Wednesday, May 29, 2013
SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!
I am not afraid of snakes, and wondered why I jump when I see one. It's because they startle me, not scare me. I met up with this one this morning while walking the dogs in the back yard. To my knowledge, these three dogs have never seen a snake, and, they didn't see this one because I managed to get them back in the house. Grabbed the camera took a couple of shots, went about my business and when I looked again..... Mr. Black Snake, or Miss Black Snake was gone.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
I AM STILL AMAZED AT THESE TWO DOGS..............
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| "You move over." "NO, you move over."
and how they've adapted to this place and to me. It'll be two years in August and it's like I've had them since puppies. There was never any pining away for their previous family or looking longingly down the road for them to come back and get them. I know they were not abused 'cause I worked with their previous 'daddy', and, he is a good guy. His son is about 13 years old and I think he just ignored both dogs. The ex-wife? Kinda strange, but, not abusive. I really think it was more of a situation of neglecting the dogs. Very similar to Archie's previous life. In a way, that's being abusive, isn't it?
Had the wood stove going last night and again today. A couple of days ago it was in the 90's and humid. So, I uncovered the A/C's and turned off the gas furnaces. Oh well, this cooler weather probably won't last too much longer, tho I like it better than the 90's with humidity. Guess I'll mow tomorrow, calling for rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Boy, I live an exciting life, huh.
Later...................
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
PRAYERS GOING OUT TO OKLAHOMA!!!!
I cannot fathom what these Americans are going thru. Why isn't there a shelter in the school? What part of 'Tornado Alley' didn't they understand?
Later...............
Later...............
Monday, May 20, 2013
YARD SALES...........
are hot and heavy right now. People must be doing a lot of spring cleaning. I've had a total of four yard sales since I moved here and have always done well. But, one house down the road has maybe four a year. I think she buys from others then when she has a plethora of stuff, she sells. A lot of work for sure. A lady down in the village had one last month and I stopped on the way home. She had the usual and I saw nothing I couldn't live without. Then, when she figured out where I live, she started talking to me about her neighbors, which I've known for 40 years, but she didn't know that. She said how she 'had her in the hospital last year' and how 'she mows their yard' and 'their son, L...... always comes home and backs his tractor-trailer in their yard and f...s it up' and 'their granddaughter committed suicide and him a preacher' and 'last winter the fuel-oil dealer wouldn't deliver because their basement was too packed with junk, so she cleaned it out and sold it and they split the money, now it's filled back up' and 'the other two boys never come around' and on and on. Quite the little chatter-box she was and what a potty-mouth. I stopped at another yard sale on Friday coming home from breakfast. SCORE!!! Got a nice insulated work shirt and a very nice leather jacket for $1 each. Perfect fit too! Guess I'll have to stop at them more often, I usually don't have that kind of luck.
Later.................
Later.................
Saturday, May 18, 2013
THIS AND THAT.....................
Got the whole yard mowed yesterday and even cleaned the mower. It's a job I hate and, sad to say, I only do it when the Toro starts sounding like a jet engine. I love to mow, and having the whole yard done is a sense of accomplishment. S'pose to rain the next 3 to 4 days, so there's a lot of people hustling to get their yards done. The little pansy's are lovin' it in the troughs. Was a bit concerned that these containers would not be deep enough but the plants are looking good. Tulips I planted last fall have all done well but are just about done. Think I'll get more. I love tulips, a hassle-free flower, they just don't last long enuf. I wish my azaleas would bloom all summer but that's not gonna happen either.
Had just one baby robin born in the nest on the grapevine wreath hanging on the barn. I assume its the same mama every year. Baby is gone now. Wonder if she'll have more. Robins are nasty birds. When I had the bird bath, of all the birds that showed up, they were the only ones that would drink, turn around, poop in the water and fly off. Cretans.
Had breakfast this morning with Dad and Sarah over at the fire hall. They raised the price to $8, but you don't go hungry. It's buffet and you can go back as many times as you want. It wasn't too crowded this morning. Maybe a lot of people have started their holiday early. Can't believe Memorial day is next weekend.
