he was in Colorado Springs 12 or 13 years ago. Sad to have lost him.

A couple of years ago the local PBS station played a John Denver concert he did shortly before he died. I watched every minute of it, all the while remembering how I had loved his songs as a younger person.

 

[Pozees]

Insanity we are of like mind.

 

[gryeyes]

OK, OK, twist my non-working arm, why don't ya. It still needs to be trimmed (the dark blue layer is the last official layer), squared and bound. I have purchased the binding and will get to trimming as soon as my fingers work a little better. Stippled front: Backing with the stippling showing:

I am in awe

Ditto! I can not even imagine (me) attempting work like that.

 

[chickisoup]

sorry but 75 posts? really? Someone catch me up plz if I missed anything important

 

[Cynthia12]

Ok, I posted this on the sick/ injuered thread but you guys always have the best advise so here goes.
Late last night a friend of mine showed up at my place with 3 hens. He rescued them from another friend who "just wanted them gone". The original owner had them in a 3 sided shed, no bedding, snow for water and only fed cracked corn.It has been -40 with heavy snow and high winds for the last week.
Aside from frostbite the leghorn and frizzle look pretty good but the white rock is in trouble. She gurgles loud when she breaths and gets exhausted very quickly. I think it is pneumonia. She is still eating, has good body weight and is even laying. I put her in a heated (40-45F) lighted (18hrs) coop with all the food and water she can ever want, but not sure what else to do for her. Any ideas or tips would be great.

Thanks

That's so nice of you! Just need to keep them from your own flock a while, especially the one with the upper respiratory. Very contagious to other birds. I personally use the Denegard. I even use it for preventive. Have done for a couple of years, and my flock, knock on wood, has stayed well since I started using it that way. No need for waiting to eat eggs..no with drawl period.

 

[gryeyes]

Wow, y'all have segued into a topic which neatly allows me to share a recent Pub experience of mine!

Back story: When the gals - individually - have to close up alone late at night and there are still customers on site who have been drinking, I often stay until closing, too. The (male) kitchen crew go off duty at 9 PM and don't always stay afterwards; weekday closing is at 11 PM. (Some times I am the ride home for one gal who lives quite close to me, sometimes I am just hanging out with some friends... Or solo.) I personally think women of ANY age should NOT be the only employee on duty at closing, for many reasons. I make sure whoever it is gets into her car safely before I depart. Besides, by now, all the Pub employees are my friends, anyway.

A few nights ago, several young local fellows showed up and settled in for some time. After awhile, there were no "older" folks there, except for me. They began to load up the Juke box with music to their liking. One of 'em came back to the bar and announced, "There are still credits if anybody wants to add songs."

I took that advantage. Added some selections by ZZTop, AC/DC, threw in some Genesis, two by Maroon5, something by Katy Perry, and finally "Brand New Rollerskates" by Melanie. (That's not the actual name of the songs, it might be "Brand New Key," but somebody in here will know which song I mean.) Back to my seat, smiling to myself.

A bit later, the first one in "my" queue began to play. The kid who had played the earlier ones looked around. Then he turned to me, gestured "Yours?" and I nodded. (The juke box gets its volume raised when the kitchen is closed and there are no more diners.)

He nodded and raised a thumb in approval. Two more songs played... He again asked if it was one of mine. Yup.

"[Dang,]" he said, "You're one bad-a* * old lady, Linda!" He was astounded when i told him I "was around" when all those songs FIRST came out and that I had even been to some of their concerts. He held out some dollar bills and gestured towards the Juke box.

Hehehehehe. I found some more classic rock, including Pink Floyd, and for sheer silliness, added in Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife."

He didn't know I had been designated Juke box lady by the 21 year old server who often spent her tips to load the juke box with stuff I like from many decades and a few genres. (I tip her very well those nights, because she really shouldn't have to give up her hard-earned money for me to play what I would have wanted to listen to, had I had cash on me at the time.)

One of these nights I will play '50s selections and we will do a Sock Hop. As a little "event" when nothing else is going on up around here.)

The juke box is connected to the Internet and down-loads songs so the range of music is amazing. However, I WISH I could get it to "find" anything by Gilbert & Sullivan, Rogers & Hammerstein.... Or...hehehehehe....Spike Jones.

Nevertheless, I am quite warmed to be considered a "BAOL" by the younger crowd.

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh boy, look at what I am considering keeping. I have her here, a Great Dane. 4 months old. Blue Fawn in coloring. She is so laid back, just laying down beside me right now.