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[johoward]

8:46  Really dragging my feet here.  Grey day and coolish 33 degrees. No wind, but rain on the way they say.  Went for walk to mailbox.  It is a little ways.  Not far.  Knee and back working well.  Both hips are being a little bothersome/  Mild ache both side just below my belt line.  I don't notice this except when I am out for a stroll.  May be nothing.
Looked at most cams earlier. The most activity is on the Brownsville Deer Pantry cams.  There are four cams and hundreds of deer.  Also numerous wild turkeys, and interesting chat.  The Dog Rescue Cam also has lots of activity.
 Don't see any additional cause for alarm.  Snow has finally let up most everywhere.
So hoping Cousin Alice is rehabbing well without too much pain.
CUL EV ! GBU and GB Ukraine.

[calhound]

hi you guys its 33 here moon looks so cool here setting down in the west its 38 rain snow in iceland 41 light rain in kyiv and 51 in the barn.

hi joho horse elvis and mab at donkey barn i was dragging my feet in the barn earlier but one of the 4 raccoonies in there wanting another cookie and was pulling on my jeans at the bottom. told it to go eat that dog food i put out in them pans but cookie so gave it a cookie went back to do house keeping and it went to eat its dog food. kc chiefs travis kelce on SNL tonight i got it set to record probably be sleeping.

hi neva hope you are doing okay.

http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/97055D5B4E5B?z=0

gb ukraine gb all animals and gb all of us

[johoward]

5:32 Saw five people surfing in huge waves off a beach in Lorain Ohio  last evening.  I grew up in this lake, and this is the first time I have seen this.  Debbie was with me and commented that she recalls a song that says, "there is no surfing in Cleveland...".  Well there is now.  The lake is deeper than it has been in my memory.  Maybe that has led to bigger waves.
Today starts the Maple Sugar Season in this area.  I am thinking of going to Malabar Farms State Park for some pancakes.  Rained most of the night and rivers are swollen to flood stage I hear.  Now it is mostly sunny though and 35 degrees.
Will CUL EV1 GBU and GB Ukraine.

[calihoula]

hi joho that is something surfers and five of em! is it just me or is it too cold for that maybe dangerous too. pancakes sound good waffles sound good biscuits with blackberry jelly sound really good my cheeseits will do. i am on my ipad cant do puzzle today wont let me pick up pieces

[neva]

  Snow Chairs ...  30:02     73°  (3:47 pm)   Sunny, cloudless and somewhat breezy.  A couple of mornings ago we got up to snow down here in the valley, all over.  It's pretty much gone now but the mountains got a lot of snow, and the skiers are loving it up there on the mountain.

I went to see my Primary Care doctor on Thursday and was given a referral to see a Neurologist who will check to see if I have Parkinson's.  I have been dealing with the symptoms for a while now and my own doctor thinks that I do have it.  I'm not overly worried, I'm 81 already ... I'll just deal with it one day at a time if I do have it.

The next ten days here are forecasts to be Spring-like here with days in the 70s and nights in 40s or 50s.

My granddaughter is in her new place and has taken her puppy with her.  I miss them both and want to hug them both.  She is having such fun fixing up her place the way she wants it.  I love it!

[calihoula]

hi neva so happy to see you! came here looking for you.  i dont know alot about parkerson michael j fox his hands shook i think. but when he took his meds did not. so there is something. missing grand and puppy but they want to grow up catch 22. i just saw on weather channel it was 73 for you i wonder other day watching weather channel if you got snow looked like you was in for some wow pretty cool neva did your daughter take a picture?  is everyone okay up in wy? neva xoxo

[neva]

     Snow in the desert  ...

            


   

[calhound]

hi you guys its 38 here 40 in iceland 36 light snow in kyiv and 51 in the barn

hi neva and wow!! those are some really cool pictures!! thank you for posting them. 

donkey barn kids sleeping.

gb ukraine gb all animals and gb all of us

http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/1C055D59F4D6?z=0

[neva]

  Car Sea Sign ... 32:31     71°  (2:12 pm)  mostly cloudy w/ some sun and slight breeze.

Hi everyone, known and unknown... I hope that your day is going well.

Hi Cal. You asked about family in Wyoming.  All are doing well up there, as far as I know.  They are anxious for Spring and Summer.  Susan became a grandmother for the first time last September and is so in love with that child.  I am happy for them.

Yes, Michelle took the photos of the snow. 

Hi Joho.  I hope all is well.

another one ...

   

[calihoula]

hi neva! so awesome great pic nice homes too no trees like that around here just so cool and with snow! we got that here    good your wy family is good and yes very happy for susan! hope your brother is doing okay

hi joho what did you do today?

