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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- must be warm out since the furnace hasn't been  coming on. Another nice day today. I got my bird feeder set up and has some sunflower seeds in it.

Hubby's brother decided to put their house up for sale and realtor wants it cleaned out and stuff put in the garage. Well- the garage was full although they did keep a car and a pickup in there.  So hubby is cleaning the garage so they'll have a place to put all the stuff from the house. He brought home some leftover  bird food so i'm using it.  I stopped by yesterday and he's doing a good job. Been a couple weeks.

I watched ted and that mouse- so cute!! Just love our ted!

Iowa whooped up on michigan state yesterday 49- 7. I saw clemson lost - sorry ra. Wasn't their quarterback out with ykw?
We don't get to see the chiefs today but steelers play at 3 PM.

Going for pizza today and maybe a short ride. sometime we need to get to menards- need humidifier wicks and other stuff.

Have a great day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi you guys im not feeling well going to bed chiefs won it barely but a win. i slept thru some of it. jim helped me alot today he cleaned out pearls area three times today filled her feeder i did meds and treats watching hurricane eta heading for the keys key west jp wont have to go thru that again hope his very good friend raymond and his wife will be okay

[ra]

Hope you feel better tomorrow, cal!

[johoward]

Cal go to the doctor.  Get better.  You are needed by Jim and Pearl and the girls and the big dog and Griz and the rambunctious goat with the handsome coat and the cats moms et al and the coons and the birds  and by us friends.  May God Bless and Keep you comfortable.

[calhound]

black bear people of ely mn said this....No update tonight - all is well. LM

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 64 here 68 in the barn 4 raccoonies. when i came in from the barn turned on the tv saw alex trebek passed away Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends.  he seemed like such a nice man i remember an interview with him at his home he was outside working on his sewer line. almost all the work around his place he did himself. oh griz i feel maybe a little better my mallory square cam showing lights but rain soaked lens. i hope our new president works on the climate it needs so much help. still have not heard from sister i may have to tell jim she had a positive test but took a second one and since others there tested neg on the second one she is so sure she will too. if she is positive i am mad at her work not finding out who she is around and letting them know cause sister wont let anyone know. her test was neg last time she came here.

hi joho oh cal doesnt really go to the doctor. if i cant take care of my kids then i will but i still can. griz saying get back in here and take care of me!!

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 64 and humid here; rain later today. This is the last day of 70's. Seven in a row- a record for november. Then normal temps.

I saw a couple tributes to Alex Trebeck- one interview- he seemed such a nice guy. Worked up to 10 days ago.

johoward- i'm impressed with your poetry- rambunctious goat with the handsome coat!!!

cal- i hope you feel better too. Not fun to have to drag through the day. Last saturday my sil who is in the senior living center in town asked me to pick something from her curio cabinet to remember her by.  She has some exquisite pieces but they just aren't me. Hubby had spent some time looking through her kitchen and found a piece he thought i'd like.  When i was looking through the curio cabinet and having a rough time hubby said look in here. There is a piece you might like. He opened he door and i immediately saw the piece. It was a pottery piece made in Kansas- a Steve Ashley- piece. I was thoroughly amazed that my hubby found what he knew i would like.  A beautiful pitcher with wheat on it. I'll take a photo sometime.  Called her and told her what i had picked. I'm not sure she remembered it but we had a nice conversation anyway.

Did anyone see the steeler game yesterday- they were losing until really late in the 4th quarter- sheesh but they were terrible. Finally got ahead in the 4th and won it.

Walking this morning then to the grocery stores. Looks really cloudy but no rain til late tonight.

Have a great day jewelies!

[johoward]

Hey y'all.
 Pfizer CEO on channel 41 says they have a covid shot 90% effective. Flu shot only 60%.  90% is on a par with smallpox and measles. 
 No negative side effects. Can't wait to get my shot!!!!!  Canceled knee until after they and I all get a shot.  Was really afraid of going in to rehab after surgery.  Now I won't be.  I will just wait until it is safe.
YAY for the world Thank You God!!!!!!

Yes Stealers are a wonder, but so much DRAMA!! LOL

[calihoula]

hi lupe! i got all my chores done little break jim went to get his dad from hospital take him home showed me a pic of his face poor pops skin graft on his nose removed that cancer. i feel better too. yes very hard to drag around but sometimes have to. i wish i would of seen big bens game! yesterday was a doing chores sleeping day jim was a big help happy chiefs won it made him happy. yay hubby found something for you. sounds really awesome too. girls would like to see it!  chiefs game panthers faked a punt like we did and they got the ball chiefs with penalties come on your the chiefs and playing at home. i need to record games but too much stuff recorded now and want to add blacklist! its our last nice day too rain storms tonight.

hi joho yes beautiful poetry! you should go out on the road read poetry!  not on your motorcycle! sweets says thank you bring me cookies ! yabba dabba doo jim said leave the gate open when he left they are bringing gravel he told them leave it behind the van how much 6 loads! jim be a big mountain of it he will move it with the backhoe he said. i hope he got small gravel bad getting that big stuff. im going to store in the morning old folks day have to go to the big walmart need gas and go to price choppers too. griz says bark bark bark im at the kitchen table cali in his bed under it other beds but he wants his close to me too. cali moved griz in his bed.

