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Feeling Blessed - UPDATE January 8, 2020
08 January 2020
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Back home after 3 days with family and old friends in Michigan and feeling blessed. They were eventful days with restful evenings at daughter Kate and Adam?s house with special company from 15-year-old granddaughter Veronica?s dog Bitty.Lynn and Bitty
Lynn and Bitty
 The time together with everyone makes me doubly feel what is in the final section of the bio that Deb Isaacs has been writing about me. That section, entitled ?It Takes a Village: A personal message from Lynn Rogers? begins with ?I remain eternally grateful to my mother for giving me life and to my adoptive parents for giving me unconditional love and fostering my interest in nature. I am forever thankful for my loving family who all mean so much to me. My wife, Donna, encourages my research and made my dream of a North American Bear Center her dream as well.? The main reason for the trip was to spend time with my failing birth mother of 97.

Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

[calhound]

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- it's 35 here and I think the wind has let up a bit for now. cal- the wind you are having is heading our way. Just saw the forecast and we have snow chances Friday afternoon through Saturday. Yay!! And next week temps are going down- maybe into the minuses for morning. We'll see.

Just love the picture of Dr. Rogers with the dog asleep on him. That pooch looks exhausted!

It didn't take too long for me at the dentist- she had to do some trimming work on the redo so it would let my left side teeth meet the bottom. And it was only $152 so I was pleased. We went to Hy-Vee and I got a chicken breast and some grilled veggies and hubby got a tenderloin sandwich and mac and cheese. We did a little grocery shopping; stopped to get cat food; and dropped stuff off at the Goodwill store.

cal- how is the Roomba doing today?
Have a great day jewelies!

[calhound]

hi lupe been having some problems with the barn furnace not working right running all the time cold air coming out i checked said low battery in therm so fixed that worked for a minute then again so jim put in a new thermo but still hanging up put in a new circuit board so far okay we need to put in that new furnace in the garage waiting for the barn. pearl says it is going to get really cold get this fixed! wind is awful here 45 mph trying to covering up murray with tarps will cover smokey in the morning hope no wind now saying we are getting at  least 6 inches of snow but she is worried about all the ice to come tomorrow around 5pm lots of power outages and our propane is at 41% hope we got enough to get though an outage caused from all the ice.. be hard on me to get around might have to crawl to the barn scared to let the dogs out one fall and big trouble for them. ice go away i just got my roomba out and made a place for the docking station by the tv and it took off i hit something said docking and it tried to dock but that thing is so flimsy i had to hold it for it to dock so i duct taped it to the floor and then it found it so charging right now i had to tied up my little drapes on the sides windows on the front door pick up my moms little stool deal pick up boo boos toys pick up his water bowl i got all my wooden dining room chairs in the living lined up against the back wall cause of dogs eating them. and my cousin janice gave me a couple so lots of chairs against that wall hope this thing just goes around all of them. at dr westmans i heard a country station playing on his radio and dr ben always listens to 101 the fox hits from the 70s. i said hey someone changed the station and desi said tanya did and we lowered the temp in here too he keeps it so hot i said well well when the cats away.....

[ruesgram]

Good morning, Jewelies! It's a sunny 34 outside and the street sweeper just went past my house! In years past, it would have been the snow plow! A big warm up is coming. Now they say 72 on Saturday with rain. I filled the bird feeders earlier this morning. Shortly after I heard the birds in distress. The hawk had come for breakfast. Thankfully all the birds made it to safety deep within the bushes. He took a swoop at a group of the birds in the big azalea next to the porch, missed and flew against the screen on the screened porch! I saw this huge bird's chest and under wings splayed out on the screen. He was beautiful! Just took him a second to compose himself and he flew over to the swing. He was all fluffed out. All the birds were quiet not one moved. A couple minutes later he flew off. Now everyone is back at the feeders and enjoying their breakfast! I have a feeling he will come back sooner or later.

