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[calihoula]

hi lupe no dont think we get any rain from laura its hot hot again wonder if a raccoonie dragged that rev stuff out there maybe spitty and shadow said lets ditch this stuff! its amazing what we can do for our kids joe texted me be here at 4 instead of 3 i texted back ok gate is open he sent a cartoon. pic of a cowboy giving the thumbs up lol

hi joho jim was holding pearls tie down i put her medicine on my finger i put it in her mouth lots of medicine so takes a bit using sore hand and my hydro bandage on top of my hand said oh screw it fell off.

[ruesgram]

Cal, we are supposed to get rain from hurricane Laura Friday and Saturday. What a mess down south from Laura and now the fire from the plant. So many horrible things happening in our country. Glad you got your flu shot! Crow tried to get his at Sam's on Tuesday morning  but because he doesn't carry his Medicare card, only his insurance card, they refused to give it to him! I told him to go to our drs ofc. I plan on getting mine there at my Oct checkup. The tree trimmers came yesterday and trimmed that neighbor's darn tree off Robin's house and property. The tree now looks like a one sided tree! Now the grass in her driveway will get sunlight and hopefully regrow. The trimmer guy said the neighbor's roof is in BAD shape. He said with the tree limbs laying on top the roof there has to be water damage inside the house. Not once did the neighbor come outside to see what was going on! It was so noisy with the guy sawing and the chipper running. They had to have heard it. Hope Pearl's trimming went well!

Lupe, bet Cal is right...raccoonie stole the package! Lol! I used cream cheese to hide Molly's meds. After awhile she figured that out. So I started sticking the pills in a cut up hotdog! Now Boo he has no problem with meds. He'll eat anything you offer him! I can't believe that leaves are already falling! My apple tree  and lilacs are dropping leaves like crazy. The dogwoods are turning red. The cicadas and the starlings are already making their noise. I did say I couldn't wait for fall! Didn't expect it this quickly! Hope hubby feels better soon! Love hearing about Izzy!

Jo, good to see you posting!

Have a nice evening! Stay safe!

[ra]

HI Jewelies !  Hot, hot today and oh, so humid!  Had to work tonight and when I walked outside, it was like walking into an oven!  I got my deer crossing signs!!  Yay!  Makes me feel good when somebody actually listens when you bring something like this to their attention.

rues... I hope your river doesn't flood this weekend.  We might get some bad weather Saturday afternoon from Laura.  Glad to hear that tree at Robin's house is finally taken care of! 

cal... Your hand and arm sound so painful!   Hope Pearl's appointment with Joe went well this time.  One of your snake friends was right next to my front porch this afternoon.  My youngest grand was here and when she saw it, she screamed and it took off. lol
 
lupine... Have you ever heard of Pets Megastore?   That's where I get revolution for my cats.  It's in Australia and takes a little extra time, but prices are worth it.

Hope everyone has had a good day and a good one tomorrow,too!  Hi to all!

[calhound]

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When Mom?s Away, the Cubs Will Play - UPDATE August 27, 2020
27 August 2020
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Colleen's 2 cubs
Colleen's 2 cubs
With no mom in sight, the 4 cubs of 17-year-old Colleen and 3-year-old Ohio (daughters of Donna and RC, both still living at 20 and 21) got together in the tub on this 75?F day. When they left, they all stayed together as budding play partners.

Colleens cub
Colleens cub
These cubs are growing well, and those of Cinnamon and non-clan Kimani are, too, now that they have found food here in this year of bleak bear food in the forest. Kimani has produced 2 or 3 cubs in previous years. We suspect that she has already lost a cub or two to be down to only one now. The DNR says that mothers with cubs are likely to get hit hardest by the lack of food and by their vulnerability to hunters? baits. That is our prediction, too. For the families we know, we are hoping for the best.

In years like this, we doubly wish the DNR would start the hunting season after Labor Day for the safety of vacationers and for the safety of pregnant, early-denning mothers-to-be, considering that Minnesota?s bear population is only about half what is was at the beginning of this century.

Our friends at the Northwoods Bear Foundation are hosting an online auction to benefit the North American Bear Center. All the details are on their Facebook page

Auction

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1377169629133985

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

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 70 here 71 in the barn 8 raccoonies. sad to read about bear murdering time coming soon. you would think that is least i mean the very least DNR could do wait till after labor day maybe a tourist get hit by stray bullet and that might just happen no common sense with that DNR i just sent a donation for the bears to have food instead of going to those bait stations cant afford another one right
now.

hi rues! i saw that laura was gong to make a turn heading for you. well crow remember that card and get your shot at sams. dont have to wait till oct or sit in the dr office. well joe did not do pearls back hooves. she started leaning and stuff i said no dont do them he said i dont think so either. it is what it is. did the front. oh i bet robins neighbor did not come outside.  if his roof falls in well he has to know its leaking. happy she finally got his problem tree taken care of. some people. i hear crickets in the garage know fall on its way. left my reading glasses in the other room so having a time here.