Not much else going on. Need to get Archie to the vet. He's not really sick but just ADR (ain't doing right). Might be his teeth as they are due for a cleaning. He also keeps licking his left front paw and that's the one he screwed up the dew claw on. When he was groomed on Monday, he REALLY pitched a fit as she was clipping his nails on that paw.
"I'm alright mom, really, I don't think a doctor's visit is really necessary, honest."
Had just one baby robin born in the nest on the grapevine wreath hanging on the barn. I assume its the same mama every year. Baby is gone now. Wonder if she'll have more. Robins are nasty birds. When I had the bird bath, of all the birds that showed up, they were the only ones that would drink, turn around, poop in the water and fly off. Cretans.
Had breakfast this morning with Dad and Sarah over at the fire hall. They raised the price to $8, but you don't go hungry. It's buffet and you can go back as many times as you want. It wasn't too crowded this morning. Maybe a lot of people have started their holiday early. Can't believe Memorial day is next weekend.
Not much else going on. Need to get Archie to the vet. He's not really sick but just ADR (ain't doing right). Might be his teeth as they are due for a cleaning. He also keeps licking his left front paw and that's the one he screwed up the dew claw on. When he was groomed on Monday, he REALLY pitched a fit as she was clipping his nails on that paw.
"CRAP, she's got that look in her eye. Bet I know where I'm headed on Monday."
Later........................
Sunday, May 12, 2013
HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY.................
The youngest mother whose history is authenticated is Lina Medina, who delivered a 6½-pound boy by cesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939, at an age of 5 years and 7 months. The child was raised as her brother and only discovered that Lina was his mother when he was 10.
On April 9, 2003, Satyabhama Mahapatra, a 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India, became the world's oldest mother when she gave birth to a baby boy. Satyabhama and her husband had been married 50 years, but this is their first child. The baby was conceived through artificial insemination using eggs from the woman's 26-year-old niece, Veenarani Mahapatra, and the sperm of Veenarani's husband.
Bobbie McCaughey is the mother who holds the record for the most surviving children from a single birth. She gave birth to the first set of surviving septuplets - four boys and three girls -on November 19, 1997, at the University Hospital, Iowa, US. Conceived by in vitro fertilization, the babies were delivered after 31 weeks by caesarean in the space of 16 minutes. The babies are named Kenneth, Nathaniel, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Natalie and Alexis.
Jayne Bleackley is the mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between two children born in separate confinements. She gave birth to Joseph Robert on September 3, 1999, and Annie Jessica Joyce on March 30, 2000. The babies were born 208 days apart.
Elizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children. She gave birth to Belinda on May 19,1956 and Joseph on November 20, 1997. The babies were born 41 years 185 days apart. The mother was 60 years old when her son Joseph was born.
The highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782) of Shuya, Russia. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 confinements, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy.
The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, of which only 55 of them are documented. She is listed in the 1999 Guinness World Records but dropped from later editions.
Katherine Hepburn's father was a surgeon and her mother was a dedicated suffragette and early crusader for birth control.
Kim Basinger's mother had been a champion swimmer who performed water ballets in several Esther Williams movies in the 1940s.
Laura Dern earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her illuminating performance as the title character in Rambling Rose, an underrated picture in 1991 that also won a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her mother, Diane Ladd. This was the first time a mother-daughter team had been so honored; they became the first mother and daughter ever nominated for Academy Awards for the same movie.
Madonna's mother died when she was five years old.
Phyllis Diller, a 40-year-old mother of five and an advertising copywriter for a California radio station, made a rousing comedy debut at San Francisco's Purple Onion in 1957.
American talk show host Conan O'Brien's father is Dr. Thomas O'Brien, a noted epidemiologist, the head of microbiology at Peter Brigham Hospital, and a professor at Harvard Medical School. His mother, Ruth Reardon O'Brien, was a partner at Ropes & Gray law firm outside Boston until her 1997 retirement.
Elvis Presley, was a mama's boy. He slept in the same bed with his mother, Gladys, until he reached puberty. Up until Elvis entered high school, she walked him back and forth to school every day and made him take along his own silverware so that he wouldn't catch germs from the other kids. Gladys forbade young Elvis from going swimming or doing anything that might put him in danger. The two of them also conversed in a strange baby talk that only they could understand.