[johoward]

6:07  sign.  Hi EV1! Had another great day.  Took Nick (11) and Odin (4), his little brother under my wing for the day.  It was great for them I think and definitely great for me.  We rode around in the country a while winding up fort lunch at the Chatham VFW for Maple Fest.  That was a learning experience for me. Nick did not like the home made sausage they are famous for.  Odin was put off some from the beginning, because they did not serve any root beer for breakfast.  He got milk and water and later Nick made him some tea.  Odin tried his hearty buckwheat pancake, but said he could not eat it because I had put maple syrup.  So I ate it and got him another, which he did eat dry.  We had to wait outside in line for about 20 minutes.  This is not what 4 year olds do best you know.  Was OK though.  After, we went to Letha house park and onto the playground.  They had fun. 
Then Nick wanted to know about where I lived and went to school in Columbia Station.  So we went there from Letha and drove around the old and the new school buildings which are side by side.  I showed them where I had taught their "Big Gramma" Joan to drive and park in the old school out drive.  She learned well and had good judgement and coordination, but she failed her driving test because I had taught her to parallel park on the wrong side of the road.  LOL
We looked over the nice new building and the football field that Nick is into at this age.  They seemed interested. I am not sure why.  Then we went to another playground they had noticed in Columbia Park.  From there we drove toward the home I lived in during my high school days, and I showed them the long route I took walking to school and the hay stack I played hooky at.
 On the way to Debbie's they were hungry for some McDonald's. So we stopped for nuggets and fries, and of course some root beer for Odin at last.
Now I am home and getting tired.  So will say CUL EV1 Good Bight GBU and GB Ukraine
Was a nice day for me and them.  I will do this again any time I can.
Neva your snowy desert pics are wonderful and very rare.  Thanks.

[calhound]

Encouraging Visits - UPDATE March 5, 2023

Red-bellied woodpecker
After a bit of an absence, it was good to see that the security cameras caught a visit by the gray fox from 8:55 to 9:44 last night and visits from the bobcat from 9:46 to 11:28 PM with nobody here to snap pictures. It’s been nearly two months since we’ve gotten pictures of these two. There is another meat bonanza waiting for them tonight. I hope they start coming when I’m present and accounted for.

My favorite pictures of anything the last couple days is the red-bellied woodpecker that is very unusual in spending most of the winter here and counting.

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

[calhound]

hi you guys its 50 here 29 in iceland 37 in kyiv and 56 in the barn. yay gray and bob was back. i got those woodpeckers here.

hi joho i am worn out reading what all you did yesterday! been a very long time since i did stuff like that with my nieces and nephew. great day for you guys!! most kids do like mcdonalds and happy he got his root beer! 

all good at donkey cam

gb ukraine gb all animals and gb all of us

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[johoward]

Did the puzzle, but lost my time.  I think 6 something.
Happy Monday to you all. Got up a little late.  Still tired from being with those youngsters all day. No plans for today. Tomorrow foot doctor and Friday primary doctor my old friend who has kept me going for now at least 20 extra years more than both my parents and two of my siblings.  He is good, and I am well.
37 outside my window and kind of gray.  Lots of flooding in the fields and creeks around here. I like to tour the back roads when the water is high.  Don't know why.  One January thaw it flooded here and some friends with a tall army six by six decided to drive across a flooded back road to rescue the family of one of our friends.  Well the truck started into the flooded part of the road.  Went about 100 yards and flooded out. We had to wade through hip deep very cold water back to dry road.  My friend, George and I went first.  It was his family that was stranded in their home. Since we where already soaked, we decided to go out through the woods and cross the stream in another place.  It was harrowing, but by hanging from tree limbs we were able to get across the flooded stream and finally reached the house.  There we found everyone snug, warm, and dry sipping hot beverages in the kitchen.  They were fine, and had been through this every Spring for many years.  No problem!
 So George decided to stay with them, but I felt I needed to get home and out of my soaking wet clothes.  I waded back out and around the flood, crossed at the same tree we used on the way in.  When I finally got back to the road where the TV News truck was doing a play by play of our "rescue" my pants were frozen solid and rubbing hard against my legs etc.  Worse yet my friends had all left the truck stalled in the flood and gone home.  I was stuck about five miles from home and could hardly move due to the ice in my clothes.  Luckily the news crew saw my plight and brought me into their heated TV van.  Boy was that nice after being so cold for so long.  I was iced over all the way to my chest.  I remember staying in that warmth for quite a while, and don't recall exactly who it was that took me home.  I vaguely remember a man and his daughter driving me home.
George and his family were fine.  My friends were cold and wet for a while, but were fine the next day.  The water went down and we took another truck and pulled the army truck out to open the road.  I never saw any of the news footage, but I heard we were called heroes for braving the cold and flooded woods to reach George's family.  Who really were fine.  Of course today we would have just called them on our smart phone and played cards all night.  Which is what we often did in those days.
That is my story for this morning. GB U and GB Ukraine.

[calihoula]

 hi joho im very tired going to bed but thank you for your story    i liked it very much !