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[Meerkat]

Nice photo, Meerkat! You are a beautiful woman.

Thank you Weedy but that picture is about 26 years old. That kid is now 6'5' tallest in the family and pushing 30 now.

 

[Meerkat]

It sure can make you sick. My step grand parents, and grandparents on my dads side both had farms, one had the highway widen and took the house and barn. The other was sold off and the buyer has torn down everything and stripped the land of dirt for fill. It now has a massive area that sells mulch and crap. Makes me sick everytime I drive by and see it. My uncle had 80 acres that joined it. Now it has all kinds of shops and small trucking firms on it. Growing up there was well over 100 acres to explore, chase cattle, mow, tend fences, etc. Now just more sprawl. Don't even look like the same places.

I know they did the same thing to my old stomping grounds too.

 

[Meerkat]

Fourth here, Meer

I will second that

I would third it.

Fourth here, Meer

My goodness I'm almost blushing here. Thanks y'all.

 

[viking]

Nice photo, Meerkat! You are a beautiful woman.

Thanks for saying this, it was my thought as well but I try to stay out of trouble, I'm trying to stay PC, but I do appreciate beautiful women and my wife knows this and does give me a break.

 

[Weedygarden]

Thanks for saying this, it was my thought as well but I try to stay out of trouble, I'm trying to stay PC, but I do appreciate beautiful women and my wife knows this and does give me a break.

I am glad we could all show our appreciation for our most active member, and all stay our of trouble at the same time!

 

[GrannyG]

I am going to buy me a fly strip.

Bridget Whalen-Nevin


My dad taught me this gardening trick and it's so great that I just have to share. Yes, this is one of my gardening hats. Yes, that is a fly strip that I've wrapped around the brim. And finally, one more time, yes. Those are all of the bugs that thought that they would be able to torment me. As an added bonus, and this part is especially for all of you that know what I mean when I say that a black fly swarm around your head - the circling and singing that they do to drive ya crazy - well when they land on this strip they scream. It's incredibly loud for such a small bug and I'm not ashamed to say it's also strangely entertaining. Who's having a good time now, black fly? Me. The laughing gardener.

 

[viking]

I am going to buy me a fly strip.

Bridget Whalen-Nevin


My dad taught me this gardening trick and it's so great that I just have to share. Yes, this is one of my gardening hats. Yes, that is a fly strip that I've wrapped around the brim. And finally, one more time, yes. Those are all of the bugs that thought that they would be able to torment me. As an added bonus, and this part is especially for all of you that know what I mean when I say that a black fly swarm around your head - the circling and singing that they do to drive ya crazy - well when they land on this strip they scream. It's incredibly loud for such a small bug and I'm not ashamed to say it's also strangely entertaining. Who's having a good time now, black fly? Me. The laughing gardener.

For some reason this reminds me of a character from the old Dick Tracy cartoons, was there ever a guy called Fly Face? Got to ask, what's drawing so many flies? Those look like the little black flies around here that land on eyes and sometimes get under the eye lids, painful, they also like the ears and nose, there are times I've had to do concrete pour after dark to avoid those dang flies and I'm not so sure a hat like yours would have done the trick.

 

[Terri9630]

I hate fly strips, get one caught in your hair and you will too!!

 

[The Innkeeper]

For some reason this reminds me of a character from the old Dick Tracy cartoons, was there ever a guy called Fly Face? Got to ask, what's drawing so many flies? Those look like the little black flies around here that land on eyes and sometimes get under the eye lids, painful, they also like the ears and nose, there are times I've had to do concrete pour after dark to avoid those dang flies and I'm not so sure a hat like yours would have done the trick.

Flyface .... https://dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/Flyface

 

[Peanut]

My dad taught me this gardening trick and it's so great that I just have to share. Yes, this is one of my gardening hats. Yes, that is a fly strip that I've wrapped around the brim. And finally, one more time, yes. Those are all of the bugs that thought that they would be able to torment me.

That's absolutely brilliant! As an adult I made my living thinking outside the box... I mean, waaaaaaaay, outside the box... This is home ground for me! Brilliant!

I tip my hat to you!

 

[Peanut]

Just finished my bedtime snack!

The first non-store-bought melon of the season. My cousin started a couple of dozen watermelon plants in a small greenhouse she had built in February.

She brought me this one today, my late night snack. For an early melon it’s a tick above average… but a lot better than store bought.

15 years ago dad and I had 200 peach trees. I sold tons of peaches at the farmers market. Back then I knew an old man (80’s) who grew and sold melons, cantaloupes etc.

He had a saying about melons and veggies… “It takes heat to bring the sweet!”. He’d say that over and over again. That old man used to crack me up about a lot of things… But he was right about June heat increasing sugar levels in corn, melons, cantaloupes, peaches and veggies. He knew what he was talking about.

It takes heat to bring the sweet! I can still remember him saying that. I miss seeing that old man! I heard he passed away back in 07 or 08.

