Looking forward to reading the interview!Hi everyone!
I think it's Tuesday.....yeah, feels like Tuesday anyway. Incredibly but good busy here. We had a tree about 60 feet tall, die near the house. We had cleared back trees about 4 years ago and this one was healthy until we cut off a big limb. For some reason, it decided to die over the winter months. Considering how bad the winter was here, not too surprised. But we had to cut down a tree next to it then DH had to study it to figure out how to cut it so it wouldn't hit the house. Hated cutting down the healthy tree but there was a big chance the dead tree would either hang up in it or bounce off it and into our back porch roof. Both trees dropped within a few feet of his 'X marks the spot'. One was a big red oak and the other was I think a white oak so lots of firewood to be moved the short distance into the barn and split. Plus the dead tree is gone and no longer a threat to the house.
Then we were beating our brains out trying to get the lawn mowed before it started raining which it did last night. We got 95% baled, mowed before it started. Happy Happy. We got an 1.5 inches of rain overnight. A friend, about 17 miles away only got .03 inches. The airport about half the distance away only got .07 inches. Don't know how we got so lucky. Usually the rain moves north and south of us but this year we are in the sweet spot/corridor.
@perchie.girl! I am so happy for you! I pray all goes well, the surgery is complication free, you have a rapid recovery and continue to drop the weight. Make sure your support team is in place. Many people overlook that aspect of healing but it will reduce your stress considerably if you know ahead of time that your team of helpers will be there for you when you need them.
Keeping you in my prayers and offering all the internet hugs I can muster!
Birds are doing well. My SDW OEGB hen is happily sitting on two quail eggs and one fertile bantam egg. Looking at hatching later next week and TRex is busy being TRex with her three thriving babies. That hen is a pip is all I can say. If I open her coop door, I dang well better have crushed hard boiled egg in my hand or that hand is going to get pecked and flogged. Her babies are darling though and I'm hoping they are pure bred SDW chicks.
And finally, the last reason I've been busier than normal is that yours truly is being featured in an upcoming interview here on BYC. It was fun doing it but my connection kept timing out and when I reloaded it would drop all my files and pictures that I'd attached. I kept having to reload everything in one setting and couldn't find the time to do it in one setting. Finally managed to getterdone last night before it stormed.
Out to split wood now with DH. Y'all have a good one.
PS Congrats to everyone on the successful hatches!
