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HFL, Have you tried Malabar Spinach? It is a vineing plant and will grow easily on fencing. Around here in the mild winters, it will grow a couple off years before dieing back.
Houston is starting to get humid, and the temperatures are reaching the 80's. For me that means closing the house up, and turning on the a/c in a week or so. We'll stay closed up until sometime in October.
They told me back in my twenties that I had sun poisoning, but I didn't pay any attention, until about five years ago when I was hospitalized for it. A few hours will make me sick for several days. I miss gardening, and just being outside so much, you wouldn't believe it.
 

:happy: Hi everyone, hope you all are having a good day! We had a nice walk in the park and saw a horned owl high up in a tree, and it looked like she was nesting with babies. I tried to get a picture, but my little camera probably can't zoom well enough to get a good shot. The owl was the same color as the tree, so it was hard to see.

This fella was there with a zoom lens that was as long as my arm, LOL, so I'm sure he got a good photo. My camera glitched out on me for some reason on that attempt, just froze up and made a buzzing noise. I will try again in a couple of days and see if the owl is still there. I did get a couple of pics of a couple of mallards, if they came out good I'll post them in the photography section.
 
Ina said:
HFL, Have you tried Malabar Spinach? It is a vineing plant and will grow easily on fencing. Around here in the mild winters, it will grow a couple off years before dieing back.
Houston is starting to get humid, and the temperatures are reaching the 80's. For me that means closing the house up, and turning on the a/c in a week or so. We'll stay closed up until sometime in October.
They told me back in my twenties that I had sun poisoning, but I didn't pay any attention, until about five years ago when I was hospitalized for it. A few hours will make me sick for several days. I miss gardening, and just being outside so much, you wouldn't believe it.
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I did grow Malabar spinach one year, and I really likes it ! It grew up the fence and was easy to pick, and tasted good. it is apparently not a true spinach, from what i have read; but the taste is similar, and it can be used like any other spinach can. I don't usually see it in the garden stores; but i am sure i can find it on eBay.
Everything is on there !

I can't go out in the sun either, and have had problems with that since I was a teenager. One day, I came home from horseback riding, and just passed out in a dead faint, right at my mother's feet.
You can guess that that was the last of my horseback riding out in the hot sun ! !
After that, my friend Sheila would come over, we camped out in the back yard; and got up as it was first starting to get light, and we rode early in the mornings, and I was safely back home before the heat of the day settled in.

One time, I was working near Lake Chelan in Washington state, and had been out swimming and floating on my air-mattress. When I got back to the motel room, I was so sick and dizzy, I could hardly stand up; and when I looked into the mirror, there was kind of a fuzzy halo around my head.
I was sick for the next couple of days; and I think I had what is called a heat stroke; which is maybe similar to the heat poisoning that you experienced ??
So, now, I get up really early in the summer, when it is barely getting daylight, and that is when I do the watering, and anything outside that needs to be done. By early morning, I am back safely inside for the day. I usually go out just before dark, and water one more time, so the plants can soak it up overnight.


HappyFlowerLady
 

I spend my early mornings and evening time taking care of my hens, water and feed in the mornings, then watering and collecting the daily eggs in the evenings. Some of them seem to know their names, and their antics make my laugh.
 
Ina, I am sure that your chickens probably DO know their names ! i have been reading about the intelligence of chickens lately, and it turns out that they are much smarter than people have given them credit for , all of these years.
Some say that a chicken is as smart as a toddler, or a primate; which is surely a lot smarter than the "dumb cluck" image they have always had.
If you look for chicken intelligence on google; you will find several good articles about studies that have been done to determine a chicken's intelligence, and here is a short but interesting one for you to read and enjoy :

http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/someone-not-something/chickens/


HappyFlowerLady
 
I don't have any other animals now besides my dogs, Ina; but I have lived out in the country for most of my life (in town now though), and I have had horses, cows, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, guinea hens, peacocks, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, and llamas. Even caught a wild skunk once. Oh, and had a tiny fawn for a while, until he was old enough to release back into the wild.
I have always wanted a monkey, but that will probably never happen; but i still think they are really cool. Although not so much the wild ones that take over some of the towns in places where there are a lot of monkeys. So, maybe I really don't want a monkey, anymore...



