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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- can you believe it??  56 degrees here already. And a beautiful full moon or close to it in the west sky. What a start to the day which is Tuesday. Without a normal routine it's hard to keep up with which day of the week it is.

cal- in the picture the green building is Spitty and Shadow's house. It is also known as the summer house or summer kitchen. Over the years it has been used as a lot of things but right now it is a cat lodging and my gardening stuff is in there. It really needs to be torn down and rebuilt but is not on hubby's priority list. It also is one of the original buildings on the farm and so hubby has a sentimental attachment to it. Sigh. The red building is one of many storage sheds for hubby stuff.

I guess I can only attach one picture at a time. I thought it was 3 but it must have changed. Either that or I am just tech challenged once again. lol I wish I could post my pictures like Dr. Rogers. His are awesome.

I had a surprise waiting for me yesterday afternoon. I was listening to podcasts with the headphones or talking on the phone and hubby was in the basement making all sorts of noise. I happened to walk outside and a pot of pansies was on the table by the backdoor.No note but I suspect it was a neighbor who brightened my day. One thing  learned when I moved to Iowa was that to classify as a neighbor you only had to live within a 5 mile or so radius.

I hope to do stuff outside today- maybe rain later. Yesterday I cleaned and vacuumed. Not my favorite.
Have a great day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi lupe! its 76 here i mowed the dogs yard side yard pearl has her fan on sweets too it was 72 in there getting ready to go turn them fans off. hate for sweets to get sick again. i know full moon so cool in the morning. nice hubby has attachment to those outbuildings when we bought this land it had an big barn i loved it but jim took it down built his shop there plenty of land he could of built that shop next to it scout would of loved it. so good for hubby. nice of your neighbor i miss corey he was the best neighbor.

i held them baby porkies for 3:21

[calhound]

black bear people of ely mn said this..No internet at the cabin, so no update tonight. LM

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 56 here 62 in the barn. griz bark bark bark cant think smokie down in jims shop up on the lift torn apart again i drove him yesterday to get gas died on me i had to coast in the fire dept parking lot jim came jumpstarted me got gas and hurried home we was worried about the curvy hilly narrow rural hwy smoke made it thru that died again by the schoolhouse got it in the shop worse now than it was think that alternator is okay but the wiring going to it one wire okay other nothing coming thru it helps gets the alternator going. so a process now have to trace all the way back to wire is besides on the alternator. i need to go to price choppers not walmart not messing with walmart got to hurry here.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 48 here this morning and it looks to be clear. We had a bit of hail last night- don't know what time- I was already in bed.I went outside before 7 and worked until 11:30 when I came in for lunch. digging and potting plants- cleaning a container and put it away. I put some plants in north of the house along the road. So hard to plant- lots of dried grass and ground is clayey and still have lots of roots from when there were grapes vines all over. My body complained about uneven ground and hard digging so I think i'll quit doing stuff there.

However, I woke up to 3 big buckets of ditch lilies on my back porch. My sil was talking about taking them out at her house and I said i'd take them. But I thought there weren't that many- yeesh! I may put them along the edge of the field along the road south or our house. It is level and that is where they burned last week so I won't have to fight dead grasses, etc.  It looks from the forecast that I should do that this morning because it is going to rain and then get cold for a week- cold front coming through today. Getting light out and it is foggy here.

We are still staying home- I don't like to talk on the phone usually but have been keeping in touch with friends periodically. Today is my friend Lucy's birthday and we usually go out to eat. I sent a card ladt week and i'll call today to catch up with her. We'll go out later whenever ykw is bye-bye.

Time for breakfast- be safe out there cal. I did find some dust masks to use when we go out.

Have a great day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi lupe jim got me some masks awhile back yes dropping temps here maybe snow but then lots of rain  may have pearls fan on for rain see how she likes it when colder out on now she likes it not directly on her where she eats but helps keep her floor dry. sweets is not on. he is fine without his on. i went to price choppers had to park at far door but no one there really went in a guy sitting at a table put down an x cause i went in sign stay 6 ft apart i know they had everything i went for stocked up got my kiwistrawberry drink had tons of it.  left there went to mcdonalds got jim his two bacon cheese egg biscuits got gas it was 1.60 washed my car sure my car thought omg been long time i went in town i always use the hand one jim does the drive thru one no was there either so no mask on came home oh called missy she is home sounded weak still on oxygen cant work for awhile but at home with her pets and her daughter her daughter is 15 done such a good job helping her mom miss said last night she took her own bath was exhausted she is still on oxygen. im going to get her daughter a walmart gift card for doing such a good job. i am not a phone person either but sometimes you got too. i swept my kitchen floor made mice a lemon cake wiped down all my counters table enough house work for now heading back to the barn turned on big ac not having it hot in the rest of the house today 80 today already hot out all dogs sleeping in the kitchen boo boo on couch i put a box fan on by the dogs too behind a vent blowing out ac. 

