Saturday, April 08, 2023

HAPPY EASTER!

HAPPY EASTER!

April Showers

Robins are patrolling the fields now, they've been here daily, looking for worms I suppose.

The Tree Swallows have arrived, their scout at least is here...

Rose saw the Phoebe on Sunday morning

There were a bunch of Tufted Titmice rummaging around in front of the kitchen this morning

We took Zeb to the vet, last week for shots, he's 103 pounds now! A big boy! 

We're hearing the Woodcocks daily now, reeepp!

Woodcocks Grooving

Crocuses are blooming on the south side of the house, Hyacinths have broken through too.  The daffodils have leaved and close flower heads, the rest is still under snow piles around the yard.

The Earthworms are back, there are worm castings on the lawn~ I saw a few out on patrol the other night with my flashlight as they slithered back into the ground.  It's time to go fishing!

I peeked in the camper yesterday afternoon, all of the mouse traps are empty! So there's that... 

We're about to start yard cleanup, there's a lot of it, so many trees down, and broken branches that need to be removed, most of the larger stuff is dead standing stuff, hoping to get the boys for a couple days to help out, once the ground is dry enough we'll hook up the trailer and start the process.  I'll get to try out the chainsaw dad got me for Christmas finally!

Rose on Thursday was cleaning the brick walkway five big piles of dirt were piled up. we'll remove them once the tractor and trailer are out, Zebs been raiding the piles, he likes eating the grass clumps...

Hannah hasn't been feeling well so she goes to the Vet last week, she's not eating which is rare for her. Rose was able to get a urine and stool sample for testing while we're there.  Unfortunately the vet we use is a clinic so that means it's on a first come first serve basis which means we can wait quite a while when they are busy.  Rose brought her into the office (they are now allowing one person to accompany an animal in) she brought Hannah out a little while later while they did the blood, and urinalysis.  Rose said the doctor said all of her lymph nodes were swollen, she sent us home with prednisone to reduce inflammation. 

The vet thinks Hannah has Lymphoma, not the outcome we were expecting at 5 years old! The Chemo treatment is expensive and would possibly give her another 3 months we're both pretty sad. 

Hannah Belle
Hannah Belle

Hannah last summer was waiting to see the bunnies. We think the bunnies were playing with her. 

We're keeping Hannah comfortable for now, feeding her what she'll eat, she's eating bread and crackers, no longer wants her regular dog food, or green beans that were a fave of hers, or plain yogurt though.  Time will tell.  We picked her up some new canned food fed her a half ration and she ate that, Rose later cooked her up some scrambled eggs and she woofed that down too!  Maybe the medication is working on the inflammation, she's been playing more too. The Vet called to check on her on Friday, she can stay on the meds if they are helping, they are she's eating better ,drinking a lot of water, and playing a lot more, after hearing how well she is responding to the medication the vet thought there is a possibility she has an auto Immune issue. Maybe... she goes back again next week for more tests.

Jarrod got his truck mired in mud last Sunday afternoon while taking the plow off of it, so they were having to fill in ruts in his yard, so I wasn't able to see the new truck on Sunday he'll stop by Monday evening.  Jarrod's new truck is huge...

Unintentionally funny product labels:

  • On a fireplace log: “Caution—risk of fire.”
  • On a public toilet: “Recycled flush water unsafe for drinking.”
  • On a neck wrap designed to be heated in a microwave: “Do not microwave while on body.”
  • On a laser printer cartridge: “Do not eat toner.”
  • On a carpenter’s electric router: “This product not intended for use as a dental drill.”
  • On a blanket: “Not to be used as protection from a tornado.”
  • On a toilet bowl cleaning brush: “Do not use orally.”

I heard the first spring Peepers Monday night while Jarrod and I were talking down in the driveway.

Here in New Boston every snowfall is an excuse for the power the go out.  We've been lucky the last couple storms, I'm OK with that...

The economy sure doesn’t look great, does it?

Go woke, go broke.

