Never thought retirement would be like this

... I thought I remember you getting into the boat with a shotgun, to check on fishermen across the "pond"?

Ah ha! Swimming---spur of the moment!:) You are too deep a thinker for me. The fact that it took me so long to get the significance of that video is a perfect example of why I can't do spur of the moment.

From a distance the fishermen thought I had a shotgun. That's why they took off so fast. In fact it was the same rifle. I have a 12ga shotgun, but have never fired it. It scares me. {wimp}
 
I've got to work on my spelling.

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Hogg Tied I get, but Purty Mouth (or even pretty mouth)??? I'll go think some more. :playful:
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I shouldn't really make an entry here tonight because nothing is happening. A gully-washer of an afternoon shower yesterday around noon, and another one later on. Completely dry out at the lake. Took 4 bags of alfalfa/timothy pellets out for the goats today. It's been too hot and humid to work outside, but that's no excuse for not working inside. :p

When I moved into this house the front lawn was covered in a mix of St. Augustine and centipede grass, but the back lawn (3 times as big) was in weeds. It has taken me, on and off, nearly 30 years to gradually sprig St. Augustine to the back, but it's finally 100% covered this year. It is coarse beautiful grass. We are just on the upper limit of the zone for it to survive. It would freeze out in low spots some winters in the early years, but the last 20 years we've never had a cold enough winter to hurt it. Now I've got to be on the lookout for fungus and grub worms.:eewwk:

Sleeping downstairs in the cold now. New mattress is even better. Problem is morning sun comes in the window and wakes me up too early. :playful: Got to do something about that.
 
The engineer cancelled out on the meeting today at the lake, after I got there. I sort of expected it. Had to go out anyway to check the goats. New meeting scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at 1pm.

The hot weather is supposed to end today. Tomorrow a cold spell---predicted highs next 3 days: 86F, 87F, 91F! Got to hit the ground running tomorrow---but only after lunch. ;)
 
Looks strong enough, but not thick enough.

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Like the warm thick slobber of frogspawn that grew like clotted water in the shade of the banks. :p
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In terms of distance, I got about 40% of the hedge cut down to around shoulder height, loaded in the truck, and covered with a tarp (required) this afternoon. It will take at least 3 truckloads. Had to chop stuff up in small pieces. You might describe it as coarse-grained mulching.:) Otherwise it would take 20 loads. Will haul it out to the lake and dump it in the woods tomorrow afternoon. Need to get another truck load ready by Tuesday. The Alligator loppers work really well for large branches that are too thick for lopping shears. A chain saw would get hopelessly tangled in small branches.

These are hollies, and while they make a beautiful hedge, with red berries in the fall, if I had been thinking I would have chosen something else, or at least a variety without thorns. When the leaves dry out they would probably puncture a tire if you ran over them. Exaggerating a little, but painful to mess around with much. Hedge will still need some shaping afterward.
 
I do know about thorns, Nancy. About 15 years ago, we planted three sets of these palms. One out front and two more along the carport. Had I known that they would grow two inch needles, I would here planted something else.
They are nice to look at, but need trimming back once or twice a year. I have a heavy pair of leather gloves I wear, and I still get needled a few times.
 

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Pappy, I thought I'd rotate your picture so it shows up better. I didn't know those things had needles!

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My parents planted 3 palm trees, of some sort, in Florida, and one just fell over in a wind storm. Apparently that is a common problem with palms?
 
The palms have a very weird root system. It looks like spaghetti and doesn't go very deep. There must be hundreds of varieties of Palm trees and we got the ones that try to maim you every time we trim them.
Rotate picture? Is fine on my IPad. That's weird.
 
OK, I get it too now, Pappy. :lol:

Unloaded the stuff from the truck this evening. It was packed in so tightly it took forever to pry it all out, then it expanded on the ground. Maybe a little holly bush will grow in the woods now. Will start on another load tomorrow. Thanks for the conversation. :)
 
I do enjoy your stories, Nancy. Having been raised in the country, I can related to a lot of your stories. Didn't have neighbor problems because we were all related.

Three goats, a few ducks, tons of chickens and always two or three dogs running around. Had two old barns to explore.....they got torn down later to build my grandparents house. Just a great childhood and tons of memories. So, keep on farming, Nancy.
 
I agree with Pappy, Nancy, I enjoy reading your posts, and am amazed how much you get done! Your act of writing it down seems to encourage yourself to keep going! I wonder if you didn't have your Diary thread, if you would have accomplished so much? Thanks for writing out your true life adventures, and sharing them with us!:)

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... I wonder if you didn't have your Diary thread, if you would have accomplished so much?

I most definitely use this diary to make myself get things done. When I put something in writing, I feel bound to do it. It's like keeping a promise, or being dishonest and admitting character flaws if you don't. It's a mental trick I guess. Ha!

There are a few projects, very few, that I'm just itching to do. There are many more that I don't like doing, like this hedge chopping, but it HAS to be done! It's embarrassing that I let it get out of hand like this, but I just didn't have it all together last summer---all the sudden having to change routines and cope with two households.

Doing these things is great exercise, and I should do them and not hire jobs out as long as I am able. Many members here are not able to do these things for health reasons, and that makes me feel bad talking about this stuff sometimes, like I'm bragging. I'm not at all. (Who would brag about trimming goat hooves or shoveling manure?)

I really appreciate feedback. Don't expect praise. Just a cup of coffee, or a picture of cattywampus is really nice.:)

I'm on a break right now, waiting for the shade to get around to that side of the house. :playful:
 

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