Spacing Time Out.

 Spacing Time Out.

 

By seven this morning, the front coop was cleaned out and the manure spread along with feathers and diatomaceous earth onto the major dusting area out in the east lot. Those hens keep that area well dusted and dug! Anyway, it looks a bit neater in there, and there was already a hen trying to do her business before it got hot. Then both dogs had a bath, a dirty roll, and a rinse. What is it about a bath that makes a dog think it needs to find a dirty place to roll after a nice bath? Maybe a change of odors? Oh well.

 

Had four trays of boneless thighs on cooking along with three big sweet potatoes to mix into their dog food. Got the meat cooled down and used the broth to cook their rice. Mixed everything together and put it into freezer bags or containers in the freezer. By that time, the old woman had a shower and hair wash. Whew! Just giving the critters clean water can get a person wet from head to toe without even using the water hose on one’s self! But it is supposed to be cooler tomorrow. Here’s hoping.

 

Vacuumed the kitchen and living room a bit ago and attacked the dust bunnies. Good thing we don’t have to have a hunting license to get rid of those things! Someone would come up with a bag limit! Anyone with more than one dog—or even one Husky—would have to get a special bag limit license. Being silly here!

 

Had planned to combine two trashcans of feed into just one can, so dipped some of one into an empty trashcan, alternated between the two cans until one can contained everything mixed together. Tomorrow maybe a trip to the feed store will get mash and ONE sack of scratch. They love the scratch, but the Chicken Chick says it is not really good for them in hot weather. And boy do we ever have that in spades! Anyway, the oats, wheat, sunflower seeds, and a bit of scratch will keep them happy until cooler weather. They have lay mash available all the time, so they are not ever hungry.

 

While out there messing around, Thompson insisted that something was behind the handful of siding pieces that were stacked next to the coop. Moved two ladders for the dogs, and Sylvia caught a lizard. The mouse was already suffering because the old woman dropped a weight on the siding pieces to hold them down in the next wind. Oooops! Squished mouse! Thompson knew what he was talking about, don’t you know!

 

Talked to my niece Lesli today. She is not going to have the surgery that they had originally planned. Her doctor thinks that maybe a different drug will reduce the problems her hormones have been causing. Never think about hormones that it does not remind me of Gene Stratton-Porter. She said that she had never seen one of those hormones, but she surely would like to get a hammer after it!

 

Sterling is looking forward to his oldest daughter’s visit tomorrow. Seems her daughter has been promoted in the Walmart corp. She is also going to college now on a grant from the company that will alleviate any need for loans. Super neat! She is changing her major to business or finance or something like that, but she can still get her master’s in one and get her degree in social work as well to use later if she wants to. Common sense strikes again!

 

Still praying for the granddaughter of Diann Dennis. The little girl is having chemo at Saint Jude’s and will probably be there most of a year with treatments. Let’s pray for the child and family. May God bless the child that she is able to keep her eyes and vision.

 

While the weather is about as wild as any Mustang ever thought to be, we may still get some cooler weather for a couple of days. So, for Texans at least, it will be prayers for rain.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.