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[johoward]

Going finally to get second cold coffee.  Just wanted to pop in to say how I see Dad on the eggs (2) and he is getting snowed on big time.  He did roll the eggs a few minutes ago. CUL now EV1

[calihoula]

hi you guys its 16 here 21 in longyear 39 in ice 53 in the barn we are under cold extreme till friday colder everyday below zero actual temp monday night doubt barn will be at 53 then snow too i think too cold for ice cali will not be going out

hi joho i put blankets up around my drafty windows cali was cold so i woke up alot cause hot to me in my room poor animals outside poor dad eagle good your car fixed leaking oil is no good. my toilet was leaking water under fill tank on top i thought oh no gasket big ordeal i took top off saw two bolts i tighten up the side that was leaking all fixed ty god! saw on the news elon fired 2000 energy workers but now trying to hire back 300 found out they were in charge of nukes i swear saw protesters all over usa against elon

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[johoward]

Lost my time again.  It was 5 plus a little.
I was trying to find a way for Debbie to have warm feet while out with the pound dogs today.  I got new soles put on her Muck Boots.  The cobbler took out the lower insulation layer when he put on new soles.  Now her feet get cold from the ground.  I found some warmer insoles at Walmart and Amazon while I was doing the puzzle.  So EXCUSE ME!!! for deleting accidently the finished puzzle.  Plus these difficult to focus new glasses are not helping. LOL! Wanna hear more whining?  No? OK.
#0 degrees at 12:22.  Quite a bit of snow around here, and Snowman is heaped with snow, and a few turkeys.  They can reach the bird feeder more easily with the snow under foot.  Forty or fifty birds and no deer at the Pantry. All but a few birds walked to the right on PTZ in a long single file.  Took about five minutes at a pretty good speed because there were so many of them.  Then I watched as one little turkey turned back to harrass a flock of tiny birds who landed in where the turkeys had been feed in.  It was funny how she kept going after them.  It was like a game.
Can't tell if it is mom or dad at North. I think it is Dad, because I don't see the dark feathers in back of the head.  He is fluffing the edges of the nest.  What good dedicated parents they are.  Yesterday the chat said it was Dad on the nest quite a while.  He was very attentive.  Even got up to roll the eggs once.
I will go now.  CUL EV1 GBU.

[calhound]

hi you guys its 10 here 11 longyear 38 in ice and 50 in the barn i turned down the thermo to 49 cause barn can only be at 50 right now so cold when sun comes out may get warmer but calling for snow and really cold temp rest of week so 49 it is i go see bone doctor this morning

hi joho heavy snow at snows pass the how high the snow i noticed they changed the outfits yesterday i think ms goose up to her neck in snow.

hi paulie

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[johoward]

Wow! Yes that is a record for me at Snowman.  Three people putting out food at Brownvilles Deer Pantry right now.  It only takes them about 15 minutes to fill all 8 troughs with oats and apples.  I like to watch them and see how long it takes for the deer to start showing up.  Sometimes the turkeys come in first.
Also, I got up late and coffee is just finished.  So CUL EV1 GBU

YIKES Went to Brownville on way out, and they are at trough 1 and the deer are already eating at trough 8.

PS Got coffee and cereal at computer.  No paper today.  Did puzzle.  Got a time of 5:42 between bites. LOL

[calihoula]

Daily Updates
A Fisher and Uncountable Siskins - UPDATE February 17, 2025
 
Fisher female
Fisher female side view
Fisher female side view

The female fisher was good to give me the shot of the week as she looked at me with an adorable face holding a piece of beef fat as I clicked through the desk window. She came back in a few minutes and gave me a side view for the record.

