The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

we are doing a coop makeover



start with salt water cured construction bamboo



split bamboo and clean out soft pith from internal surface



form lattice using 1.5" nails



install

thanks

i will submit something once the upgrade is completed

It is very nice! I like the wood and lattice look of it.

Definitely submit it to the coop site!

 

[drumstick diva]

Felix too many ice cream treats, etc. at the other end of my walk which is why I have to walk. Dang it if I didn't keep getting shorter and weighing more, I'd be all set.

 

[Arielle]

Duma Key scared me so bad I actually stopped reading it at the end. I didn't want to know what was on that boat.

And BF makes fun of me - my first was The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and he should know that I DO NOT DO WELL WITH STALKING THINGS. THE ENTIRE BOOK WAS STALKING. I hated him for months after he loaned me that book.

I have also read 'Salems Lot and the one about the dome thing... both of which were not scary but were pretty good/easy reads. As long as he stays away from the creepy stalky jumpy things I'm good.

Salems Lot!!!!! As an early tween, my sisters and cousins were watching this all crowded into a dark living room . . . when scratching noises could be heard frist on the window on the right , then the one on the left and then we were screaming!!!!! A young Aunt and uncle from next door thought they would add to the TV drama . . . . . MANY MANY years later I tried to watch Salems Lot and still had trouble with it!!! lol Was surprised to find UMO teaching King in the English department ( found out when I played hooky from HS to visit my SIL at college, lol ) -- of course LATER I would learn Mr King lives locally to UMO.

Quote: Play the invalid card for all its worth once the help is available, lol , to get the best for your birdies.

Quote: Leonard Nemoy passed away this last week. I had heard he had been admitted to hospital and the announcemnt of his death the following morning put a pall on the house, and I was in tears on and off all day. We love Star Trek. I can teach many lessons to my kids from technology( FLip phone aka "communicator) , to live long friendships ( Nemoy and Shatner) to caring for the Earth ( The movie with the whales) and good story telling.Youngest did a "meet the author" paper on Nemoy and I was introduced to other facets of Nemoys life. How appropriate that " Spock" should be a poet. He will be missed. THough on Saturday nights I try to catch the re-runs of the original Star Trek.

 

[vehve]

Adding to the experience can be fun. I remember watching Sleeping with the Enemy once, and at one point, when they were building suspense with creepy music, I grabbed my sisters foot. She almost wet herself, boy was she mad at me.

 

[tnspursfan09]

Bit of a book junkie when I was younger, had my own personal library, every book that the school was throwing out, took every discard home and saved them, yeah doesn't fit my persona, but I've read thousands upon thousands of books. Anyone read Isaac Asimov? He wrote hundreds of books and I probably had 50 or so of my own. He was known for science, space, the real stuff and science fiction . I read all his hard cover stuff I had, but two years ago during deer season I needed a book to pass the boring time of waiting (pre smart phone for me) and found a paperback mystery novel of his that I had for 25+yrs. Never was one for that kind of book, couldn't put it down after I started reading it! 'Tales Of The Black Widowers' it was called, a collection of a bunch of short stories he wrote for magazines through the years , very good and hard to put down. Isaac Asimov wrote the books that inspired the movies Gandahar,  I,Robot and Bicentennial Man.

I love Asimov. Started reading him as a preteen. I ate up sci-fi. Asimov, Ben Bova, Clarke, Heinlein, Silverberg. Daneel is still my favorite robot.

 

[tntchix]

Adding to the experience can be fun. I remember watching Sleeping with the Enemy once, and at one point, when they were building suspense with creepy music, I grabbed my sisters foot. She almost wet herself, boy was she mad at me.

I hated that movie. I bet she wanted to kick your butt.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Salems Lot!!!!! As an early tween, my sisters and cousins were watching this all crowded into a dark living room . . . when scratching noises could be heard frist on the window on the right , then the one on the left and then we were screaming!!!!! A young Aunt and uncle from next door thought they would add to the TV drama . . . . . MANY MANY years later I tried to watch Salems Lot and still had trouble with it!!! lol Was surprised to find UMO teaching King in the English department ( found out when I played hooky from HS to visit my SIL at college, lol ) -- of course LATER I would learn Mr King lives locally to UMO.

Play the invalid card for all its worth once the help is available, lol , to get the best for your birdies.

Leonard Nemoy passed away this last week. I had heard he had been admitted to hospital and the announcemnt of his death the following morning put a pall on the house, and I was in tears on and off all day. We love Star Trek. I can teach many lessons to my kids from technology( FLip phone aka "communicator) , to live long friendships ( Nemoy and Shatner) to caring for the Earth ( The movie with the whales) and good story telling.Youngest did a "meet the author" paper on Nemoy and I was introduced to other facets of Nemoys life. How appropriate that " Spock" should be a poet. He will be missed. THough on Saturday nights I try to catch the re-runs of the original Star Trek.
ETA - that one was always my favorite because I didn't truly appreciate Star Trek as a kid, but my mom LOVED it so I was *forced* to watch the movies. I was an absolute marine biology nut, though, particularly whales (my grandma "adopted" a humpback whale for my birthday - it was that bad), so this movie is the first one of the series I remember actually WANTING to watch (over and over and over, lol). Funny thing is now I absolutely adore the whole series of movies and even the original tv show.

Star Trek IV (the one with the whales) was directed by Nimoy - it was actually part of a bargain for his continued participation in the franchise that he direct a film. I was particularly impressed with his statements regarding the lack of subtitles for the exchange between whales and aliens and - "I felt extremely, extremely strongly about that issue," he said. "They are communicating with the whales, it's not necessarily for us to understand what they're saying to each other — it's not important. The magic is that they are communicating with each other and we must understand that not all things are given to us to understand — nor is it necessary."

 

[dsqard]

I was also very saddened to hear that Mr. Nimoy had passed. He did live a fairly long life (he was 83) but that really doesn't take the sting away. We are really down to one left of the main characters from the original series now. I only learned that Leonard was a horse lover after he passed. William Shatner breeds and trains champion quarter horses. I was surprised to find that out as well a few years back. It is sad to see these icons (IMO) passing because that really means that I am getting old too.

 

[Wisher1000]

How's this for a mixed batch? EEs and Campines!

 

[ronott1]

How's this for a mixed batch? EEs and Campines!

Are they EEs or non standard ameraucanas?