6 Years

 6 years ago today we lost Dad Decorah.  Mom literally cried so hard she got hoarse calling him.  She was a trooper and raised the 3 by herself.  Mom has a new dad now and they have moved away so we can not see if she is still having babies.

It was a very snowy day and he had brought in a ton of food.  Then he took off. Many looked for him but never found him.  He did look old and tired that afternoon. Did he know?  He came to tell Mom he loved her and thank her for some amazing years but it was time for him to go.

We will never forget and know he is soaring high waiting for Mom to join him someday.

The Goslings Are Here

 It is that time of year when the geese take that leap of faith with their babies.  6 have hatched as of this morning and we are all glued to the screen wondering when they will take that leap of faith.  I pray they all make it this year.  

And in case you have not heard Mom and DM2 are building N6 closer to the hatchery.  Speculation is they did not have any eggs again this year.  Eagles do like to build nests.

It is Going Nuts

 Look at how much this has shot up in a day.  It is going crazy.

The Sweet Potato Had a Growth Spurt

 

When I was a kid my mom would bake sweet potatoes. We would dig out the middle and smother butter and brown sugar on it.  They were so good.  I can not wait to see what crop I get out of this one. 

20

 Today would have been Groucho's 20th birthday. She was the sweetest girl.  The oldest of my 3 tuxes.  I miss her and so does my tom, they were buddies.

I Have Vines Starting

 The sweet potato is coming along nicely.  Today I noticed some very red vines starting at the bottom.  It does take a lot of water if you are thinking of starting one. It is not too late.  I plant around Memorial Day and Dig around end of September.

We Have Roots

 The sweet potato is putting on roots.  I wonder how many I will get in my crop this year.

Starting the Garden

 One year when I was in grade school we were in Oklahoma City because my dad had a school for a new piece of equipment.  We had science on TV and yes this was in the 60's.  Our science teacher asked us to start a sweet potato and whoever got the longest vine would get a prize.  So my dad of course let me cos we would eventually plant it.  We went back home after my dad's class was over and teacher let me remain in the contest. I was to send a picture when it was over.  So I sent everything in and I won.  I do not remember what the prize was but just winning was enough.

For some reason this afternoon I was thinking about getting my seeds started because we do not plant here til after Mother's Day because we have had snow on Mother's day.  So I had a sweet potato in the fridge and now it is started.  I am going to do some bucket gardening this year.  Next week I am going to start the peppers and tomato.  And who knows what else.

Happy Chocolate Day

 Yes that is right it is Chocolate Day, however tomorrow it will be on sale so I will stock up and put it in the freezer.

It is also Ash Wednesday, hard to believe Easter is only 40 days away, where does the time go, we are already half way through February.

3 years ago Smudgey finally decided she would come in I wonder if she knew her time was drawing near and so she decided to come in and be taken care of.  I had a shelter for her outside in the front flower bed and under the deck plus she always had food and pets.  But she would come in for a minute and then paw at the door to go back out.  But this was a very cold spell in February and I have a feeling she was finally tired of being out in the elements so in she came.  She was inside for 1 1/2 years and she could have been her entire life but ferals live in their own world.  

I love female tuxes they are the sweetest girls.  She was my 3rd one, all sisters of another mother.  I will see you again some day Smudgey girl.

That is Smudgey laying in my big pot and I wonder why I got no asparagus that year. 

I Want One

 My FB feed is full of baby possum pictures.  They are so stinking cute.  Those little toes and toenails.  Many with their ears sticking out.  I want one.  However it is illegal in the state I live in to have one as a pet.  Besides I would not do it but then I want a baby pig too and I would call it Bacon.  I should move out in the country and have some animals.

I have a possum couple, he is quite large and looks old. She is very petitite. Sometimes they come up together and eat the dry cat food.  She often comes up on the deck and eats the bird seed.  

I think her coloring is very pretty and she is so cute.  I will just enjoy them while my tom and I look through the kitchen window and watch them. 

He is OK

 I looked out the window of the deck to see what feeders I needed to fill and look who was waiting for me. He looks ok, so he did survive after all. Thank You Lord for saving my baby.

January Good Riddance

 This has been a rough month, we spent many nights below zero and set some new record lows.  I have no idea how many days without sun and over 11 inches of snow/ice that would not go away because of no sun and temps either in negative or single digits.  I barely went outside except to fill the bird feeders all the time and put food out for the feral.

Speaking of the feral, Licorice, I fear he did not make it through the brutal temps.  I put straw in a shelter and had food out but it was perhaps too much. I have not seen him since the morning of the 18th.  I hate this because I had hopes of being able to bring him in some day.  I would have brought him in, but if I even put my hand out he ran.  I had him for 7 months and we do not always get to bring them inside.  They live in their own world.  I know he will be waiting for me someday and he can join all the other kitties up there. 

 

 

Since it was so cold I have been busy making charity items, nice to have all that yarn in my lap.  I have 5 hats done from the National Parks Hat book.  I have also been busy working on prayer shawls.  11 of them went to a prison and if just one woman turns her life around from knowing God loves her well it is all worthwhile to make them.  I have making plain hats as well.

 

I had crocus coming up before the brutal 2 weeks and my meadow sage had started growing. I did not cover it because I figured it was a lost cause and they would just die from the freeze.  Well was I wrong, when the snow melted and it got warm this week they are still there very green and growing.  I do not know why but we will see what happens til Spring gets here.  

Happy New Year 2024