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[clochette]

8 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I kept hearing my sump pump going off last night and even though it was freezing rain, it wasn't enough for it to be running constantly.  So at 1:30 am, I trudge outside in said freezing rain, to discover it emptying at the spilloff at the house instead of the bubbler at the road.  So yep... frozen solid.    It took two pans of boiling water to dislodge the 8" or so long frozen ice plug.  Fun times.  I had lulled myself into complacency since we had a couple of nice days and it had gone off a few times during those days without incident.  Silly me.  I'll be more diligent with the arctic blast heading our way.  

It's actually been a beautiful day here, although quite windy.  The sun managed to peek out from the clouds for a little bit.  The winds are picking up again, because they're bringing a nice bout of lake effect snow.  We'll see how much we'll actually end up with, but predictions are anywhere from 4" to 2 feet.  

Making breakfast this morning was fun too.  First I flung some of the cauli rice and sausage I was digging out of a plastic container onto the floor.  Then the egg I wanted to fry decided it wanted to be on the floor too instead of the pan.    

With the way my luck is running, I better get out some candles and my battery-operated lantern in case I lose power.    

I hope your day improves and you dont need candles (cause if it follows the start of your day... 🚒🧯 )

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Friday, all! 

I think he'd look great in plaid.

4 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

Oh, all right, you can swoon all over him.

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

Immediately makes me think of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.

I remembered a scene with Brendan Fraser in The Mummy.

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

And that makes me think of the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression.

 

As it should.

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Your right Marty

 

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

After seven years of retirement, very often I find it difficult to tell the days apart...

Wait!

What!!

It's Friday again???

Oh My Cod!  

I'm sure there's something I'm supposed to do.... 

A zoom meeting maybe ... or maybe bake a cake for a friend.

[dughlas]

22 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I kept hearing my sump pump going off last night and even though it was freezing rain, it wasn't enough for it to be running constantly.  So at 1:30 am, I trudge outside in said freezing rain, to discover it emptying at the spilloff at the house instead of the bubbler at the road.  So yep... frozen solid.    It took two pans of boiling water to dislodge the 8" or so long frozen ice plug.  Fun times.  I had lulled myself into complacency since we had a couple of nice days and it had gone off a few times during those days without incident.  Silly me.  I'll be more diligent with the arctic blast heading our way.  

It's actually been a beautiful day here, although quite windy.  The sun managed to peek out from the clouds for a little bit.  The winds are picking up again, because they're bringing a nice bout of lake effect snow.  We'll see how much we'll actually end up with, but predictions are anywhere from 4" to 2 feet.  

Making breakfast this morning was fun too.  First I flung some of the cauli rice and sausage I was digging out of a plastic container onto the floor.  Then the egg I wanted to fry decided it wanted to be on the floor too instead of the pan.    

With the way my luck is running, I better get out some candles and my battery-operated lantern in case I lose power.    

 

Or maybe just spread a blanket on the kitchen floor and have a picnic.

[Headstall]

28 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I kept hearing my sump pump going off last night and even though it was freezing rain, it wasn't enough for it to be running constantly.  So at 1:30 am, I trudge outside in said freezing rain, to discover it emptying at the spilloff at the house instead of the bubbler at the road.  So yep... frozen solid.    It took two pans of boiling water to dislodge the 8" or so long frozen ice plug.  Fun times.  I had lulled myself into complacency since we had a couple of nice days and it had gone off a few times during those days without incident.  Silly me.  I'll be more diligent with the arctic blast heading our way.  

It's actually been a beautiful day here, although quite windy.  The sun managed to peek out from the clouds for a little bit.  The winds are picking up again, because they're bringing a nice bout of lake effect snow.  We'll see how much we'll actually end up with, but predictions are anywhere from 4" to 2 feet.  

Making breakfast this morning was fun too.  First I flung some of the cauli rice and sausage I was digging out of a plastic container onto the floor.  Then the egg I wanted to fry decided it wanted to be on the floor too instead of the pan.    

With the way my luck is running, I better get out some candles and my battery-operated lantern in case I lose power.    

 

I know what those days are like. It seems like the world is against us... hang in there... maybe you'll only get two inches.   .... ah... of snow, I mean...

[dughlas]

It is a not very pleasant day here. Despite the temp remaining in the low 50's/11-12° all day it has been damp. We've had bouts of light rain off and on. There's also just enough breeze to make it chilly. I'm currently sipping at a large mug of Scottish Breakfast tea with milk and honey.  

[Headstall]

14 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I remembered a scene with Brendan Fraser in The Mummy.

 

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, dughlas said:

It is a not very pleasant day here. Despite the temp remaining in the low 50's/11-12° all day it has been damp. We've had bouts of light rain off and on. There's also just enough breeze to make it chilly. I'm currently sipping at a large mug of Scottish Breakfast tea with milk and honey.  

Not a great day here either. It's not that cold at all, but the wind feels like it. My mare seems like she's losing weight steadily... and she eats really well. I have a bad feeling, but I don't want her to die in her stall.   I think I worry too much....

[Valkyrie]

7 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Not a great day here either. It's not that cold at all, but the wind feels like it. My mare seems like she's losing weight steadily... and she eats really well. I have a bad feeling, but I don't want her to die in her stall.   I think I worry too much....