[calhound]

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I?ve missed a lot the last couple days with my email, internet, and furnace on the fritz and my cell phone not working after I dropped it in a puddle. All are working again.20200408 Raccoon
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20200408 Gull 6 O'clock mate
20200408 Gull 6 O'clock mate
Lucky and Holly are back to their old ways of enjoying each other?s company with play and closeness. Good to see. Tasha brought back good memories of walking with bears and learning about a favorite food that I would never have suspected from examining scats. Came spring, and the sap was running in the maples and bears were demonstrating that people are not the only critters that like maple syrup. Tasha knew what to do when she found that treat in the enclosure. Pooch captured the action in this 2?-minute video of Tasha at a red maple. Tasha Snacking at an NABC Tree ~ 4/5/2020

Out the window, the Eyes of the Night preserved a searching look from a raccoon while the rest of the world slept. By day, the gull named 6 O?clock struck a dramatic pose while his mate watched with what I would think would be admiration. At least that is what I felt when I saw it.Tasha licking sap
Tasha licking sap

At this moment a snow squall is trying to undo the melting of the last few days, but any success with that will be brief at this time of year. I look forward to seeing the view in the morning.

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

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 37 here 56 in the barn 4 raccoons one possum. pictures are great once again in the update. tasha enjoying that maple syrup. oh man got griz in here driving me nuts pawing whining bumping my arm having to retype over and over. it got up to 83 yesterday afternoon then a north wind came and hard high winds i came out of the barn with my arms full of pearls old hay and the wind knocked me down on my sidewalk. hurt my arm i had to wait for it to die down before i could open the door back up got inside finally then saw it was getting very cold tonight so went back out there and turned off the fans griz came in turned on the heat picked up my heavy book i put over the vent in the half bathroom where i got louie my parakeet and my mice hamster let the heat back in later. at least stay cold today and tomorrow i think

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[lupinelady]

good morning everyone- I haven't been out yet because the cats are sleeping in but it is clear. Sunny and cool today. The highs for the next nine days will be in the fortys. It was A great two days these last two. I was out for a total of five or six hours yesterday. got all the ditch lilies taken care of. It was hard work. I used the pickup and could drive all my stuff where I needed it. And even though the dead stuff had been burned off it was still hard digging- many roots. After that I dug up a hosta and potted starts, moved a moonbeam coreopsis and dug up and potted some mums.

Just saw forecast  20- 40 mph winds and rain/snow mix this afternoon. Hmmm. So glad I got so many projects done so far this spring. Sure was tired last night.

The update photos were great- the wings on that gull are impressive. And I would have never guessed bears would find and lick up maple syrup in the spring. My neighbor to the south and his friend tap trees and make syrup every year. He brought me a bottle a couple weeks ago. It must have been after social distancing began because I was outside and started toward him to take it. He said no- I washed everything real good. He is an airline pilot and comes in contact with a lot of people. I keep forgetting how old I am and that i'm in the  elderly category now. lol
cal- you need an anchor when you go out in the wind. I don't think it got to 80 here but I was out in shorts and a cotton turtleneck.
Today is a trip to the hospital with my sil to get her PIC bandage changed. Funny how that has become our only outing for the week.
Have agreat day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi lupe! oh you work so hard you love flowers like my mom did. she dug out like thirty little cedars from a ditch got out of her car with her shovel and pots brought them to me they are behind my propane tank in the area over in hay field just all over i watered them every single day till they got big. wind is 40 mph at gust i was going to the barn had my can of dry dog food sack with cake cookies crackers but other hand my cane. so i stood there till the gust past moved on. jim got smokie fixed! ran a new wire from alternator to starter and something. low battery light is finally off he showed me alternator now charging my battery that bad wiring draining it. my mom had 100 maybe more potted flowers and plants. i found some neighbors of hers that took them went to good homes. tonight weatherman says hard frost 26 cover bring in tender plants i got some hens and chickens by my front porch my mom planted i will cover them hate to lose them. hope all goes well today for sil. brownie and penny been all wound up today the cold weather they love it running thru the kitchen playing hard that is 250 lbs of dogs bumping me i yelled you better simmer down and both of them sat right down looking at me where is our cookie sitting down. 