 Pine siskins
Pine siskins
 Pine siskins on ground
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The Pine Siskin flock continues to grow. I suspect that it is two big flocks merging into one. I say that based on seeing them fly off as two big flocks leaving in two directions. I’m estimating about 300 in each flock. They are hard to count because I never see them all at once and they usually fly off before I can count them all with some going and coming in the process. Today a good number settled on the second floor deck and I counted ~261 as some played peek-a-boo. Then came the big surprise. I started out to spread more food, causing an even bigger flock to fly out from under the deck. The quick picture of them flying off across the yard showed 268 of them with many still out of sight under the deck.

All together, I’m seeing far more siskins than ever before. I think smaller flocks are joining the two big flocks from the early estimate of a hundred to now ~600. Many of them have been around long enough to get to know me and land on me when they are extra hungry on their first big visit of the day.

I think we’re only a couple months away from bear visits and around three months from seeing mothers with cubs to see who gave birth to who.

I wish Lily and her cubs would have used the deep rock den that she visited repeatedly before going elsewhere, letting another mother with cubs have the rock den. I was hesitant to try placing a camera in the den of a bear that does not know me or my voice. I wouldn’t want to disturb her and her cubs. With Lily a little “It’s me bear” makes everything calm and okay and could let her educate the world again as she did some years ago. I’m hoping to be able to do more with 18-year-old Lily and 16-year-old Jewel this coming year. Crossing my fingers.

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

[calhound]

hi you guys its -3 here 16 in longyear 43 and raining in ice we are might get up to 6 above today had snow overnight not a lot but i had to shovel heavy snow later today i been up for along time shoveling checking in barn barn is at lo but i could hot air when i went in the door and water bowls all over in there only two back by where raccoons come in to eat out of those pans. had little ice on them not alot wed it will be record lows like -12 windchill -20 or 30 monday up in the 50's

hi joho i went and saw bone doctor yesterday it was so cold slick roads we saw a big wreck close by the hospital doctors building truck up on 35 went off the highway and came to rest all the way by a big ditch by hospital ambulances all over we looked over saw more cars wrecks still up on the highway when we got in no one else there all cancelled so i told him about my hip hurting too  he took more xrays of my knee he said my options were corti shot which he saw dr buzzard did ask me did it help not really i could gel injections he would have to check with our insurance first to see if they would pay i asked would like be a cushion for my bone on bone he said yes but jim said is that like a bandage he said yes then total knee replacement i would have to stay over night sad face there so they are going to schedule that in a month or so  i am not sure about that maybe i should do that gel but i dont know. i google knee replacement said cant drive for a month well i really dont want that at all i will still head out to the barn still go downstairs but will i be able too? at least now i cant do that. gel shot back at it and i read can get another one in 6 months do you know anything about that and how long before you could do stairs and drive? i need to go have to take my bp medicine and other stuff

hi paulie

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[johoward]

6:27  Not too bad for me.  Only 8 degrees now at 8:22. 
Need to go pay final bill for John's house.  They are open and I will just go in and pay it.  It is the last thing on the house sale that I need to do, and it is a pain.
Cal I don't remember not being able to drive for more than maybe a day or two.  Joan too had a very short time to not drive or do steps after her knee replacement.  If ins.  allows immediate replacement do it.  If not, then you may be forced to try all the cheaper delaying tactics that usually don't work any way.
Now I will say CUL EV1 GBU

[calihoula]

hi joho well did you have your right knee done? mine is the right pushing gas pedal i meant to say i can get down stairs takes awhile but our insurance will pay for total knee replacement dr said 6 weeks but get up same day use a walker well i do that now so maybe keep using walker but have more movement dr said take a year be fully done jim said like her rotator cuff out in truck i said rotator cuff 14 years ago i dont think i can do this jim yes you can you will work at it get that knee back i dont know i guess doing my chores everyday i will get it back

[johoward]

Joan and I both got good range of motion back and strength without pain in just a few days.  I heard all that "month" and all that "year" talk, but it did not take more than a few days to be able to do whatever I wanted.
Yes it was my right knee.  I never got a good explanation for no driving.  I had to drive to rehab in just a few days.  So !!!! I did.
Jim is right.  You too, just keep your walker close and you will be fine.  I have not heard from anyone who has regretted getting it done. FYI.
Good luck whatever you decide my friend.
CUL GBU