When was the last time her teeth were floated?  Hopefully she'll gain weight in spring   

[dughlas]

15 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Not a great day here either. It's not that cold at all, but the wind feels like it. My mare seems like she's losing weight steadily... and she eats really well. I have a bad feeling, but I don't want her to die in her stall.   I think I worry too much....

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

When was the last time her teeth were floated?  Hopefully she'll gain weight in spring   

Her teeth are fine. I know what to look for... I was taught how to float teeth, and there are no hooks and while half her food is pellets, the sweet feed grain that is the other half, is well digested. I wormed her in late November, but I might do it again this coming week. She's perky at least, and she has a great, healthy looking winter coat, but the fat is moving away from her backbone like it hasn't before. She's looking old....  

[Valkyrie]

3 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Her teeth are fine. I know what to look for... I was taught how to float teeth, and there are no hooks and while half her food is pellets, the sweet feed grain that is the other half, is well digested. I wormed her in late November, but I might do it again this coming week. She's perky at least, and she has a great, healthy looking winter coat, but the fat is moving away from her backbone like it hasn't before. She's looking old....  

  

[Page Scrawler]

9 minutes ago, Headstall said:

She's looking old....  

One of my parents' dogs is almost 11 years old. Her vertebrae are visible on her backside in a way they weren't before. She moves a little stiffly at the end of a day, but she still has a few years left in her.

I've no doubt your mare is well looked-after, and as long as she's comfortable, that's all that matters. 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Page

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

@Marty

I know.

Albert and Gary have already mentioned the fact.

Sheesh. What's all this fuss about a mere day of the week?

 

[clochette]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

I know.

Albert and Gary have already mentioned the fact.

Sheesh. What's all this fuss about a mere day of the week?

 

Tic. Tac. Tic. Tac ⏱

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

I kept hearing my sump pump going off last night and even though it was freezing rain, it wasn't enough for it to be running constantly.  So at 1:30 am, I trudge outside in said freezing rain, to discover it emptying at the spilloff at the house instead of the bubbler at the road.  So yep... frozen solid.    It took two pans of boiling water to dislodge the 8" or so long frozen ice plug.  Fun times.  I had lulled myself into complacency since we had a couple of nice days and it had gone off a few times during those days without incident.  Silly me.  I'll be more diligent with the arctic blast heading our way.  

It's actually been a beautiful day here, although quite windy.  The sun managed to peek out from the clouds for a little bit.  The winds are picking up again, because they're bringing a nice bout of lake effect snow.  We'll see how much we'll actually end up with, but predictions are anywhere from 4" to 2 feet.  

Making breakfast this morning was fun too.  First I flung some of the cauli rice and sausage I was digging out of a plastic container onto the floor.  Then the egg I wanted to fry decided it wanted to be on the floor too instead of the pan.    

With the way my luck is running, I better get out some candles and my battery-operated lantern in case I lose power.    

 

A proper series of unfortunate events....  

But they do say that accidents tend to come in threes.  

Let's see...

Sump pump - that's number one...
Cauli rice and sausage - and there's number two...
Egg on floor - and now you're at number three!

Looks to me like you're safe for the rest of the day, Val.

 

Edited February 5, 2021 by Marty
Tidying up

[Marty]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

A zoom meeting maybe ... or maybe bake a cake for a friend.

Zoom....?

Nope.  Although I've two sessions tomorrow.

Bake a cake...?

No again.  That's one of Sunday's jobs. A friend's birthday on Monday.

Coddamnit! What's special about today?

 

[Albert1434]

So Marty you some kind of a witch doctor

[Marty]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

It is a not very pleasant day here. Despite the temp remaining in the low 50's/11-12° all day it has been damp. We've had bouts of light rain off and on. There's also just enough breeze to make it chilly. I'm currently sipping at a large mug of Scottish Breakfast tea with milk and honey.  

Today was an unusually mild and sunny day here. I didn't get as much work done in the garden as I might have, though. I found out that an organic garden centre not too far away from me is still open, so broke my self-imposed quarantine and drove up to see what they had.

I came home with two one-year old apple trees, one cooker and one eater, plus a one-year old plum tree. All three are grafted onto semi-vigorous rootstocks, which means they should grow to about 4 metres (13 feet) high; although they could be kept pruned below that if I want to. Apparently the advantage of a semi-vigorous, rather than a dwarfing or semi-dwarfing rootstock is that the trees will finish up with more vigorous root systems, and so be less liable to wind damage.

I also got eight bare-rooted raspberry canes.

Yay, me! What a good Friday it turned out to be!

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Not a great day here either. It's not that cold at all, but the wind feels like it. My mare seems like she's losing weight steadily... and she eats really well. I have a bad feeling, but I don't want her to die in her stall.   I think I worry too much....

Fingers crossed it's nothing serious. ❤️

Have you spoken with your veterinarian?

[Marty]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Her teeth are fine. I know what to look for... I was taught how to float teeth, and there are no hooks and while half her food is pellets, the sweet feed grain that is the other half, is well digested. I wormed her in late November, but I might do it again this coming week. She's perky at least, and she has a great, healthy looking winter coat, but the fat is moving away from her backbone like it hasn't before. She's looking old....  

I think you said she's coming on the 29? While that means she can no longer be considered a young horse, she's certainly not super old either, and hopefully could still have a good number of years left.

[Marty]

27 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

So Marty you some kind of a witch doctor

Not at all, Albert.

I'm a zoombie!