The Old Folks Home

[Hangtown Farms]

What do you have hatching?

So far a pair of Crele Penedesenca and 2 Empordanesa
there are also black Penedesenca and more crele in there
hopefully more hatch

 

[superchemicalgirl]

It's snowing, the dogs are playing, the teenager is sleeping, the chickens are strutting and digging holes in their run, the fishes are nibbling, the parrots are singing, the cats are plotting, I am drinking coffee, the hubby is getting ready for work. It's Saturday and I LOVE IT... The only better day of the week is Sunday when the whole family is home together.

What are you all up to this Saturday? I see so many with new baby chicks coming, I sure wish I could have more too. We have lived in this house for almost ten years now but if we had to move we would definitely move out of the town limits so we could have more birds and a bigger garden and more than 2 beehives. I hope we never have to leave but I am a bloom where I'm planted person so I would make the best of it.

We're having a melt right now - above freezing for today and tomorrow hopefully. The snow's melted in our driveway and exposed the half inch or so of ice that the ice storm left. It's treacherous out there, but I still need to brave it. The chicken coop is in need of cleaning. This morning the floor squished - it's no longer frozen and it is nasty.

Other than that, once I finish my chores I'll be starting a new quilt - my fabric arrived on Tuesday for it .I should be able to get the top together in the next few days if I'm motivated enough. At sewing class on Thursday I got to run my sewing teachers long arm quilting machine. I may pay to use it to quilt this quilt - it goes so much faster and easier than hand stippling on my machine.

 

[Pozees]

So far a pair of Crele Penedesenca and 2 Empordanesa
there are also black Penedesenca and more crele in there
hopefully more hatch

Ooh, I hope you'll share pictures!

We're having a melt right now - above freezing for today and tomorrow hopefully. The snow's melted in our driveway and exposed the half inch or so of ice that the ice storm left. It's treacherous out there, but I still need to brave it. The chicken coop is in need of cleaning. This morning the floor squished - it's no longer frozen and it is nasty.

Other than that, once I finish my chores I'll be starting a new quilt - my fabric arrived on Tuesday for it .I should be able to get the top together in the next few days if I'm motivated enough. At sewing class on Thursday I got to run my sewing teachers long arm quilting machine. I may pay to use it to quilt this quilt - it goes so much faster and easier than hand stippling on my machine.

Hopefully the ice will melt quickly, and doesn't creating boot-sucking mud doing so.

I had a bunch of things multi-quoted and they departed. Oh well. Cute puppy, cute chicks, great doggy-doo stories, love hearing about reclaiming old properties, and Oz you aren't just up to speed, you're taking the checkered flag LOL - oh yeah, the Daytona 500 is tomorrow! My father turns 79 today and looks great. I won't get to see him, he and my mother live in upstate NY still, but my mother sent me a picture last night of him with 4 of his friends at the local watering hole. I realize the structure of that sentence is completely wrong, sorry LOL. Too tired to fix it.

I have some local barnyard mix chicks hatching, and just put shipped Welsummer eggs into a second hatcher - 9 of 12 developed, sure hope at least some hatch. Oz I think it's so interesting to read about how opposite your hatching challenges are from mine - here it is so dry I put a humidifier in the room.

 

[blythspirit]

She is precious! How can anyone do that to a baby anything?!

All of my pets ahve been rescues, the lates being the kitten I have now. Woke up on morning last September, went to let the chickens out. A tiny kitten had taken up residence on our stoop. she had a small injury to her snout, so I guessed somebody way dumping a littler of kittens the previous night. We kept her, got her spayed, and now she is part of our family.

