The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

Our daughter in law made brownies today. Oh man the house smelled wonderful..that was after me making Spaghetti, and I thought the house smelled good then! . I've taken a few bits if a piece .. can't help my little ol self.

Gotto square up them corners. LOL.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

happy birthday deb @perchie.girl ! I hope you have enjoyed the day!

I did. I got my first start back into chickens.... Now have a temporary enclosure set up here at Grandmas house and a friend is bringing me a Trio today. Two hens and a very young Cockrel.

The Cockrel is about ten weeks old the hens are at least two years old. They are not all the same breed that's all I know. Only that they are all clean legged. My one and only requirement.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

What? When? HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope it was a good one.

LOL... Yesterday and It was good. I turned 65.... spent the afternoon in physical therepy. Getting stronger less wobbly already.... Today I go to the Oncologist and get my quarterly "inspection" LOL. Then later I take mom To Jenny Craig. By the time I get home it will be around 2.

Thats when my new chickens will arrive... Or thereabouts. So today will be busy busy busy... I have a temporary setup here They will get moved up to the house in about three weeks. So will I. I plan to spend about three days a week or so up there Puttering. Redoing the old coop. It only needs a new tarp. and cleanup.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

deb, a bit late to the party but
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

No worries.... and Thank you so much.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Thanks to all!

My DD is excited that the Baby has Curly hair. I do wonder though since some of my relatives with curly hare often do not like it

Congrats Ron. She does know that hair changes on babies ... My son was a Tow head till he was about three or four. Now hes a brunette.

deb

 

[microchick]

@perchie.girl, I need some of your expert canning advice

(and any other old folk who may have the answer to this question for me)

Neighbor gave us a quart of dill pickles, or at least what I thought were dill pickles. I'm the only one that eats them and I love them on burgers and the like.

When I opened them, I discovered that they aren't DILL pickles, they are pickled cucumber slices. No dill flavor, no nothin in them but vinegar and maybe water? I dunno but the vinegar taste is very strong.

I would really like to try to save these pickled whatever you call them and finally came up with an idea.

I bought some pickling spices on Amazon. If I were to drain off the vinegar solution, heat it, add a tablespoon or what ever anyone can suggest in order to do just a quart jar of pickles, add the pickling spices and simmer the solution, then cool it and add it to the cucumbers, would it add flavor to the pickles or am I wasting my time and should I just buy some cucumber seeds and do my own thing?

I wish I'd had a picture of me the first time I bit into one of those cucumber slices. I'm a pickle aficionado so I've never grimaced and spit something into the trash so fast in my life. I hate to think of that poor family, sweet as they are, eating quarts after quarts of these things.

Thanks guys for any information you can give me.

 

[ronott1]

Congrats Ron. She does know that hair changes on babies ... My son was a Tow head till he was about three or four. Now hes a brunette.

deb

I did tell her that hair can change. She is still hopeful though

 

[microchick]

Little girls with curly hair are adorable. I was a curly haired baby, hated the natural curls as an adult. But my hair did go from curly to wavy as I grew. Frankly, curly would have been easier to deal with than wavy, wavy hair has a mind of its own.

Got the genes from my dad. Mom had Cherokee straight hair, dad, a wavy haired Pennsylvania Dutchman.

Gee...thanks dad.

 

[ronott1]

Little girls with curly hair are adorable. I was a curly haired baby, hated the natural curls as an adult. But my hair did go from curly to wavy as I grew. Frankly, curly would have been easier to deal with than wavy, wavy hair has a mind of its own.

Got the genes from my dad. Mom had Cherokee straight hair, dad, a wavy haired Pennsylvania Dutchman.

Gee...thanks dad.

We have some curly and some straight hair here. My hair is fairly staright but is unruly when long

 

[Mtn Margie]

Glad that you had a nice BDay, Perchie!
Congrats on the new little one, Ron! She is so cuddly looking.
Have a wonderful day you all!