The rain has been coming down continuously
here. We never thought it would
stop. Here are a few videos of some of
the water we received from the past several days.
We’ve pretty much decided to maintain 3 acres out of
20; meaning we will cut, weed whack and groom those 3 acres, the rest will
remain ALA natural, with pathways throughout created by water, wildlife, and
humans. Bulldog Man and I routinely walk the entire property at various times
to make sure all is okay, check for anything unusual, and to make sure we don’t
have any uninvited squatters. Our plans
are also to invest in a nice quality drone to help with the monitoring of our
property.
I thought I would share with you some of the
wildflowers I found while cutting the grass.
Since the rain has stopped, and the sun is out, I
decided to cut the grass. When cutting
the grass on our dam, there are areas where a push mower is needed; like next
to the water of our fish pond. While
cutting next to the pond, a Water Moccasin snake became aggressive and started
to swim toward me, and then decided he/she was going to attempt to come at me
on the shoreline of the dam. Big
mistake…..see if the snake would have continued on he/she would still be
treading water. However, since he/she
decided to lunge toward me……Mama’s 9MM (Say hello to my little friend!!!), came
un-holstered and he/she became fish bait.
That wasn’t my first encounter of snakes for the day. I came in contact with 3 other snakes; a
rattle snake, a green garden snake, and another water moccasin. The one thing I totally can’t stand is
snakes. If they leave me alone, I will
leave them alone. If they get in my way
or attempt to lunge at me, that’s it; I’m done with them.
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Several weeks ago, I hung 4 humming bird feeders out
on our front porch. There have been 3
hummingbirds that’ve made it a point to hang around and enjoy the sweet nectar
provided; along with a hundred or so bees off and on each day. The birds don’t seem to mind the bees too
much; they seem to be willing to share their food. I’m not sure where these bees are coming from,
whether they’re from a wild nest or a local hand raised hive. I wish we were ready to raise bees; I would
make an attempt to capture them. Since we’re
not ready, we’ll just leave them alone, and give them space to come and go as
they please.
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Tractor shopping has been pretty interesting. We’ve narrowed our choice down to
Kubota. Now it’s just figuring out which
one to buy, and when (timing is always in consideration). Here’s a picture of Bulldog Man test driving
one at the Kubota dealership.
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I came across a recipe for pineapple fried rice and
decided to share it with you. If you
like pineapple and fried rice, you’ll love this recipe. The recipe is from Damn Delicious, click here
to find the recipe.
Everyone in my house gives this recipe a 4 paw
rating!!! It’s Damned Delicious!!!
Plenty of things to talk about, but for now, I need
to get back to work. Catch y’all soon!