Sully's is having their yearly truckload meat sale 6-8th I picked upa big pkg of leg quarters for ~$2 and change and a nice package of pork chops for $3.  Nice! Rose went back on Friday and picked up some more chicken and pork.

It's Saturday April 8th, it's time to get the tractor out of the barn, we'll hook up  the trailer to pickup piles of dirt and branches.  Yay the tractor started right up, gassed it up and took a victory lap around the property!

Ten deer came in Thursday evening quite the group, couple of Big does...

The local police were at it Friday night Rose and the dogs watched them pull over 3 cars in short order...




Sunday, April 02, 2023

Last week of March!

Last week of March!

 

James stopped by on Saturday afternoon after stopping at the YMCA, we had a few snacks and Pizza. 

I was looking out in the field Saturday the pussy-willows are budding out, decided to go walk about, I picked some for Rose.  Took a walk over to the big pine that came down in one of our heavy wet snowstorms, it was a triple trunked pine one of the big trunks broke off and came down, it's gonna be a lot of work to clean up.

I walked over to the boat with the collapsed carport on it, boat actually looks in good shape, we'll have to wait for the fields to dry up before I can get out there and get the carport off the boat and pull both the trailer and boat out for spring.

By Wednesday most of the snow is gone in the fields, it's still wet but not to bad.

Jarrod has a gig in Milford Friday, we'll stop over to see them play.

Spring here, animals are waking up, saw a raccoon, and a woodchuck dead on the road.

Biggest/fattest Mourning Dove I ever saw...  that's a deer block he/she's sitting on.


I was at the local gas station in town, picked up a bottled water, walked by the display of Slim Jims, 12" regular, not the fat ones, $4.55 each, WHAT???

Friday night one of the bands Jarrod plays in, The "Blue Monkey Band" Jarrod on drums, OJ on bass and vocals, Chris on keyboards, and Jaime on Lead and vocals, played at Riley's Place in downtown Milford. 

James stopped by the place too.  Cold beer, and a good band!  Even though the weather was bad, they had a pretty good turnout, It was snowing pretty good by the time we left, March didn't go out like a lamb...



Left to Right - Chris, OJ, Jarrod, and Jaime

APRIL FOOLS DAY TODAY!

Saturday We did a little food shopping, the staples 

Sunday Jarrod is coming down so we can see his new pickup truck!

 

Saturday, March 25, 2023

SPRING IS HERE

SPRING IS HERE

It's been a busy week, It hit 54 degrees here in the first day of Spring on Monday, Spring missed the memo, still plenty of snow, rain is coming Thurs & Friday.

Our mud started drying out, Rose and I raked, shoveled and leveled out the ruts on Saturday while it was warm enough, Sunday never got above 32 degrees.

Tuesday was 55 again, wow, still not a lot of melting happening though.

Rose saw several crows out in the field gathering up huge mouthfuls of grass and mud for nests.

Tuesday evening we had 7 visitors come in for a snack.  In the background you can see what's left of the carport collapsed onto my boat, sad...

Thursday afternoon in Manchester 5 F14/15 fighter jets flew into the airport right outside the VP's window at the treetops, I think 3 landed, while the other two continuously circled the airport turning on their sides banking with afterburners roaring, very loud, the whole plant was outside watching them. The woman watching beside me kept repeating they are so beautiful, so beautiful, over and over.  Amazing to watch!

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Friday morning, Rose yelled out to grab the camera quick! I ran out back, our fox was back. This is the first time we've seen him/her this year.


Friday evening just before it got dark, Rose called the dogs to come in the house quick, there were two Mallard ducks eating corn in the deer yard. I didn't get a pic they were gone by the time I got there.

Friday evening Rose called out Donnie come here, she heard the woodcock!  It's spring now!  Reeeep!  Funny, she was thinking they'd be here soon.  We'll probably be hearing them nightly now.

American woodcock - song / call / voice / sound.

Rose went out Friday night at around 11pm to see if she could see the Northern Lights that were predicted, nope nothing to see here...