Cal, nice pic of Dr Rogers and Bitty! Glad he was able to visit his birth mom. Crow's birth mom passed away in Dec. She was 93. She lived with Crow's half sister in AZ. We hadn't seen her in probably 30 years. In the last few years we had exchanged Christmas cards. We didn't even know she was in ill health. My family life was idyllic compared to his. I'm excited to hear how Roomba does! I just noticed a dust bunny under the kitchen table! I need a Roomba! Lol! Hope the barn furnace works. Got to keep Pearl warm! At least you know a good HVAC repairman! You have to get a new crown? It's been a long time, knock on wood, since I've had to have one. I have a silver one on a molar. I hate how it looks. All my others are white. Seems like all the dentists around here are merging with other dentists. My old dentist did and that's the main reason why I left his practice. The other was the distance. Now I have a 5 minute drive compared to a half hour! Have you had time to watch the Blacklist winter finale yet? It's a good one!

Lupe, that sounds like a reasonable price for your dental work. That trimming to make the teeth align is always the part I hate! I've even had to go back and have the dentist trim more off! Hope you get some snow!

Have a nice day!

[calihoula]

hi rues ive been working in the barn roomba working in livingroom still at it i emptied it three times so far hear it bumping in stuff think jim is home dogs outside really warm out windy i read some roombas just take off go all over mine does that i had to duct tape down area rug in a corner take off deal at the bottom keep front door from flinging back on wall dogs dont get to go out front anymore so not flinging that door open leaving holes in the wall. its kinda loud but doing a good job it got under the couch oh no but got back out oh it stopped dinging before go see bad little hawk! i run mine off leave my little bird alone sharpie! i will watch blacklist tonight on my ipad wish i had it recorded.

[calihoula]

oh cool rues roomba done docked itself thank goodness for duct tape it did a good job too! down the road may invest in one that empties itself but for now happy with this one dogs want in boo boo in my nice clean living room  oh jim called our propane man he said he will be up this way today come by and fill us up! jim getting this deal for pearls furnace its working but make sure it keeps on cause you know pearl not an outside horse along with sweets the not an outside goat.

boo boo feet clean he went right over to roomba i said nothing he went to lay on the couch watching it i emptied it saw looks like it charging and not all dirt picked up if roomba fires back up takes off boo boo will come unglued sos 911

[calhound]

Daily Updates
Back to Home and Nature - UPDATE January 9, 2020
09 January 2020
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I believe this picture of me with Mom Gerry was when she was telling me she?d ?had a good life.?Gerry and Lynn
Mom Gerry and Lynn

The next day, my sister Joyce (75) and I visited the old neighborhood where we grew up and a 5-acre field where our family raised organic vegetables to eat and for me to sell to raise money for college. At first we couldn?t find the old property. The field is now a forest, and the garden is now an upscale housing development. We also visited the stream where I spent a lot of time trout fishing before getting into photography in my 20?s and then bear research.

I?ve been thinking about Gerry and her rapid descent ever since I saw her, so it was nice to have Stripe the Mink waiting for me at our window when I arrived at the WRI today. She made 19 visits for bologna and one frozen deer mouse between 8:30 and 9 AM and another 5 visits for bologna between 3:30 and 3:45 PM.

American Goldfinches like this male in winter plumage spent the day high in a birch tree plucking seeds from catkins with occasional breaks for a course of sunflower seeds just outside the window.

Mink Stripe
Mink stripe
Goldfinch
Goldfinch

As great as the trip was, it?s good to be back home and working.

Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 40 here 50 in the barn so furnace never kicked on. it was working last night jim is getting new guts for it this morning so be like a new one when he puts those in there. oh griz trying to hurry here. now calling for ice around 8 or 9 hope so sister will be home by then. but huge snow to come maybe 8 inches. but snow! i love that stripe was waiting for dr rogers and sounds like she thought okay when you get back i am going to really stock up!! sure do wish clear would show up. funny you go back home and everything is gone different i know how that is too. my old neighborhood big huge shopping mall now.

hi jp! hope you are doing good. have not seen you here for awhile.

well griz and the girls are calling me

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[calhound]

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 24 here and all is quiet for now. al- I think your storm is headed our way. Unfortunately they are calling for sleet and freezing rain to start around 3 this afternoon. Then snow. We are taking my sil to the city for a procedure- her appointment is at 1:30. We'll be cutting it close depending on how they are running. It's one of several appointments on the way to a diagnosis so we don't really want to cancel it. Maybe I can talk hubby into calling to see if we can move up the time to this morning. Maybe someone who lives far away will cancel.