HappyFlowerLady
 
HFL, you must have lived on much larger plot of land than I ever lived on. We had cows, pigs, rabbits, and chickens. Nothing more than ten acres. We did have a huge garden and pear orchard, and it was such a good way to live. I never felt as if I were missing out on anything. I now realize just how small our world was. Now that we are retired, we are starting to look at the whole world, and I am seeing just how grand and frightzning it is. :hide:
 
Ina, that is not what i had all at once; just a run-down of some of the different animals i have raised and enjoyed over the years. There were not whole herds of anything,and I just had small acreages for the most part, too.
My mother grew up in Texas, and she used to tell me the stories of when she was a little girl, and used to ride to school in a buckboard, and they were often attacked and chased by the wild longhorn cows out there. She said that she was always so scared, and the driver had to try and fight off the cows with his bullwhip.
Needless to say, I grew up scared to death of cows ! Even so, I love fresh milk, so I bravely bought an old jersey-hereford mix cow, and learned to milk her. She was old and decrepid, and far too slow to chase me; so I gained a bit of confidence around her. She gave the most delicious milk ! I named her "Cow Patty", and she was a really good cow.


HappyFlowerLady
 
Hi Ina and everyone who comes by to chat later.

Groceries are going up in price almost weekly here but we have to eat.
It is usually a shock for me when I check out and hear the total cost of what's in my shopping cart.

It is dull and rainy so not a good day to do anything outside, gardening will have to wait for a while yet.

Have a good Thursday everyone.
 
Hello to everyone on this cool and overcast Tuesday afternoon.
The weather report says we will have sun tomorrow and Thursday and I sure hope it is right.
The small tomato plants in pots on my windowsill could use some sun to help them grow.

I had a hair appointment this morning and the stylists in the shop were very busy for a week day.
Everyone there must have felt like they needed a trim or new style for spring.

I have put away my winter boots, jacket and heavy sweaters and started to wear lighter clothing.
I need to get out shopping for a few new items for warmer weather.

Hope your weather is sunny and you all have a good day.
 
Good English morning from the riverside in the Northwest. Sun's shining but cold and we are warned not to expect to expect much good weather during this Public Holiday weekend. Not that that makes any difference for these two 'NOT stay-at-homes.'

Chinese Chip shop take away meals for our regular Saturday tea. The one day in the week when I allow myself the luxury of not burning food in; on: or near the oven.
 
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Hello HarryHippy, kcvet and all who check in later.

It's a warm and sunny day here at last. Went for a walk at a provincial park close to home.
Saw lots of folks walking and Mums with children at the playground area. Everyone was smiling and
happy to be outside getting exercise and fresh air.

Enjoy the weekend everyone.
 
Good afternoon to all. I spent too much time in the direct Sun last week, and it caught up with me yesterday. I went to sleep around 11:pm., and I didn't awaken until 12:30 pm. today.
It seems I always push the sun poisoning out of my mind until it knocks me out flat every May. So now I will hibernate in our home with the a/c on, and the curtains drawn until about October. No more fun outdoors for me til then. :hide:
 
Good Day to everyone! :sunshine: Ina, hope you don't overdo it in the sun anymore this summer, but it's nice to sleep in once in awhile, nothing wrong with that. It's a pleasant day here, little overcast but warm, around 75 F degrees. Took a nice walk in the park with hubby, then helped him re-seal the windshield on our '96 Jeep Cherokee. Fed the furkids, and deciding what we'll have for supper. When I was a kid, my mother always had dinner ready around 5pm. When we were still working, we'd sometimes eat late, around 6 or 7ish. Now that we're retired, we're eating early again, around 5. I joke sometimes and say, "it's 4'oclock, I'm starving, when are we gonna eat???" :playful:
 
When I was visiting my sister in Texas years ago in summer, I couldn't stand being outside in the afternoon, maybe evening when it started to cool...way to hot for this gal, LOL! :eek:
 
Hot in the afternoons and evenings, Good Folks? Tis never so unless we get spells during 'High Summer' and that, it is certainly not here where on our dog walk I found it to be cool and thickly overcast sky.

Ann didn't feel up to eating much at 'chip-shop time' and I offered to forego my visit to the shop and present something suitable. She had some chips only whilst brought . . Chicken Szechuan not having tried the sauce based in that Regions cooking before . I am quiet adventurous and have eaten many things whilst visiting Hong Kong and Macao. c. Jiminy Cricket!! I knew it would be spicy-hot and that, it certainly was... and cumulatively so. I shall have it again ... but not next week. MY Beloved doesn't want a beef joint today... Mushroom Omelette is shall be.

Plans for the day. As almost always... none.

TTFN
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Hi Ina I''ll pop my head round the door and see if the girl is OK, she appeared to be when I left 'our pit' at 0230. I usually wake her when I take her breakfast at 11.30 (till then she is drugged).
 

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