OUT THERE IN THE WORLD OF CP'S I DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE KINDRED SOUL.. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT WRITE HER NAME DOWN.. SHE SENT A BOX OF LITTLE BOTTLES THT SHE HAD FOR 20 YEARS... AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.. I NOW HAVE THEM CAREFULLY SAVED WITH MY COLLECTION-- THE MINUTE I OPENED THEM THE MAIL CREW SAID THEY WOULD BE PERFECT FILLED WITH BRANDY-- THEY ARE NOT QUITE A SHOT GLASS FULL- BUT THE CONVERSATION GOT STARTED...
SAINT BERNARDS AND ALL THAT... SINCE WINTER IS ARRIVING -- AND SINCE WE HAVE SET UP A SMOKING STATION OUTSIDE THE GATE, IT WS SUGGESTED WE FILL THESE LITTLE BOTTLES WITH A NIP OF BRANDY-- AND HAVE A BRANDY STATION JUST OUTSIDE THE GATE ALSO-- AROUND HERE YOU GET AN IDEA... THINK IT HAS GONE AWAY-- AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEONE PULLS IT OFF. SO IF YOU COME TO A FAKE SAINT BERNARD OUTSIDE OUR GATE, I BET YOU WILL FIND A CONTAINER OF LITTLE BRANDY BOTTLES TIED ROUND HIS NECK.. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.. BUT...
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THE GUY WHO DID THE TV INTERVIEW WANTS A REMATCH IN A MONTH... IT WAS FUN-- HE IS VERY JOLLY-- GOOD LAUGH--- CRITICAL... HE SAID HE WOULD GET A DVD TO SHELIA WITHTHE EDITED AND UNEDITED VERSION.. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY ODD LANGUAGE,, BUT THEN AGAIN , I MIGHT NOT.
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I DID NOT GO OUT YESTERDAY---- A CHILL FACTOR IN THE NEGATIVE NUMBERS , IT WAS A PERFECT DAY TO MAKE MONKEY FISTS IN FRONT OF THE FIRE.. I HOPE PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE SOME OF THESE AS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS- BECAUSE IT IS A PERFECT THING TO DO-- AND THEY WILL PILE UP------- OH I CAN GO OUT IN THE COLD-- BUT FIRST I HAVE TO PUT ON MY SNOW SUIT... AND THAT IS A FEDERAL PROJECT. AND HTESE THINGS ARE COTTON SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO BOIL THEM IN DYE TO PERSONALIZE THEM--- WELL THE LITTLE 1 INCH ONES THAT HAVE A MARBLE IN THE MIDDLE-- I DON'T THINK THE BIG ONES WOULD SURVIVE BOILING.... SOME OF THOSE HAVE RUBBER BALLS IN THE MIDDLE...
I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW TRACTOR PURCHASED BASICALLY BY EXPLORE-- WHICH IS ALL YOU CAMERA PEOPLE--
THE NEW TRACTOR HAS..... A HEATER--IN A CAB--- I FEEL I HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AFTER 30 YEARS OF PUSHING SNOW AROUND IN THE FREEZING BLIZARDS
LAST YEAR I FELT REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE AN AVIATOR'S FUZZY HAT, INSTEAD OF THE USUAL BATH TOWEL TWISTED AROUND MY HEAD AND NECK.
SO LIFE IS LOOKING UP....
SHOULD BE HERE IN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO..
FYI....I SENT THE TIRES AWAY TO BE FILLED SO THEY NEVER GO FLAT.... THIS IS CRITICAL FOR ALL OF YOU ABOUT TO BUY A SMALL LOADER-- BEFORE I LEARNED ABOUT THAT I HAD AT LEAST A FLAT A WEEK ---- A VERY STIFF BLADE OF GRASS WOULD PIERCE THE TIRES....-FILLING USED TO COST $750 WHEN OUR KABOTA WS NEW (15 YEARS AGI/?) NOW IT IS $1500 BUT THE TRACTOR IS USELESS AROUND HER E WITHOUT IT.
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THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN COMPLETED-- WILLIAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB-- HE IS GOOD... I HOPE HAVING DONE OUR CALENDAR WILL BE A GOOD AD FOR HIM--ESPECIALLY IF EXPLORE NEEDS AN ACCOMPLISHED PHOTOGRAPHER... HE CERTAINLY IS ONE.
AND THE WHOLE THING WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT KITTY'S KEEN EYE AND EXECUTIVE STEERING ABILITY--- AND ATTENTION TO SET DETAIL.... EVEN A CHOICE OF TREATS OF M&M OR NUTS..... SHE TOO IS A PRO.
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THIS IS BEYOND STRANGE--
SOMEONE SHOULD KEEP TRACK OF THE ODD THINGS THAT HAPPEN HERE... LIKE WE MUST HAVE GHOSTS--- THIS IS JUST ONE-- OF MANY ODD HAPPENINGS...
MARIA SET UP A BEDROOM UPSTAIRS FOR ANY HELP OR VOLUNTEERS STAYING OVER THIS WINTER BECAUSE OF DRIVING CONDITIONS... THERE WAS AN EXTRA MATTRESS AND BOX SPRING AVAILABLE ( PEOPLE TYPE CLEAN) AND SHE SAID SHE NEEDED A BED FRAME-- I SAID THERE MUST BE ONE IN THE HAY LOFT-- AND SHE LEFT.. GOT ON HER GOLF CART TO GO ROUND THE HOUSE--- AND AS SHE PASSED THE BACK PORCH- THERE-- ALL BY ITSELF--- WAS A BED FRAME-- THAT NO ONE REMEMBERS SEEING THERE BEFORE-- WITH NO IDEA OF WHERE IT MIGHT HAVE COME FROM...
THIS HAPPENS ... OFTEN
"MY SNEAKERS ARE SHOT , I NEED TO GO TO NEW BALANCE OUTLET"
AND 1/2 HOUR LATER SOMEONE CAME DOWNSTAIRS WITH A BOX OF NEW SNEAKERS.. MY SIZE..NOT NEW BALANCE ( SO NOT BOUGHT BY ME) I AM STILL WEARING THOSE.
WE HAD A PUP NOT FEELING WELL- AND I WAS CONSIDERING TAKING HER TO GEORGE- WHEN MY DAUGHTER- GWEN- CAME THRU THE DOOR WITH A KENYON COLLEGE FRIEND-- WHO IS A SMALL ANIMAL VETERNARIAN
IT STARTED WITH BUD ( AN ELECTRITIAN) AND PAUL( A PLUMBER) AS OUR FIRST VOLUNTEERS-- SAVED MANY A DAY WITH THEIR SKILLS WE HAVE GOT BIGGER NOW AND SHELIA ARRIVES WITH AN ENTIRE COMPANY OF REPAIR PEOPLE IN HER "STABLE" WITH CRANNEY COMPANY FROM DANVERS.
WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS--
WHATEVER GODS THERE ARE THAT ARE RUNNING THIS SHOW HAVE NOT SEEN FIT TO ASSIGN US A LAWYER.
HOW ODD...