THE PP'S ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE SOMETHINGS -- LIVELY BEING ONE OF THEM....
PAULA JUST WALKED OFF WITH MY FLY SWATTER WHICH I H AVE BEEN USEING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO "WAIT" BEFORE DIVING INTO THEIR MEALS.... AS SHE PUT IT IN HER MOUTH IT MADE A STRANGE NOISE WHICH ALERTED ME--- SCARED ME REALLY.... BECAUSE....
YESTERDAY ONE OF THEM WAS CHEWING ON "SOMETHING" WHICH JUST DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT-- AND I REACHED DOWN THIER THRROAT TO RETRIEVE A WAD OF SOMETHING WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY DEAD MOUSE... THE TAIL OF WHICH WAS TEH MOST RECOGNIZABLE PART....- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH... EXCEPT...... IF THAT WAS A HEALTHY LIVE MOUSE WHICH THE PUP CAUGHT AND KILLED, SO BE IT-- THE WAY OF TEH JUNGLE... HOWEVER.. I NEVER SAW A DANE PUP THAT COULD CATCH A LIVELY HEALTHY MOUSE/CHIPMONK/ WHATEVER.... SO IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN LIVELY HEALTHY-- IN WHICH CASE HOW DID IT BECOME NOT HEALTHY????
MY BIGGEST FEAR--- BECAUSE IT DID HAPPEN IN TH E BARN ONCE----- IS THAT A VOLUNTEER SEEING A MOUSE HERE AND THERE IN THE HOUSE DECIDES TO BE HELPFUL AND GO TO A STORE AND BUY MOUSE POIZON STUFF TO PUT BEHIND SOME DRAWER .. SO TEH MOUSE IN THE PROCESS OF WEAKENING AND DYING FROM BLOOD NOT CLOTTING ... WANDERS INTO TERRITORY COMMON TO THE DOGS-- AND TEH DOGS EAT THE DEAD MOUSE--- THUS PUTTIN G THE POIZON INTO THE DOG- IT IS NOT SOMETHING NORMAL PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT-- BUT WE SURE DO. IT WOULD HAPPEN ONLY BECAUSDE SOMEONE HAD ONLY THE CONCEPT OF RIDDING THE PLACE OF MICE, NOT REALIZING THE DANGER TO THE PUPS AND DOGS.
THE RATS AND MICE AROUND HERE ARE TEH CANARY'S IN THE COAL MINE.. WE HAVE THEM-- I DON'T BEGRUDGE THEM A FEW DOG TREATS OR HORSE OATS... I AM NOT THRILLED WITH TEH CHANNELS THEY HAVE DUG UNDER THE ALLEYWAY WHICH ARE ANKLE BUSTERS FOR SURE... WE ARE IN FAR BETTER SHAPE NOW THAT AT ONE POINT WHEN YOU COULD GO OUT AFTER DARK AND SEE RATS RUNNING ALONG THE TOP OF FENCES FROM BARN TO LAUNDRY TO KEEP THIER LITTLE TOOTSIES OFF TEH SNOW.... APPARENTLY THE LAUNDRY WAS WARMER BUT THE FOOD WAS IN HTE BARN... SO THEY WENT ON NIGHTLY SHOPPING TRIPS.... BY THE DOZENS.... IT IS BETTER NOW BECAUSE OF "YE OLDE SNAP TRAPS".
THERE IS NOTHIBNG LIKE A SNAP TRAP.---- TEH LIST IS LONG FROM TIPPING INOT A BUCKET,TO HAVAHART, TO THE ELECTRONIC BATTERY RUN ONES TO ELECTROCUTE-- I THINK I HAVE TRIED All teh gizmos-- and went back to a carton of snap traps-- quick -- dead-- put in plastic baG AND STORE IN THE FREEZER...
WWWWHHHHAAAAAATTTTT? YES WE HAVE DEAD RATS STORED IN FREEZERS-- USUALLY THE GUEST HOUSE FREEZER... BECAUSE THE OTHER COMA=PANY WE RUN IS THE FROZEN RODENT DELIVERY COMPANY WHERE WE GIVE TEH "CATCH" TO ANYONE REHABILITATION RAPTORS-- HAWKS OWLS ETC....
SO IF YOU ARE STAYING IN OUR GUEST HOUSE- YOU PROBABLY SHOULD N'T LOOK...
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SPEAKING OF OUR GUEST HOUSE.... TEH COUPLE WHO DROVE THE LAST LOAD OF DONKEYS TO JANINE'S HOUSE SPENT A LONG NIGHT DRIVING AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A SLEEPER CAB.. SO SHE GAVE TEHM TEH BLUE TRUCK AND TOLD TEHM TO CRASH IN OUR GUEST HOUSE-LEAVING THIER BIG TRAILER AT JANINE'S - THE LOGISTICS OF WHAT CAR IS WHERE MEANT I HAD TO DRIVE JANINE AROUND TO give bales of hay to SEVERAL PLACES SHE HAS DONKEYS "FOSTERED" -- NAMELY ANN'S-- WHERE ANN IS GETTING READY FOR GROTON HOUSE HORSE EVENT THE NEXT 2 WEEKENDS.. IT IS JUST AS BIG AS IT EVER WAS... like ... huge tents 100 x 40' ---- LIKE dozens of PORTAPOTTIES over the cross country course... BIG.. THAT'S HOW BIG... there will be horse trailers here from texas and colorado and everywhere in between... she said they are "running the cross country every 2 minutes" and are full-- that is a horse leaving teh "starting box" every 2 minutes for at least 8 hours on saturday... much l;ike "T" times on a golf course...
i bet someone will be streaming it live...? on facebook?
THE TENTS THIS YEAR ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THQN WHEN I DID THE STABLING 25 YEARS Ago... these tents rise to really pointed shape thus eliminating teh tendency of the night watchmen to climb up on top a dn have a beer party. there are lots of funny stories of my texas relatives on tents..
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venting section
MIND MANUPPULATION SEEMS TO BE TEH WAY THINGS ARE DONE NOW- A -DAYS.
I THINK IT ALL STARTED WITH THE SCOTCH ON TH ROCKS ON THE COVER OF THE BOOK ABOUT MADISON AVENUE TECHNIQUIES--- THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SCOTCH WAS SUPPOSED TO SPELL S-E-X AND I LOOKED AT IT FOR A LONG TIME AND COULD NEVER SEE IT. IT SURE WAS SUBLIMINAL IN MY CASE.--
every night i hear.........YOUR SUN SETTER ADJUSTABLE AWNING COSTS UNDER SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.
TODAY SPECIAL DEAL $200 OFF FOR ONLY FIVE NINETY NINE...
MAKES ME ANNOYED... BECAUSE UNDER 700 WOULD BE 699 AND 200 OFF WOULD BE 499
BUT IF THEY ACCENT THE SEVEN AND TEH FIVE-- THEY GET AWAY WITH IT.
I HEAR THIS KIND OF "MISTAKE" ALL TEH TIME
THEN... YOU GET INTO "SAVE UP TO $200" RIGHT... WELL 2 CENTS IS IN THAT RANGE TOO. THOSE BATTERIES LAST UP TO 20 YEARS---AND IF THEY DON'T YOU MAY RETURN THEM WITH THE RECIEPT AND OPRIGIONAL BOX TEHY CAME IN.
LETS JUST DO A MENTAL EXAM OF ALL THE ORIGIONAL BOXES WE WOULD HAVE TO SAVE/trash TO AQVAIL OURSELVES OF THAT REFUND POLICY..https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/middleeast/lebanon-garbage-crisis-river/index.html
have a look.