Look up on Tuesday - On the 28th, five planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus—will form an arc in the sky. To see it, you’ll want to head outside of a city (to prevent lights from interfering), and you’ll also want to grab a pair of binoculars. Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus should all be fairly visible to the naked eye, but if you want to spot Mars and Uranus, you’ll want some strong binoculars though Mars will likely be a bit brighter than Uranus.


 

 

 

 

Monday, March 20, 2023

The yard is once again a big ol' mud pit

The yard is once again a "big ol' mud pit"

Saturday the 18th

The yard is an absolute muddy mess, gonna take a bit of time to fix this when it starts melting more for sure.  Rose and I went out in our muck boots stomping and shoveling a lot of the dirt/mud back where it belongs...  We raked up much of the dog poop too.
 
It's our official St. Patty's day, is corned beef, carrots, and potatoes for dinner tonight, if I can wait that long... Yum!
 
I need haircut bad, looking scraggly,  my usual place in Goffstown Tonic barber (I'm a senior so my cut is $16 they're booked most days next week except mornings, so I'm off to Supercuts tomorrow!  Wish me luck seems they are pretty hit or miss...  And expensive too, I think they were at $19 last time.
 
Last week!

Two groups of deer came in Sunday evening, one group of five came in and ate all the Wildlife Grains (Molasses laced grain) that we feed, Rose went out with some corn and the second group of three came in to eat that up. There's hardly a grain on the ground when they are done.

Two ingredient rolls are on the menu today, maybe start the sauerkraut too... The rolls and Pollack that was on sale for dinner were good, we'll try the sauerkraut another day.

The generator is ready to go if we lose power Tuesday! And we will lose power, seems nearly every storm we lose power.  We only blinked power here, yay!

New Disney bot Cool...

Lots of blog posts showing seedlings growing, and down south lots of plants already growing in gardens, sigh... alas we can only look at catalogs and dream of spring.

More heavy wet stuff 8-12" due Monday evening, now 10-20" into Wednesday morning

Started snowing last night we woke to the cracks of trees coming down, guys that made it to work said lots of cars and tow trucks off the road, we still have power as of 10:30am, lots of folks in surrounding towns do not.  They are now saying 10-20" of snow by Wednesday morning.

Jarrod has offered to stop by later and help with the plowing!  Yay!

The birches are almost on the ground now. 


















Saturday, March 11, 2023

Saturday Shopping day

Saturday Shopping day today milk, water, lunch meat, self rising flower (biscuits tomorrow) some pollack on sale, and Doggo food, Rose picked up some Zinnia seed, and wildflower pouches at Tractor supply, fabric store for some fabric for the kitchen door.  With the next storm coming in Mon thru Wednesday, another heavy wet one...  Everywhere in Hooksett was jam packed!

Hope you all got shoveled out this past weekend.

We had pellet stove problems on Monday night, pellet stove wouldn't start and stay running, it would try then go right out. I dug down into the pellet hopper and it appears a bag of damp/wet pellets was added to the hopper, the stove couldn't deal with that.  I emptied the full hopper on Tuesday, found 5 or so handfuls of damp sawdust at the bottom of the hopper, pulled all that out and added a new bag slowly, no wet ones, and it started right up YAY! It's been running fine since.

Jarrod and the boys came down last Sunday to plow the front yard (He had his chains on the truck it made all the difference) the boys helped with the shoveling too!  Nice, thanks guys!

Sore on Monday, lots of snow blowing and roof raking this past weekend...

Five big fat grey squirrels out in the deer yard this morning chowing down on leftovers from the deer last night.  With 5 or so have been coming in nightly, Rose picked up grain on Friday.

Joe sent over some of Maddie's Pics from her Utah trip, sure is beautiful out there. These pics are stunning and my new favorite Windows desktop background!




Daylight saving time will begin at 2 a.m. the morning of Sunday, March 12. At that time, we’ll change the clocks to say 3 a.m., thereby losing yet another hour of sleep...

If you’re wondering “Why 2 a.m.?” it’s reportedly because that was a dead spot in the railway schedule back when railroads were influential in nationwide timekeeping.
 

 

 

 

Saturday, March 04, 2023

The week that was...