[calihoula]

wow joho i was just talking to you! i have not heard that! maybe all of us can someday get our life back! i dont want to see about my knees till ykw is gone either! so you go first with the shot let us know!  hope you can get it at walmart pharmacy not the dr office. i will have to catch that steeler game on nfl channel they reshow lots of games.

[calhound]

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A Fresh Start on Winter and Tasha Chooses a Den - UPDATE November 9, 2020
09 November 2020
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Tasha in rock den
Tasha in rock den

Winter weather disappeared and every speck of snow and ice melted this past week as record cold turned into record warm. Today, we are going back to normal. At dawn today, it was 52?F. Now at 6:30 PM, it is 31?F with snow beginning. Lakes that have reopened will be freezing again.

We?ll see how Lily responds to the change. Through yesterday, she was emerging from her den daily. We?ll see what the return to winter weather does to her schedule. I?ll probably get a report tomorrow.

Big excitement with Tasha at the Bear Center. She is doing in captivity what black bears do in the wild. However, I had never been able to see a wild bear in the act of stripping cedar bark, which is a common component in wild dens. Tasha is showing us how it is done and how to incorporate it in a nest bed. Taught by Bears caught her doing it in this 10:25-minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fwuajTVUnM

She is lining her den with entirely wild vegetation.

Before that, Tasha reminded us of June removing rocks from a wild den back in 2004. Industrious Tasha is doing even more in this rock den as captured by Pooch Pal in this 13:20-minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4FK4IUEfg

I didn?t know this much digging and enlarging was possible when Honey and Lucky made do with what this rock den was years ago.

In this 6:39-minute video, Tasha is gathering and arranging wild grass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLUB32UPhH8

In this 8:03-minute video, Tasha is arranging her bedding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5SUcl5uLE

I don?t know of another video series, captive or wild, that shows this detail of den construction.

Holly, I apologize for what I thought of you taking over Tasha?s den. Your shutting that door opened a window to Tasha showing us more about den construction than I?d ever seen in my 50-plus years of research. The forested enclosure where we all can watch is a wonderful place for learning about wild ways. Bears will be bears.

The photo shows Tasha watching the rain that later turned into snowfall as winter gets a fresh start.

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

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 66 here 68 in the barn 3 raccoonies raining some too i was saying where is winter this is way too hot. then i heard on pearls radio the farm high winds and dropping to 40 tonight in the 30's well okay then.  tasha yay you got a den. i dont have time to watch her video trying to hurry go to walmart this morning. saying big storm around 10 am i should be well back home by then be home sooner give pearl her medicine so better hurry.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 55 here and i checked radar- rain only a few miles from us. I got my last hose put away yesterday so i am set for a rainy day.

cal- i watched the videos- it is so amazing how tasha can get that bark and then get it back to the den. I wonder if they'll give her straw too. Good you'll be home by the time the storms hit. Not fun to be on the road during high winds and rain.

johoward- had to laugh at your post typo "stealers" or was it a typo?? Either way i totally agree with you. They did steal that win.

I got an e'mail from the Y -rec center- suggesting that everybody wear masks in the building and if you are doing low impact exercise- also wear a mask. I've only "heard" comments about the increase in ykw cases locally but apparently they are officially up so they've come up with the suggestion. I'll try to walk with the mask but it may be too hot. We'll see.

Izzy being rambunctious this morning. She still hasn't seen the bird feeder outside the window she likes to sit in. She prefers the window to be open but haven't done that lately. I may have to show it to her. Her new favorite window is the east window in the living room. Right now she is on top of the chair which gives her a nice perch to watch whatever is going on out there.

Hope everyone if doing good- coping well or maybe just coping.
Have a great day jewelies!

[calhound]

hi lupe well on the way to excelsior i had drive in some heavy rain and a big truck on my butt with the headlights speed limit is 45 thru there cops all the time pouring down rain so moved my side mirrors over and they in turn reflected that trucks headlights he pulled back pretty quick.  take that you ^%#%# got to gas station it has a roof over the pumps got gas went over to walmart stopped raining parked in my handicap spot up front no one there really. but walking that super size store really hard on me i was going to sit on a bench in pharmacy but i had to get back do pearls med so that kept me moving rested on the drive all the back it did rain but i did not care pull in the garage when i got home unloaded all my stuff lots of it too heavy stuff. did pearl inside the barn hear it pouring again on that metal roof. so pearl gets excited get her med in her grain!! i do the one in a little grain put it on top hold her little fed pan so important she eats all of it then she has her health E vit. E help restore nerve damage from that  awful epm pearl is hitting her gate with her hoof i yell PEARL stop that get your foot caught in there..pearl says make me PEARL. then i get to laughing cause i am really yelling pearl she dont care.. i put alot of grain her little pan put that on top but first i take in a basket of hay put that in her feeder then sit her pan on top so she is really talking doing a dance her movements are so perfect now sob makes me cry to see her so good thank you god jesus guardian angels dr scheffer. and most of all pearl so while she eats that i clean up her area getting ready to go change her water tank and sweets i do that every other day. im happy to done with walmart for another week. safe place is at home no place like it. hay i sent you an email.

[johoward]

hey ev1 Tasha putting on quite a show of gathering natural bedding material.  Even from across the bridge.  Putting it into rock den .