The Old Folks Home

[pennyJo1960]

Wow love the blooms so wanting spring and summer

 

[topdycke]

Oh geez, it's almost deep enough for the birds to just stand on the snow again, isn't it?

These really shouldn't count; they bloom regardless, and often look ghastly with frozen flowers all over them:

Lovely camellias! The Azalea have buds on them now too. The lacebark elm is dumping pollen and stuff down. Robins have been and gone. Saw a v-formation of 40 waterfowl heading north today . Yep its spring.

 

[pennyJo1960]

OH I am praying daily for spring you wouldn't tease would you?

 

[topdycke]

We have been fairly warm this year. Will be interesting to see what the Summer brings.
I still won't set spring plants until mid-March. Just asking for trouble then.
I will be sending the goldfinches back to Ralphie very soon!

 

[pennyJo1960]

time to haul my tired old butt to my chickens do wire into the new run

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Just came back in. Everyone has full water and full food. They're all locked up, I'll see them on Tuesday. Hopefully the ducks diddle with their water to keep it from freezing, I couldn't get their heated dish out of the glacier enclosure it is in in their pen to get it inside their house.

Got 3 extra buckets of water filled for the animals, the upstairs bathtub is full if we need the flush and a couple gallons in canning jars on my counter for drinking/cooking.

Let the fecal matter hit the wind-making device.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ran wire as far as what I had took us after Richard and James put T posts in
have an extra chain link dog gate panel will place that at this opening to allow access
to new chicken door

 

[getaclue]

Seeing the boats being used as housing reminded me of something I told Dh several years ago about using retired oil type barges for housing. Not necessarily oil barges, but the ones that have the huge cargo holds.

 

[Alaskan]

It didn't happen if there's no pictures. Please, pictures. Something that's not white. Bulbs coming up... 

Like this...right?

 

[Alaskan]

"...boats are mostly lived in..."!!  In Alaska, people live in grounded boats?! Wow, I learn something new everyday on BYC! What kind of system do they use for water?

Water? with the present season, I'd be more concerned about heat!

People up here live in all sorts of junk. School busses, tents, campers, shacks, yurts, dugouts... one guy made a house with old tires filled with dirt..bet that one is warm (but FULL of rodents).

There are still a decent percent of people with no running water. Some have no electric. Whatever floats your boat.

Those boats though ARE difficult to heat, I think most are abandoned during the coldest part of the winter.