The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

Stuff around here seems not to last too long. It just rusts away if you don't maintain it.

And yep, that is exactly what we do. We have enough dead fall that we just cut it into pieces and DH shoves it into the ravines with the bucket on the truck. The wire tangles the wood and keeps it from running into the creek which is a branch off of either the Chariton or the Long Branch rivers/lake system. We have worked several ravines this way and now we have added a foot or two of sand to the upstream section of the ravine while the down stream has deepened. We have one section that the previous owner had dropped a drain pipe into the ravine and back filled it to make a crossing wide enough for his horse drawn wagon. The downstream flow from that ravine has washed out about 80% of the drainpipe. He used an 18 inch pipe and probably should have used a 3 foot one at least. The conservation officer looked at it and shook his head. Either we finish digging it out or we wait for mother nature to finish the job for us.

The erosion is about the only down side of owning wooded ridge land.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

I miss you, Old folks! Everyone must be having A more lively Saturday night than me and micro!

Off to bed. This phone is still aggravating me, although @bruceha2000 helped me fix the map directions!

 

[microchick]

Face it Angel, party animals we ain't!

I'm just sitting here watching horror movies with DH on Amazon Prime with one dog poking me in the kidney as we battle over who has dominance when it comes to possessing my half of the sofa,one cat hissing at that dog because he has her spot on the sofa and me? I'm struggling to stay awake.

I can't believe they are calling for snow here next week. I mean geesh! We had our first glimpse of fall color today. Not fair!

 

[trumpeting_angel]

Oh, that is not fair at all! Unless it’s a big storm, or stays cold, it should melt and let you see the colors.
Years ago in Massachusetts (all over the Northeast actually) we had a huge storm. I think it was Columbus Day weekend. Maybe 2 feet? All the leaves were still on the trees, and the snow was so wet and heavy, that trees snapped all over. The power was out for 3 days,
more in some places.

You will have less trouble than that, I hope!

Enjoy the pets. They get the whole sofa eventually!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Yup eating a slice of fresh banana bread had the smallest bran and banana only one a day
have PBS on the tv I have started watching it again no commercials

 

[CapricornFarm]

Face it Angel, party animals we ain't!

I'm just sitting here watching horror movies with DH on Amazon Prime with one dog poking me in the kidney as we battle over who has dominance when it comes to possessing my half of the sofa,one cat hissing at that dog because he has her spot on the sofa and me? I'm struggling to stay awake.

I can't believe they are calling for snow here next week. I mean geesh! We had our first glimpse of fall color today. Not fair!

I have a bucket of 4 bunnies I need to socialize, so I have been working with them and my quilt tonight. Plus watching scary movies and washing pots.

 

[Cynthia12]

That bread looks good! Hey micro..we are supposed to see our first snow in the valley too. It's been on the told of the the mountains for a while. Always fun to see that. Pretty. And, what's up with all the scary movies? I don't mind a scary mystery movie, not one for the real scary ones. What do you guys watch? Going to share a couple of photos of what happened the other day. Had some water bubbling up out beside our home, on the street. Someone called, we didn't know what was up until we saw the city truck out there, then another, then another. The thought it was just our private like, yes, it was drinking water..but, they got down there and found it was the main pipe. In the photo it looks like just a leak on the side, but it was split clear around along the bottom. They took care of it pretty fast. Wasn't without water too long at all. ....Just out of curiosity, who's gotten their flu shot? We need to. One more thing out the way. Had to get another shot in my right shoulder..fearing the inevitable.. surgery. Ad long as these shots work, not doing that again too soon. Something that can't be done, is another ablation. Heart. Man it's been acting up bad. The worst it's been in years. Can't do the meds either. I just need to try and keep... unstressed! lol...

Pull in close with this first photo, you can see where the water is bubbling up.

. You can see our smaller pipe to our place, the the main line leaking.

There's the bandaid as the neighbor put it. They wrapped a big piece of plastic around it, then covered the with gravel. Will let settle, then pave it over.

 

[microchick]

@Cynthia12 I had my flu shot. Arm was sore for about 4 days but no big reaction otherwise. The pneumovax they gave me in my other arm hit me like a club. 36 hours later my arm was swollen double where they gave me the shot. I couldn't move my arm, couldn't lie down comfortably, it was miserable. Then I started with the systemic reaction. Severe dizziness, weakness, mild fever, fatigue. I didn't move from the sofa for 24 hours and then was pretty much staggering around for another three or four days. Three weeks later my arm was still sore and I had a knot the size of half an egg where they gave me the shot. I won't take another shot like that again. I have to go on Wednesday for a tetanus shot if the weather lets me. Not looking forward to that but it's time for a booster.

Hate to hear that you are having trouble with your heart rhythm. I can relate as I have PAT and an arrhythmia that I take a beta blocker for. I only have trouble with it when I have a lot of gas in my stomach but when it acts up it's pretty miserable.

Last night we watched one 'bigfoot' movie that was supposed to be serious but wasn't. We chuckled our way through it. The second one was frankly scary and called Heredity. DH likes Zombie movies, I like anything as far as horror movies are concerned and love to watch them over Halloween week. Since movies and some TV is included we don't have satellite but rely on Amazon for our 'tv' when we aren't watching local stations.

Hope you get to feeling better.

@penny1960. Only thing better than banana bread is TOASTED banana bread slathered with butter!

 

[Cynthia12]

micro, I remember the pnuemonia shot making my arm sore, and mine left a .. little knot too! Not like yours though! Good grief!!

 

[getaclue]

micro, I'd be sure to mention the reaction to the pneumovax to your PCP. That sounds like a much more serious reaction than normal, and it may be best for you not to take that one.