*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I just don’t know where we stand right now….. Last night Otto came into the garage for the night…and he wasn’t looking good….. We call him into the garage every night to keep him safe from the local coyote packs and bobcats and things that go bump in the night….. …..but last night…when Otto came in at dusk…he was looking poorly….. There was a little (very small) splash of blood on one of…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* …..and yet…here I am….. The big towering dog fennel is mostly mowed down now…and little new fresh sprigs are thinking it’s appropriate to try sprouting back….. I’ll have at it with the bush hog again before the fluffy little sprout-lets can get a foot hold….. I haven’t even had a chance to start on the front pasture…because I can’t shove the gates open wide enough yet to get the tractor through….. The dog…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Sunny sub-tropical Florida is known for its beaches…resorts…beautiful sunrises over the Atlantic…and equally gorgeous sunsets in the Gulf….. The peripheral edges of the state…(and Disney World)…are idilic vacation destinations for lots of tourists….. Those of us who live here year round…(Not at Cinderella’s castle…or in a beach cabana)…we live in the interior of the state…at various elevations…usually marginally above sea level….. …..(I think we’re at about thirty-five feet above sea level here)….. We…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I know I’ve done at least one post in the past about peanuts….. …..particularly…boiled peanuts….. But because they’re so good…I thought they warranted another go-round….. …..I love those slimy little things…they’re addictive….. My northern Ohio relatives think I’m crazy…(for a lot of different reasons)…but specifically regarding the boiling of raw green peanuts….. They just don’t get the wonderfulness that is the boiling of a peanut…and the savoring of its innards….. It’s a Southern-thing…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I thought it only fair to give an update on Invest 94-L….. Here we are on the last day of September and Invest 94-L did become Tropical Storm Imelda….. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team of storms running in tandem like Imelda and Hurricane Humberto….. At present they are staying off our eastern coastline…and they might just stay that way as they run North by NorthEast….. But it’s not a guarantee……..
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Jumping to the end of this post….. I Need One….. *****(Click Here To Find Out: What’s A Disc Harrow?)***** We don’t have a large tractor…we don’t have a large expanse that needs discing (disking?)….. …..but what we do have…needs discing………….badly….. Dog Fennel has invaded….. *****(Here’s Some Information About Dog Fennel from the Buffalo Bayou Partnership)***** *****(More Dog Fennel Information)***** It is large…it is obtuse…(it smells kind of nice in the sun)…it is intrusive…it’s…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* ~~~~~Try My Posts on SubStack/Click Here~~~~~ Our home was built in 1980….. …..it’s Fifty-Five Years Old!………….Geez!….. But because it’s an old house…lots of things keep breaking…lots of things need fixing….. I’ve lived here since 1992…and the air conditioner was limping along & hiccuping even back then….. It’s been duct taped…glued…and held together with spit and hope and good intentions….. The house’s A/C system has been a patchwork of repairs…lots of bandages…lots of temporary…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* ~~~~~Try My Posts on SubStack/Click Here~~~~~ It’s Time Again For Florida’s Annual Python Challenge….. ~~~~~Yippee!~~~~~ …..(this post almost writes itself)….. This competition has been going on since 2013…*****(Wikipedia’s Info On The Python Competition)***** *****(~~~And What’s A Scout Snake?~~~)***** *****(Click Here For More Information On Florida’s Annual Python Challenge)***** I’ve never seen a Burmese Python in the wild here…(not yet anyway)…(but our goat pasture is perfect for them)….. I’m kind of surprised they haven’t…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* This is the Continued Saga…of “Mr. Snake~~Our House Snake”….. As you already know…Mr. Snake was NOT in the plastic bin when he was originally going to be re-homed at Doctor Brigid’s farm….. And Yes…apparently…Mr. Snake has been (unbeknownst to us) inhabiting our house for the past week….. The only individuals who tried to alert us (as to Mr. Snake’s whereabouts) were the Jack Russell and the Papillon….. Six adult Irish Wolfhounds and eight…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* First………….here’s a little up-date….. …..No Snakes have been found in our house (or my lingerie drawer)….. …..No Snakes have been found in or around Doctor Brigid’s car….. …..No identifiable carcass smells have wafted up in the good doctor’s car…or from under our couch….. …..so that’s a Win–Win?–(Right?)….. There was an instance two days ago…when Danny (my younger daughter’s Papillon)…started barking his face off at something that was under her bed….. I thought that…