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YES! I will be praying for strength & renewed health! 
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Baymule
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Well said. X2
Mini Horses
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I will add my voice to those prayers and for a comfortable housing location that will allow a few animals for you to enjoy.
Venture to say a BUNCH of internet friends will join with us!
I am so very sorry for the sister
and her lack of decency but, feel strongly this will end well for you -- peaceful and fresh. You are both in my thoughts.
Venture to say a BUNCH of internet friends will join with us!
I am so very sorry for the sister
and her lack of decency but, feel strongly this will end well for you -- peaceful and fresh. You are both in my thoughts.- Thread starter
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Devonviolet
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Now that we have a paddock for DannyBoy, I want to spend time, with him, when we are out feeding them twice a day.
So, this evening, when I was finished with Falina and the twins, I put a chair in the pen & sat with him. DH brought some fresh oak leaves to feed to him. He loved it!
This one made me smile!
So, this evening, when I was finished with Falina and the twins, I put a chair in the pen & sat with him. DH brought some fresh oak leaves to feed to him. He loved it!
This one made me smile!
CntryBoy777
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We have a few things in the works right now that we are waiting to here back from...so, I've been fairly silent on the updates of such....but, depending on the outcomes of things there may be further discussions with y'all here...well, on my thread. I am almost at my wits end and many here have much more experience and expertise that could be of great help....also, if there is a lottery winner out there that trusts us to pay them Back...with interest of course!!....You all really do matter to me, and @Mike CHS I feel the same way about all of ya, too!!....
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You’ve been in my prayers @CntryBoy777 but you already knew that. 
I’m excited that you are enjoying your Danny Boy @Devonviolet. He is really cute. That pic of his ears should be submitted for POW.
I’m excited that you are enjoying your Danny Boy @Devonviolet. He is really cute. That pic of his ears should be submitted for POW.
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He has a handsome face, DannyBoy. Looks like he is wearing a hood and brown boots.
Looking fwd to meeting the new lad this coming Sunday when I visit with DV and her DH.
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It's been a while since I posted. We signed up to do Farmer's Market this year. Since we don't have our garden in yet, I''ve been busy doing some baking, selling eggs, making jelly and now arthritis lotion and spray deodorant, with essential oils.
I've also been busy planting seedlings, from my seed flats, on into dirt filled cups, so they survive, until I can get them in the ground.
We have also started making a lasagna garden - multiple layers: feed sacks, compost, hay, grass, compost, hay and soil mixed with compost. Once the plants are in, we will put more grass clippings for mulch and added nitrogen.
This is the first row. The space to the left is a galvanized water trough, that has quite a few holes, which we filled & planted purple asparagus in, temporarily, until we have a permanent place to put it.
When he started it, DH didn't know I want a path, with feed sacks & wood chips, between the rows, to prevent Bermuda grass from growing up into the garden. So, before we start the next row, we will tuck feed sacks under the first set of sacks & then spread wood chips on that.
We have another area, on the street side of the house, that we want to cut down, to allow use for growing squashes, corn, etc. - veggies that spread out. But, it has quite a few trees, that block the light.
So, this afternoon we went out to cut a few trees down. I cut down the 1st without a hitch . . . except that the chainsaw wouldn't start when we finished picking up branches. We did all the standard troubleshooting. We were ready to give up, but decided to try one more time . . . and it started!!!
We tied a big rope about 15 feet up, to pull the tree where we wanted it. The problem was that the top of the tree was bent toward the road, and when it started going down into the the three big trees in its path, which left it standing with the cut end in the dirt. We tried several ways to pull it over, but it wouldn't budge. So, we put the 100 foot rope around the trunk, about 20 feet up, backed the truck up and tied the rope to the trailer hitch.
It took several pulls, turning closer to the house. A couple times the back end of the truck slid in the grass & swung back & forth. But, we could see that the top of the 50 ft. tree was finally starting to move. So, I punched the gas one more time and down it came!!! WooooHooooo!!!! But not before the cut end of the trunk was dragged about 10 feet in the dirt!
That was such a thrill to see the tree come down in the driver's side mirror!!!
I was just a whooping & a hollering! 
If you look closely, you can see the tree stump by the fence and the drag mark. The trunk on the left is what was left of the 1st tree that I cut down, after we cut off all the branches.
This shot shows the tire tracks in the grass, from pulling on the tree.
Here is the pile of branches, from cutting down both trees.
And here is our Maine Coon Mix, nibbling on grass when we were all finished. The pile will have to wait until tomorrow morning.
We were exhausted after cutting down 2 trees in 2 hours,
and it looked (and sounded) like we had a big storm headed our way!
Turned out, as usual (in the hot draught of summer) the storm pretty much fizzled out & went around us!
I've also been busy planting seedlings, from my seed flats, on into dirt filled cups, so they survive, until I can get them in the ground.
We have also started making a lasagna garden - multiple layers: feed sacks, compost, hay, grass, compost, hay and soil mixed with compost. Once the plants are in, we will put more grass clippings for mulch and added nitrogen.
This is the first row. The space to the left is a galvanized water trough, that has quite a few holes, which we filled & planted purple asparagus in, temporarily, until we have a permanent place to put it.
When he started it, DH didn't know I want a path, with feed sacks & wood chips, between the rows, to prevent Bermuda grass from growing up into the garden. So, before we start the next row, we will tuck feed sacks under the first set of sacks & then spread wood chips on that.
We have another area, on the street side of the house, that we want to cut down, to allow use for growing squashes, corn, etc. - veggies that spread out. But, it has quite a few trees, that block the light.
So, this afternoon we went out to cut a few trees down. I cut down the 1st without a hitch . . . except that the chainsaw wouldn't start when we finished picking up branches. We did all the standard troubleshooting. We were ready to give up, but decided to try one more time . . . and it started!!!
We tied a big rope about 15 feet up, to pull the tree where we wanted it. The problem was that the top of the tree was bent toward the road, and when it started going down into the the three big trees in its path, which left it standing with the cut end in the dirt. We tried several ways to pull it over, but it wouldn't budge. So, we put the 100 foot rope around the trunk, about 20 feet up, backed the truck up and tied the rope to the trailer hitch.
It took several pulls, turning closer to the house. A couple times the back end of the truck slid in the grass & swung back & forth. But, we could see that the top of the 50 ft. tree was finally starting to move. So, I punched the gas one more time and down it came!!! WooooHooooo!!!! But not before the cut end of the trunk was dragged about 10 feet in the dirt!
That was such a thrill to see the tree come down in the driver's side mirror!!!
I was just a whooping & a hollering! If you look closely, you can see the tree stump by the fence and the drag mark. The trunk on the left is what was left of the 1st tree that I cut down, after we cut off all the branches.
This shot shows the tire tracks in the grass, from pulling on the tree.
Here is the pile of branches, from cutting down both trees.
And here is our Maine Coon Mix, nibbling on grass when we were all finished. The pile will have to wait until tomorrow morning.
We were exhausted after cutting down 2 trees in 2 hours,
and it looked (and sounded) like we had a big storm headed our way!Turned out, as usual (in the hot draught of summer) the storm pretty much fizzled out & went around us!
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Bruce
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I "Liked" everything but the teaser storm
