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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone-36 here and a beautiful clear sky on the eastern horizon. No wind. Yesterday it flurried on and off with a bit of rain mixed in. today is supposed to be cool but clear.

Trip with sil went fine. We both wore our masks at the hospital- only 2 people we saw has no mask on but all kept a good distance away. It is good to spend time in the car even though I feel like a chauffeur driving Miss Daisy. lol
As soon as I got in the car I took off my mask. It is very hot and my glasses do fog up. We don't make any stops after the bandage change because too many people in too big a grocery store. We and most of my local friends are just going to the small  grocery store here in town.

A friend called last night and told me she had a doctor's appointment on Zoom this week. It was with her cardiologist. It took a little time to get it figured out but she said it went fine. She takes her own blood pressure and the doc said it was a bit high. She said it was from trying to figure out the computer.  lol Doctor laughed too. Anyhow I wonder if that's the way it will be for the time being.
The best news is that I got my mulch yesterday- a huge load!! He delivered it in a dump truck- a small one. Hubby said that looks like more than you've ever gotten before. Last year I got half a load. Well- I have plenty of time to get it done. Will take my time. going to get started today since the weekend weather is for rain and snow. wouldn't it be funny if I have to shovel off snow to put down mulch? Well- maybe not funny!!

Getting light- gotta go!
Have a great day jewelies.

[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  Nice day today, cooler but sunny!

rues... I think you got the right flower!!  You're good!  I went to our local grocery store on Wednesday and inside the front door there was a kid who asked me what size cart I wanted, then sprayed the whole thing for me.  Good idea. 

cal... Yes, Blacklist tonight!  Glad you got Smokey running good!  Is your arm ok after the wind knocked you down?  Time to get out your bubble wrap suit??     I laughed when you said the dogs were being rowdy and you told them to settle down and they both sat!!  lol  Cookie time, for sure!

lupine... Sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of you!  I used to get my mulch by the truckload, but I don't really have a good place to dump it and had to take care of the whole load in a weekend.  Can't do that anymore,so I just get the bags.

Hi to all!  Have a good evening!

[calhound]

Daily Updates
It?s Hard to Keep a Bear From Being a Bear - UPDATE April 10, 2020
10 April 2020
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Last evening, "Happy Cub" caught Tasha being a bear and biting bark. Tasha biting bark
Tasha biting bark
I suspect it is cedar bark because that is the only kind of bark I?ve seen them strip for bedding, and there are cedars in the enclosure. Good catch on the camera. They use it for spring beds out of the den and for bedding in dens.

Robin with earthworm
Robin with earthworm
Yesterday, 9 robins searched for food in the snow free area beside the WRI, and crows were behaving the same in other open patches. I had no idea what they were after. Then a male robin revealed the secret. Earthworms, of course! I just didn?t think they?d be up yet. I suspect some ground thawed with temperatures as high as 54?F. And maybe they got caught up on the surface by the cold that came with the snow storm a couple nights ago. Who knows, but they were catching earthworms on the surface here.

A sign of spring is catkins, an early bear food, developing on quaking aspen trees and willow bushes.

The biggest eye-bugging event today was a mature bald eagle flying in close to the window fully spreading its wings so I was looking at the underside of 6-7 feet of vertical wings wheeling in a sharp turn within 6 feet of my desk window. I was on the phone and not ready. I?d been wondering where the suet was disappearing to. I think the eagle was looking for suet. The camera is at the ready if an eagle ever gives another chance.

Willow catkins
Willow catkins
Quaking aspen catkins
Quaking aspen catkins
It was peaceful to see deer lying on the bare ground chewing their cuds in the yard like I used to see and hear while accompanying deer. The yard here is typical of the places the deer selected back in the old study (1977-1980). Chewing probably interferes with their ability to hear predators, so they selected fairly open upland locations with good visibility all around.

Deer resting
Deer resting at WRI
Deer resting with Lynn 1979
Deer resting with Lynn in 1979
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 42 here 55 in the barn 2 raccoonies. that would of been a cool picture of that eagle and maybe eating suet!  poor worm and tasha working away. deer are so pretty happy dr rogers feeds them too. he feeds them all there!

hi ra! i feel asleep again on blacklist but i do not worry it is recorded whenever ford opens back up i will watch the last two blacklist now jim be calling me and i would have to leave it like trying to read a book hay when he mows again i can watch one fast forward those commercials my arm is okay thanks for asking having real problems with my knees hurt alot feel swollen from behind the knee like smokie i need some new parts need to rebuild me. i went to walmart yesterday morning they open at 7 on friday got there about 7:15 and no line i parked over by that door this time and got right in had my mask on scarf gloves they had my purina kitten chow they had 5 bags i got 2 got more dog food should be good for a week soon as i got out to my car off came that mask. it is hot and happy to get that off. well griz is bark bark bark bark be happy when ford is back open and jim at work up early like me. i could not do no truck load of anything i would have to do bags too but i dont do mulch i do pee pellets for pearl. get them in the barn then i use a coffee can fill up part of a bucket take that to her area spread them out. oh griz yes girls were funny settle down and they sat right down got their cookies.

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[calhound]

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- just a quick note- I've been out the door at first light and getting a lot done. The mulch is good stuff- hauling by the wheelbarrow and bucket full. I take lots of breaks- chairs on the back porch and in barn garden. I was putting mulch around a huge clump of surprise lilies and uncovered a peonie I planted in 2018. Poor thing was barely visible so I got the shovel and dug out the lily. Whole bucket full of bulbs. Rain coming later today so I need to take care of those bulbs now,

I hope you are all doing well. Getting hungry for lunch already. lol

Have a great day jewelies!