Meredith Baxter-Birney played the mother, Elyse Keaton on the hit TV sitcom Family Ties. Her actress mother, Whitney Blake, also played a mom: Dorothy Baxter, on TV's Hazel.
James McNeill Whistler's best known painting, often called "Whistler's Mother," is actually titled "Arrangement in Black and Gray: The Artist's Mother."
Many of the sweaters worn by Mr. Rogers on the popular television show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, were actually knitted by his real mother.
Monkee Mike Nesmith's mother, Bette Nesmith Graham was the inventor of Liquid Paper correction fluid. She sold the rights to the Gillette Corporation in 1979 for $47.5 million and when she died in 1980, she left half of her fortune to her son Michael.
Eric Clapton was born to an unwed mother and to shield him from the shame, Eric grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sister.
Hoyt Axton wrote Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World". His mother, Mae Axton wrote "Heartbreak Hotel" for Elvis Presley.
On April 9, 2003, Satyabhama Mahapatra, a 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India, became the world's oldest mother when she gave birth to a baby boy. Satyabhama and her husband had been married 50 years, but this is their first child. The baby was conceived through artificial insemination using eggs from the woman's 26-year-old niece, Veenarani Mahapatra, and the sperm of Veenarani's husband.
Bobbie McCaughey is the mother who holds the record for the most surviving children from a single birth. She gave birth to the first set of surviving septuplets - four boys and three girls -on November 19, 1997, at the University Hospital, Iowa, US. Conceived by in vitro fertilization, the babies were delivered after 31 weeks by caesarean in the space of 16 minutes. The babies are named Kenneth, Nathaniel, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Natalie and Alexis.
Jayne Bleackley is the mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between two children born in separate confinements. She gave birth to Joseph Robert on September 3, 1999, and Annie Jessica Joyce on March 30, 2000. The babies were born 208 days apart.
Elizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children. She gave birth to Belinda on May 19,1956 and Joseph on November 20, 1997. The babies were born 41 years 185 days apart. The mother was 60 years old when her son Joseph was born.
The highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782) of Shuya, Russia. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 confinements, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy.
The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, of which only 55 of them are documented. She is listed in the 1999 Guinness World Records but dropped from later editions.
Katherine Hepburn's father was a surgeon and her mother was a dedicated suffragette and early crusader for birth control.
Kim Basinger's mother had been a champion swimmer who performed water ballets in several Esther Williams movies in the 1940s.
Laura Dern earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her illuminating performance as the title character in Rambling Rose, an underrated picture in 1991 that also won a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her mother, Diane Ladd. This was the first time a mother-daughter team had been so honored; they became the first mother and daughter ever nominated for Academy Awards for the same movie.
Madonna's mother died when she was five years old.
Phyllis Diller, a 40-year-old mother of five and an advertising copywriter for a California radio station, made a rousing comedy debut at San Francisco's Purple Onion in 1957.
American talk show host Conan O'Brien's father is Dr. Thomas O'Brien, a noted epidemiologist, the head of microbiology at Peter Brigham Hospital, and a professor at Harvard Medical School. His mother, Ruth Reardon O'Brien, was a partner at Ropes & Gray law firm outside Boston until her 1997 retirement.
Elvis Presley, was a mama's boy. He slept in the same bed with his mother, Gladys, until he reached puberty. Up until Elvis entered high school, she walked him back and forth to school every day and made him take along his own silverware so that he wouldn't catch germs from the other kids. Gladys forbade young Elvis from going swimming or doing anything that might put him in danger. The two of them also conversed in a strange baby talk that only they could understand.
Meredith Baxter-Birney played the mother, Elyse Keaton on the hit TV sitcom Family Ties. Her actress mother, Whitney Blake, also played a mom: Dorothy Baxter, on TV's Hazel.
James McNeill Whistler's best known painting, often called "Whistler's Mother," is actually titled "Arrangement in Black and Gray: The Artist's Mother."
