Golden Tree Tops

Lovely!

The tops of the oak trees shine golden in the 

late afternoon sun.

We don't have colorful leaves in the Fall 

but these golden leaves make up for the lack.

Pretty much took the day off.

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Smiles

Speed Post

Power off/on...

The chickens like smashed pumpkin.
I only had to drop it 5 times.

Thought I would post now because the

power is back on...

don't know why the power went off last night.

Very nice to have the wood stove when the electric

heaters stop working.

Oh, dear!

I just realized that the time is wrong on the computer

and I have missed my appointment with Michelle.

Oh, well...would have missed it anyway

because Tom is not back yet.

I'll update later if anything interesting happens around here.

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Smiles

Mountain Drive

Very nice drive down the mountain today.

Lovely balmy day.

Did some early Christmas shopping.

The Christmas decorations are up in the stores

but I didn't see any

Thanksgiving decorations 

in or on the stores where I was shopping.

I think I am going to be really glad

that I did most of my shopping now

before the stores become 

crowded with people and lots of merchandise.

Leaves cover most everything.

But there are still plenty of leaves in the trees.

We are supposed to get rain on Tuesday.

A nice storm would be good!

Still doing laundry.

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Rats! Out Of Chicken Feed

There is enough feed for today.

And there is a bag of chicken scratch in the coop.

But this is the last of the lay pellets in this old goat feeder.

The chickens don't mind the goat feeder

 and I like how it hooks on the door so the hens can't tip the feeder over

when they hop on the edges,

Notice how this Wyandotte is all by herself.

Well, that is because she chases the other hens away.

She is a little thing, but she is tough.

I gave up feeding the hens in the chicken pen

in the hanging feeders because the forest rats

figured out how to climb down the wire and eat the feed.

I lock up this feeder at night in a new metal 

garbage can with a tight lid.

The rats and other critters need to go find

something to eat somewhere else.

The wood rats look kinda like little squirrels.

If you would like to see a photo of a wood rat

that looks like the ones we have eating the chicken feed.

Click here for a photo of a wood rat.

So cute!

I took a shiny ring off outside and hung it on a nail

in the greenhouse.

Gone!

I think one of these little guys took it and added it 

to their stash.

Wish I could find the stash.

Maybe under the shed?

Still doing loads of laundry.

Change of plans.

We're not going to town today.

Tomorrow.

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Smiles

Tidy Tuesday

Only not so much.

This doesn't look good...

The washing machine has developed a leak after

four loads of wash.

I hung the clothes up after a turn in the dryer to 

make sure they finished drying.

I'm emptying Kristine's closet so the new floor can be installed.

The heavy material holds on to moisture especially in the seams.

Hope the heat from the wood stove

will dry everything.

My big achievment today was setting the clock on the oven.

Doesn't look difficult but it took me some time 

without the directions.

I hate daylight savings time!

Tom was gone today taking Lucky to the vets.

The poor dog has an infected paw...they think.

So, he has meds and has to wear a collar.

Lucky...not Tom.

Hope I can do more laundry tomorrow.

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Smiles

My 3 Profile Photos

Update:

I went back to my old profile photo

after I figured out how to crop it so I wasn't chopped in half.

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My latest profile photo.

I am not much good at taking selfies.

This sunflower took the place of my first profile photo.

I put it on my YouTube page thinking that

my first profile photo would stay on the other pages.

Nope.

I like this sunflower.

The first one that grew in the garden.

So I searched around and found this photo of me feeding chickens

which was my first profile photo.

But when I went to restore it the photo was cropped

almost in half so I used the selfie.

When Kristine is home for the holidays

maybe I can get her to take a better photo.

I think that white hen closest to me could be Pastey.

She is still here!

What I would like to do is use Hen Roo's photo!

I thought I would post these photos here so they would

be easy for me to find again.

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Smiles

Old and New Thanksgiving Decorations

Old fold out out paper turkey.

Old turkeys and pumpkins.

Closer look.

New wreath and welcome banner.
I turned the banner around to get them both in the photo.
There is a little girl welcome banner
in the light on the other side of the door. 

I do love this time of year and all the cheerful decorations!

Morgan checking out the pumpkin.
The chickens are getting a bit violent with Mr. Pumpkin.

Morgan still has to wear the muzzle when we go outside

to make sure she doesn't eat anything that would make her sick.

She is much healthier now.

Last year at this time she was a very sick doggie.

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I Spy

On my walk this morning I went by this large stack of wood.

Kindling?

This end of the shed looks battened down.

Wonder what is inside?

Tom was busy when I was in Idaho,

The shed is full of wood.

Right up to the roof!

I was busy too.

I got all the Halloween decorations put away

and hung up the Thanksgiving stuff.

Then I did lots of loads of laundry.

Now it is almost dinner time

so I'm heating up leftovers.

Pot roast always seems to taste better the next day.

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Smiles

Breakfast Time

Happy November!

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Smiles

Happy Halloween!

Trick-or-Treat

The chickens got a pumpkin and some broccoli.

The two Buff Brahmas are low in the pecking order

and have to wait until the

other chickens are finished eating.

Sometimes chickens can be so mean.

Today I raked the path all around the 3 acre fence line.

There will be a new batch of leaves

covering up the paths in a week or two.

Raking is good exercise for me and it is enjoyable being out in the forest.

Have a fun Halloween!

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Smiles!

Lovely Bright Chilly Fall Day

 Above

Middle

Down below

I should have been outside raking leaves.

But instead I made oatmeal cookies.

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Smiles

First Wood Fire This Year!

So nice to be warm and cozy when it is cold and wet outside.

I see chickens out there...

The girls have found something to eat.

Ah, I see, the last of the watermelon.

  

Looks like the girls are starting to molt?

The propane fellow showed up with his big truck

and filled up the tanks.

Wouldn't want to run out in the Winter

especially when the power goes out like it did a

couple of weeks ago.

Wood fire, propane or electricity.

Nice to have choices.

Solar would be good too.

Tom would like that.

Didn't work outside today.

I'm so bad.

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Smiles

Note:

I just noticed that some comments

have shown up in my gmail

but with no way to publish them and they

have not shown up in my comments to publish.

So, apologies to you who left comments

and didn't see them published.

Late October Rain

One of my favorite Halloween decoration

that dates from

when my children were young.

Probably purchased this happy pumpkin

scarecrow man sometime in the middle 1980's.

He brings his smiley face and hangs around every October.

He is a cheerful fellow!

If you look closely you can see rain on the deck,

so if it rains some more today and really wets down the forest

and reduces the fire danger we might be able to fire up the wood stove.

Hope so! It's chilly.

The chickens don't mind the rain at all.

Looks like a lot of oak leaves to rake.

Lots of leaves yet to fall.

Sigh...ahhh...I think I would like to curl up there too and take a nap.

Morgan on her bed of many mattresses!

This morning the IT fellow came out to check out why my internet

connection has been running slow, hanging up

and at times losing its internet connection.

He replaced a piece of equipment and the problems went away!

It is nice when pages will load...snark, snark...

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Smiles

Note:
I just noticed that some comments
have shown up in my gmail
but with no way to publish them and they
have not shown up in my comments to publish.
So, apologies to you who left comments
and didn't see them published.

New Roof Ready For Winter

The oak leaves are falling

and beginning to collect on the roof and the tops of the gutters.

Morgan likes her deck!

The chickens would like to get on the deck.

But they are too fat to fit through the bars and too lazy to fly over the top.

At least not yet.

No chickens on the porch anymore!

Genevieve is all ready for Halloween!

Soooo cute!

Happy Halloween!

My favorite holiday!

Smiles!

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