hi ra! i am sick of this heat. like being in an oven makes me grouchy. we took sister back last night after joe left and i had to run jim off so joe could go leave talk talk talk drove 75 miles dropped her off did not get away from the truck i got out sister got see you in two weeks. she is doing her laundry next week on her days off. we left duane called he bought ronnies farm they talk and repeated the same story i counted 4 times on the start of the 5th one i said enough heard the same story from you two jim had him on truck radio speaker. duane laughed said good bye. i have gotten 5 hours sleep wed 5 last night i am so tired stumbling more happy sister is home going to bed at 6:30 tonight i mean in the bed ready to sleep. great you got those deer signs hope people will heed them. hope you dont hit hard with laura rain unless you want it. springfield mo got some of it but that is way down south from me.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 70 here with windows open for at least a little bit. Rain and maybe severe storms this afternoon then the hot weather goes away.  We tried to sit outside late yesterday and it was just too hot.  Has been 90's all week. 

I checked Ted earlier and he was sleeping on his back in his chalet. What a guy- it would have been interesting to see how he maneuvered himself to get in that position. Wonder if he snores? wish there was a microphone on his cam.

Our governor closed bars in six counties in Iowa, Yesterday we had 1349 new cases of ykw and 17 deaths. That is the highest ever!! Colleges are in the 6 counties and the spread is pretty much blamed on no social distancing in the bars. I'm trying to remember  when i was college age and if i was irresponsible like that. Oh yeah- i had to work every weekend to pay for school- no parties for this co-ed.

cal- hope you got good sleep last night- can you nap during the day? If i'm really tired i can.

ra- yay for you on the signs; i'll have to look up that megastore.

rues- i've noticed our leaves are starting to fall too. But i thought it was because of our drought. It is really dry here- only   .4" of rain all month. I am glad that September is just around the corner.  Even the  weeds are having a hard time of it.

Time for breakfast- have a great day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi lupe! a nap? i did not get much sleep last night but tonight i will. drinking pop caffeine i gave pearl all her medicine this morning by myself ra put it in 3 twinkies and a couple little pound cakes twinkies are better was out so went to excelsior and it was 9 :30 cruddy time to go walmart packed even handicap parking full okay price choppers much better got 4 boxes of twinkies pearls pecan deals they had stuff on sale. i had texted jim told him i got pearl so he didnt have to hurry here but he did anyway and he stopped got pearl two boxes of twinkies. in my room on a break girls in here there allergies are bad i cut their pills in half cooked these jimmy dean turkey sausage  patty deals jims dad sent home put them in those ate em right up so got more of them their cat fud walmart .46 a can pc .75 a can forget that got enough. my room is cold girls like that another 100 day but cooler tomorrow. wow lots of new cases of ykw there. time to feed the dogs

[calhound]

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A Time to Eat and A Time to Rest - UPDATE August 28, 2020
28 August 2020
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Cinnamons female cub, Clove
Cinnamons female cub, Clove
The wild foods in the scats here are mostly vegetation in this season when berries would normally be the main food. In this scat, mountain-ash berries are an additional component as well as raspberry seeds. However, mountain-ash berries are generally eaten in September after the first frost, but bears are eating them early; and most of them are coming through whole. No wonder so many bears are seeking supplemental foods. What bears will eat depends on what the alternatives are.

A small yearling we named Rosemary is a bear of unknown origin. She showed up alone and hungry. The photo shows her about to climb a white pine to rest after dining on supplemental food here today. White pines are the bears? favorite resting trees in this region, which is probably because these trees have the best bark for climbing, the biggest branches for resting, and a dense canopy of needles to provide shade.

Yearling resting in WP
Yearling resting in white pine
Yearling Rosemary
Yearling Rosemary
 

Bear scat
Bear scat
Kimani's female cub, Unna
Kimani's female cub, Unna
 

Some of the bears seen resting today are Cinnamon?s female cub which is now named Clove, a yearling we couldn?t identify in its resting position, and Kimani?s lone cub named Unna (a female). All were in white pines.

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

 

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 72 here 72 in the barn. feels cooler out. only saw 2 raccoonies. bear scat looks like oct fest. i hope little rosemary stays right close to that bear center my moms name was rosemary too. sick its almost the first of sept wish all them bears would stay close to there and close to dr rogers cabin too. calling for rain here sun thru maybe wed so sad about that we will have to cut lots of pearl and sweets clover and grass today been cutting enough to last 3 days my kitchen smells good like clover and grass table full of boxes and laundry baskets. i would like to try to go see dee she has called me several times jim told her i am with pearl alot and got tons to do. i wish i could buy time.

hi lupe when i take sister out driving the gravel roads we have been seeing like asphalt down in front of people home even down in the bottoms some around here when we drive over no dust! jim talked to our maintence man he is going to call down to richmond monday its called dust free something and its free road grader man said he would not go over it either. so that would be great cause the dust in this house is awful and everyone get in be really nice.wont be long till the chiefs home opener is here  The 2020 NFL season will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 10 with the Houston Texans at the Kansas City Chiefs

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 65 here so the cold front went through. But we had little rain- barely wet the sidewalk. But dew points are lower so good.
Just watched local news and sports- high school football was played last night- showed sparse attendance in the stands but people had masks on- showed  people cleaning footballs between plays. So there must have been protocols because of ykw. Iowa had even more cases yesterday  2663 new cases with a positive rate of 15%. Really scarey- glad i don't live in a college town.

