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[calhound]

hi joho i forgot did you see that space launch yesterday it was awesome!

[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- a chilly 50 here and the sun is up!  Perfect start to the day.  I didn't get to see Mom R. and the babies last night either. But the male came and ate all the food. What a bummer. It took him a long time. I watched him while I was on the phone talking to a friend for 2 hours and 12minutes.
Wow- that was a record for me. I  slept in this morning after not turning the light out until 10:30.

We had an interesting new experience yesterday because of ykw. The dad of a friend of hubby's passed away and the had a drive through visitation. A first for us. It was at their church which is in the country on a gravel road so little traffic. We came to a representative of the funeral home who gave us a copy of the obituary and took our names to put in the book and then they had a table with pictures, etc. Then the family- maybe 15 to 20 people were in chairs in a line and we drove by and gave sympathies, etc. I liked it because hubby had to do all the talking- i'm sure he knows I really am uncomfortable at these things. giving condolences to people I don't know seems fake to me. Well- anyhow- a sign of the times- at least for the summer.

Was watching Ted a bit ago and he turned over and stayed on his back for maybe a minute. Then rolled over to his other side. I wonder if when he sleeps on his back if he snores?
Need to check food bowls.

Have a great day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi lupe! drive thru funeral well it was safe and had one. seeing if you got to see mom and babies maybe this morning.  saw on our local news kc mayor telling troublemakers to stay home 50 arrrest at plaza last night caused destruction. i think there is a difference in protesters and rioters. saw trump ready to let the dogs out lots of target stores closed now going to have to do something this as barney use to say nip this in the bud. snoring ted 

[johoward]

hi ev1,
my kind of day here 55 with bright sun and little breeze.  went for about 2 hour ride.  joan doing better. sleeping in her chair by TV.
Yesterday she fell again fooling around in flower bed.  luckily I had left garage doors open, and could hear her calling me.  She got just a few tiny scratches on her arm.  very lucky how she falls without harm.  She can get up with just a little help now.  thank God.  Still it is so scary.  I really worry all the time I can't see her.
We were both mapping yesterday at  3pm.  I woke up at 3:21 and woke her right away so we both watched the blast off.  I was very tense, but also proud when it was over.

This is really historic.
God bless all in need today and put aside the hatred at large.

[calihoula]

hi joho whew you guys almost missed lift off! yes history it was great love space program we need to have that. good joan okay from her fall i always feel lucky when i fall im okay. its scarey to fall. dont need a broken hip or worse neck. but you know sometimes just fall. yes please put the hatred aside.

hi ra hope you finally get your fridge tomorrow i did not email you cause you said it was on the dark side...luke i am your father..

[ra]

hi Jewelies!  It was supposed to be cooler today, dry and less humid... but... it was still very hot!  I'm not ready for summer!

cal... I talked to the delivery guy today and he said we're on for tomorrow morning.  I told him I wasn't going to hold my breath. lol  I wanted to tell you... since you guys are talking about the space shuttle... Clemson grand's boyfriend is in the Rocket Club at Clemson and Wednesday he was on tv!! our local channel... he was interviewed about the rocket launch, since he's the club spokesman.  He was cute and quite professional!  Everyone that was at that giant pool party is supposed to go into quarantine... like that's going to happen, right?  I found out yesterday that my email problems were an AT&T problem, not mine!!  Whew!  Guess it happened to other people, too.  That makes me feel better!   I should be good to go now.

joho... glad you woke up in time to watch the launch!

lupine... That was quite a different funeral.  I'm hoping we'll be able to get back to normal one day if possible.  good news that your sil is finished with her treatments!  I'm sure she's very happy!!  I'm enjoying hearing about your raccoons, too!     I'm still feeding the animals... not sure exactly what I'm feeding.  lol  I haven't seen the deer anymore, but that doesn't mean they haven't been here.  I now know that crows like watermelon and bread... lots of bread.  lol  I threw out a couple of cut up apples, and some pieces of watermelon rind, too.  Every day when I get up, everything is gone.

rues...  What does creeping Charlie look like?  I bet I have some,too.  I worked in the yard today and pulled out some poison ivy that my grand showed me.  I didn't want to spray it, so I took a chance and pulled it out.  It was under one of my biggest azaleas and didn't want to kill it too.  I immediately came in and took a shower and ran my leather gloves through the washer.  Swept the driveway and put down another 5 bags of mulch.

Peace, Jewelies!  I'm so glad I don't live in a city!     Such a sad time for our country...