Many of the sweaters worn by Mr. Rogers on the popular television show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, were actually knitted by his real mother.
Monkee Mike Nesmith's mother, Bette Nesmith Graham was the inventor of Liquid Paper correction fluid. She sold the rights to the Gillette Corporation in 1979 for $47.5 million and when she died in 1980, she left half of her fortune to her son Michael.
Eric Clapton was born to an unwed mother and to shield him from the shame, Eric grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sister.
Hoyt Axton wrote Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World". His mother, Mae Axton wrote "Heartbreak Hotel" for Elvis Presley.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
RAINING TODAY..............
but, that's OK. I was a heathen and mowed the yard yesterday. Couldn't get to it on Saturday as Fred came down and we split up all of the wood I had stored behind the wood shed. But not before we replaced the fuel line on the splitter. Crappy gas. We got to the store and I remembered I had no money, neither did Fred. I asked if Dave was there, he's the owner. When he came over, I told him I had two problems....I need a new fuel line for the splitter and I forgot my money. He just smiled and fixed us right up. When we were walking out, he told the girl, "They're OK, they are just stealing from me." Impressed the heck outta Fred, who said, "Wow, couldn't do that up where I live." I told him there are perks to living in the country.
Then Matt and Sarah arrived in his beautiful Ford Diesel towing a trailer, and took home the '35 Dodge cab I'd been storing for them for the last 10 years. So, after they left, it was too late to mow, as I had to get over to Dad's. Archie needs his Pop-Pop fix every day.
Sunday morning, worked on cleaning out the shed getting ready to sling wood, leveled up where everything was stored and built a rack, and moved the recycle bins there. Sowed some grass seed, then mowed the yard. This rain is a blessing for sure. Suppose to do it tomorrow and the next day.
I'll work at the wood like a mouse eats an elephant............one bite at a time.
Later.................
Then Matt and Sarah arrived in his beautiful Ford Diesel towing a trailer, and took home the '35 Dodge cab I'd been storing for them for the last 10 years. So, after they left, it was too late to mow, as I had to get over to Dad's. Archie needs his Pop-Pop fix every day.
Sunday morning, worked on cleaning out the shed getting ready to sling wood, leveled up where everything was stored and built a rack, and moved the recycle bins there. Sowed some grass seed, then mowed the yard. This rain is a blessing for sure. Suppose to do it tomorrow and the next day.
I'll work at the wood like a mouse eats an elephant............one bite at a time.
Later.................
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.............
Mom was born on this date in 1918, the fourth child of twelve, in rural West Virginia. She started working at the age of 12, cleaning house for a neighbor. Lived through a depression, and a rough first marriage in which she had two children, a son and a daughter, sixteen months apart.
In October of 1942, she boarded a bus for the north to work in an ammunition plant. While living in Pennsylvania, she met her second husband; they married in August of 1944 and had one daughter the next year. She worked many different jobs, a clerk in a drug store, a waitress in a restaurant, and helped to milk the family's dairy herd. Around 1953, she went to work for the Acme Markets, and, from there she retired in 1978.
She retired only because she couldn't remember how to make proper change anymore. Or maybe she wasn't quite sure what her customer's name was. She wished someone a Happy Easter, but it was the day before Christmas.
It wasn't long before she stopped cooking, stopped eating, then, the pacing started. All day, she paced the house. Finally her husband retired to take care of her. He cooked the meals and fed her, sometimes forcibly. She could no longer dress herself, so he dressed her. She didn't know when she had to go to the bathroom, so she was put in diapers. She couldn't hold a normal conversation, so she just stopped talking.
She would look at you, and not know who you were, couldn't remember your name. But she was the one who gave you that name.....gave you life.
On a Saturday in May of 1998, she was rushed to the hospital with pneumonia. On Monday, the doctors were talking nursing home, by Tuesday, hospice. She came back to her home. On Friday, early in the morning, she went home to be our LORD, very peacefully, with her devoted husband and two daughters at her bedside. And, it was over, twenty-two years of caring for a woman who would've done as much or more for you, a woman who was a victim of Alzheimer's, a nasty, incurable, agonizing, hateful disease that affects the whole family. Be sure to enjoy your love ones while they can still enjoy life.
