Coffee anyone ?

[Bruce]

We used to have a tractor with a snowblower... ...but driving "open air" while twisted into a pretzel so you can drive backwards... is not fun.

Oh heck no, you need the expensive loader mounted blower!!!
I agree, I could not use a rear blower. BUT they now make a rear blower that runs forward. Sure that means you are driving over the snow before you blow it but you don't have to be a pretzel unable to move for 3 days after using it and no expensive front hydraulics needed. Have Kid 3 fix the tractor

 

[farmerjan]

That is neat. Thanks for posting the link. I wonder how deep a snow can it handle.....

 

[Alaskan]

Oh heck no, you need the expensive loader mounted blower!!!
I agree, I could not use a rear blower. BUT they now make a rear blower that runs forward. Sure that means you are driving over the snow before you blow it but you don't have to be a pretzel unable to move for 3 days after using it and no expensive front hydraulics needed. Have Kid 3 fix the tractor

Driving over the snow first... nah, doesn't sound like a smart idea.

But those fancy machines.... oh yeah!

 

[Mini Horses]

Ok....all the pine cones you can handle....but NO BAD WINTERS!!

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on, got my new phone and case so setting them up. Old one was dropped in water (yes a toilet ) it did dry out and was mostly working but was due an upgrade and so I did it. I DID FINALLY figure out how to get it to back up... it kept saying it couldn't and that was before it went swimming
DS and I slept in a bit, DH was up and off to work. Need to get chores done then taking a few things to the farm and then bringing back a book case, desk and small table thing. Trying to get that school room up and useable by Monday. DH isn't 100% on board, why take things and bring some back.. but he is the one who said we probably won't be over there within a year.. and I had ignored that playroom long enough... Honestly it was piled so high you couldn't even get in there to play. So this will make a place for the kid's desks and give them a work place that isn't used for other things like meals.
Did decide to not butcher any of the Velveteen Lops yet... they have one more pass then they'll be a "real" breed, well at least approved by ARBA. And then we'll be able to sell them. DS wants to show them in 4H...it'll be his 5th year so a long time coming for him.
Well have a great Saturday, looks like a sunny day.

 

[Mini Horses]

I would think a dedicated school room would be best for everyone! Go in and learn. Come out and play....close the door

Here it's another hot, humid day. With that, poss scattered showers. Normal summer. This is a home day for me. Hope the heat doesn't keep all work down. There's a breeze out there right now, which helps tremendously. But I don't see a lot of serious work being done. I need a slack day anyhow.

My effort right now is this. Stopped and got figs from friend yesterday, put into dehydrator. Then next door to neighbors fig bush, just starting to ripen, picked them. Some late ripening elderberries ready on their bushes, no ladder with me...will do today. But since it was still daylight, went a couple miles away and got those elders. All those need picked off today, once I pick from neighbor. I'll have inside work for a little while.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. I slept until 7. We went to a movie yesterday to see RESPECT. A movie about Aretha Franklin, starring Jennifer Hudson, who absolutely did a fabulous role as Aretha. It showed her going to Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. That’s where BJ recorded his music back in the day and he especially enjoyed that. If you ever sand along on Aretha Franklin’s songs, go see the movie. Awesome.
Neighbor lady texted, wanting me to come get a sick injured baby chick. She was afraid of the poor little thing dying and just couldn’t handle it. She had tears as she showed me the chick. Then she poured her heart out for over 2 hours and I listened. She has a lot on her plate and the sick chick was the last straw. I brought it home, put it in a laundry basket, feed, water, light and it staggered sideways to the feed. I dipped its beak in water and it drank. It’s alive this morning with a full crop. We’ll see how it goes. I hope I can muse it back to health and return it to her.

 

[Finnie]

feed, water, light and it staggered sideways to the feed. I dipped its beak in water and it drank. It’s alive this morning with a full crop. We’ll see how it goes. I hope I can muse it back to health and return it to her.

You can soak it’s feed in water to help it digest better and take in more hydration. I usually put out a dish of soaked feed and a feeder of dry during the first week and let them choose. The wet feed is often more popular. Hope it makes it.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on, and made some biscuits and gravy (ok from a can and the gravy just was reheated.) It's how I roll right now. Got home after midnight, went with DH to the tractor pull. We could have left before but were parked in...dives me batty those things. Had a nice visit with cousins (got to see their 7 month old baby for the first time) though. Neither DH or DS was in the money but DH could have been if he hadn't dropped his first pull. His tractor is still competitive despite sitting.
Church then get those rabbit cages cleaned (yeah I forgot a couple days ago) and work on the school room. We have everything here, now to just get it organized.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. Been playing on the map app, charting a course to Corpus Christi. Apps want to send us through Houston, interstate most of the way, and that ain’t happening. DD and DSIL are supposed to close on their house this week and may want us to bring stuff on the weekend or maybe the next weekend. My sister in Willis has a riding lawnmower and 2 chest of drawers for them. My sister in law in Conroe has 2 chairs and a chest of drawers for them. We have to make 3 stops to load everything then take it to them. It will be a kind day. So we wait for DD to call and tell us when.
Today I put up pears. Yesterday we picked buckets of pears. Gotta get outside, do chores and get busy inside. Y’all have a great day!