Good 49º sunny clear gonna be hot day morning! Boy, the moon
was sooooo HUGE and bright last night! Flory Ornstein wrote that it was 101 degrees over at the coast in Lakeside yesterday. Wow.
I called the Oregon Dept of Revenue to see if my "bill" had been straightened out. YES, it has been. I owe them nothing. Their error not mine. Have to say that both the people I spoke to there were really nice. Thanks ODR!!!
Here is an awesome site that helps returning veterans and
animals. Thanks Judy Duvall for this info. If you have things to donate, they
will pick them up... needed are furnishings for their home... furniture,
silverware, dishes, just about anything. Also if the family wants a dog or a cat
they will be provided with one. They have a 714 phone, so they are in Orange
County. If you can help these returning heroes in any way please contact
them.
The limerick thing started something. Got this from my friend
Greg Lundell (Wilsonite) and wrote him back...
"The essence of limerick popularity is sexual innuendo or explicitness."
Really....? Well, aren't you the little limerick aficionado.
Let's see....
He wants to do IT...
But she thinks he has no wit.
A joke or a smile
Will make it worthwhile.
He's going to have to apply for a permit!
Historically this
date....
1939 – Lina
Medina becomes the youngest
confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
OMG!
1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and
a provisional
government is established. Immediately
after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states,
triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli
War.
1961 – American civil rights
movement: The Freedom
Riders bus is fire-bombed
nearAnniston,
Alabama, and the civil
rights protesters are beaten by
an angry
mob.
1973 – Skylab, the United States'
first space
station, is launched.
And births this date
include...
1936 – Bobby
Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1944 – George
Lucas, American director
1984 – Mark
Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur, co-founder
of Facebook
Rick got here yesterday about 9am and started brush-hogging
the pastures.
It's a long day sitting on that tractor for hours and
hours.
I did some mowing... about an hour's worth and then took a
break. Started warming up. By 1pm it was 82º but hotter in the sun sitting on
that riding mower. I felt better after cooling off, eating, and then back out
there for another hour... by then it was 86º. Rick will be back today to do the
upper pasture.
I also went to the barn and pulled out the motorcycle
trailer to see if the riding lawnmower would fit on it. (Looks similar to this
one)
Rick though it would. I'd like Dave to take the lawnmower to
his work and get it running right and the blades sharpened. That bike trailer is
heavy and I had it up on the roll around wheels and then it hit the slight slope
on the barn apron and BAM! It hit the ground. Doesn't look like any damage. Old
ladies should not handle big heavy things with wheels! Well, except for driving
cars!
After all that I sat on the porch with a glass of wine. I
glanced over the rail and Dude was laying in the sun, but the weird thing was a
snake laying in the shade and on the wet grass I had just watered! He wasn't moving. Had me worried Bruiser had attacked him. I went down there and ran my finger along his body... felt movement and didn't see any bite marks or blood. He still laid there so finally he started moving. He had no rattlers and his head wasn't diamond shaped... Brian said a gopher snake. I partially picked him up. He was cold and I think he liked the warmth of my hand. Anyway, after that he slithered away to hide in the bushes.
Rick was still out there working away.... He finished about
4pm. Today should only take him about 3-4 hours.
All I know. Happy Hump Day. Nuff said. (Kinda surprised nobody mentioned my hand-feeding of the wild sea otter in the blog yesterday, except Flory!) Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
May 14th
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
Or... open a can of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, separate them, bake 'um, eat 'um!