Edited to add... a cool wet June and our peaches were just average... Give me a hot dry June and I'd put our peaches up against anyone in the southeast! The sugar would drip down your chin!

 

[Peanut]

I poured myself a glass of tea and went to sit out on the porch. There was a groundhog sitting right in front of my door. By the time I got my camera he was starting to leave.

 

[Peanut]

Wild black berry blooms are white 98% of the time. I read a report on a university website once that said that since blackberries and roses are so closely related sometimes they cross breed.

Sorry for the bad pic... it's hard to get a cell phone camera to focus on a bloom sometimes... Anyway here are some pink blackberry blooms. notice the leaves are rounder, more rose like.

 

[JAC]

Tornado damage in Blue Oklahoma. Tornado hit at around 10PM. May 3rd 2019. Sirens were not working. Two deaths. This is where it crossed highway 70.

 

[The Lazy L]

Tornado damage in Blue Oklahoma. Tornado hit at around 10PM. May 3rd 2019. Sirens were not working. Two deaths. T...

Sirens not working seems (to me) to be a universal problem. Local Government isn't reliable to insure tornado sirens are operational makes me wonder how reliable national healthcare would be.

 

[Terri9630]

Either I made this order before I was born and it got really lost or the post office has a time machine!!

 

[Meerkat]

I am going to buy me a fly strip.

Bridget Whalen-Nevin


My dad taught me this gardening trick and it's so great that I just have to share. Yes, this is one of my gardening hats. Yes, that is a fly strip that I've wrapped around the brim. And finally, one more time, yes. Those are all of the bugs that thought that they would be able to torment me. As an added bonus, and this part is especially for all of you that know what I mean when I say that a black fly swarm around your head - the circling and singing that they do to drive ya crazy - well when they land on this strip they scream. It's incredibly loud for such a small bug and I'm not ashamed to say it's also strangely entertaining. Who's having a good time now, black fly? Me. The laughing gardener.

I need one of those fro the knats and now its also Love Bug season. Need one for windshield. GrannyG.

 

[Meerkat]

Sirens not working seems (to me) to be a universal problem. Local Government isn't reliable to insure tornado sirens are operational makes me wonder how reliable national healthcare would be.

Rational Healthcare.

 

[Terri9630]

The view from our tent this weekend.

 

[shadowrider]

The view from our tent this weekend.

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That's a little close to the water for us in Arkansas right now. But very nice place..

 

[Meerkat]

The view from our tent this weekend.

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Nice Terrie ,it makes me homesick been awhile since we camped in a tent. Even longer since we lived in one.

 

[Meerkat]

That's a little close to the water for us in Arkansas right now. But very nice place..

Shadow are y'all flooded too? Goodness it is fire and rain going on everywhere. Stay safe.

 

[Terri9630]

The river is low right now, they haven't started releasing water from the dams for irrigation yet.

 

[Meerkat]

Just finished my bedtime snack!

The first non-store-bought melon of the season. My cousin started a couple of dozen watermelon plants in a small greenhouse she had built in February.

She brought me this one today, my late night snack. For an early melon it’s a tick above average… but a lot better than store bought.

15 years ago dad and I had 200 peach trees. I sold tons of peaches at the farmers market. Back then I knew an old man (80’s) who grew and sold melons, cantaloupes etc.

He had a saying about melons and veggies… “It takes heat to bring the sweet!”. He’d say that over and over again. That old man used to crack me up about a lot of things… But he was right about June heat increasing sugar levels in corn, melons, cantaloupes, peaches and veggies. He knew what he was talking about.

It takes heat to bring the sweet! I can still remember him saying that. I miss seeing that old man! I heard he passed away back in 07 or 08.

Edited to add... a cool wet June and our peaches were just average... Give me a hot dry June and I'd put our peaches up against anyone in the southeast! The sugar would drip down your chin!

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I really like watermelon. Now after seeing your pic I'll be craving one till I fork over the high price they want for them now.

 

[Bacpacker]

The view from our tent this weekend.

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Beautiful place Terri. Hope you all enjoy your time there.

 

[Terri9630]

Beautiful place Terri. Hope you all enjoy your time there.

We did. Aside from the camping price doubling it was pretty nice. It wasn't hot, nice breeze, polite neighbors. Much better than last year when it hit 117° with loud neighbors till all hrs of the night.

 

[Bacpacker]

Don't think I could handle 117 anywhere. It's mid low to mid 90's here all weekend and I HATE IT. LOL
Enjoy your camping trip.

 

[Amish Heart]

Pecos? Elephant Butte?

 

[Terri9630]

Pecos? Elephant Butte?

Caballo. We camped below the dam by the river where there are trees. Neither of the lakes have any shade.

 

[hiwall]

Thought I would post a picture of our house. I circled it so you could see where it is located. The picture was before I had the big metal garage built. I was high up on a ridge about a mile away when I shot the photo.