CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Mike CHS]

I see now and know exactly where you are. I use to fly into Oxford quite a bit way back when I was still silly enough to fly a rented airplane out of Millington when I was stationed there.

I was curious since it seemed whatever weather you had only took a couple of hours to get here.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We are about 20 miles W off exit 265 on I-55. I've always thought about a pilot's license, but kids, life, and money kept getting in the way. If I had a helicopter or crop duster I would've already been up there to see ya. Tho, driving would angle up thru Holly Springs to US 72 and then cut up to US 64. There used to be a little eating place just E of I-65 on US 64 that I'd stop and eat at if in the area there...had some good food back then.

 

[Mike CHS]

That would probably be Sarge's. Still pretty decent food if that's the same place.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, didn't get anything accomplished today, except for tending to the animals. It stayed wet until goat walk time, I was sure glad it stopped so they could get out and about. Since they were in all day yesterday, they really got down to business today and ate really well. Before I went to the ducks I took a walk back to the pond just to look around. The pond is still about 2' low of full, and just at the edge of the mouth of the spillway. I got pics, but having trouble still with posting, so I can't get them uploaded without the page freezing up on me. I also got pics of some of the woods on the land, just to give ya an idea of the rest of the 20acres ya haven't seen as of yet. Another find today was a couple of crawdad holes in the fields, they get pretty active with the moisture in the ground and warm temps. As I walked up the hill to the pond, there were 12 birds that flew off the water. I didn't get a real good look at them, but from the size and colors that I did see, they were either wood ducks or teals. Maybe, one day when this snafu with the phone, signal, and page I'll be able to post some pics again. I got some decent ones of the goats too....oh well, life goes on and with heavy rain coming in tonite tomorrow morning will be go-to-town time for us.

 

[Mike CHS]

All days don't have to be productive. We went into Nashville to do a COSTCO run before feeding since we thought the weather was supposed to be drizzly today. Not a drop.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It does seem to workout that way sometimes. It isn't like ya haven't earned or deserved the time either. I was hoping to do some outside this morning without the drizzle, but guess the pens will hold til I do get to them. Oh, that front is swinging down from the NW and appears that ya won't be too far behind us in the timing.

 

[Baymule]

We had a cold drizzle Saturday and Sunday, 2 days worth only gave us a quarter inch of rain. It was just enough misty mess to kill all ambition. Today was warm and only a little cloudy, I worked in the garden. Tomorrow back to cold and rain.

We were given 6 fryer size Californian rabbits on Saturday, but I just put them in a large dog kennel in the horse trailer. I'll pick a nice day to butcher them.

 

[CntryBoy777]

@lcertuche , @goatgurl y'all sty Safe over that way and Alert. Looks like some rough weather headed thru there.

 

[Bruce]

So Bruce I guess you don't subscribe to the "you miss breakfast you fend for yourself" mentality?

Every day but Sunday and often then as well

All days don't have to be productive.

That's good because there is a "Moments in Time" section of the weekly county paper that said:
"On March 19, 1916 eight Curtiss "Jenny" planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, NM, in the fist combat air mission in U.S. History. The squadron flew in support of U.S. troops who invaded Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa." *

So I went to see what a Curtiss Jenny looked like. Just a few seconds of course. DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!!!!! Spent the whole day looking at articles and YouTube videos of WW1 fighter planes. Pretty interesting since the first powered air flight happened only 11 years before WW1 started.

Picked up DD2 from the airport at midnight, got to bed at 1 AM, now have to get the oldest cat to the vet by 8:15 for a day of glucose curve testing. Bye!

* They didn't mention the fact that the US had already invaded Mexico 70 or 80 years earlier or there wouldn't have been a "New Mexico" to fly out of

 

[Mike CHS]

Not the same type of history but we stopped at the 8th Air Force Museum in Savannah, GA on the way home from Florida once meaning to spend an hour or so. We had enough time to browse for 4 hours and since they sell whole weekend tickets we went back and spent the whole Sunday.

They do say that history is written by the victors.