Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

[jvls1942]

Barb, don't give up. you will have a happy holiday season. it might not be easy, though.
look on the bright side. you gave yourself a
$75.oo present already..
I am a cookie dunker also. My cookie of choice is Nabisco ginger snaps. I have dunking them down to a science.
bro Dave set the 5 gal bucket of wine on a table out in the sun room for me. the wine is not supposed to freeze. I will check it today.
the beer has about another week to ferment.
I have been drinking the pilsner that I made over a year ago. it is good, but a bit too hoppy for my taste. almost fruity tasting.
I have to go see my eye doctor this morning. regular checkup. Friday I go see my heart doctor. regular checkup. Wednesday I get my permanent crown at the dentist.
no wonder I can't get anything done around here.
the black cat seems to be living in the detached garage. Annie bought him some
"outside cat food". he also gets meat scraps .
he must be where he can see her when she puts the food out. he is there by the time she gets back into the house.

 

[ShrekDawg]

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[ShrekDawg]

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

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Brew looks very dapper in his new coats.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Barb I'm hanging in there. First whatever I have was in my throat, burned and hurt, than moved into my sinuses and I couldn't breathe very well, now it's in my lungs. Still coughing a lot. Can't seem to shake it yet, but I'm working on it.

We don't have any real snow yet. Don't want any this year. Everything outside seems much harder this year.

Jim I agree that cookies are best with something to dunk them it.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Brew looks very dapper in his new coats.

Thanks!!! It’s one actually, just reversible.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I just bought another sweatshirt. I wanted the black one lol I have the storm blue right now. And the blue t shirt.

 

[ShrekDawg]

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IDK if it’s this exact model sweatshirt like weight or whatever but it is this exact color from this company. Storm blue. It looks different in my selfie LOL

 

[Callender Girl]

Silly question, I suppose, but have you gone to the doctor, Lisa?

Then again, it may or may not help. Last winter I had crap -- including violent coughing -- for 8 weeks. All they could tell me was what I didn't have, and I ended up not taking the medicine because I didn't want the potential side effects.

@ShrekDawg, Brew looks very dapper. My smaller rescue dog came from Oklahoma and had a coat her first year. She hated it and decided she would rather shiver than wear it. So, I let her!

Ginger snaps aren't a bad choice for dunking, Jim. But my favorite dunker is a Spekulatius, a German spiced cookie that Aldi only sells around Christmas. There are four boxes in my cabinet right now.

Hope all the appointments are and will be going well.

My sister came up yesterday so I will be taking advantage of her presence to get some "heavy lifting" done. She got to see a little show last night.

I was out closing coops and heard the loudest, longest hissing I've ever heard Golly emit. I looked over, and she had her wings and neck fully extended and was continuing to hiss furiously. (Gussie stood behind her sister, quietly and very much being Gussie).

When I got around the corner, I spotted the issue -- a chunky opossum was happily cleaning the remaining feed out of the geese's dish, ignoring them and me.

I knocked on the living room window and got Carolyn to bring me gloves. Dad taught us both that a possum held by the tail can't whip around to bite. We were prepared to relocate the intruder when it decided to make a run for a hole in the fence. Okay, not much of a run because its bulging tummy slowed it down. But, it escaped and I had to reassure Gussie and Golly that their house was now safe.

The unwanted guest, who hightailed it into a hollowed tree, returned a bit later, and I let the crazier house dog outdoors to give chase. Today, I will dig out the live trap and see if I can persuade the critter to move on.