Miss ya, mom.
In October of 1942, she boarded a bus for the north to work in an ammunition plant. While living in Pennsylvania, she met her second husband; they married in August of 1944 and had one daughter the next year. She worked many different jobs, a clerk in a drug store, a waitress in a restaurant, and helped to milk the family's dairy herd. Around 1953, she went to work for the Acme Markets, and, from there she retired in 1978.
She retired only because she couldn't remember how to make proper change anymore. Or maybe she wasn't quite sure what her customer's name was. She wished someone a Happy Easter, but it was the day before Christmas.
It wasn't long before she stopped cooking, stopped eating, then, the pacing started. All day, she paced the house. Finally her husband retired to take care of her. He cooked the meals and fed her, sometimes forcibly. She could no longer dress herself, so he dressed her. She didn't know when she had to go to the bathroom, so she was put in diapers. She couldn't hold a normal conversation, so she just stopped talking.
She would look at you, and not know who you were, couldn't remember your name. But she was the one who gave you that name.....gave you life.
On a Saturday in May of 1998, she was rushed to the hospital with pneumonia. On Monday, the doctors were talking nursing home, by Tuesday, hospice. She came back to her home. On Friday, early in the morning, she went home to be our LORD, very peacefully, with her devoted husband and two daughters at her bedside. And, it was over, twenty-two years of caring for a woman who would've done as much or more for you, a woman who was a victim of Alzheimer's, a nasty, incurable, agonizing, hateful disease that affects the whole family. Be sure to enjoy your love ones while they can still enjoy life.
Miss ya, mom.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
IT'S NICE TO HAVE FRIENDS...........
and, I would be lost and REALLY depressed if not for them. It's true, I lost my three best friends in 2 years, and, some days are harder to get thru than others. We were friends for over 50 years and they were the kind you could call at 3 in the morning if you needed help and KNOW they would be there, no questions asked. But, they are gone, and I miss them. However, I have other friends, some I've known for a very long time. Two of them are cousins to the ones I've lost, and, that's a nice connection. Other friends are newer but still, its great to know them. I don't know if I'd try the 3 in the morning thing or not. Maybe.
Then, there's the blogging friends. Sometimes, when I get a little sad, I'll surf my blogging buddies and realize there are such good people out there on the net. I sometimes wish we all lived closer so an in-your-face visit could happen. But, maybe not. Familiarity breeds contempt? Whatever.
I dread losing my Dad, just because it will make me really alone. Some tough decisions will have to be made. I got burned out on 'decision-making' when I worked. I just want to float thru the rest of my life, some days. Oh, I can still make decisions, hard ones, like putting a pet down or where to build the garage or do I even want to dump more money in this place, etc., etc.,. I am kinda glad that Dad is such a procrastinator when it comes to making decisions. Forced me to stand on my own two feet, early. He has NEVER told me what to do with this place or anything else for that matter. Sometimes he'd make a suggestion, but, Mom was the one with the advice, and we lost her early, at 58, to Alzheimer's. Although, physically, she was with us for another 22 years, Dad being the caregiver. I'll always admire him for that.
So, when I look at the way this country is headed, the world for that matter. I'm glad I was born when I was, had the friends I had, and, have the friends I do. Just some reflections on this beautiful, sunny, Sunday. Gotta go, get a shower, friends are coming for a visit.
Later....................
Then, there's the blogging friends. Sometimes, when I get a little sad, I'll surf my blogging buddies and realize there are such good people out there on the net. I sometimes wish we all lived closer so an in-your-face visit could happen. But, maybe not. Familiarity breeds contempt? Whatever.
I dread losing my Dad, just because it will make me really alone. Some tough decisions will have to be made. I got burned out on 'decision-making' when I worked. I just want to float thru the rest of my life, some days. Oh, I can still make decisions, hard ones, like putting a pet down or where to build the garage or do I even want to dump more money in this place, etc., etc.,. I am kinda glad that Dad is such a procrastinator when it comes to making decisions. Forced me to stand on my own two feet, early. He has NEVER told me what to do with this place or anything else for that matter. Sometimes he'd make a suggestion, but, Mom was the one with the advice, and we lost her early, at 58, to Alzheimer's. Although, physically, she was with us for another 22 years, Dad being the caregiver. I'll always admire him for that.