Finals in the Western and Southern Tennis tournament today then on monday the US Open starts and goes for 2weeks.  Yay.

cal- we have that option to put stuff on the road to keep down the dust. We've never gotten it but it would be a good idea this year. I hope you can find some time to go see Dee. Maybe jim can take over your stuff for an afternoon.

Yay football is starting!  So glad for all of us.
I'm behind-   have a great day jewelies!

[ruesgram]

Hi Jewelies! Laura didn't deliver much rain to us. When I got up this morning it looked like all we got were sprinkles. I was hoping to get an inch or so to help fill up the pool! On radar looks like she went more to the southern counties.

Cal, that was a great description of the bear scat! Lol! I hope Rosemary stays close by, too. Cool that is your mom's name! I know another Rosemary near by! Cutest pics of the cubs hanging out on those limbs. Good idea to put Pearl's meds in Twinkies! How could anyone turn down a Twinkie?

Lupe, our ykw cases went way up on Friday! Governor keeps blaming it on people who have vacationed at the beach. I look for more after schools start. Hope I'm wrong. Crow is a happy camper because the Tour de France started at 8am this morning. It goes on for 3 weeks. Lots of beautiful scenery is about all I can say about it!

Lots of activity in my neighborhood. Two doors down a new house is being built. For 70 years a neighborhood grocery store sat there. After the grocery store closed it became a real estate office then an apartment. It was torn down a year ago because of black mold. It will be nice to see a new house there. I was told that the builder is building it for his dad. Then across the street the abandoned  brick house was  torn down. Jeff, the neighbor next door to that property, sued the lady that abandoned the house. He won the lawsuit and was able to purchase the property. Took less than an hour to tear the house down. It took 10 big dump truck loads of dirt to fill in the basement hole. Now he has the entire lot seeded and is making plans on landscaping the area and remodeling the garage that he left standing. Exciting times in this quiet little neighborhood!

[calihoula]

hi rues! it rained here this morning but not a ton cause i could drive smokie get the mail not muddy at all. my barn birds taking a dust bath back by pearl lots of dust she did not take all med this morning used 5 twinkies she said sick of twinkies i should of put more in so came in got her pecan swirls she ate those with the rest of it. exciting stuff in your neighborhood! tear down that house be nice when he gets it done sure it already looks better did you watch from inside your house thru the window penny is a big window watcher. my old vet ed his favorite tour de france he rides his bike in all kinds of races really fit. i have not talked to him in a long time happy with my new horse vet dr schaefer arent you thrilled chiefs season opener sept 10 th tell the crow!

hi lupe that dust control jim said is free too! wow free! jim is helping duane move ronnies tractors and discs today. i go to pearl every hour and got rest of my stuff to do need to mow dogs yard but time to feed them in 15 min cook them turkey deals put allergy med in penny brownie griz too. girls been in room all day extra cool in here its cold really but good for them. yay us open now i can tape it

hi ra almost time for my wildcats to play too i heard on pearls radio that pos keith d nelson executed yesterday in IN federal prison. yay 20 years ago he kidnapped 10 pamela butler in kc ks she was playing in her front yard he tortured raped murdered her her mom been waiting 20 years for this i was happy he finally got it her mom said he showed no remorse at the end either. goodbye scum the bleeding hearts protesting his death  >

[calhound]

hi jewelies i tried to get on here earlier it was messed said not me it was rrp guess they got it fixed there was no update today said all is well.

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[calhound]

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Tasha Eating Chokecherries - UPDATE August 30, 2020
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Kimani and Unna
Kimani and Unna

In this 5-minute video, chokecherries had Tasha?s full attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLobJCB1O-Q

At the WRI, non-clan Kimani and her cub Unna were adding weight for winter this morning. The small size of Unna suggests that she earlier had to share milk with littermates that didn?t survive. Now with supplemental food, Unna is doing well and looks to be enough over 20 pounds to make it through the winter.Goldfinch
Goldfinch

The blue sky behind the goldfinch shows what a pretty day it was.

Crossing our fingers as we think ahead.

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

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 71 here 71 in the barn 8 raccoonies. great unna got some supplement food thank you for whoever did that. sick to my stomach tomorrow 1st of sept yes cross our fingers 

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