The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

I'm going to be 69-in August, Is that old enough? My Mother is ninety-three, and in a retirement home. No nurses checking on her, still has all her faculties. My dad died eight years ago, he was eighty-nine. I got both my kids grown, out of college, son has been married for eight years, with no children, into there careers.

My daughter is 37 and marriage was not ever in her cards. She's a beautiful, tall 5'10" redhead, smart, and has lots of friends. She had a job at Disneyland, and was manager over all there stores, but came back to Texas. Her dream was to live in Austin. Both graduated from Baylor University. I have a farm where I have a young neutered cat. I let him stay in the barn at night, but he comes out in the mornings when I get here. Some critter killed my other cats, and he had a claw scratch on the top of his head.

I have been married to the same woman going on 41-year we both got married when we were 27. I am always good with animals. I got some buff orpington, 6-hens, and a rooster, I found them on East Texas Craigslist, paid $80.00 for them. I have had them three weeks, and still haven't used a #50 pound sack of 20% protein, crumble type feed, that cost $13.00 at local feed store. I bought a 40-pound feeder that I hang from rafter in coop.

I am also a hooby beekeeper, with now two hives. At one time I had nine hives, my limit was always two have no more than twelve,. But now that I'm older and wiser two is fine, don't want two make a job out of honeybees. In fact I don't want to make a job out of anything. Beesuits get hot in the summer, thats why I wait until fall to take the honey off. That way I don't have to feed them all summer , through the derth, hot, and nothing blooming . In the late summer we have another honey flow, golden rods plants bloome. After that flow is done, then it's cooler, and I take my honey off, and feed through the cooler months.

Now the sun has gone down, and almost time to go close the coop. Wife will be making BLT sanwiches, with a fried egg. She got that off the TV show "Pioneer Woman". She is from Brusly, South of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Wonderful cook when I married her. She made me crawfish bisque one night while we were dating. She stuffed the shells, cleaned them out with a toothbrush before stuffing. That got a ring on her finger, with no regrets. Have had to watch my weight eversince. Good night to all who reeds my ramblings. I'm just replying, CT might get after me again for posting in wrong place, Ha!

welcome to the thread.... My grandma is 100 and I live with her.... I never married either.... will be 62 in June....

deb

 

[sdunmoyer]

Gosh...new peoples!

  Hello sdunmoyer and Ronnie2!      Welcome to the thread!   And   
(I'm fashionably late as usual.  )

Hello happy to be here

 

[ronott1]

I'm going to be 69-in August, Is that old enough? My Mother is ninety-three, and in a retirement home. No nurses checking on her, still has all her faculties. My dad died eight years ago, he was eighty-nine. I got both my kids grown, out of college, son has been married for eight years, with no children, into there careers. My daughter is 37 and marriage was not ever in her cards. She's a beautiful, tall 5'10" redhead, smart, and has lots of friends. She had a job at Disneyland, and was manager over all there stores, but came back to Texas. Her dream was to live in Austin. Both graduated from Baylor University. I have a farm where I have a young neutered cat. I let him stay in the barn at night, but he comes out in the mornings when I get here. Some critter killed my other cats, and he had a claw scratch on the top of his head. I have been married to the same woman going on 41-year we both got married when we were 27. I am always good with animals. I got some buff orpington, 6-hens, and a rooster, I found them on East Texas Craigslist, paid $80.00 for them. I have had them three weeks, and still haven't used a #50 pound sack of 20% protein, crumble type feed, that cost $13.00 at local feed store. I bought a 40-pound feeder that I hang from rafter in coop. I am also a hooby beekeeper, with now two hives. At one time I had nine hives, my limit was always two have no more than twelve,. But now that I'm older and wiser two is fine, don't want two make a job out of honeybees. In fact I don't want to make a job out of anything. Beesuits get hot in the summer, thats why I wait until fall to take the honey off. That way I don't have to feed them all summer , through the derth, hot, and nothing blooming . In the late summer we have another honey flow, golden rods plants bloome. After that flow is done, then it's cooler, and I take my honey off, and feed through the cooler months. Now the sun has gone down, and almost time to go close the coop. Wife will be making BLT sanwiches, with a fried egg. She got that off the TV show "Pioneer Woman". She is from Brusly, South of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Wonderful cook when I married her. She made me crawfish bisque one night while we were dating. She stuffed the shells, cleaned them out with a toothbrush before stuffing. That got a ring on her finger, with no regrets. Have had to watch my weight eversince. Good night to all who reeds my ramblings. I'm just replying, CT might get after me again for posting in wrong place, Ha!

Who is CT?

I loved your post! This is the perfect place for you

 

[microchick]

Welcome to the Old Folks Home, Ronnie2. All are welcome!

41 years to the same woman! Congratulations.

I'll be 64 in July and tomorrow marks my and my husband's 10th anniversary. We were married when I was 53, almost 54. He was well worth the wait! We live on a 28 acre hobby farm with 4 dogs, 5 cats, 23 Old English Game Bantams and 30 Buff Orpingtons, Welsummer and Speckled Sussex chickens.

Don't you just love your Buff Os?

 

[Peep_Show]

Welcome to all the newcomers!

The Old Folks Home rocks! (and sometimes in chairs, IF we ever have a chance to sit down)

 

[sdunmoyer]

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You figured out how to change your avatar picture!

I did finally. Yay.

 

[sdunmoyer]

Glad you are getting so familiar I do find it harder to use my phone
than my computer and years with computers I use enter, arrow keys, command prompts
with F keys and tab mostly

I think I'm getting it figured out. I upgraded my browser on my ancient phone and that helped. There is so much information on here I've spent a lot of time looking around. I took a few breaks to do the chicken chores but not much else today. It's a great site.

 

[Ronnie2]

lilwildrabbit, I live in a small community, when I was a child the city population was 18,556 population, now I'm an old man, and the population has grow to 21,000 population. Only in the county we have 4-State of Texas prisons. Have only two feed stores, and Tractor Supply. I guess they get there prices on whatever Tractor Supplies sells them for because I paid $9.00. I guess that's better than $10.00. Wished I could find them on Amazon Prime, for what you paid, will now have to look now since you started it.

 

[sdunmoyer]

Welcome to the Old Folks Home, Ronnie2. All are welcome!

41 years to the same woman! Congratulations.

I'll be 64 in July and tomorrow marks my and my husband's 10th anniversary. We were married when I was 53, almost 54. He was well worth the wait! We live on a 28 acre hobby farm with 4 dogs, 5 cats, 23 Old English Game Bantams and 30 Buff Orpingtons, Welsummer and Speckled Sussex chickens.

Don't you just love your Buff Os?

Hi Ronnie2. New here also and finding it very informative. Wow Micro chick. That's not a micro flock. Impressive.

My first buff orpington. Isn't he cute?

 

[getaclue]

Welcome newcomers.

Well, I FINALLY got my chickens in their new coop, here at home! I'm so glad I waited until I got the wire mesh between all the coops, and runs. Yes, the roosters had to hackle up, and try fighting, but the mesh prevented them from getting hurt. They all seem very happy in their new digs.