The week that was...

Saturday morning Jarrod called, he's going to stop by with his plow and chains on his pickup to help us clean up tomorrow!  Thanks Bud!

James and Jason came over on Wednesday, the doggo's were so happy to see them, us too. We hit DQ for lunch, and got our butt's whooped in Monopoly by James... Ouch.

SNOW again 8-14 is predicted, so much for mud season... Have fun shoveling out...

The driveway, front yard and side hill are all nicely rutted up again making it treacherous to get a car to the front door.

F15s flew over the house again last Wednesday, it's pretty rare we see them unless something is going on, maybe a presidential visit to the state "or a child's escaped birthday balloon..." Shortly thereafter an AWACS flew over

AWACS

A couple weeks ago the snow and thankfully the ice too, are slowly receding...  Mud season came early this year the yard is a complete mud pit... we're putting down straw to give us something to walk on keeping us above the mud.

My ribs are still very sore, though only noticeable if I hit them or lean into my ribs, or if I try and sleep on my right side, I always sleep on my right side.

Sucks getting older, at least physically; I’m still trying to uphold that line “when I grow up, I never want to grow up” as Life is much more fun that way!

Groceries prices are still going up, we used to spend $244.00 every 2-3 weeks is now $370.00, that's up 52% by my calculation...  That includes dog food of course, they're family too.

The boys celebrated their 17th birthday a couple weeks ago.  Jarrod cooked up some nice steaks for the occasion! Yum!

The Diamonds in the snow the other night






 

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Is winter over yet?

Is winter over yet?

We actually went to the mall on Saturday, I regret to inform you that nothing much has changed there other than the prices of everything have gone up!  We stopped by Texas Roadhouse for a late lunch because Onion Blossoms exist... Yum!

We've seen 4 deer nightly the past few days, they've got it rough traversing the frozen landscape it's literally a skating rink out there.

Wednesday morning (2) F15s flew right over the house, amazing but very loud...

Those hoping for temperatures to warm up soon will have to wait a bit for that to happen, as the Farmers’ Almanac predicts unseasonably cold weather for much of the country, along with plenty of precipitation—or what they’re referring to as the “soggy, shivery spring ahead.”

We went to see Jason play for the JV Hillsborough Hillcats basketball team, he plays for the Varsity team too, they won the JV game we saw last week.  It was a great game the crowd was rowdy!  'Atta Boy Jason!


Jason facing the camera
Jason in the thick of it, left.

8 deer came in Monday evening, not sure where they picked up one more, we've only seen the 7 up to now.

I managed to pull an dumb move yesterday out feeding the deer, my feet completely slid out from under me on the ice, I was absolutely amazed at just how hard I hit the ground... I rolled and slowly got to my feet.  I've bruised a few ribs pretty good, tough night sleeping, I don't think I broke anything, it hurts if I cough though and have a nice lump on my shin... Oh what fun

Happy Valentines Day!







I am finding it harder and harder to believe how abjectly corrupt our federal government has become...

NORD Stream pipeline was the US?

Russian Parliament Speaker on Nord Stream Attack: “Joe Biden is a Terrorist Who Must be Brought to Justice”

The Speaker of the Russian parliament Vyacheslav Volodin branded US President Joe Biden a “terrorist” after a report by veteran US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh blamed Washington for sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines last year. Russia is calling for a special session of the UN security council, while the German AfD party wants a parliamentary investigation.

On Wednesday, Hersh posted a story on his substack claiming that the US Navy blew up the Nord Stream pipelines Sept. 26.

How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline https://t.co/RxfoZOV4tf

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) February 8, 2023

A shocking allegation asserting that the United States Navy demolished the Nord Stream pipeline system is “utterly untrue,” according to government representatives on Wednesday. While Air Force and Navy officials considered dropping bombs with delayed remote control fuses and using a submarine to attack the pipeline, respectively, CIA officials underlined that the action would need to be completely secret. The insider cautioned Hersh that the strike would qualify as “an act of war” if linked to the United States, saying “This is not child stuff.”