It was 58 here yesterday and I went to the summer house and brought up the 2 snow shovels. The wind blew so hard it knocked the bird feeder off. I went out and rearranged the bricks it sits on so it was lower in the container and refilled it. Lots of feed on the ground but I left it there.

cal- did the Roomba come to life and scare boo boo?

Love the picture of Stripe with bologna in his mouth. Who would have guessed he would like that?

Time for breakfast- hi to jp, ra, rues, nora, johoward and all I missed. Have a great day jewelies!

[calhound]

hi lupe i went to work in the barn and shut roomba down. then charged it back up it did not come back on will only do that if i press clean twice so like that. would not like boo boo to press that with his nose though. it is sweeping right now for me boo boo outside in the rain he wanted too. penny is watching it from the other side of the gate but keeping her mouth shut brown outside with boo boo went to walmart to get more dog food cat food soup place was packed and i went early came out to rain went to the feed store came home unloaded pearls stuff walking in mud  not in the barn jim left a message he is downtown got the guts for pearls furnace he has to work tomorrow and sunday just go in for a couple of hours but going to be so bad in the morning saying stay off roads blizzard condition i think his dad should hole up and jim not try to go clear over there and shovel his sidewalk just stay in. i got smokey covered up temp is dropping now be a nightmare later this afternoon. be careful lupe and hubby. roomba working away jim just saw him this morning. nice to have the living room done by someone else. oh i dont hear roomba wait i do he must of went clear over to the gate by the kitchen. i think i will name him trigger. says to name your roomba. trigger was a hard working horse of roy rogers. love roy rogers. oh your birds will get that seed no big wind here right now calling for later of course but i got smokey covered. hope all goes with sil and you get there and back safe!!

[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  Supposed to rain here every day for the next week, except Sunday!  We've really had a rainy, warm winter, so far.  It was colder in November than it's been since!  The guys finally came today to take down my hickory tree in the front yard by the road.  I'll be glad to see that darn thing gone... too many nuts and leaves to clean up.

cal... I have to laugh at your name for your new roomba!  Trigger!  lol  My daughter has one... she named her Gladys.  She likes to get stuck in places!  Pretty noisy too, so you can't watch tv while she's working.  Hope the roads don't get too awfully bad there... 8 inches is a lot at one time!  Stripe is so cute!!  Glad she knows where to go for food.  Dr. Rogers mother must have been a teenager when she had him... Didn't he just turn 80?  She looks good for her age!

lupine... I've been meaning to ask you... Does bread and potatoes really contribute to inflamation??  Hadn't heard that before.  Something to keep in mind though...  Hope you get home today before roads get bad!  Be careful!

rues...  When does Blacklist come back on?  I hadn't seen any previews yet.  Yes, Manifest was pretty exciting!  It's going to be warm here, too... around 70 this weekend!  My kind of winter!  lol   

Hope everyone has a good day!  Hi to all!  Going out for an early supper to the Mexican restaurant later after my daughter gets out of school.  Hope the guys are done with my tree by then.

[calhound]

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[calhound]

hi ra! i let boo boo and brownie in the kitchen my two aggressors and man barking and growling at trigger! but trigger kept at it he had to go to the barn get a drink eat some hay take a nap and after he is recharged not running him no mo today. eventually he will get all the stuff in the living room boo boo back in the living room already tore up a toy stuff all over the floor. that poor horse.  just went to the barn pearl had laid down in crud so got her all cleaned up its like she got her winter coat overnight today she is really wooly looking jim not home yet. trigger gets around pretty good lots of banging around but finds he way out and about. yes noisy no hearing the tv but i am usually doing other stuff i cleaned my room while trigger was working the livingroom i thought he could get under that gate but he cant but when he hit it the dogs came unglued they also went back out. i saw my dogs working on something i think like a card asked me if they could spend their allowance on something well okay. yes dr rogers mom must of been a teenager maybe why she gave him up for adoption he looks like her i think he is 80. she looks good. i googled blacklist and said it will be back in march and be more lighthearted i will like that still will have stuff you know but happy it will be back and i got that recording now! can record the whole series and watch it on my big tv with a clear clear picture.

hi rues! omg i watch the season finale of blacklist last night omg so good!! at least march not that far off either.