There was good chance of rain Friday night and severe weather, too. We got neither, unless you call a wetting rain. I guess I shouldn’t complain. There was a chance of tornadoes, too. Continue reading “No rain”
No rain
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Periodic review of life on Six Acres
by rakeeter Scrub jays
by rakeeter There are scrub jays about. At least I think that’s what they are. Could be Mexican jays. Anyway, they are pretty and interesting. Looks like our hummers have decamped for a warmer clime. They need to since it got down into the 30’s last night.
We lost another guinea the other night. Chris is hatching out keats and in the wee hours one morning he decided the one in the incubator that had hatched the afternoon before was looking listless and needed to be moved to where he could have food and water. Chris didn’t want to put it in with the bigger keats so he put it in a box by itself. He needed a source of warmth so he decided to borrow the light from guinea tower. Continue reading “Scrub jays”
Birthdays – Vivian and Rebecca
by rakeeter Friday afternoon we drove to Garland to help celebrate Vivian’s second birthday. Continue reading “Birthdays – Vivian and Rebecca”
Fox pack
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One day this week Joyce enjoyed sitting at the kitchen window and watching a family of foxes cavort in the meadow. There were two adults and two nearly-grown pups. Unfortunately when it came time to put the guineas up one was missing. Continue reading “Fox pack”
Yet more rain
by rakeeter Greetings from Panhandle Rain Forest. Just kidding. All this rain is making me silly. We got another inch and a quarter Wednesday night/Thursday morning and it’s been pretty cool, down to 45 Saturday morning, a little taste of fall. 
It’s time to start mowing. I was hoping it would rain in my pre-emergent so I wouldn’t have to water it with a sprinkler. Continue reading “Yet more rain”