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So, to give you an idea how wet is is out here on the prairie, I took a couple of pictures today. I know they’re hard to see, but the white spots in the pictures below are pelicans. In a cornfield. While pelicans are commonly seen here in the summer, they’re not commonly seen in cornfields.

We actually don’t live in a flood zone. It’s just so wet this spring/summer that the water has nowhere else to go. In the almost 40 years I’ve lived here, we’ve had water problems 4 times. The first time was in the old house after 120 inches of snow that winter, then heavy rain for two days...

Thanks for sharing that, DL. It’s beautiful! Boy did I have an afternoon… I mean, it wasn’t terrible, just a little stressful and really not the whole afternoon. Just a few hours. One good thing - I got to donate blood today. Last time my iron was too low, so I was a little worried this time...

Good Morning. DL, I hope you can find a good pain management system soon. Sour, I believe they’re out there, but I also think that they are in some ways regulated to the point of not being able to do as much as they can. The room with the least wet carpet feels like it’s mostly dry. I’m...

Good Evening, Cafe’ Well, my day did not go as I had hoped it would. After a fast, hard 3” of rain last night, our sump pump could not keep up. I did not realize that, of course, until about 8:00 this morning one carpeted bedroom and half of my newly-installed in March vinyl plank flooring was...

Best way ever to load a tractor!

I’m spending the afternoon in the pickup. DH bought a 1936 (“or maybe early ‘37 - didn’t check the serial number) John Deere (with steel wheels) at an auction yesterday. It’s a project tractor for him and our local grandson who is always wanting to work in the shop with Grandpa when he’s at the...

Glad you got him sorted out.

There is something therapeutic about working outside. It’s so calming for me. Even when I know I’ll pay for it the next day (or days). I’m glad you can get out there and find some peace and joy. (What kind of butterfly was it?)

I’m still waiting for just one to go broody!

I have discovered that I don’t bounce anymore either. Just kind of go “splot”.

Hello, Cafe’! Another school year is in the books. I am so looking forward to summer! In two weeks I’ll begin my annual 3-week camp cooking stint, and then… I have no idea. Maybe experimenting with my new toy. I bought a freeze dryer. We’re going to pick it up from my brother next week. He...

We’ve had over 2” of rain before noon, and it’s still coming down. DH decided to be proactive and started the sump pump.

I don’t think I could work from home with that waiting for me outside… I’m 20 miles away from home and I’m still completely distracted with thoughts of being outside in my garden or here…

Love the pond, DL! I feel like I could just park myself next to it and watch the fish and other life for a few hours. Strawberries. I’m hoping to get a raised strawberry bed built and planted this year. Kneeling and bending to pull weeds is getting to be too hard.

I had to look them up to see whether they were the same plant with different names, or if there are two terrible invasive plants. The leaves are different, but the berries look similar.

Sounds like you two are describing buckthorn. Cut it off, pull it out, it just keeps coming back. And it has nice little berries that the birds scatter about. There are groves that have been completely taken over by this stuff. It’s so thick you can’t even walk through them.

Thank you! I have a neighbor that has a freeze dryer, and I’m hoping next time I have a bunch, I can hire them to freeze dry some eggs for me. (I just sold my horse trailer on Monday and am working on convincing DH that a freeze dryer would be a good investment.)

What do you do with your eggs to freeze them?

Good Morning Cafe’! I have tea ready for the tea drinkers. I hope you all have a most wonderful day!