The Old Folks Home

[Peep_Show]

Ugh. Scorpions. When I lived in NV we were warned of the little ones that just looked like string in the carpet; never saw them, though. What I did encounter was a humongous phosphorescent one on the front walkway as I ventured out (pre-coffee) to fetch the morning paper. A little more girth on the thing and I could've saddled it. Needless to say, the concrete garden bunny arrived like Monty Python's 16-ton weight. Gave it a couple of good grindings and then went inside to tell DH he had some cleanup duty to do.

Don't mess with Mama before she's had her coffee!

 

[vehve]

What? Only 2 unread posts during the night. Something must be wrong...

Scorpions I would not want. Venomous or poisonous things can be quite nasty, luckily we've only got the adders to worry about. One thing that can be nasty too, is when activists free minks from fur farms. Those things are hostile, kill everything. Luckily it seems that even our activists have grown half a brain and don't do that anymore. But 10-15 years ago it was pretty common to read about that kind of things in the papers.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Frogs! That I forgot. We've got some too. One lives by the hose under our kitchen window.

You've got bears and wolves though.

Don't forget the mosquitoes and black flies!

 

[vehve]

Don't forget the mosquitoes and black flies!

Black flies are more common up north, they don't bother us down here in the south that much. Mosquitoes can be a bit annoying too, but they were only bad for a few weeks this year. Right now we've got deer fly season though. Those things I truly hate. Little six legged spiderlike flying things, that are super quick and get in your hair and under your clothing and crawl around. They don't actually do anything, since they only feed on blood from deer and similar animals, but they are disgusting. Really difficult to kill too.

 

[drumstick diva]

geez hope I don't dream about these ickies all night

- have to hit the hay soon so I can get up at 7:30am with partial brain function

 

[ozexpat]

The bug report from the Philippines is there are ninety percent less mosquito than the peak of the wet season.

I have just been bitten twice in four days

 

[vehve]

That's pretty good, Oz. There was a newspaper article a few weeks ago about a woman who got into a swarm of black flies in Lapland. She was rushed to a hospital with a helicopter having been bitten thousands of times.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

geez hope I don't dream about these ickies all night

- have to hit the hay soon so I can get up at 7:30am with partial brain function

I don't think it was the ickies talk but I had one of the worst nights sleep ever. I slept great for the first 90 minutes. Then I should have just gotten out of bed.

Whatcha up to today?

 

[ozexpat]

1000 any bites would probably put someone in hospital. Yuck to fly bites.

Today was a public holiday so not much work. I assembled bikes for the kids and Mrs Oz.

We celebrated the birthday of Dominic's son Adonis.

Its charbroiled tuna on the menu tonight. The kids and nannies took the bus back to Bacolod as they are in school tomorrow. Tonight will be quiet.
We will head into the city tomorrow afternoon for the night.

Our carpenter starts tomorrow on the first of a series of coops for 200 layers. Each coop will hold 20-25 birds.

Have a great Monday. The sun just went down on ours.

 

[Wisher1000]

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Is it time for Mr. Kadillahopper to entertain us with a poem?

My mother is the worst when it comes to snakes. She'll scream if she sees anything resembling one. I can't even remember how many times I've reacted to her screaming, running towards the sound thinking she's broken a leg or something, only to find that "That stick looked like a snake"

My DH does the same thing.......

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You know that voice in your head that says, "Get up, get up, getup getup getupgetup!" when the alarm has gone off? I heard it all night long and dreamed about coyotes. As soon as it gets light outside, I'm going out to check the coops. I will go to work after that.

We celebrated the birthday of Dominic's son Adonis.

The kids and nannies took the bus back to Bacolod as they are in school tomorrow. Tonight will be quiet.
We will head into the city tomorrow afternoon for the night.

Have a great Monday. The sun just went down on ours.

I was thinking that here in the south, a boy would have a rough time in school if his name was 'Adonis'. Then I realized that not too many kids would know who that was.......

The time is just too short, isn't it? Enjoy your alone time with Mrs. Oz, and have a safe trip back to work.

ETA
Speaking of too short a time, my weekend was too short, as usual. I had to work half a day Saturday and my boys had friends over for D&D all afternoon on Sunday. I did housework and cooked in between, oh, yeah and a huge argument with the spouse.

You know, Monday doesn't look too bad. Have a good one, everybody!