WVDuckchick's BYC Pond

[Littlelakephil]

Hey Deb.... Your Cardinals are tied in the top of the 4th ....1 to1

 

[Littlelakephil]

So today was a good day I suppose.
I went to a fur, feather swap meet.
Made a few local connections.....
Someplace that will but hatching eggs, duckings and chicks.... Yay!!!
Is also heard from my friend's husband and know she's still with us and fighting.
Also hooked up with my buddy.... Same guy I bartered for the 2x4s..... He has an massive music collection. Have him a64GB sd card he says he will fill it up for me..... Yay!!!!
But I scratched the tailgate on my new truck it's not "new" but is to me.... It's really in good shape . Nicest truck I've had in a long time. Not sure I'm letting the wife drive this one ever..... Last time she drive my truck she hot a tree.

 

[Pyxis]

I will keep donrae in my thoughts. I wasn't close with her but we have chatted several times. I hope she makes a full recovery

 

[Ravyn]

Because there are really no words, this is all I got...

I tend to get close to allot of cancer patients.... Having been there with my Leukemia.....I often feel guilty for doing so well. But then again most of my issues today are directly related to the treatments I've gone through..... The cure is almost as bad as the illness in some respects.
I pray our friend makes a full recovery.
They say that Bone Marrow Transplants are better than when I received a "primitive" transplant.
Swear to God....a few years ago my Dr that treated me..... Said...."problem is you lived to long" , so now I deal with a bunch of health issues.....I guess living to long is a good problem.
He said back then the survival rate was supposed to be 10 years. But some of us proceed then wrong as medical technology improved...... Anyways Rachel your in our minds today..... Please get well...... Your friend Phil.

I don't know Rachel either. I know this she has many good hearths that care about her . I just said a prayer for her and Donand I will keep them in my payers . I have prayed that god would let my son talk to me before I leave this life . My only payer for me is always the same for strength . If my strength falters it's not because my payer hasn't been answered it's because My mind gets weak and weary . I can't swear to it but DW heard it too it sounded like Ben said a sentence the other day . It happened so quick and it ended with me. We were talking about something and looked at each other and said what did he just say at the same time . There are two things one must remember . Never give up hope . Always look for a way to help . Helpless leads to hopeless and that is no where to be. In our case we talk to ben all the time and ask him to talk back and I know he is trying I just know it . So now I'll wipe away my tears and go back to doing something .

 

[Littlelakephil]

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Thank you for sharing with us Phil

A problem...... We're in this together.
Kinda like family..... Even when we squabble....

 

[Ravyn]

Phil, if you're wife is looking at trees that way, you're doing it wrong...

 

[Littlelakephil]

Well I'm gonna go out and change the pressure switch on my well.... Nothing sucks like being in the middle of a shower with your hair shampooed up and the water quits...... Wait 30 seconds and it kicks back on.....I think the sensing time is plugged but I'm changing the whole switch cuz those cheap Chinese switches have given me fits.

 

[Hipshot]

Thank you for sharing with us Phil

Phil your an inspiration . Being around you and this group has kept me steady more than once . BTW Liz just read your message your nuts I'm still laughing .

 

[Hipshot]

Phil, if you're wife is looking at trees that way, you're doing it wrong...

Phil is five today My oldest son used to ask me when he was five and I was using a cutting torch You going to hot it Daddy Then get him some big pliers so he could drop the cuts in water .Hard to find cutting torch glasses to fit a five year old .

 

[Pyxis]

I had quite the weird day today.

Firstly, when I got over to build my coop, I of course started checking on my birds first. Lacie is broody again. I doubt she's on goose eggs. Probably chicken eggs. Whatever, I will let her hatch them and see what happens. I'll just keep her in so she can't take whatever she hatches to water and accidentally drown it.

Anyway, I attended to all of that, went over to start building, and I hear a chick yelling so I go to investigate. My broody hen Snap hatched an egg, got down from the nest to go eat, and the chick didn't jump down with her. Poor little thing was getting cold. I took it out to Snap, but all she wanted to do was eat and show it food, she was not interested in hunkering down to keep it warm. So I set about getting the broody crate set up for her and the chick. As I was doing this Snap walked away from her poor chick again and it was all alone in the middle of the run.

And here's why I love my geese. Finn, the gander, and Jasmine, the youngest female, walked over to it. Finn started very gently trying to pull it toward himself, to take care of it. The chick didn't understand and wasn't moving so he just kept gently trying to coax it. You ever see how a broody hen reaches out to roll an egg back under her? Picture that, with him very carefully trying to do that with the chick. The chick wasn't getting it though and unfortunately he had just had a drink so he was getting it wet. I decided I better pick it up. He watched me carefully as I scooped it up and then I showed it to him so he knew it was fine. He kept an eye on me though to make sure I wasn't hurting it.

Anyway, I finally got the broody and her chick installed in their crate and went to build the coop. Got one panel nearly done, was driving the last screw, and my drill died. Of course. Oh well, it was about to rain anyway, might as well call it for now.

So as I'm sitting on the ground getting ready to get up, a woman comes marching across the yard towards me, asking if I live here. Here where? My parent's camper. Um, no, why? Well come to find out she's from the census bureau and the camper is on her list for the census. Yes, my parent's camper needs to have a census taken on it. Of course I told her no one lives there. Well that means she needs to do a vacancy interview about it. So then I get to sit on the ground as she fights with her computer and asks me all sorts of questions like whether or not it has a refrigerator.

All this for a camper.

Anyway, here's the first panel nearly done, just needs one more screw: