Hubby went out to smoke and saw a couple momma quail with at least A dozen babies in tow each... Said it was real cute. I haven't seen them yet. I nearly hit some wild turkey hens this morning. They were running a race with my truck down the middle of the road. I just love that there are new babies out there in the brush and trees and woods. I have been watching for rattlesnakes....they are thick out here. I have taken to packing my pistol just to go out to the barn to get meat or soda. I have a freezer and a fridge (Icebox if you live in Texas) out there. Hubby set up a lighting system for me so I don't have to go out there in the dark, altho I rarely go out in the yard beyond the dogs yard at night anyway.
P.S. It's only 97 degrees tonight instead of 100 degrees. Love Oma The wore out Herb Lady
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May I be more compassionate and loving than yeterday*and be able to spot the idiots in advance
Hi Oma,
I came around around a corner on a field road, beside a pasture, yesterday, and flushed a covey of quail with about a dozen three-quarter grown chicks. I was surprised they were that far along. I was mighty glad to see 'em, because we don't tend to see very many coveys of any size around here anymore. Maybe they are finally on the increase.
Did you ever actually have an "Icebox"? When I was a baby, we lived in a single-walled shack, out in the country, with no electricity, and no running water, (and certainly no indoor toilet). I can barely remember it, because we moved from there when I was either 2 or 3 years old, but I still remember that old "Icebox". Every Saturday my dad would go into town and get a block of ice to put in it, to keep the milk and butter cool. The local "Ice Factory", as they referred to it, lasted until the early 1950s.
We may have traded places with you today. It was 100 here today, and it felt like it, too.
Love,
Wayne
I came around around a corner on a field road, beside a pasture, yesterday, and flushed a covey of quail with about a dozen three-quarter grown chicks. I was surprised they were that far along. I was mighty glad to see 'em, because we don't tend to see very many coveys of any size around here anymore. Maybe they are finally on the increase.
Did you ever actually have an "Icebox"? When I was a baby, we lived in a single-walled shack, out in the country, with no electricity, and no running water, (and certainly no indoor toilet). I can barely remember it, because we moved from there when I was either 2 or 3 years old, but I still remember that old "Icebox". Every Saturday my dad would go into town and get a block of ice to put in it, to keep the milk and butter cool. The local "Ice Factory", as they referred to it, lasted until the early 1950s.
We may have traded places with you today. It was 100 here today, and it felt like it, too.
Love,
Wayne
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Well, I'm not Oma, but I remember my Grandmother having an icebox and the iceman came around delivering blocks of ice. We also had an ice plant in town.
I remember drawing water from the well.
My other Grandmother doing the wash in a big iron pot in the yard.
We didn't have an indoor toilet until I was about 10 yrs old, and we used the Sears & Roebuck catalog for paper too.
I remember when we got our first telephone and first TV.
I remember picking cotton in my uncle's field.
Oh, Lord, stop me before I go any farther -
Funny thing, though - I have one sister who is 12 years younger than I am. She wouldn't have any of those memories. I'm glad that I do. It was like a different world back then. Some ways not as good as now but in other ways, much better.
Shirley
I remember drawing water from the well.
My other Grandmother doing the wash in a big iron pot in the yard.
We didn't have an indoor toilet until I was about 10 yrs old, and we used the Sears & Roebuck catalog for paper too.
I remember when we got our first telephone and first TV.
I remember picking cotton in my uncle's field.
Oh, Lord, stop me before I go any farther -
Funny thing, though - I have one sister who is 12 years younger than I am. She wouldn't have any of those memories. I'm glad that I do. It was like a different world back then. Some ways not as good as now but in other ways, much better.
ShirleyWhen the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
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annie oakley
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I remember my parents talking about an "icebox" but never remember seeing one in the house. I do remember the first TV my Dad bought....a very little screen on it and I remember "only the shadow knows" but I remember back to two yrs old. and I remember my mother using a washing machine where you had to turn a crank and it squeesed the water out of the clothes before you hung them out. It sounds like the quail are making a come back where you are also. Farmers around here are glad to see it here. Well got to go to work now. Love Oma
May I be more compassionate and loving than yeterday*and be able to spot the idiots in advance
Yep, Wringer Washers were a big improvement over the Back Yard Washpot!!!Has anyone ever got their fingers caught in the wringer? I did when I was a kid and didn't wait for someone to hit the release. I just yanked them out while the pressure was still on them. THAT really hurt for quite a while. Never did it again though.
ShirleyWhen the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
Oh, that reminds me of the ice house that we had in New Hampshire.
Actually, it's still there but we use it for other things. Anyway, when the lake would freeze in the winter, my grandfather and lots of other people would cut huge chunks of ice out of it and store them in the icehoue with lots of sawdust. I was very little when all this was going on so my memories are kind of sketchy. There was a big horse drawn sled from somewhere and they used that to bring the blocks of ice up to the ice house on that. I remember that it was a very big deal when that happened and that you could still get ice out of there in the summer. Amazing.
Never scared any quail, but I did meet a bobcat walking up the long driveway one day. We scared each other!!
Love,
Sally
Actually, it's still there but we use it for other things. Anyway, when the lake would freeze in the winter, my grandfather and lots of other people would cut huge chunks of ice out of it and store them in the icehoue with lots of sawdust. I was very little when all this was going on so my memories are kind of sketchy. There was a big horse drawn sled from somewhere and they used that to bring the blocks of ice up to the ice house on that. I remember that it was a very big deal when that happened and that you could still get ice out of there in the summer. Amazing.
Never scared any quail, but I did meet a bobcat walking up the long driveway one day. We scared each other!!
Love,
Sally
Mitakuye oyasin
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(Lakota for "We are all related")