Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Good morning!!! Good news. Dorian lost a lot of force and is losing a lot of moisture on everyone. NC is getting the brunt of it along the Outer Banks. The storm has been so very slow moving that it just enhances the torment Lots of rain. At this moment, they report the eye just off Cape Hatteras -- about 150 miles as a crow flies. That makes the most of the far bands just hitting my place. So, some winds and rain, currently not huge. Looks like that will continue as it is moving slightly out to sea. On the coast at Va Beach, much more of a hit. There's a few thousand without power and flooding is a consideration. All area schools announced closing for today as of mid day yesterday. Safety move. Courts, etc., did similar. All predicted to be "gone" by late day. Flooding will be there for several more days as water seeps along.

That means coffee is GREAT this morning as I feel sad for those with greater issues -- and happy I live further inland!

The goaties are standing in their dry barn, looking out -- of course (!!!) they are waiting for breakfast to be delivered. It's all good, I had prepped this with hay in their barn, on the machine storeage side, to throw to them....all dry and close. So spoiled! Coops all had extra feed/water inside, in case storm kept me in much later. Yep, prepped yesterday. I see Romeo walking around outside of his barn. Good, he sure needs a shower!! I need to take him a bar of soap. He was so white, until he peed all over himself!! Cruddy brown....and he STILL wants to rub on me.

 

[Baymule]

Keeping the two little granddaughters for the weekend. Going to watch a neighbor boy ride rodeo bulls tomorrow.

 

[Bruce]

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We're forecast to get triple digits for about 5 days I a row... when will it end????

Y'all can move up here, much more pleasant.

we won't have to pay for driver training

Someone has to teach her, don't want her out on the road unskilled.

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks for the coffee. Homemade cinnamon rolls are out.
Our anniversary weekend. Going to an air show then drop kids off at Grandma's for the night. And trail riding tomorrow!!

 

[Mini Horses]

Someone has to teach her, don't want her out on the road unskilled.

They actually have extensive classes first, then a trainer vehicle at school with 8 required hours in that, plus required 80 hours on the road with a licensed driver, in various place and times of day, documented by the licensed driver(s). So this is another in car, 4 hr, only required if under 18. And the 4 hrs is allocated between 3 students in the car. Breaks down to about 1.3 hrs with a "trainer" observing, per student. It's pretty controlled in VA.


Today is cooler. 61 out there. Very nice, little crisp. Sun has burned off the light fog. Of course, it's wet! Grass is soooo wet. Ground is firm, although the dirt is damp. But decent temps for next several days, low 80s & sunshine. I'm liking it. Thankfully, no storm damage. A Blessing for sure.

There are wet feathers everywhere. Molting chickens. Couple roosters have only one or two of the lovely, long, curved tail feathers. That's a little funky looking They are probably embarrassed. Hens are a mess with bald patches, pin feather patches...what a sight. Not a fashion show. Gotta buy more mealworms today, almost out. They sure love those things right now & need the protein.

Cheese making going on this morning.

Hope everyone else has a happy day.

 

[MtViking]

I’m having an afternoon cup of coffee it’s been a great Saturday so far. The youngest won his small fry football game by a good margin. He worked hard got his job done and most of all had a BLAST doing it. While my wife was letting the new barn kittens run around as she cleaned up the crate, one of em caught his first mouse. She said it was almost as big as him it ended up getting away from him, but that’s a great sign that we have a good future mouser. I’m getting ready to run to the dump and check on the critters and make sure everyone is staying dry. Is cool and wet today which is a nice change from the dry summer heat we’ve had the last few weeks. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.

 

[Baymule]

It’s 101 out there, feels like 1001. Hot hot and more hot. We went to a high school rodeo this morning. Our 11 year old neighbor boy is riding steers. They do the little kids first, then the big kids. There was little bitty kids that rode calves. One calf ran out the chute, bucked and fell over. Men ran over, picked up the calf and dragged the boy out from under it, dusted him off, stood him up and he walked to the chutes to applause. Once him and his dad were out of the arena, the boy was examining his sore places. LOL

Our neighbor boy got a reride because his steer bucked, stopped and struck a pose. Then it started bucking again and threw the boy off. His second ride was a good one, but he didn’t make it to the 8 second buzzer. Another one bites the dust.

We took our 3 and 4 year old granddaughters and they enjoyed it. Another neighbor boy played Tball at 1:00 and 3:00, we didn’t go. Somehow roasting in the oven temperature heat didn’t sound enticing. Pity the poor kids out there playing!

 

[Alaskan]

Cold and drizzly up here

Everything dying

 

[Alaskan]

Driving home at 5 pm

 

[AmberLops]

Driving home at 5 pm

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Beautiful!