So, when I look at the way this country is headed, the world for that matter. I'm glad I was born when I was, had the friends I had, and, have the friends I do. Just some reflections on this beautiful, sunny, Sunday. Gotta go, get a shower, friends are coming for a visit.
Later....................
Saturday, April 6, 2013
THE ANNUAL MUD SALE..............
is happening over in the village. Many, many Amish are going past the house this morning. One enterprising young man went down the road in a cart and horse, pulling an express wagon. What??? Then, I remembered.....the boys use these wagons to haul stuff (for us 'English') to the cars, then get a tip. If there is a way to make a dollar, they're on it.
Got a call yesterday from my English friend, Barb. She and her husband wanted to come down on Sunday, if I was going to be home. Well, I had planned to go over to the next town and visit my friend Margaret, she is 98. Sunday is a good time 'cause her daughter Helen would be there. They just love Archie and its always a good visit. Barb said they would be here about 11, then want to go over and see Ben's niece, Shirley. So, maybe I can still get to Margaret's.
The new Amish neighbors of Dad's are still clear-cutting the woods behind him. I got this email, for the second time, this week..............
Fire Weather Warning !
Issued at: 11:14 am EDT on April 5, 2013, expires at: 8:00 PM EDT on April 05,
2013
...Red flag warning in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening for all
of central Pennsylvania...
The National Weather Service in State College has issued a red
flag warning for central Pennsylvania...which is in effect
until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* Affected area...central Pennsylvania.
* Winds...northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
* Timing...the afternoon into the early evening hours.
* Relative humidity...as low as 23 percent.
* Temperatures...in the upper 40s.
* Lightning...none expected.
* Impacts...the potential exists for rapid fire spread if
uncontrolled fires develop...or for prescribed Burns to get out
of control.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Critical fire weather conditions are expected or occurring. Any
fires that develop may quickly get out of control and become
difficult to contain.
Dad said he was out at the barn yesterday and a fellow drove in the lane, looked over at the fires in the use-to-be woods, then left. The smoke was rolling over the ridge and I guess this fellow felt the need to check it out. I told dad if he was the one burning he would of caught hell, but, it seems if the Amish do anything, authorities look the other way. I hate a double standard. He told me this morning they're back at it. Probably will be most of the summer. Archie has already chased their dog out of the yard. People think they are quaint and saintly, bull, live among them and you'll change your mind. Not all of them, my neighbors are OK and we get along, I guess there's good and bad in everyone. However, the more I think about it, the less I feel good about eventually selling my house to Henry and his family. We'll see.
Got to go, run to the drug store for dad, then clean this house for company.
Later...............
Got a call yesterday from my English friend, Barb. She and her husband wanted to come down on Sunday, if I was going to be home. Well, I had planned to go over to the next town and visit my friend Margaret, she is 98. Sunday is a good time 'cause her daughter Helen would be there. They just love Archie and its always a good visit. Barb said they would be here about 11, then want to go over and see Ben's niece, Shirley. So, maybe I can still get to Margaret's.
The new Amish neighbors of Dad's are still clear-cutting the woods behind him. I got this email, for the second time, this week..............
Fire Weather Warning !
Issued at: 11:14 am EDT on April 5, 2013, expires at: 8:00 PM EDT on April 05,
2013
...Red flag warning in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening for all
of central Pennsylvania...
The National Weather Service in State College has issued a red
flag warning for central Pennsylvania...which is in effect
until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* Affected area...central Pennsylvania.
* Winds...northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
* Timing...the afternoon into the early evening hours.
* Relative humidity...as low as 23 percent.
* Temperatures...in the upper 40s.
* Lightning...none expected.
* Impacts...the potential exists for rapid fire spread if
uncontrolled fires develop...or for prescribed Burns to get out
of control.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Critical fire weather conditions are expected or occurring. Any
fires that develop may quickly get out of control and become
difficult to contain.