[calihoula]

hi rues i googled where is season four queen victoria said there will be a season four daisy someone is writing it now hay maybe onslows daisy  and she said someone will die many think it will be albert 

[ruesgram]

Hi Jewelies! Got a lot of things done outside while we were having summer temps! Now we are experiencing late winter temps! Low 50's today and tomorrow and low 30's with frost tonight and tomorrow night. Mountains may get some snow. I knew Mother Nature would trick us! Tuesday,  while summer was visiting in the 80's, we trimmed 4 feet off the top of the forsythia. I warned it that if it didn't bloom this spring I would drastically cut it back! There's still 4 ft left. I may trim more of it back if the mood strikes me! I know the sparrows aren't happy with me because they like to hang out in that bush. But the quince bush is still huge so they have plenty of places to hide.

Cal, my sis and I went to Walmart yesterday morning. I asked baby sis if she could make us masks and she said sure! She even delivered them to my house. So we wore pretty homemade calico material masks! They were pretty and functional but boy were they hot! I kept fogging up my glasses! Walmart was counting how many customers were entering and exiting. Inside there were very few shoppers. About 50-50 were wearing masks and others weren't. Neither of us had been shopping for a week so our buggies were full! We had trouble finding a place in her car to place all our bags! Today Crow and I went to Sam's. Their gas was $1.61! A penny more than yours! Can't believe those prices. Of course we hadn't driven any place so we didn't need any. I told Crow we needed to get a big tank and fill it up with the cheap gas! Yay, glad Smokie is doing well! Wish Crow had Jim's talent! He knows nothing about car repairs. Excellent update pics today! Who knew bears liked tree sap!  Thanks for the Queen's info! I know in real life Albert does die young at age 42. I don't know how old he was at the end of last season's show. Speaking of Daisy... I read an article about Daisy, Judy Cornwell. She turned 80 in February!

Lupe, last night around 2 am we had a round of severe weather that woke me up. Thunderstorms with high winds and hail. After they passed through I started hearing robins chirping. They did that for 2 hours! Finally I fell asleep. When I woke at 7, they weren't chirping any more. Have you ever heard of that before? Wonder why they did that? How lucky for you to get plants from your neighbors! Love your daffodils. My late varieties are blooming now. Daffodils are one of my favorite flowers. I say that about all my flowers! I don't remember my grandpa's drilling machine being that tall! But then I never saw it upright! Thanks for the pics! Hope your sil's trip today went well.

Ra, oh my gosh, a little bull! How sweet! Is someone looking for him? Hmm, without I pic, I can't figure out what flower you have. I have a white flower that blooms in spring called a star of Bethlehem. Wonder if that's what you have? Wilson and Tela are supposed to have their shots next Monday if it isn't cancelled again. Robin wants to cancel the visit until ykw is out of here for good since they say cats can get it. I think Wilson has spring fever! He runs through the house like a wild cat and flies through the doggy door leaving the flap flying! He loves his screened porch!

Jo, hope Joan is feeling better today.

Have a nice evening, Jewelies! Stay safe!

[calhound]

black bear people of ely mn said this...No update, date night for Dr. Rogers. LM

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 25 but no wind 53 in the barn 3 raccoons soon they will be bringing their kids. i might have to buy more dry food for them. dr rogers sure dates alot!

hi rues! wow daisy is 80 hope she is doing well good she is still here. i know onslow is not. yes they said albert died at 42 in real life and i saw a picture of them both the real albert and victoria looks nothing like our tv ones. tv ones so nice looking. on the show jenna the queen said her character is 31 with 7 children! so it could be albert to go this season whenever it gets ready to show. she also said that this may be her last season as they will have the queen be older and cast someone else to play her.  she said she would like to keep playing her something about having to sit for hours for makeup to make her look older wish i had that problem and so they will most likely find someone else to play her. only had 3 seasons already getting old and a bunch of kids. i know rues i get hot with my mask on too. get to my car take that off! when i am driving with my sunglasses i take it off cause fogs up my glasses too. im feeling like really no end in sight with ykw. i am short on bird seed thought i had another bag so i will have to get out and get that

hi ra blacklist tonight! its friday right?

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[calhound]

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