POLITICAL BS

Get it, simps? The economy is roaring and you’re just not smart enough to appreciate the work this President is putting into it.

When Trump left office in January 2021, the inflation rate was 1.7 percent.

The inflation rate in December was 6.5 percent. That is at least a decrease from the 40-year-high of 9.1 percent in June following a Democratic deficit spending spree and Biden’s decision to curtail domestic oil production.

Wages grew at 4.4 percent in January, which was over two percent less than inflation meaning Americans’ buying power continues to decrease under Biden.

“Over the past two years — the entirety of Biden’s presidency — wages have cumulatively risen by 10 percent while inflation has risen cumulatively by 14 percent. So wages have trailed inflation for this period as well,” Politifact’s Louis Jacobson reported.

Jobs were not “hemorrhaging” when Biden took office, nor was the economy in bad shape.

“The American people deserve better than Democrats’ runaway inflation, surging crime, open borders, and failing schools,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a statement. “I am excited for the nation to hear from Governor Sanders on Tuesday and witness a sharp contrast with this exhausted and failing Administration.”

The SOTU, As GOD is my witness, I can NOT sit and listen to the absurdity and endless lies, BULLSHIT, profuse crap, made-up provocations, irresponsible mis-direction, obfuscation, intentional FUCKING of the American people any longer. 

Biden: “Every time I hear ‘the president of the United States,’ I look around and say ‘Where the hell is he?'” pic.twitter.com/qpzZalgyUW 

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

I keep looking but I don’t see any phrase that implies “except for misinformation

 

JOBS

– loss of -2.5 million jobs… 📉😔
+ abracadabra🪄”seasonal adjustment” of +3 million
= Presto! ✨+517k jobs ✨ (adjusted) 🥳 https://t.co/W4nLnm6ij0

BALLOON BAD...

TRENDING: BREAKING: General Mattis Denies Reports - Says He HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF CCP BALLOON Flying Over US During His Time as Secretary of Defense under Trump - ANOTHER LIE EXPOSED! (VIDEO)

Karine Jean-Pierre: “There is No Indication of Aliens or Extraterrestrial Activity with These Recent Takedowns”

KJP DENIES ALIENS ARE INVADING

MISMANAGED FUNDS

GOP Rep Mike Gallagher: Biden Dropped Trump Rule That Revealed $6.1 Billion in Chinese Donations to Universities -Why Is That?
 
When Biden took office as vice president in 2009, the national debt was roughly $11 trillion. It has now surpassed $31 trillion. The COVID spending binge under Donald Trump (and congressional Democrats) accounts for roughly $5 trillion of that increase. Most of the rest of it was on Biden’s watch, so he can spare us the charade of fiscal responsibility.

FULL HOSPITALS

A local healthcare system that owns three hospitals in my county lost $52 million last year. That is $1 million a week. Asked what the issue might be? “Illegals in the emergency room.” Keep it up, Brandon. Keep voting Democrat. The road to serfdom is pretty short. —Massachusetts 

NH Health Freedom DAy

COVID

You may have seen the recent Project Veritas undercover exposé in which high-ranking Pfizer executive Dr. Jordan Walker (Director, Research & Development Strategic Operations – for now) admitted that Pfizer engages in “directed evolution” experiments.  According to Dr. Robert Malone, there is essentially no difference between this and gain of function. The end result is that Pfizer is planning to engineer new mutant pathogens (deadly viruses) in order to develop new “vaccines” to cure the viruses they create!!

Brilliant corporate strategy: ‘We treat the diseases we’ve created.’

Two things seem clear at this point. First, the general public vastly underestimates the threat Covid poses to them, nor do they grasp the depth of the government's deception to convince them to disregard their own health for the sake of the economy.

Many are still slowly starting to see the picture being drawn out of the shadows as the censorship fog lifts. Consider these people still ignorant of certain facts related to Covid and Covid vaccines as victims. Be patient and kind and allow them space to gain acceptance. Remember part of the acceptance means coping with the reality that some knowingly did harm.