That little puppy pic is so cute. No way could I imagine someone doing that to any animal..it is so maddening. I love that you kept your porch kitten and gave her a home. My house has been and is filled with pets no one wanted anymore, or they had defects that the 'breeder' (I use that word with sorrow) judged as being worthless and was literally leaving the poor pup in a cage in the back when people came to look at the 'perfect' pups. (that is my Jackson, my little Papillion) he is pretty much blind and only has a few teeth and has had to have surgery on his deformed jaw in order to close his mouth properly. He is only 6 years old and although I don't know how long we will have him he has my heart. I love him so much, he has such joy and a happy joyful nature. Iggy my little mixed up dog (pom? Chihuahua ? mix) I found on the side of the road miles from any home or anything. he was shaking, scared to death, completely running with fleas, full of worms, not altered but had a retained testicle, his privates were full of an infection, his 'sack' was the size of an orange so he could barely walk, he had dew claws down to the ground and all turned into the pads of his feet along with severely overgrown nails. It took me half an hour on my hands and knees on the side of the road to get him to come to me..(bacon from a sandwich finally worked) The vet did most of the work for free to get him healthy, a good bath and good food and he is good as new. He is a wonderful little dog that someone obviously dumped on the side of the road. We also have a border collie/shepherd mix that the police chief of our town brought to me and my daughter, she was so abused she could not be handled by men or anyone in a uniform, he knows we take hard to place/handle dogs. She has been our biggest challenge. Doggy obedience classes, drugs to calm her down (at first) no longer, but even though I didn't like to use doggy Prozac..this dog needed it. After 4 years she will let my husband touch her and walk her, she is my daughter's shadow. She is the most wonderful gentle loving dog, she is protective and we are careful when new people come over. She likes to 'pin' people she is unsure of and she can do that with just a stare. As soon as we tell her okay..leave off..she lets them 'go'. She has saved my daughter from a creepy man trying to get through our gate onto our property even though it is padlocked and clearly marked no trespassing. He was telling my daughter who was in the yard to come get the gate open, he wanted to 'show her something' She told him no and he started climbing the gate until Maggie came around the corner at full speed and alert. Maggie in working mode is an interesting sight and quite terrifying if you are on the business end..lol..he climbed back off the fence..I was on my way home when this happened I called the police..they met me by my home because I saw him walking up the road. Well the town had been having complaints all day about this guy and they gave him a trip out of town. (He had a license to come into our town to sell security systems for this fly by night company and was going around showing people how easy it was to get onto or break into their houses)...yes that is the truth. Well we do have an electronic security system, and we have Maggie, I will love Maggie forever, in my eyes who knows what that man would have done if he had gotten all the way onto the property. We saved her and she save us..

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Ooh, I hope you'll share pictures!
Hopefully the ice will melt quickly, and doesn't creating boot-sucking mud doing so.

I had a bunch of things multi-quoted and they departed. Oh well. Cute puppy, cute chicks, great doggy-doo stories, love hearing about reclaiming old properties, and Oz you aren't just up to speed, you're taking the checkered flag LOL - oh yeah, the Daytona 500 is tomorrow! My father turns 79 today and looks great. I won't get to see him, he and my mother live in upstate NY still, but my mother sent me a picture last night of him with 4 of his friends at the local watering hole. I realize the structure of that sentence is completely wrong, sorry LOL. Too tired to fix it.

I have some local barnyard mix chicks hatching, and just put shipped Welsummer eggs into a second hatcher - 9 of 12 developed, sure hope at least some hatch. Oz I think it's so interesting to read about how opposite your hatching challenges are from mine - here it is so dry I put a humidifier in the room.

yes probably once I make sure nothing is pipping

 

[ronott1]

That little puppy pic is so cute. No way could I imagine someone doing that to any animal..it is so maddening. I love that you kept your porch kitten and gave her a home. My house has been and is filled with pets no one wanted anymore, or they had defects that the 'breeder' (I use that word with sorrow) judged as being worthless and was literally leaving the poor pup in a cage in the back when people came to look at the 'perfect' pups. (that is my Jackson, my little Papillion) he is pretty much blind and only has a few teeth and has had to have surgery on his deformed jaw in order to close his mouth properly. He is only 6 years old and although I don't know how long we will have him he has my heart. I love him so much, he has such joy and a happy joyful nature. Iggy my little mixed up dog (pom? Chihuahua ? mix) I found on the side of the road miles from any home or anything. he was shaking, scared to death, completely running with fleas, full of worms, not altered but had a retained testicle, his privates were full of an infection, his 'sack' was the size of an orange so he could barely walk, he had dew claws down to the ground and all turned into the pads of his feet along with severely overgrown nails. It took me half an hour on my hands and knees on the side of the road to get him to come to me..(bacon from a sandwich finally worked) The vet did most of the work for free to get him healthy, a good bath and good food and he is good as new. He is a wonderful little dog that someone obviously dumped on the side of the road. We also have a border collie/shepherd mix that the police chief of our town brought to me and my daughter, she was so abused she could not be handled by men or anyone in a uniform, he knows we take hard to place/handle dogs. She has been our biggest challenge. Doggy obedience classes, drugs to calm her down (at first) no longer, but even though I didn't like to use doggy Prozac..this dog needed it. After 4 years she will let my husband touch her and walk her, she is my daughter's shadow. She is the most wonderful gentle loving dog, she is protective and we are careful when new people come over. She likes to 'pin' people she is unsure of and she can do that with just a stare. As soon as we tell her okay..leave off..she lets them 'go'. She has saved my daughter from a creepy man trying to get through our gate onto our property even though it is padlocked and clearly marked no trespassing. He was telling my daughter who was in the yard to come get the gate open, he wanted to 'show her something' She told him no and he started climbing the gate until Maggie came around the corner at full speed and alert. Maggie in working mode is an interesting sight and quite terrifying if you are on the business end..lol..he climbed back off the fence..I was on my way home when this happened I called the police..they met me by my home because I saw him walking up the road. Well the town had been having complaints all day about this guy and they gave him a trip out of town. (He had a license to come into our town to sell security systems for this fly by night company and was going around showing people how easy it was to get onto or break into their houses)...yes that is the truth. Well we do have an electronic security system, and we have Maggie, I will love Maggie forever, in my eyes who knows what that man would have done if he had gotten all the way onto the property. We saved her and she save us..

