The weather has been, well, weird. Cooler, then hot, then chilly. But I think the days of "hot" (90'+) are fast coming to an end for the year. Fall is on its way in! While I am thankful for the cooler weather.....I really don't want to deal with Winter. (Ah I know I say that every year!)
Pat and I butchered the two biggest turkeys a week ago Sunday. The Tom weighed 24 1/2 pounds (dressed--meaning minus feathers, head, feet and guts--I think they should call it UNdressed! HA) and the biggest hen was 21 pounds. Yikes! Glad I had room in the freezer, the Tom took up lots of space! We 'vacuum sealed' them with a big plastic bag and the vacuum cleaner. :)
Nessa is 4 months old today. (already)I bought her a pretty blue halter. (Pat wanted hot pink--I said no--HA) I have yet to get a photo with her wearing it.
Kyle has been working lots (the photo of him a couple of posts back was on his 18th birthday, stupid blog wouldn't let me change it after I posted). I worked all last week and have a couple of (needed) days off.
Pat has been helping the niece with her electricity and water heater to get things squared away before winter comes. Talking about winter preps--I had a 'talk' with the propane guy last week....I like to treat customers as all the same: no matter what their lifestyle/finances are, its None Of My Business, period. They are still human beings with feelings. Back to the propane people; I think they are a bit too snoopy and judgemental to be honest. They live in a different (privileged) world than me. Good for them, but leave me out of your office conversations (when I'm not there)! :( I don't think he thought I'd show up to his place of business to ask a few questions about what the driver said to me (at MY work). SURPRISE!! :)
Back to my "Stock Market"--I have two turkey hens and several roosters that need to go into the stockpot and/or freezer. I have a steer lined up (from my younger brother) but am still waiting for the flooded Missouri River to go down and roads fixed so I can get over to my Big Brothers' (where Little Brothers' bovines are).
The eggs keep a'coming, my hatched-this-summer young hens should start laying soon. I'm going to corral and pen two older hens whom I don't think are laying. I don't want to feed them if they aren't laying. (Ha ha spoken from someone who has a Pasture-Ornament [non-productive] Cow: Dolly!) ;) Y'all can laugh heartily now! Giggle!
Janene, looks like you are coasting right into fall. I am really enjoying the fall like temperatures. I have been leaving the windows open over nights and today probably will be a no air day again. I get the joy of mowing the front and back yard today. I always leave it go just a little too long .... Ok a lot too long so it takes the whole day to get it done. I'm leaving in a couple days on a fishing trip and really need to get it done before I go.
ReplyDeleteI still remains interesting having Lydia and Bradley living with me. Lydia is going to the community college which makes life even more interesting. Grandpa has become the daycare. So I don't quite have the freedom to help with disaster trips like a couple years ago. Prayerfully, she will get life together enough that I can get back to that again.
In the mean time I am in process of trying to aquire a piece of foreclosure property from the city. It's still in the city but a bit secluded from the neighborhood. I have submitted a bid and most likely it will be accepted. Then the owner of the property will be notified and has 60 days to pay the back taxes. If he/she doesn't, then it takes another 30 days to clean up the title and by the middle of December I could have a nice sized piece of much neglected property to grow gardens. It's not quite a 1/2 acre but not all of the land it tillable. There's a couple big cottonwood trees that have to go. The cleanup just might take most of this fall and next year. I plan on cleaning up an area to get started with the gardens before the tree work begins. Now the Land Reutilization Commision informs me that the property next to the one I bid on will be in foreclosure in the next couple months. It's even bigger and has more cleanup. The two together would give me a property just shy of one acre. The second property has way more tree work than the first. I would keep me busy the rest of my life.
As you can see, life goes on in the adventures of Old Dave.