Dad said he was out at the barn yesterday and a fellow drove in the lane, looked over at the fires in the use-to-be woods, then left. The smoke was rolling over the ridge and I guess this fellow felt the need to check it out. I told dad if he was the one burning he would of caught hell, but, it seems if the Amish do anything, authorities look the other way. I hate a double standard. He told me this morning they're back at it. Probably will be most of the summer. Archie has already chased their dog out of the yard. People think they are quaint and saintly, bull, live among them and you'll change your mind. Not all of them, my neighbors are OK and we get along, I guess there's good and bad in everyone. However, the more I think about it, the less I feel good about eventually selling my house to Henry and his family. We'll see.
Got to go, run to the drug store for dad, then clean this house for company.
Later...............
Thursday, April 4, 2013
HAD A WILD HAIR AND............
went to my cousins yesterday, spent the entire afternoon into the evening, visiting with him and his wife. (It was either that or do house work.) We have always enjoyed each other's company. He is the brother I never had and, when he was diagnosed with colon cancer last month, it was upsetting to the whole family, especially my dad. But, he is doing great, no chemo as he was only stage 2. Cancer runs in the family, dreadful stuff. My mom always said 'they' have a cure for it but if they would follow thru, it would devistate the economy.
Beautiful day today but still too cold for yard work. Probably going to get too hot real soon. Seems the weather is crazy compared to when I was a kid, back before dirt was brown.
Later.............
Beautiful day today but still too cold for yard work. Probably going to get too hot real soon. Seems the weather is crazy compared to when I was a kid, back before dirt was brown.
Later.............
Sunday, March 31, 2013
WISHING EVERYONE.........
that reads this humble blog a safe and Happy Easter. I'm going to friends house for good food and good company. Dad and Sarah are going out to eat at their favorite restaurant.
It's been a beautiful weekend so far, might rain later today and tomorrow, but it's in the 60's. Got some yard work done yesterday, the one big flower bed out front is now ready for mulch. Miss Cindystopped in a new van, but, it was a rental. Some nut hit her and totalled her SUV. That poor woman can't catch a break. Then Mrs. S stopped and chit-chatted. I've got good neighbors.
Had to take Lucy to the vets on Friday. I looked at her Thursday night and her lower right fang was stickin' straight out. Probably coulda flicked it out like the vet did but I felt she should be checked. Got 5 days of anti-biotics to give her. She's 10 and has always been healthy. Brought her home from work, a scrawny, malnourished kitten weighing 1.4 lbs. Wouldn't know it now. Everyone else is OK.
Later..............
It's been a beautiful weekend so far, might rain later today and tomorrow, but it's in the 60's. Got some yard work done yesterday, the one big flower bed out front is now ready for mulch. Miss Cindystopped in a new van, but, it was a rental. Some nut hit her and totalled her SUV. That poor woman can't catch a break. Then Mrs. S stopped and chit-chatted. I've got good neighbors.
Had to take Lucy to the vets on Friday. I looked at her Thursday night and her lower right fang was stickin' straight out. Probably coulda flicked it out like the vet did but I felt she should be checked. Got 5 days of anti-biotics to give her. She's 10 and has always been healthy. Brought her home from work, a scrawny, malnourished kitten weighing 1.4 lbs. Wouldn't know it now. Everyone else is OK.
Later..............
Saturday, March 9, 2013
UPDATE.....
..Havn't heard from the powers that be in Philthydelphia about the bogus ticket.
...Went to the doctors last Tuesday, check up, lost another 11 pounds. Total of about 42. Hoorah!!!
...Dad has been feeding a couple of stray cats. Mother and daughter. Mother left. Daughter is getting rather fat. HMMMM. Tried scare tactic on Dad and finally got her to the vet last Tuesday. Good news, she's NOT pregnant!!!! SHE's a boy!!!!! Dollie Marie is now Tommy.
Life's a gas sometimes!
Later............
...Went to the doctors last Tuesday, check up, lost another 11 pounds. Total of about 42. Hoorah!!!
