Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

DD, family and dogs just left. They will spend night at my sister’s in Willis, go to Corpus Christi in the morning and back to her house. 3 hour one way, but hotel rooms in Corpus Christi are $300 and up for one night. Monday they go back to Odessa and start packing.

 

[Mini Horses]

Rain! We are supposed to get some now to 1ish....it's thundering now, saw couple lightning sparks. Nothing big. I do hope we get the rain!! I saw some corn fields the other day that had just dried up -- what little had come up -- so little that they planted right through the field with whatever was left. Yet, a few miles away, beautiful corn!

@farmerjan Yes, the goat sale will be a couple weeks before some of the ethnic holidays. So I anticipate, hope for, decent prices. They ARE going!


Under coop squatter update....saw some fur wads yesterday, skunk ones. No smell from a spray though and we know nothing kills a skunk without a spray. It was in a place and way that was strange. Haven't see any since the day family left. Also some dead smell, in area....??? So I put out 2 traps late afternoon...with some carrots and cantaloupe....figuring breakfast. When I went to close coops this evening at dusk, I had a groundhog in one!!! The loupe gone from both. Will check the hook thing in morning on one not tripped....right after I come back with one I'll empty. Then I'll reset both. Do know i saw 2 out at once one morning. They DO like the melon!!

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Hey guys, just popping in because I've been silent for a while and think this is the place to pop into.
County Fair Horse show was today. Went out just to show with friends, and had a blast. Didn't have my best moments with either horse, but did have some improvements.
May or may not be on in the next week, four lambs to shear within the next couple days, and a whole bunch of other work to do.

 

[Alaskan]

Hey guys, just popping in because I've been silent for a while and think this is the place to pop into.
County Fair Horse show was today. Went out just to show with friends, and had a blast. Didn't have my best moments with either horse, but did have some improvements.
May or may not be on in the next week, four lambs to shear within the next couple days, and a whole bunch of other work to do.

Keeping busy is good.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
Another fun day at the power show. And got filled up with the fair food. May have to go out and pick up things/bring home the camper but only the boys are out there this morning.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready. Real quiet here this morning. Miss the girls and even their dogs.

 

[farmerjan]

Coffee is ready. Real quiet here this morning. Miss the girls and even their dogs.

Figured today would be a decompress then you would start missing them. They are getting older though so are more "little people" now than just little children if you know what I mean.
Hope they like the house... is it farther/closer to you? One thing, with as often as they have moved around, you had better stay put and get yourself well established there because they may need a homebase if this world gets any crazier...

 

[Baymule]

Figured today would be a decompress then you would start missing them. They are getting older though so are more "little people" now than just little children if you know what I mean.
Hope they like the house... is it farther/closer to you? One thing, with as often as they have moved around, you had better stay put and get yourself well established there because they may need a homebase if this world gets any crazier...

They are saying this may be their permanent home. Good jobs for both of them, good neighborhood and house, we’ll see. 14 year old starts 9th grade, high school, and they promised they wouldn’t move again to let her finish high school. They won’t be any closer but my sister lives at the halfway point, so will be seeing more of her. Jan, part of my reason for wanting to be close to them was that very reason, if SHTF actually occurred. My daughter surprised me yesterday by saying she wanted to raise a small garden in raised beds. She also wants a chicken coop. Is this really my child?? LOL

 

[farmerjan]

@Baymule; Some of the practical you, has/is rubbing off... and maybe the kids enjoyment of it also makes her think that it would be something she can do WITH them? And good jobs aside... it is not getting any cheaper to live and maybe they starting to see that. Hope so. But as hard as you have worked, it would be hard to leave where you are and go elsewhere... unless it is to the property where your son owns? That would be a place to establish final roots maybe.... Who knows. The next couple of years are going to really be interesting...
Looking at things in Cuba and Venezuela here recently really makes you think. The average everyday person in those 2 countries have suffered for years..under the socialistic regimes.... and we are heading in that direction so it makes you wonder and hunker down more.

 

[Mini Horses]

@Baymule sounds like the whole family is "maturing" and all things change. Glad they like the new house! Hey, more visits and more sister time.

We did get rain! Conveniently, while I was asleep. About 1.5". So pretty wet out there. Got chores done, groundhog relocated about 5 miles away, and both traps reset. I'm certain another out there! Took pics, I thought but, they're out there on a cloud I guess. Operator error? Can't find them.

Now I can coffee up and decide my day. Glad for rain but can't do much for while now. I'll find something to do! Weather says more rain Late afternoon into evening again. That hot and tropical humidity has to go somewhere -- pastures loving it.