Perhaps I'm supposed to call it an "opossum" but I don't think it's Irish ( Read more... )

My poor, negelcted blog. Busiest December ever; got a bunch of small jobs and other issues that keep me from getting them done in any reasonable amount of time ( Read more... )

So my beloved partner is off writing for a couple days, gritz and Jackass here I come ( Read more... )

I go to let the chickens out on Saturday, I open the door to the usual stampede, except Shane, who is quietly hanging off the side of the duck cage. His spur got the better of him; he's got this massive hook of a spur on one leg, and he managed to get it hooked around the cage wire. No telling how long he'd been there. I unhooked him, checked ( Read more... )

Yes, LJ, I'm sorry I've neglected you. We camp out several times a year, and often in the same area, and while we take the RV, which I admit isn;t REALLY camping, it's home without internet, maybe this'll give you some insight as to why we do it. Mike & I took the RV out Wednesday night to get a spot, the one we really wanted was taken, but we ( Read more... )

To bed at 3AM or something, up at 7Am (3AM "normal" people time) to take the RV to get it's heater motor replaced at Doug's RV two miles away. Caffeinated, barely. Hung out, cleaned the kitchen while Doug banged around outside. He's done SO many of these, I'm convinced he could do it blind. Just about did with his polarized bifocals going all ( Read more... )

Work! Lots going on, many updates, getting a lot done, but not on schedule, even if its one I set for myself. Fiddly, urgent stuff keeps interrupting me. I think its time to just buckle down, pull an all-nighter and get caught up. One website launching next week, then we're off camping Thursday-Sunday ( Read more... )

So I'm out doing my usual meander by the chicken pen, encouraging stragglers back in for the night, I'm on the phone, trying to focus on the news my friend was giving me when I see a fist-sized ball of grey fuzz next to the feeder, it's got white bits sticking out of it. At first I had a flash of horror thinking something had fallen off one of the ( Read more... )

( rubber chicken )

I need a video camera ( Read more... )