Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

So the dogs woke me at 4am and I glanced out the bedroom window to see headlights up at the front neighbor's place. That was shortly replaced by multiple EMS strobes from at least 3 vehicles. All rather strange since my neighbor is an OTR trucker and is only home on every other weekend or so. I hadn't seen him or his truck there yesterday... Took a bit to get the dogs calmed down that it was OK and they left ~4:30 and I went back to bed. I hope he's OK and it's nothing serious.

This damned cold has gotten worse so now I have a hacking cough with lots of phlegm... sore throat, swollen glands, the whole works. God do I hate colds, especially in the summer. So quality of sleep not so good and I don't sleep well to begin with. I climbed out of bed around 8 (later than normal) and it's gray, gray, gray, and wet, and misty. I'm thinkin' "Hold off till I can get the goats fed"... Well, ask and you DON'T receive (further proven by my lack of lottery winnings). Got the pellets all poured out in the bowls, set them free and as soon as they stuck their heads in the bowls the rain started getting harder and harder till it was a down pour. I let Mel into the yard so he could go up on the back porch with Elf, and stood there till the last of them gave it up and ran for shelter then consolidated what wet feed was left into one small bowl and covered it with the other large bowls stacked and inverted. Still gonna be mush and a throw away by later today.

Have an appt at the VA today, labs at noon and then seen at 2. I wish they'd state on the appt notice whether the labs are "fast" or "no fast" labs being drawn...

OK, so better get going and hit the road.Radar shows the storm that just went over me with a lot more coming. Gonna be a wet and miserable ride in both directions it appears. @Baymule It looks like you're gonna get some serious rain out of what's coming toward you. I know you need it! Should get the front edge over you in about an hour or so. @Devonviolet should get her some rain shortly after that as all this stuff moves north. Looks like @greybeard might have gotten some heavier stuff overnight and appears it's now falling "upstream" from his place. Hope he doesn't end up needing that ark again .

Time to go. Need to hit the road. Have a great day!

 

[RollingAcres]

LS I hope you get your "cold" checked out, it might not be just a cold. My throat started hurting 2 days ago which I thought was just the start of a cold. Yesterday I had the chills all day(I'm normally hot) and last night my lymph nodes in my neck started hurting too. Well turns out I have strep, so now I'm on antibiotic.

 

[greybeard]

Looks like @greybeard might have gotten some heavier stuff overnight and appears it's now falling "upstream" from his place. Hope he doesn't end up needing that ark again

We got what amounts to 'zero' overnight, but have had several nice showers since daylight. In the past 36 hrs, I estimate a grand total of 'maybe' 1 1/2 inches, but it all soaked in.
And now, our electricity is out due to a tree down in the National Forest where the line crosses the river. Estimated time of repair is 2 PM.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Safe travels and great test results!!....maybe they will give something to help with the cold too.....

 

[Baymule]

Then he got outside and said "Dang is it HOT out here, maybe better to extend the nap until the sun gets low".

The sun was down, it was dark outside. Sometimes he comes in for only a few minutes, sometimes an hour. He slinks in, head held low, with a side to side gait that reminds me of a big white lion.

 

[Baymule]

We got 1 1/4 inches today! We sat on the porch just watching it rain. The dust is settled and not poofing up in clouds with every footstep. It is cool outside, so nice! I couldn't go outside to play, so I made zucchini bread today with the last of the zucchini. I put a couple of bags of grated zucchini in the freezer for future zucchini bread.

How did your VA visit go?

 

[Mike CHS]

The dust is settled and not poofing up in clouds with every footstep.

Growing up in the hills of SE Missouri adjacent to all of that flat bottom land, all the young boys picked peaches in summer for spending money. I remember walking in the rows between the trees and the powdery dust would be over your ankles. I never did figure out how a fruit with so much moisture came out of those barren hill orchards.

Another ? on how did your VA visit go?

 

[greybeard]

Some of the best peaches I ever bought were in Western Arkansas near Rich Mt and Queen Wilhelmina St Park.
(We bought 32 bushels of them and brought 'em back to the Tx gulf coast and sold every last one in 2-3 days)

 

[Mini Horses]

We had one of those "isolated soakers" late afternoon. I was on computer, noticed it was almost suddenly dark...heard thunder. Wind just whipped up out of nowhere, got my shoes and ran out to close coops. It started as I was coming in, ran into barn. Spent next 35 minutes watching it POUR! Those pull off the road you can't see pours. Finally slowed, then stopped as quickly as it had begun. Ran thru the light rain to the house, changed from wet to dry clothes. Looked and we had gotten an inch in that time

Didn't really need it but, here it is.

So, LS, are you still with us or did VA keep ya? You have NO private life here....but, we all care aboutcha.

 

[CntryBoy777]

There is a ridge of land that rises from the delta, over in Arkansas....west of Memphis, named "Crowley's Ridge"....they seem to have some really good peaches for many yrs come from there......we used to bring strawberries up from Florida along with citrus when we came to visit.....