[calhound]

hi lupe! good you take breaks. ive been mowing rain is holding off but coming tonight so trying to get mowing done.

hi ra rues well i did watch blacklist rewatched the whole thing and last week missed a little of it ended pretty sad for aram glen was pretty funny. 

[calhound]

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Ted, Woodchuck - UPDATE April 11, 2020
11 April 2020
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Today started with a brief sleet shower that Ted felt landing on his back (captured by "HappyCub").Ted with sleet
Ted with sleet

Next, a woodchuck stopped up to the second floor deck, but Donna and I didn?t have any broccoli out yet, so it paused briefly for an ID photo, ate a few sunflower seed hearts, and went back to its burrow for more excavation. It paused digging for a moment after rolling out a particularly big stone that is visible behind it. Later in the day, it lay in the sun flattened to the ground and perfectly still about 5 feet from the burrow. Babies come along in April or May, so I hope this is a female that we can watch interacting with them at this very visible burrow.

Woodchuck at burrow
Woodchuck at burrow
Woodchuck
Woodchuck

Deer were busy mowing the lawn on the sunny side of the WRI. Little new blades of grass are now sprouting up there but not elsewhere, so that warm spot is getting a lot of attention. Clumps of a different kind of grass were mowed earlier by them as shown in the picture. Deer have no top incisors, so they bite off grass and other greens by using their lower teeth to bite against a hard plate on the top jaw.

Deer browsing grass
Deer browsing grass
Grass browsed by deer
Grass browsed by deer
 

Not much bear action yet. No one around here has seen any, but one was spotted at a bird feeder only 6 miles away on April 5th. Keeping our eyes open.

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

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 54 64 in the barn i had my window ac on last night in my room dogs said too hot mom! so i turned it on. jim went down to the lake yesterday afternoon took his boat back down there and worked on the mobile home by himself. he is still down there but will be back today big severe storm to hit down there around 1 said should just miss kc i hope so lighting in the sky now. i love the update. ted should have on his raincoat. deer eyes so pretty like pearls. that woodchuck is just too cute so happy it is very close to dr rogers. hope a girl too see baby woodies. sweets does not have upper front teeth either but he has some upper way in the back got all his bottom teeth they are straight and very white he has really nice teeth. even with all the cookies donuts cake etc. well griz is starting up but jim not here to tell him to go lay down. bark away griz oh now the girls have joined in bay away.

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[calhound]

Happy Easter Jewelies!!

[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 48 here- way too warm so rain must be on the way. Snow up north maybe. Ted doesn't look the least upset by the sleet. I recognized the grass the deer browsed. I have lilies in my south flower beds that they eat off every spring. I don't know the botanical name but it is the only plant they eat; well, of course they like tulips but I don't have any of them any more. Friday night I woke up at 12:30 to noises on the back porch. Got up and turned on the light- huge racoon. I had left 2 buckets on the porch and he or she just had to check for goodies. no racoonie- i'm not cal- no cookies! lol

I've made a huge dent in my mulch pile. The two areas that had almost no mulch left are done. I've never really done the asparagus bed right before yesterday. I did see one spear that had broken the ground. Only one. A little rain would be nice now. It drizzled in the afternoon so I finished about 11.
Our grocery in our little town does various things on the grill on Saturdays from April to October so I went in. Wore my mask and got a few groceries too. They grill outside so I got to visit a bit too. The people around in the store and out had masks on and kept the distance from each other. Sanitation stations everywhere for hands and carts!
cal- the Easter bunny on a horse- very funny! lol

I hope everyone is healthy and making the most of this situation.

Have a great day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi lupe i got everyone fed did all litter boxes picked up dog poop in the dogs yard fed my barn mice easter donuts i got at walmart friday put more dog food out for raccoonies possum mice read book two of frankiestein yesterday last night getting ready to get book three. poor lupe raccoonies. you picked the wrong place no easter eggs there no memorial party food no treat at halloweenie just tricks no thanksgiving no merry christmas i think she feeds the birds! find some bird fud may find some cat fud here or there!

[johoward]

Hi EV1,
Happy Easter to you all.  We are isolating even today.  Don't like it, but Debbie will bring some no contact dinner later.  We will be happy just to see her, and maybe Shannon and John.
Joan back in bed suffering from lots of leg pain this morning.  Usually by now she can walk and sit without too much pain.  I am worried it will not get better.  Don't really have anything I can do to help. She has been off Prednisone for 8 days , and pain is coming back strong.  Her doctor suggested adding Plaquenil, but Joan was afraid it will hurt her eyes so has not started yet.  She needs something soon.  The only thing she is taking now is Methotrexate, and it is not enough yet.
Well God bless CUL  Prayers for those suffering today.

[calihoula]

hi joho hope you are at least enjoying your easter dinner and got to see shannon and john and of course debbie. hate for joan to be suffering. i know what pred is but not the other two. news showing opera singer from italy singing amazing grace wow he is so good! what a voice guess that is why he is an opera singer in italy. gb

[Nora in IA]

I hope everyone had a nice Easter.  We had rain all morning and most of the afternoon and then it turned to snow.  COLD north wind.