On 1/4/2017 8:10 AM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:

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We're dog sitting our daughters Chi weenie, a cross between a dachshund
and a chihuahua, she's old and has to go a lot so I'm opening and
closing the back door frequently as she can't go through our larger dog
door. She misses her boss lady too. Daughter is in Memphis for her FIL's
funeral tomorrow.

sorry to hear about the pepper plant, but it
can be replaced easily enough once the warmer
weather is back to stay.

also sorry to hear about FIL's passing...


I think I shall walk both dogs down to the postal box after a bit.



the weather went from plenty of rain and warmer
to foggy and now there is snow and blowing so back
to the colder actual winter again. how it should
be...

someone hit the ditch at the corner pretty hard
yesterday. firetrucks, police, ambulance, i don't
know how bad though as i didn't see or hear it
until later. i had some music playing.

nothing much going on outside other than i walked
around and looked at a few chewed on areas to see
if the deer actually did eat the radishes they were
avoiding all summer/fall. yep, gnawed to the ground
level. good thing those roots go down a ways, but
i don't expect them to grow back anyways. they
were all meant to be worm food. that they are going
that route via the back end of a deer doesn't bother
me much at all.

hope the family and doggies are doing well today.


songbird

Got up to 41F this morning, a shock from yesterday's 70+. Weather heads
say we will have lows of around 30F this week. Since all the spring
stuff is dead and composted I'm not going to worry much. Looks like time
to harvest the fall crops that are ready. I may be pickling beets soon,
I really don't care for cooked beets at a meal but do like the pickled
ones. Turnips don't sit well with me so we don't grow them anymore even
if spousal unit likes them or not. Small garden so we have to argue over
what to grow.

Our first house set on 10 acres and we planted all kinds of stuff. Rich
soil with eons of leaves falling on it until it was cleared. Throw a
seed on the ground and jump back. At my age now I'm glad we have a small
lot and a healthy wife. G

The guest dog is settling in well, Tilly doesn't like the fact that
Peanut gets up on my lap so she turns her head away so she doesn't have
to see her. Poor ol' Peanut misses her folks, a car drives by and she
goes to the front door in hope. They should be back soon and she will be
happy again. She's eleven years old now and sleeps a lot, dogs give a
lot of love but don't often live long. Daughter's last cat lived to be
22 years old and went outside, laid down and died. Didn't even leave a
mess behind. I'm a dog person, cats give me the heeby jebbies for some
reason, maybe it's that evil stare, like I'm going to eat you one day.
Had cats in the country but they lived in the barn, that's a useful cat,
don't even have to feed them until all the rats and mice are eaten up. G