[calhound]

Daily Updates
Sharon?s Bear News - UPDATE May 31, 2020
31 May 2020
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Words from Sharon Herrell, Sr. Bearkeeper at the North American Bear Center:

20200531 Tasha ball
Tasha and her ball
Good day to all! The sun was bright and beckoned the new day to be fresh and filled with bear joy.

The bears and I are looking forward to their Half-birthday Celebration. It?s so suspenseful, who will get that strawberry? Please keep voting for your favorite bear; it?s fun and the bears need your votes, and it will take your mind off of current events. We can?t thank you enough for all the votes/donations we have received so far.Holly eats
Holly sits for a meal

All the bears are doing well and as you see by looking on the cams the grass is growing, and Ted thinks it?s yummy. All the bears have been seen eating mouthfuls of grass on the mound. Holly likes the white clover near the viewing area windows. I?ve mentioned before that I plant rye grass and clover on the mound.

The wild bear along with its sibling has been visiting outside the fence and becoming a nuisance to Holly. She patrols her cub tree area very well. Ted paces near Tasha?s pen probably hoping for another visit.

Tasha has been enjoying her tubs as play toys. Yesterday, she was rocking herself and I thought maybe she'd like a large screen tv to go with that. Hahaha, I guess not.Ted on mound
Ted on mound

Lucky bear is often found just above the bunker dens. He has a direct view into the woods across the service road between the fences. The cinnamon phased black bear, a sibling to Bandit, is usually sitting on the wild side of the fence looking at him.

Neither Bandit nor his sibling scare easily, they have to be chased away from the fence. Holly is coming into estrus and I'm sure that's the reason the bears are there.

Please enjoy the pictures this week, Tasha was especially cute. Ted, as handsome as ever sat with expressions of love on the mound eating grass.

Lucky, found logs to be his pleasure and after doing his shoulder to shoulder routine tossed it into the pond.

Lucky saunters
Lucky saunters up
Tasha sits
Tasha finds a resting spot
Ted splash
Ted splashes in the pool
 

Our Holly spent time doing her job of protecting her territory.

Don't forget to vote for your favorite bear to get his or her favorite pinata. Your donations go directly to bear food and their care. Stay safe, stay positive,

Half-Birthday Event

Thank you for all you do,

Sharon Herrell, Sr. Bearkeeper

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

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 66 here 69 in the barn 5 raccoonies. i love this update and the pictures at first i thought did they say that was ted up that tree! no it was not lol that little tasha so funny holly on patrol.  lucky handsome bear too like ted. sharons bears are all beautiful and seem really happy. course it takes a village to raise 4 bears.

Hi Ra! yay fridge this morning! and yay your email is okay! that is just so cool your clem grands boyfriend was on the tv for that launch!! and so cool he is in that club! it was nice to have that on the news take a break from ykw and the rioters. this is a very sad time for our country i too am happy i do not live in the city i was thinking that yesterday when i was out in the barn told pearl i am happy i do not live the city and she said i hear ya. you know them pool party people not about to go in quarantine they are not afraid of getting it. fools. when i mowed the dogs yard this stuff light green taking over their yard i wonder if it was that creepy charlies too. poison ivy all over here i pulled some growing around my door out to my sidewalk to the barn in the big water bowl i came in washed my hands too but i believe i have one spot on the side of my hand been putting calamin stuff on it. sure do miss winter. no mowing for me or jim and no poison ivy and maybe football be back.

hi lupe! did you get to see mom and baby raccoonies? what happened to that one cat coming around that boy? like ra what does creepy charlie look like? oh well there goes griz i got to take him to petes tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 to get his ear medicine. pete has to see him so he can give him that medicine like see him once a year  missy thought he might just come out to the car and do that. that would be great.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning  everyone- well, I slept in this morn and I thought I chased mama R. off when I put out the cat food . At least a racoon ran off. I talked really nice- said come back- here's your food. But it ran off. I made my coffee and looked out again and Wow- the mama R was there at the big bowl of food.  I've never seen her babies. So? I don't know who it was that ran off. I do know the one who is getting the food now is a mama R. I didn't stay up last night - I haven't seen the babies since that first night. The food I put out was gone this morning.

cal- I haven't seen the stray cats lately either. Just the black guy who wanders in and out all day. If I can i'll get a picture of some creeping Charlie- cute little blue blossoms but very invasive.

We went on a drive yesterday- did back roads for almost 5 hours and didn't hit even a little town. We took a break at the parking lot of a little used church to get out and walk a bit. I just love looking at people's yards to see the landscaping, etc. We saw some beautiful woods yesterday. Crossed the Des Moines river several times.

Need to get going. I've decided to brave the big grocery stores today and stock up the pantry, We don't use canned goods a lot but I am super low. Need toilet bowl cleaner. lol.

ra- yay fridge today.

