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That's quite a spread for your picnic, Jim. Maybe a little candlelight next time? My sister arrived yesterday, and I was banking on her to get the riding mower going. Unfortunately, we eliminated all the things we thought might be the problem (it has gas, plenty of oil that doesn't need to...

The power, which went out at 4:11 yesterday afternoon, came back on at 1:39 this morning. Gee, I wish I hadn't gone grocery shopping yesterday morning because the temp in my refrigerator is about 60 degrees, 20 too high for the more-perishable food. Guess it's back to Aldi today. I was actually...

A wise man knows when it's time to retreat!! A gazillion years ago, my now-former husband tried to "help" me when I was making a recipe I learned from my mom and had eaten since I was old enough for solid food. After the third helpful hint, I let him know from that day forward, he could be the...

The bunny I thought might make it, along with an injured one I didn't think would make it, were both alive at 8:30 last night and both dead at 4 this morning. If they had survived, there is a rehabber in Fort Dodge who would have taken them today. Congrats on getting the mower to run. I am So...

Apparently, the Universe is having a good laugh at my expense. In addition to deluge of cats and kittens I'm dealing with, now I have a very young baby bunny. One of the adult cats discovered two bunny nests in the goat pen. I came out to bunny bits, dead and dying bunnies and a single...

I'm envious of the rhubarb pie, Jim. Honestly, I usually just make it into sauce and eat it all by itself -- I love rhubarb. Sounds like your tomatoes are thriving, Lisa. I'm relieved when I go out and my plants haven't been dug out, eaten or abused by the legion of annoying critters here...

Congrats on the shelf. My projects are more elaborate in my mind, but end up more simple, based on my skill set. So, you also don't need headlights on your riding mower?! I don't know if mine work because I've never had the urge to run the darned thing after dark. However, as mine is still...

I drove over to Decorah yesterday for the annual plant sale at Seed Savers Exchange. I bought tomatoes, peppers, chives and some bunny tails for my deck planters. Got one of my all-time favorite tomatoes, Cherokee Purple. Met up with Michael and one of his friends there, and we headed downtown...

I was planning to do that when the kittens were six weeks old and able to be weaned, as per my vet. Now, I don't know what to do. On the good news front, one of my neighbors said this morning that she would take the kittens. Linda's property is on a less-traveled gravel road, not adjacent to...

Sleeping through the night? I vaguely remember doing that many years ago. Lisa, three of my first four "unsexed" runner ducklings were male (and all got along fine). By the time I knew I had so many boys, I was only able to get one other female of an appropriate age. Strangely, my original...

Best wishes with everyone's dental work! But, Jim, if I tame the kittens, then they will also be "my cats" and I will worry more, pay more vet bills, get even crazier than I am now. I -- and the world at large -- are not ready for that!

Lisa, I don't know much about geese (except my darling American Buffs), so I looked up Pilgrims, and they sound like great geese. I knew they were pricey, but I looked at the McMurray catalog -- more than $68 for a female gosling?!? Wow!! Hope your new boy fits in well. Speaking of attacks, the...

And, the rain just keeps coming! I can't believe we're still technically in a drought! At least we didn't have a full-out storm last night, but there was plenty of rain and thunder. Yesterday's rain didn't start until evening, so I was able to work a bit in the veg garden. Was going to plant a...

Lisa, if you were closer I'd be happy to hand off a few felines. As for the goose, I hope it gets a good home SOON. Because if not, I know I will end up with One More Critter -- and I'm pretty full up right now. I've read that Chinese geese are loud; this one proved that true as Matt was...

29 birds, Jim? Wow!! Not surprised about the pet store "deal." Many years ago, my then-husband and I had an arrangement with the local Earl May store; we bred a certain kind of cichlids and they would just give us store credit for the ones they "bought" to sell. It seems the universe wants me...

Jim, I hope I figure out the limit some day. I once spent more than $6,000 at the state university veterinary teaching hospital that was treating my first Keeshond. Holly was a fairly young dog and that bought her about nine more months. I didn't regret a single dollar; she was, as they say in...

Well, Houston, I did not have power last night during the height of the latest storm. But, the outage only lasted about six minutes. I called the electric company and was surprised when everything started up again shortly after that. However, everything is automated and there's no option to...

A couple of days ago, I sneaked a peek at Calypso's kittens in the hay shed while she was up on the deck eating. I leaned over a couple of bales and thought I saw two orange kittens and two black ones. Yesterday, I tried peeking in again -- no, it's two orange and three black kittens. Today...

Ozzie spent the first night after his surgery in a carrier in the bathroom, and he's still in the bathroom. I need to have a longer-term plan, I know, as he prefers I not turn on the shower. I got my Honeycrisp apple tree planted yesterday as well as eight yellow alyssums, potted up a beautiful...

Two things: Miss Calypso was MIA for most of yesterday and came in this morning much slimmer. I think there are kittens in the little hay shed, but I don't want to disturb them and have her move them somewhere else. Also, Ozzie IS my cat. He injured a paw yesterday and was bleeding. I was...