Coffee anyone ?

[Grant]

New NOAA radar sucks. I even had it on my phone, I hate it now. Old radar had county lines, it was easy to pinpoint our area.

I like the RadarUS app. You may try that one. It will let you do a locate and center “you” on the radar map. It’s a free app.

 

[Niele da Kine]

Happy New Year's Eve! Although, for you Kiwis and Aussies it's already tomorrow, so Happy New Year! Be nice to be done with 2020, although I expect 2021 is gonna be a lot like 2020 for awhile. But, halfway through the year, things should be more or less back to more or less normal, I hope?

This will be the first big fireworks event since we got the sheeples, I may put their names and phone number on their collars in case they somehow escape from running about because of the fireworks. In Hawaii, it seems like just everyone has these big fireworks (4" to 6" mortars) like what most places set off in their town parks. Illegal, of course, but they seem to be everywhere and loads of them. On the island of Oahu in the city of Honolulu (the only real city in Hawaii) folks have to stay inside if they have breathing problems because of the amount of smoke in the air. The streets are covered in red firecracker paper the next morning. It's supposed to chase evil spirits away and you have to shoot off more firecrackers than your neighbors or their evil spirits will just move next door.

We're on a hillside so we will get a good view of lots of fireworks tonight. Lots of them are noisy, so the sheep will probably not like it. Although, they're pretty mellow sheep, maybe they will sleep through it? The rabbits aren't fond of it, either, but most of them have experienced fireworks before.

Today's task is to start cutting a path through the tall grass so we will be able to access the workshop/clubhouse from the sheep pasture since the neighbor is going to fence off their property next month. Originally, the workshop was owned by one of the neighbor's family members. Their driveway was used to access the workshop in the back and the little house in the front. But, when the property sold, it no longer has a driveway to the back of the property without using the neighbor's driveway. We haven't gotten a new driveway put in yet since driveways up hills are expensive. The little house in the front of the property has a set of stairs going up so it can be accessed by the stairs. The workshop in back can be accessed through our sheep pasture as soon as we cut through the tall grass between the sheep fence and the back of the workshop. I put a gate wide enough for a truck and trailer at the back of the sheep pasture when building the sheep fence and they've thinned the grasses in their area pretty well but it's gonna be about a three day to a week's project to clear the grass from the gate to the back of the workshop.

After it's cleared, then it will be fenced so the sheeples can keep the grass down, we hope. We may need more sheeples. So, 2021 will kinda be a continuation of 2020's projects. But, dates are just a human invention anyway.

 

[farmerjan]

Happy New Year's EVE..... and New Years Day to those of you that have already "seen the ball drop".....

 

[Baymule]

@Niele da Kine I am laughing at the mental picture of all the fireworks going off and the evil spirits scrambling over to the next house. The neighbors have 4 boys and they have been blowing up the sky with lots of big bangs. We have 2 dogs in the floor asleep, terrified of BOOM! We are drinking Mamma Wall's Eggnog and watching the New York Times Square New Year's Eve Party that is not a party because the streets are empty. If any evil spirits show up over here, when the dogs get through with them, I'll shoot what's left.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on. Got a week's worth of wood split and brought in. Split a bunch more to get ahead. Freezing rain today.... making breakfast then chores. DH is working on our garden tractor. Not sure what kids and I are doing. Probably take down the tree.

 

[Baymule]

Sounds like a good day PA. Thanks for the coffee. No idea what we’re going to do today. Maybe go to Tyler to a grocery store there. They got chicken leg quarters on sale for 37 cents a pound, in 10 pound bags. I cook and can chicken and rice for the dogs to mix with their kibble. Thinking maybe 6-8 bags, plus some of those T-bone steaks they got on sale for $4.97 a pound. We only buy beef on sale, T-bone or rib eye steaks. Got some more rainy days coming up so I could be canning dog food. LOL

New Year’s Day must have black eyed peas, ham and cabbage for good luck all year.

Happy New Year everybody!

 

[Mini Horses]

Yah! Another year gone. Now it's time to get busy with garden planning.

I have chores to do...taking a holiday routine this morning. To bed late, so slept late. Was nice. Coffee being enjoyed, checking all my net stuff, then house cleaning. Good start up for a New Year.....and another drizzly rain day. All weekend rain and I'm trying to make it seem less painful!

Great price on those chicken legs, Bay!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!

 

[messybun]

Happy new year to you all!
Phew, had some neighbors last night setting off fire works directly over my neighbors house...and horse. This horse is a half blind old lady who definitely did not like them. It took me like fifteen minutes to get her to stop shaking and some lavender and chamomile oil on her nose, ears, and back. She got excited for the smell, and after it was on she was yawning in about five minutes; amazingly effective!
Then I noticed her ear had a small burn on it from the fireworks. I like fireworks as much as the next person, but that’s irresponsible, illegal, and dumb! If they drove two minutes towards the neighboring field no one would have said anything. But after we asked, told, and explained why they can’t be doing fireworks they lit some off later(at midnight) and then after that round they threw off a few more just because. Argh, so frustrating. It’s not even like they own animals or understand. Oh, and to make it better, we have pigs in a fenced in field just down the road growing out on the leftover corn, which will easily spook and run into the road or swamp. Huge losses for the farmer! I hope they weren’t too scared and didn’t push through the fence.
Other than that annoying start, my family and I had a great New Years with food and the classic sparkling apple juice lol. Hope y’all did too!

 

[messybun]

Sounds like a good day PA. Thanks for the coffee. No idea what we’re going to do today. Maybe go to Tyler to a grocery store there. They got chicken leg quarters on sale for 37 cents a pound, in 10 pound bags. I cook and can chicken and rice for the dogs to mix with their kibble. Thinking maybe 6-8 bags, plus some of those T-bone steaks they got on sale for $4.97 a pound. We only buy beef on sale, T-bone or rib eye steaks. Got some more rainy days coming up so I could be canning dog food. LOL

New Year’s Day must have black eyed peas, ham and cabbage for good luck all year.

Happy New Year everybody!

I have never heard of that tradition! Can I make enough for my whole state lol?
Woohoo! Great sale too! Nice welcome to 2021.

 

[messybun]

Yah! Another year gone. Now it's time to get busy with garden planning.

I have chores to do...taking a holiday routine this morning. To bed late, so slept late. Was nice. Coffee being enjoyed, checking all my net stuff, then house cleaning. Good start up for a New Year.....and another drizzly rain day. All weekend rain and I'm trying to make it seem less painful!

Great price on those chicken legs, Bay!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!

you seem a little behind garden planning this year?