Chit Chat in VOLTVILLE Thread #2 :)

[tmcase]

I went to see Penny today to groom & graze her. Jasmine looked like she wanted the same treatment, or maybe she just wanted to be with Penny. Anyway, she was fiddling with the latch on her stall door, and I was afraid she'd figure out how to open it. I told her to stop in a sharp tone, and she listened and stopped. She is a very responsive horse. I really do think she wanted some TLC, too. The boy who owns her was off at a hunter safety course. He'll go bow hunting. I asked him if later, he'd hunt with a gun (the bow season comes first, then black powder, then shotgun). He said he was afraid Jasmine would freak out from the gunshots. I told him when I boarded at Deb's, it was right in the middle of the national forest, and during hunting season, it was like a war zone, with gunshots all the time, and the horses all soon got used to it. Of course, no one was shooting all that close to them. That might frighten them. When Penny would hear a shot, she'd lift her head to listen, then go right back to grazing again.

Penny is a lot cleaner now. I'm disappointed that they don't have a hose so I can really bathe her. It'll be sponge baths from now on, I guess. Jasmine hates water, so the boy never ventured to hook up a hose, since she wouldn't stand for it. But he has to carry buckets of water to fill the buckets in the stalls and the bigger tubs in the pasture. That can't be easy.

Now I have banana bread in the oven.

I was surprised no one posted today, too. Where's Lizzie? She usually says good morning.

Could you bring your own hose if it's not too far from the facet?

Lizzie is probably outside working as usual.

 

[SandySu]

Could you bring your own hose if it's not too far from the facet?

Lizzie is probably outside working as usual.

I'm not sure. Where we get water is from 2 big tanks that collect rainwater. I guess I could hook a hose to the one we use to fill buckets, but would I drain it bathing Penny? I guess I should ask.

 

[SandySu]

Somebody named Chuck just asked to be friends on Facebook, and I don't know who it is. Is it someone here, whose real name I don't know? If so, let me know. Otherwise, I'll consider it a mistake and ignore it.

 

[cindycated]

Hmm...maybe I shouldn't post this one...

No, I'm not Chuck.

 

[Wuzznt Me]

Somebody named Chuck just asked to be friends on Facebook, and I don't know who it is. Is it someone here, whose real name I don't know? If so, let me know. Otherwise, I'll consider it a mistake and ignore it.

Ayup... I finally joined. Happened to come across you.

 

[Wuzznt Me]

You can look at the profile photo too since I posted it here before.

 

[SandySu]

Ayup... I finally joined. Happened to come across you.

OK, as long as it's you, I'll OK it. I thought it might be, but I wanted to be sure.

 

[SandySu]

Time to say good night. I'm going to do sunset pictures for a while.

 

[Evie Luv]

Good morning Voltpeeps, I hope y'all have a great Monday.

 

[Tritium]

Bah! Mondays suck!
Good day all.

 

[Renolizzie]

Good morning, Voltpeeps.

We did the bare minimum this weekend. Hubby's ankle has been bothering him and I have been telling him to stay off it as much as possible. His feet are bothering him, too. He is in maintenance and walks on hard concrete floors all day. Plus, he has to go up and down three flights of stairs. On top of that, he works around here.

Then, he got on a going to the gym every work morning to work out. It's too much and I told him that!!!!! If something has to go, it needs to be the gym. All that exercise advise he reads online is not geared for blue collar workers that work their butts off all day and he is 55 years old now.

I saw the adorable stop sign guys [and gals]. You guys were totally cracking me up.

Terry, you are now another 2 days closer to your goal.

SandySu, great photo.

I have a house to clean today. I may have lost the new gal. Her sister has come to live with her and she thinks she is keeping up on the house now. I'll find out in a month. I told her I was skipping her for my vacation week. I really only get a vacation four days, darn it. Mammoth should be gorgeous. The weather is still warm and wonderful and it looks like the weather will hold until vacation. We shall see.

 

[SandySu]

Lizzie, what's Mammoth? Is that where you're going on vacation?

I thought you and Awsum might be interested in the garden setup where Penny now lives. I should take some pictures to show you. They have 2 big tanks that collect rainwater, and they have a hose from one going out into the garden, so I guess it's a drip system like you use. I think they are into devising stuff like this like you guys are.

 

[Renolizzie]

Mammoth Lakes is at about 7,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I think we can camp low and play higher up so it will be reasonably warm.

There are some lava craters, an earthquake fault, it is close to Yosemite [Tuolome Meadows], Bodie ghost town and Mono Lake. We should be able to fill in four days with no problems. I heard they have a gondola to the top of a mountain. That's my kind of hiking.

 

[Renolizzie]

You know I would love to see photos of their garden setup

Our garden is winding down although I do have some melons sitting on the counter to put in the freezer. We are ready to be done gardening but it is nice to still have fresh veggies. Looks like the overnight temps are staying high enough to keep the produce coming but we are not getting nearly as much summer squash, cukes and beans as we were when the weather was still warm overnight.

 

[SandySu]

I've heard of Mono Lake and seen pictures, and I always wanted to go there, but never did. Lizzie, can you take lots of photos?

 

[Renolizzie]

I've heard of Mono Lake and seen pictures, and I always wanted to go there, but never did. Lizzie, can you take lots of photos?

Yep, I can take lots of photos. I'm frustrated by our cheesy pocket camara but I have gotten some good shots with it

Hoping there is a camera in my Christmas stocking this year. We shall see. I desperately want to do home improvement next year of French doors, A shade cover on the back of the house over the French doors and pine flooring. I need to start saving up for that!

 

[3mg Meniere]

Lizzie, with all the improvements on your property, are your taxes going up?

 

[tmcase]

Terry, you are now another 2 days closer to your goal.

'fraid not. They are now saying the week of the 15th. They've given me so many est closing dates that I can't count on this. I've been waiting 2 1/2 months and now it's wait some more.

Sorry to hear about hubby's ankle. It does sound like he is doing too much.

 

[Tritium]

Lizzie maybe he needs some rest, i hope he feels better after some rest.

Tomatoes in the city seem to starting to die, at the village they are producing like mad, i have 2 bags of cherry tomatoes in my fridge. Watermelons since they were planted late, we are now full. I'm thinking of putting one into resin and make a helmet. We also store tomato paste. Peppers are full too.
We have prepared another field on the other side of the city (my brother's girlfriend) for broccoli, beetroots and the other white thing that looks lice broccoli Winter plants in general.
Can't wait for the beets, we usually boil the leaves and make a salad.

 

[celticluvr]

Lizzie maybe he needs some rest, i hope he feels better after some rest.

Tomatoes in the city seem to starting to die, at the village they are producing like mad, i have 2 bags of cherry tomatoes in my fridge. Watermelons since they were planted late, we are now full. I'm thinking of putting one into resin and make a helmet. We also store tomato paste. Peppers are full too.
We have prepared another field on the other side of the city (my brother's girlfriend) for broccoli, beetroots and the other white thing that looks lice broccoli Winter plants in general.
Can't wait for the beets, we usually boil the leaves and make a salad.

I think I might hop over there like a thieving wabbit and munch all your veggies!
LOL just kiddin' but you seriously made me hungry.