Our goal should be to assist the majority to come to consensus on Covid reality. Only then, can accountability and transparency be fully achieved.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has started tracking another potentially deadly coronavirus variant called Orhrus. The discovery of  CH.1.1. means the scamdemic is still far from over.

The Covid-19 vaccine has been formally added to the routine immunization schedule for children ages 6 months and older by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Inside every progressive is a fascist waiting to be unleashed. Look no further than what happened to New York City (NYC) teachers who refused the COVID shot. The conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is defending the teachers in state court, said the New York Department of Education (DOE) flagged the personnel files of NYC teachers who were fired because they declined the COVID vaccine. The teachers were assigned a “problem code” for not taking the shot.  The files and the teachers’ fingerprints were then sent over to the FBI and the New York Criminal Justice Services.

FAA Quietly Indicates that US Pilots’ Hearts Are Damaged After Taking Vaccines https://t.co/nL7iIUoNZu

 

GLOBAL WARMING?

Recently published data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that there has not been global warming for the past eight years. And NASA satellite data reportedly confirms that evidence, showing no global warming for eight years and five months, according to JunkScience’s Steve Milloy. But leftists are quick to warn people against drawing the obvious conclusion that the world isn’t about to become a burning ball of fire.

Because the Left sees "Global Warming" or Climate Change or whatever it is today as a chance to grab power. It was always about grabbing power.

Standard authoritarian liberal approach” to the whole issue that you see over and over again. It’s an approach that goes something like this, “I am a good and compassionate person and to prove that, I am proclaiming that I have no interest in owning or using (fill in the blank here with cars/SUVS/Bitcoin/gas stoves/pets/meat/the police/cross country airplane flights/oil, natural gas and coal/incandescent light bulbs/etc., etc.), so, therefore, it’s bad for society and should be banned because it takes up unnecessary resources, which therefore means it’s bad for the environment.

Simplified, it looks something like this. “We don’t need this” (which, by the way, often turns out to be pure hypocrisy) becomes “No good people need this,” which eventually turns into, “We need the government to make this illegal.”

Hillary Clinton Teams Up with Rockefeller Foundation to Push ‘Digital Cash’ to Fight Climate Change

WINDOWS 11 Spyware

As it turned out, an all-new Windows 11 PC that was never used to browse the Internet contacted not only Windows Update, MSN and Bing servers, but also Steam, McAfee, geo.prod.do, and Comscore ScorecardResearch.com. Apparently, the latest operating system from Microsoft collected and sent telemetry data to various market research companies, advertising services, and the like.

PAPERS PLEASE








 That's all...

Sunday, February 05, 2023

January 1/28-2/5

The Weekend 1/28-2/4

Yikes, a large plain Pizza in town is now $14...   A small pizza is $10.00.

We used to go to C&S Pizza in Pepperell a small cheese was $.99 ea back in the 70s.   Damn we're getting old...

Rosie is packing up the Christmas ornaments this weekend, I cleared the snow off of the pellets and moved a 1/2 ton to the dog house porch.

Speaking of expensive, drinks at the local Chinese food place for a Kahlua drink is $9.00 now, I guess we're drinking at home now...

Oh, the allure of a humble nap...

The yard and driveway is still a skating rink... 


Now for some obligatory Deer Pics, the three deer cam in early Sunday evening, one lagging behind so she's not in any of these pics.  They didn't stick around long, I was making them nervous.  They are much more carefree with Rose.

We had four visitors Saturday evening, two large does and the much smaller twins from last year.



Woke up on Saturday Feb 4th to -14 degrees without wind chill.  yikes...

We lost power 3x on Saturday, it came back on right away each time though, I really didn't feel like starting the genny up.

Sunday morning early it felt warmer at around nine degrees, I sat in the silence, enjoying the stillness of the day before the world wakes, I listen to the water flowing over the dam on the other side of RT114 before day breaks, the wind has gone... 



Mid August to mid September

Rose chopped up and froze a bunch of tomatoes already.  We've picked 17 tomatoes so far from our 3 plants.  Our apple trees have apples ...