[calihoula]

ty joho i know i will have to go to pt i will drive there too i feel better knowing you and joan did so good hope i will cause yes when they call for setting it up i will set it up i guess no driving cause have to push gas using new knee i hope no severe pain cause if anything not otc for pain i will be driving so i would rather have pain and drive i will set it up for 18th of april or may what dr has open no bills to pay right now no bank statements i have not heard anyone i know regretted it read some that did online but i dont know them oh yes my walker will,be close by i wish i could come home same day. if i could take my dogs with me when i get this done they would for sure send me home same day throw my stuff in a bag see you  come on girlies

[johoward]

Cal, the new knee is strong and pain free right away. You will be surprised, and you will be glad right away. If not I will have to go into hiding. LOL!
The new pain is from the skin, muscles, and etc. disturbed in the surgery.  It is minor when compared to the joint pain we have been living with for years.
What a nice update too.  Nice to see all those birds.  Hundreds of them. All coming to see Doc. LOL!  The word is spreading.
Got the final water bill done, and in the mail to the title company.  So that's that for the house.  Now only John's old Chevy pickup truck, his nice old Harley, and Mary's little old Honda scooter to deal with.  Saturday we will have a celebration of life for John.  I am involved, but not looking forward to it.  Debbie is managing most everything for the day.  I hope it goes well for her and the family.
I should be getting lunch now, but I stopped along the road when I went to mail the bill.  I went to 4 Key's Restaurant, and now will skip lunch.  I am not hungry for a change. LOL
Bye now EV1 GBU Stay warm.

[calhound]

hi you guys its -1 here wind chill real feel is -14 and it snowed some more last night so had to use my walker and try to shovel the path sidewalk to the barn got to the door trying to hurry to not let out warm air in there course i cant do that but finally got in. barn says lo yesterday afternoon when i first went out i used loose hay plugged up big holes down below in hay where raccoonies and possums come did that with other ones too when i got done with indy and lucy throwing out cookies and filling up water bowls went back up front and thermo said 41 so came up some.  i am sick of this cold and the snow poor birds and animal and my feral cat she is holing up in dogs house on the end of our front porch great wind block there but her dog house back i had put long ago in middle with all them cedar trees and great wind block there too if she would just walk over and down there is the hidey hole path that would lead to inside the barn. it is 15 in longyear 49 and rain in ice

hi joho well now i am stressing out over having to wake up in the hospital and having to pee and i always have to pee fast and takes me 2 or 3 times to empty my bladder no time to ring for a nurse wait for her and then try to get to the bathroom with a new knee and where is my walker if i dont have a walker next to me i will be upset cause be stuck and i probably will not be able to get my bed rails down cause im sure they will have them up.  my bp medicines i take at 6 am will have jim bring that to me and my walker poor jim but i did this for him when he had his colon cancer if that doctor changes his plan and i have to stay more than overnight i will not do this. i got to get back to my chores

hi paulie

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[johoward]

Cal, Cal, the medical industry is well prepared to take care of all your needs during and after surgery.  Please, don't worry so.  This is not their first time.  Plus, I think I was easily able to get around as soon as the anesthesia wore off.  You will too.  It is hard to believe after years of tenderness in our joints that the cure is immediate, but it is.
Now I will go get my second coffee from the pot and work on the puzzle.
 My niece Kelly, who is a doppelganger for Steffi Graff,  is taking care of a chunky diabetic mare.  The mare has to wear a nose cup to keep her from grazing on grass, because grass has too much "SUGAR" she says.  Who knew?  At least the nose cup is pink! LOL  Maybe I will try to send her picture to you if I can.
Bye now EV1 GBU
PS did the puzzle in 5:03 minutes.