Good morning!!!!

toppop52 · Mar 7, 2016

Trails End said:
My wife has no desire to cozy up to any bears in the neighborhood!
The little critter is a weasel. They turn white during the winter. That one still has
a bit of brown fur left. The photos were taken on Dec. 24, 2012, but no snow on
the ground at that time. Later that winter, we saw him several times peaking up
out of the snow banks in the same area that the photos were taken. If you
search out 'weasel' on google, you'll see many photos of them and they can be
very vicious when seeking food.

WE had weasels all over when I was growing up in northeastern NC, they would catch chickens and rip the throats out. They would get them at night on the nest or roost. Mom said they were bad in Alabama where she and dad grew up as well. I'm sure they're here, but I haven't seen one in 42 years.

Got cold over night,, but warming into the 60's today, then 3-4 days in the 70's. Welcome back spring, I missed you something awful!

toppop52 · Mar 7, 2016

daugen said:
I've been describing all the "end of the line" products I've been seeing in the local meat market, very different than in PA.
I must admit to having grown up with a father who liked some interesting foods, like horribly smelly kippered herring, which he cooked in a pan and stunk up the entire house, and cow's tongue. Tongue and mustard, tongue and mustard. Somehow I got it down but I think in my teens I just couldn't swallow it any more. Not much for organ meat either. Reminds me of eating a catfish, a bottom feeder that eats all the pcbs at the bottom of the polluted river. I always wonder what's "left" in the liver I'm eating. Haven't eaten that in a while either.

Reminds me I need to eat more salmon. Have a fish store I want to check out and that's my next buy. Will get a big piece and freeze a couple dinner's worth.
Fish is so expensive...not quite as durable I suppose as Farmer's chickens.
I eat chicken at least two or three times a week in some fashion, trying to keep Farmer in demand.

Any of us raise cattle for market?

Don't be dissin' my catfish!

I love me some catfish, but all I eat is farm raised, if that's any better.

Mountain passes to the east all require either chains or 4WD with snow tires this morning, so it's south we go. Even with that, I'll be in rain until Bakersfield. Hoping for Flagstaff by tonight, but that's probably optimistic.

Last time I was in Flagstaff was 1972, I left Stockton in the afternoon and spent a few hours at a motel in Flagstaff. I woke up to my portable radio, thinking the man said it was 7:15 I jumped in the shower and hit the road, only to find out it was still only around 5:30 AM. The sun rises early on top of the mountain! I was so tired, I went north instead of east, when I realized it I worked my way back toward I40. There was a pow wow in the area, I picked up a chief and later one of his friends and dropped them off at a council house. Nice guys, but them and the buffalo took the same number of baths! Anyway, I got back to I40/66 right at Winslow, just as, you guessed it, The Eagles came on the radio... One of those moments in life that you always remember.

bakerg · Mar 7, 2016

Good morning, back to work after 2 weeks of vacation. Daytona 500 was a great experience and the cruise was also great. On a sad note, a man from Texas that I met on the cruise with his mother, had too many demons and jumped overboard late Friday night. Have not heard if they have recovered his body yet. Sad, sad story.

toppop52 · Mar 7, 2016

bakerg said:
Good morning, back to work after 2 weeks of vacation. Daytona 500 was a great experience and the cruise was also great. On a sad note, a man from Texas that I met on the cruise with his mother, had too many demons and jumped overboard late Friday night. Have not heard if they have recovered his body yet. Sad, sad story.

Not as of this morning.

sodamo · Mar 7, 2016

67°F and no rain last 24 hours.

Got most of the mowing done, likely finish today.
An enjoyable visit with a couple from Alien's neck of the world, Brisbane. They are staying with us via HomeExchange. We hope to visit Australia in a few years and will stay their place.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

txdon · Mar 7, 2016

Gary, how old was the son who jumped from the 10th level?

mkr7734 · Mar 7, 2016

Well all and all nice day, Cloudy but hit 60 on The North Bluff so I am good with that. I removed the snow chains from the tractor and the Gator. Washed the Gator and did some lane repair with the tractor. Going to need a pile of gravel soon if I want to keep up with the lane. Two spots got real soft and ate most of the pile firming them up.

mostly_gas · Mar 7, 2016

Good afternoon all. 62F, cloudy and windy this morning. Mist/fog set in by the time choir practice was done, streets have been wet all day. Only a couple of showers so far, more rain tomorrow. Dog sitting today, with a bit more consulting work to do.