Had to cancel on going to my nephew's birthday, as I'm in a bit of a downswing healthwise.  Not bad, but I really needed to not spend hours on the road then hours with family, etc.  I'm sending his present with my parents.  Plus, I need to tear down my vermiplanter by Friday.  The apartment owners have said they will start kicking people out for ( Read more... )

I should have pulled in the sweet basil that I bought just last month yesterday, and the plant paid a bit of a price in the temps that dipped below 50 last night.  But it should recover, just lost some leaves.  As there's a big cold front coming in, that will bring the snow level down to 6000' suddenly, I pulled it in along with both thymes, the ( Read more... )

Had a dream about little brown batties and flying fox batties (not furry critters, the actual BATS) that were the same size as the browns.  A handful were trapped in a house or cabin, and clinging to the windows.  Some were skeletons...the one I looked closely at looked like it had died in the middle of leaping away from the window and gotten stuck ( Read more... )

The last day of the International Equine Conference.

--Zhora

Well, since my head got loopy and impending migrainey this evening, I decided to stay up again, and used the time to update all my CafePress stores.  I also contacted the Cloud Foundation about finishing up the one graphic and store I'd promised last year or so but couldn't deliver due to dialup constraints.

Here are my updated stores:
Stargazing ( Read more... )

Well ( Read more... )

They plan to SPAY all mares and jennies - ON THE RANGE!!!  SPAY THEM!!! 
BLM to Sterilize Wild Horse Herds In WY

For those who don't know, 'on the range' and 'in the field' don't mean 'they get to stay in pens and stalls with strict supervision and care until they recover, after being operated on in a sterile environment'.  It means they're ( Read more... )

Saw my first bat of the season tonight.

And I hope she's only the leading edge of the migration.

Because currently...there's only one.

ONE.

--Moony

And got tangled in the plastic mesh, much to the joy of Smokey and Madeline, who, of course, found it most convenient.  And in truth it does mean that mesh would be a good survival trapping tool for tasty tasty small animals and probably birds.  I got out there in time and chased Smokey off before checking out the situation ( Read more... )

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