...Dad has been feeding a couple of stray cats. Mother and daughter. Mother left. Daughter is getting rather fat. HMMMM. Tried scare tactic on Dad and finally got her to the vet last Tuesday. Good news, she's NOT pregnant!!!! SHE's a boy!!!!! Dollie Marie is now Tommy.
Life's a gas sometimes!
Later............
BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN............
Fred was scheduled to come down today and help me split wood. I need him to start that cantankerous
thing. Well, he had to work, so, I went out this morning to tear into the wood pile and pick out the longer pieces to saw up to stove size. Dogs started barking, someone pulling into the driveway. Oops, it's Suzie, I didn't know she was coming to help, so I didn't call her with the change in plans. She said it didn't matter, she would help me anyway.
Dogs started barking again, and it was the neighbor, another Sue, asking me if it was OK to park in the yard. I had noticed her husband, Kevin, with her two youngest teenage girls, on the tractor down by the creek. "Getting firewood?" I asked. 'No, we're fixing the fence. Kevin wants to get a diary by the end of the year.' "Great!" I told her. I hope it works out. Her youngest is 14 and wants to get into agriculture. They plan on putting the cows back in this meadow. Glad he's still wants to farm.
So, Suzy and I worked at it thru two gas tank fill-ups and got quite a bit in the wood shed. Think I'll be OK till warm weather. It was lunchtime and Sue said how about the pizza shop or the golf course. When I came out of the house from getting the dogs settled, she suggested we go down to the river to that restaurant we ate at last summer. Cool. Got there, closed. Not only closed, but empty. Well, shit. That was a great place to eat. Oh well. Back up the road to the old hotel. Fantastic food there as well. Not too crowded this time, usually is. We were in work jeans and old sweatshirts, but it didn't matter. They have a smaller building to the side that is a favorite with the bikers and their dress code is kinda...whatever. I swear one woman had some funky kinda dress on that Sue and I thought was a sheet wrapped around her. Anyhow, I'm sitting there facing the window towards the river and there goes an eagle! We said something to the waitress and she said 'Oh yeah, they're are lots of them around here.' Then she brought out a book, that some lady had put together, that had all of the eagle pics she had taken in the area.
So, all in all, what started out as a disappointment at not be able to split the wood, turned into a pretty neat day.
Later..............
thing. Well, he had to work, so, I went out this morning to tear into the wood pile and pick out the longer pieces to saw up to stove size. Dogs started barking, someone pulling into the driveway. Oops, it's Suzie, I didn't know she was coming to help, so I didn't call her with the change in plans. She said it didn't matter, she would help me anyway.
Dogs started barking again, and it was the neighbor, another Sue, asking me if it was OK to park in the yard. I had noticed her husband, Kevin, with her two youngest teenage girls, on the tractor down by the creek. "Getting firewood?" I asked. 'No, we're fixing the fence. Kevin wants to get a diary by the end of the year.' "Great!" I told her. I hope it works out. Her youngest is 14 and wants to get into agriculture. They plan on putting the cows back in this meadow. Glad he's still wants to farm.
So, Suzy and I worked at it thru two gas tank fill-ups and got quite a bit in the wood shed. Think I'll be OK till warm weather. It was lunchtime and Sue said how about the pizza shop or the golf course. When I came out of the house from getting the dogs settled, she suggested we go down to the river to that restaurant we ate at last summer. Cool. Got there, closed. Not only closed, but empty. Well, shit. That was a great place to eat. Oh well. Back up the road to the old hotel. Fantastic food there as well. Not too crowded this time, usually is. We were in work jeans and old sweatshirts, but it didn't matter. They have a smaller building to the side that is a favorite with the bikers and their dress code is kinda...whatever. I swear one woman had some funky kinda dress on that Sue and I thought was a sheet wrapped around her. Anyhow, I'm sitting there facing the window towards the river and there goes an eagle! We said something to the waitress and she said 'Oh yeah, they're are lots of them around here.' Then she brought out a book, that some lady had put together, that had all of the eagle pics she had taken in the area.
So, all in all, what started out as a disappointment at not be able to split the wood, turned into a pretty neat day.
Later..............
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