Alaskan
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Yawn.....
Coffee anyone ?
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greybeard
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Last night, was the worst 'bug' night so far this year. I had to clean the bug zapper off twice during the night and had just cleaned it before we turned it on. (I clean it with a shop vac in leaf blower mode..takes <30 seconds) It was so clogged with deaduns that it could no longer zap, as the dry carcasses insulated the grid and live bugs were haughtily crawling around within the grid and this is no cheapy plastic bug zapper..it's a good Flowtron with about 5000V..
Did you know, that when bugs are 'ZAPPED" that it creates a mist of insect body parts and fluids in a ~6ft radius around the zapper?
Did you know, that when bugs are 'ZAPPED" that it creates a mist of insect body parts and fluids in a ~6ft radius around the zapper?
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Mini Horses
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Noooo -- didn't know about the "bug rain"! Thanks, GB 
Was a 5 AM up day, chores, coffee, DGD to school, then to work. Glad this week is over for reset work. Tomorrow & Sun it's demo work, so less physical but, it is tedious & repetitious. Sat it's beer battered fries & Hunt's ketchup. Will be a breeze. Sunday I will make a LOT of berry & romaine salad, poppyseed dressing. Hey, there will be a lot of blueberries, strawberries & watermelon to bring home. That always nice. Plus it will rain tonight & a good amount of time on Sat, might as well make some $$.
It's hot. Lovely 67 @5AM, and 89 now. cooler than last two days. We did get about an inch of rain, heavy rain, about midnight. It's overcast now but, more rain coming. Looks like I'm an the fringe of the heavy stuff going N of me. That is fine with me. I want some rain just not the rest..
Picky 
My pastures will be happy. Saves on feed. And the one I plan to use for weaning goat kids will be just right next week! Work has slowed and milking does will be a lot more pleasant with that. Get ready girls! The kids have kept them producing nicely.
Was a 5 AM up day, chores, coffee, DGD to school, then to work. Glad this week is over for reset work. Tomorrow & Sun it's demo work, so less physical but, it is tedious & repetitious. Sat it's beer battered fries & Hunt's ketchup. Will be a breeze. Sunday I will make a LOT of berry & romaine salad, poppyseed dressing. Hey, there will be a lot of blueberries, strawberries & watermelon to bring home.
That always nice. Plus it will rain tonight & a good amount of time on Sat, might as well make some $$.It's hot. Lovely 67 @5AM, and 89 now. cooler than last two days. We did get about an inch of rain, heavy rain, about midnight. It's overcast now but, more rain coming. Looks like I'm an the fringe of the heavy stuff going N of me. That is fine with me. I want some rain just not the rest..
Picky My pastures will be happy. Saves on feed. And the one I plan to use for weaning goat kids will be just right next week! Work has slowed and milking does will be a lot more pleasant with that. Get ready girls! The kids have kept them producing nicely.
Baymule
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It was confirmed that we had 7 tornadoes Wednesday. They were divided between Kaufman, Canton and Winnsboro. Each town got at least one EF2 tornado. Canton got hit twice with EF2’s.
ETA: 12 confirmed tornadoes state wide.
ETA: 12 confirmed tornadoes state wide.
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Bruce
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Just too scary!
B&B Happy goats
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Baymule
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I'd druther have a hurricane. My momma always said, "Build your house on high ground." I have never lived in a low spot that would flood. Wise woman, my Mom. Hurricanes come in, rain measured in feet, not inches, winds that blow things down, cause a big mess and meander on it's way to somewhere else before it blows itself out. tornadoes are selective and no one knows where they are going to squat down and cause utter destruction.
promiseacres
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Indiana had 14 one day last week...tornados...definitely the season for it. My dad had them all around him. Fortunately he just lost one tree in the middle of the yard.
Mini Horses
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T-storms coming in, so I fed, came in to eat & turned TV on to hear weather--- find a breaking news report that a shooter entered a municipal bldg. in Va Beach, began firing and killed 11 people!!! Shot at police, they shot & killed him. A disgruntled employee!! WOW -- nothing normal in our area. Why can't people cuss & stomp, not shoot???
One police officer took a bullet but, thankfully, all have bullet proof vests and his life was spared.
We do have thunder and all that going on, also. I am just shocked....lived in VA Beach 30+ yrs. Of course, all of our cities are connected and you just cross a road and enter another.
One police officer took a bullet but, thankfully, all have bullet proof vests and his life was spared.
We do have thunder and all that going on, also. I am just shocked....lived in VA Beach 30+ yrs. Of course, all of our cities are connected and you just cross a road and enter another.
