Life and times of a new farmer/homesteader
Back again (some diatribe, nothing unfit for children) {
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I dropped off my son today, back at my folks house. It's been four days since I have been online, and longer since I have blogged. We had a good week. I don't get online when I have company, it seems. Too much else to do.As for my week, we went to the coast, ate well, and got a ton of work done. I'm really looking forward to having Ryv out here for the summer. It's amazing what two folks can do. I get along so well with my son. We have a ton to learn from each other. Today, I saw something I have never seen before. A vulture. I have heard that they are ugly birds, but they have something of a unique beauty, now that I have seen one. Totally black feathers, with a bright red unfeathered head. They are huge, and their flight is slow and clumsy. I asked the guy down at the market if there were vultures here, and he told me that there were this time of year. I grew up about 150 miles from here, and I have never seen one. I didn't even know they were in the maritime north west. I am looking forward to seeing more. My son and I saw a herd of elk on our way to the beach on Tuesday. What amazing creatures. None had antlers, that we could see. I wonder when they will start growing after the shedding. Maybe they have already started, but we were far enough away not to see them. The herd we saw was about 30 in size. We also saw a couple single elk in different places. None with antlers. We also saw lots of people raking for oysters, and lots of skunk cabbage in the swamps. Today, I saw my first trilliums of the season. It was a good week for wildlife and native plants. ------------ Some diatribe to follow. So what's up with the messages? I had 82% full when I last logged on, and 100% full when I logged on today. No new messages, and I had to delete all of my sent messages and some of my received messages to get down to 84%. That's over a 50% reduction in message space. Well, if that's how this blog site is... I will post my e-mail onto my profile. Please send messages that way from now on. If HSB is trying to drive away members, it might work. I, for one, am getting really tired of it and all the other stuff. Other than that, I don't have much to say yet. I understand some of you have been acting up in my absence. I will get to you later. Once I find out the details. So, I'm back again. How was your week? Peace, Raymond { Last Page } { Page 4 of 181 } { Next Page } |
