Washingtonians

[Sudsy Chick]

Quote:

Oh my - that is funny. And a pretty boy too!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Well, today was less in the way of outside progress than I thought: this cold still has me knocked down pretty easily. Luckily I'm to the point that most of what's left to do is either zip-ties or screws-and-washers, so I can go out and do a few at a time when the rain lets up, assuming the rain lets up.

The Nephew came over and helped me change the bedding on the chickies, and did some heavy-lifting kinds of stuff outside so I wasn't as exhausted as I was yesterday. And the elder offspring will, too, be home for Thanksgiving, and a couple of days beforehand since his FIL-to-be wants to put studded tires on the car.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

You know it is a sad reality that not until one passes do we really know what an impact they have had and how many lives they have touched. Yesterday I went to the funeral for my friends dad. Since the service was grave side and there is limited parking at the small country cemetery there were 2 large shuttle buses provided. Well each bus made the 5 mile trip twice to get everybody to the cemetery. Plus those of us who drove up which caused the roads to be lined for about 1/4 mile in all directions. There were about 400 some people there.
It is also amazing at times like these that we learn of so many unknown common bonds.

 

[Kaneke]

it's snowing here right now and just beautiful because we don't have to DRIVE in it

snowing hard enough that it will cause limited visibility for skiers .. which is one reason we used to teach our ski students to ski with their eyes closed, making them pay attention to the terrain underneath

I'm sending warm thoughts to my chicks, and yours too

one of the local places (Ingrid's Cafe) has a magnificent rooster statuette --- somewhat resembling the ones on that clock -- I'm going to try to get a picture of it to post

 

[AriLovesChickens]

That reminds me of the giant rooster statue up at Country Village in Bothell. It's not very realistic though. I think it has big polka dots.

There is also a rooster that hangs out there:

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Wow, quiet today. Hope everyone's well and warm. Me not so much, I fear, still fighting the giant cold and last night, just for the fun of it, a round of hideous leg cramps- which possibly indicates I sbouldn't be taking my new blood-fat control drug, either, and will get moved to something even more expensive, ugh (no signs of circulatory problems, never have been, although this may be related to the cold and excreting too much potassium, so that's getting upped, also taking Ca/Mg supplements as sometimes that's the problem) (It is also almost certainly related to working on rough ground, and especially with working while standing with my toes pointed uphill and hyperextending all my ligaments).

I can tell this is going to be a fun day, we've got "downpour" and "no rain" running in about 15 minute waves: no way to do all of anything without getting wet. The FIRST thing I'm doing is putting a tarp over the part of the run fence I'm working on, and at least only having to cope with working with insufficient light instead of getting drowned when I look up.

Also, did anyone else get signed out of all their permanent log-ins yesterday? I've spent way too much time retreiving passwords.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote:
And we wonder why people end up in tree wells !!!

 

[Kaneke]

Quote:
And we wonder why people end up in tree wells !!!

well they did run into US, now and then, failing to turn when we yelled TURN !! ... usually with a class of 10 or 12, there would be two instructors riding herd on the 8 to 13 year olds .... we took them into the trees so they wouldn't bomb down the fall line, as they wanted to ... they thought it was fun to scare the other novice skiers

no tree wells at Ski Acres, too well groomed for that (also too much rain for the snow to build up much) ... but I'll tell you, that training was great for them when they got into "ice fog" conditions, or heavy rain ... both well known at Ski Acres ! rarely did it snow that heavily ... but it was nice for them to manage to get down the hill in whiteouts ..

 

[hallerlake]

Batten down the hatches!

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/11/major-storm-heavy-rain-flooding-and.html

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote:
And we wonder why people end up in tree wells !!!

well they did run into US, now and then, failing to turn when we yelled TURN !! ... usually with a class of 10 or 12, there would be two instructors riding herd on the 8 to 13 year olds .... we took them into the trees so they wouldn't bomb down the fall line, as they wanted to ... they thought it was fun to scare the other novice skiers

no tree wells at Ski Acres, too well groomed for that (also too much rain for the snow to build up much) ... but I'll tell you, that training was great for them when they got into "ice fog" conditions, or heavy rain ... both well known at Ski Acres ! rarely did it snow that heavily ... but it was nice for them to manage to get down the hill in whiteouts ..

So basically what we're talking about is ski by braile.