Have a great day jewelies!

[calhound]

hi lupe so happy mom raccoonie ate those babies are not far and maybe more than one raccoonie mom mine stick together with their kids which i like safety in numbers. i went to big walmart price chopper got gas and drove right past the bank rats but i gotta take griz to see pete tomorrow so will do it then

i came home went to the barn and was doing chores giving out treats and birds got all upset and i looked past pearl there was a really big black snake maybe edgy snake  so i calmly got my new net a poop bucket went in he was going behind the insulation on that back wall i grabbed his tail and yank it hard out he came mad too. he was heavy too tried to keep him away from my face i threw him in the bucket but it fell over i still had him got the bucket up and he got me but i did not let go got him in the bucket put the net over it and held it down went out of the barn the net is triangle on a round bucket so had to hold it down no cane and so hot out walked down the driveway he was trying to get out had his head up i whacked his head he ducked backed down i saw blood running down my hand where he got him so i walked all the way down and up the road past jims shop he raised his head again i did not whack him yelled get your head down he did too. finally got him release and back to the barn now birds are calm and mice are too. came in scrubbed my hand he got me in between my middle finger on my right and missed a big fat blue vein and he got me on ring finger knuckle split it open it was turning black and blue i took an anitbiotic and put my first aid stuff on it took the sting out.  i am sure my really huge one still in there under all the hay if so i will need help getting it out unless i can i make a loop in my lead rope and get it around its tail pull tight and drag it out i really doubt i can do maybe it left last fall.

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 66 here 70 in the barn 6 raccoonies and two babies babies out and eating dog food out of the pans. so darn cute too.  my snake bites look pretty good this morning does not hurt at all. jim got pearls pasture mowed yesterday afternoon and i got the dogs yard done went over it twice. storms they said wed afternoon. hope they are wrong.  my internet was off when i came in not happy called them and it was on their end he said just dropped and then came back up. hmm well at least back on now this is why i got their wifi system

Ra!! please tell us you got your new fridge yesterday and it was the right on too.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 68 here already with low 90's predicted. Moan!!! I decided to post early because I need to go out and cut some flowers that were blown over yesterday. High winds even kept me off the porch. But....
I did start a 15 minute yoga class on you tube. Very easy- sitting. May need to find another one. I've been saying for 20 years (at least) that I really should do yoga- so now since I can't go into the rec center i'm starting a new routine.

I went to the big grocery stores yesterday- between 7 and 9 supposed to be for the elderly, etc. I found my toilet bowl cleaner- yay- and even got some toilet paper. Oh and I got actual food too.  Then as we were unloading bertha our nephew called and said he was bringing out lunch to us. The little diner we like is right next to his business and he goes there often too. Well- first Monday of the month is always liver and onions and theirs is so good. Our nephew knows we like that.  And we also got a cinnamon roll; They make the best!  So it was a really perfect day.

cal- ouch on the snake bite-yeesh!! Glad to hear it looks okay today.
ra- yes- please tell us you got your new fridge yesterday.

Have a great day jewelies!

[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  Summer is here... that's all I have to say about my weather.  Yuck.

Yes, I got my new fridge!!  My kitchen is back to normal... no more refrigerator central!!  lol  The washer worked great... kept my meat that was on the bottom of the pile nice and frozen.  The ice cream was on top and it got kinda soft, but it was a good idea.  I had read that when your power goes off for an extended amount of time, to use the washer and keep putting ice in it.  New fridge is kinda small, but that's ok for me... I don't have much in it anyway.

cal... A snake bite??  Ouch!  So glad black snakes aren't poisonous!!  Is your hand swollen?

lupine... So nice of your nephew to bring you food from one of your favorite restaurants!! 

Hi to everyone!  Have a good day... and Peace.

[calhound]

hi ra yay you got your fridge and washer worked great does your new one look smaller cause you are use to the monster? did monster go back yesterday okay? it is summer here too! upper 90's it is really hot happy i mowed yesterday afternoon when only hot and had a breeze dogs run out pee run back in lay on the vents brownie and penny will have those allergies soon i am afraid griz goes this afternoon i will have to figure out what to do with my garage cats i need to take griz thru the laundry room and they need to be in there. no my hand is not swollen yes ra wish for peace

[ra]

hi cal... Glad your hand isn't swollen.  Yes, they took the black monster and my old fridge away yesterday.  This new one is a little shorter than the old one that wasn't really old.  I call it my old one, but it was only 2 years old and looked like new.  Hope they don't have to scrap it and can fix it somehow and maybe give it to someone who really needs one.  Good luck with Griz today!