country life
Happy Birthday Dear John
John’s birthday was last week. He was out of town with a conference at work, but ended up coming home early because his dad was ill. We went out to dinner to celebrate and then headed out the next morning to be with his parents until Dad got better. Since we were out of town, [...]
Critters ‘n Gasoline n’ Other Stuff
We spent Father’s Day weekend with John’s parents. It was a nice weekend; pretty hot though. When we got back, my Gas Price Barameter (a family-owned non-branded service station), who had held their ground at $3.99 for weeks while every other station in town hit $4+, had hit $4.03 for a gallon of regular unleaded. [...]
Leaves of Five
I was very productive yesterday — I put down more mulch, did some laundry, worked on the pool chemicals and did a lot of mowing. Being slightly ambitious, I decided to tackle the Back 40. I soon discovered that I just don’t have the upper body strength to keep the mower from wanting to flip [...]
Skunk in My Feeder?
Ok, not in the feeder — but there’s one out there right now, feasting on what the birds dropped on the ground. A couple of weeks ago, I had a raccoon in the Dogwood stealing from the bird feeders. Last night, something got into the trash on the deck and now there is a skunk [...]
Raccoons in the Feeders: Part II
Raccoons strike again. They love the nectar that I put in my hummingbird feeders. When I use the ceramic feeders, they tear the corks up and drink the nectar out. Now they’re chewing the flowers off of these cheap little feeders. Not sure what to do except bring them inside every night. What a pain.
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Nothing Special
I was under a lot of stress last week, thanks to my job. Can’t really go into details, but I can say that we had an audit team in for a regularly-scheduled audit and it had me so stressed that I woke up feeling nauseous every morning and could barely eat. I’m doing [...]