Great Stories!

You are lucky to have a dog like that!

 

[blythspirit]

We're having a melt right now - above freezing for today and tomorrow hopefully. The snow's melted in our driveway and exposed the half inch or so of ice that the ice storm left. It's treacherous out there, but I still need to brave it. The chicken coop is in need of cleaning. This morning the floor squished - it's no longer frozen and it is nasty.

Other than that, once I finish my chores I'll be starting a new quilt - my fabric arrived on Tuesday for it .I should be able to get the top together in the next few days if I'm motivated enough. At sewing class on Thursday I got to run my sewing teachers long arm quilting machine. I may pay to use it to quilt this quilt - it goes so much faster and easier than hand stippling on my machine.

Oh I hate the nasty squishy mud stage of winter thaw. Right now it is snowing to beat the band..so I am procrastinating my cleaning chores out there. It will stop in an hour or so. I have not sewn in such a long time I don't even know if I remember how the thread the bobbin anymore. I used to love to sew, but I had a much bigger area then too. Do you sell your quilts or sew for your own pleasure? Every year at the classes I take for animal husbandry they have a quilt raffle, I have never won, but I sure love to look at the beautiful work they do.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Oh I hate the nasty squishy mud stage of winter thaw. Right now it is snowing to beat the band..so I am procrastinating my cleaning chores out there. It will stop in an hour or so. I have not sewn in such a long time I don't even know if I remember how the thread the bobbin anymore. I used to love to sew, but I had a much bigger area then too. Do you sell your quilts or sew for your own pleasure? Every year at the classes I take for animal husbandry they have a quilt raffle, I have never won, but I sure love to look at the beautiful work they do.

I know my "squish" isn't mud... yet. Mud season is right around the corner but when your shavings and poo form a soup when it melts in the coop, it's time to drop everything and clean it out. Next up is locating the wheelbarrow under a snow drift and chiseling it out so I can start the poo soup removal.

As far as sewing goes, I got a sewing machine about a year ago and learned to sew. I had never sewn even a button on by hand before that. I mostly sew for my own perverse pleasure. My sister convinced me to do a quiltalong with her and my niece online in October, and I finished that quilt right before Christmas and gave it away immediately upon finishing it (I hated it). The other quilt I just posted was my second quilt made, and although it's much nicer I don't think it's good enough to sell. I tried to get the library to raffle it off but they weren't interested. The quilt can't be used at work on our nursing home because it can't be washed in the sterilizing hot water. I'm still entertaining other ideas for it.

The quilt I'm about to start on is a gift for a friend getting married next week. It's going to be late... of course, but that's not a huge deal.

 

[blythspirit]

I know my "squish" isn't mud... yet. Mud season is right around the corner but when your shavings and poo form a soup when it melts in the coop, it's time to drop everything and clean it out. Next up is locating the wheelbarrow under a snow drift and chiseling it out so I can start the poo soup removal.

As far as sewing goes, I got a sewing machine about a year ago and learned to sew. I had never sewn even a button on by hand before that. I mostly sew for my own perverse pleasure. My sister convinced me to do a quiltalong with her and my niece online in October, and I finished that quilt right before Christmas and gave it away immediately upon finishing it (I hated it). The other quilt I just posted was my second quilt made, and although it's much nicer I don't think it's good enough to sell. I tried to get the library to raffle it off but they weren't interested. The quilt can't be used at work on our nursing home because it can't be washed in the sterilizing hot water. I'm still entertaining other ideas for it.

The quilt I'm about to start on is a gift for a friend getting married next week. It's going to be late... of course, but that's not a huge deal.

That is wonderful that you have taken up this new adventure. I admire that you are doing this and there is nothing like giving or getting a gift someone has made for you. Post pics if you can, I love to look at every ones crafts and things they make for their families and pets.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

So far a pair of Crele Penedesenca and 2 Empordanesa
there are also black Penedesenca and more crele in there
hopefully more hatch

Very cool.

There's 2 more Emps in the world!!!
I guess you don't have enough yet to worry about pedigree.

Oh I hate the nasty squishy mud stage of winter thaw. Right now it is snowing to beat the band..so I am procrastinating my cleaning chores out there. It will stop in an hour or so. I have not sewn in such a long time I don't even know if I remember how the thread the bobbin anymore. I used to love to sew, but I had a much bigger area then too. Do you sell your quilts or sew for your own pleasure? Every year at the classes I take for animal husbandry they have a quilt raffle, I have never won, but I sure love to look at the beautiful work they do.

I have a few areas including the driveway that my boots get stuck in and the snow's all gone now. We had a freeze the last 2 nights. It's been in the 50s for about 5 days and next week we're back into the single digits overnight and about 3 days it won't get above freezing.