Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Nov 6, 2009, 11:53 am
Another Friday, and I think I’ll share some of the pictures I took around the farm this week to make it another Friday’s Farm Foto’s Day! This first one is of Samson, our male llam...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Nov 5, 2009, 11:32 am
Since it’s November, and getting close time for Thanksgiving, thoughts of a turkey loom large.  Yes, it’s time to talk turkey. But these guys not only talk turkey, they dance turkey.  ...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Nov 4, 2009, 12:16 pm
Every year we have this same dilemma. . . too many roosters.  Now if we were up to turning a live rooster into a dead rooster and all it entails to get one ready to cook, it might not be so bad. But...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Nov 3, 2009, 1:17 pm
Every evening the guinea hens and guinea keets come in to get a little feed.  They’re generally waiting for me about sunset, perched on gates and pallets. As the light turns golden and night i...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Nov 2, 2009, 12:53 pm
We came back from the grocery store yesterday to see a pasture full of dead animals. Buried among the weeds was our Maremma, looking like nothing more than a pile of old white fluff. It kind of lo...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 30, 2009, 11:51 am
It’s been a while since I posted some miscellaneous photos.  So here we are, a snapshot in time, pictures from today around the farm. First I went out and fed the chickens. It’s still k...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 29, 2009, 2:01 pm
A Truly Unique Hummingbird Feeder! . Yes, I said a Wearable Hummingbird Feeder! . When I saw this feeder, I didn’t know whether to laugh or be impressed.  But no matter how you look at it, ...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 27, 2009, 10:55 am
One of the trees near the house died. Our lumberjack on the farm was tired of looking at the dead limbs, so decided he’d do something about it this weekend and play tree surgeon. The problem wa...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 26, 2009, 10:20 am
chi·me·ra \kī-ˈmir-ə, kə-\ noun - an individual consisting of diverse genetic constitution Yes, it’s The Chimera Chicken Bird.  Or something. Aside from resizing and putting a borde...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 22, 2009, 12:01 pm
We had an extra futon frame, and I decided to sell it.  I figured there was no need for it to sit around in the storage pod when there was probably someone else who could use it. Oh, you want to kno...
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Tish K. posted an article on Helping Ellie Walk - Oct 21, 2009, 2:34 pm
Monday night Ellie’s parents got a call from the orthopedic surgeon in Vancouver.  Bottom line?  He agrees the SDR should be done now, before any hip surgery. Although he is concerned about th...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 21, 2009, 12:00 pm
We had to drive over towards Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday.  It was fairly early when we started out and the temperatures had been rather chilly overnight, hanging down near freezing.  It was warming ...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 20, 2009, 7:00 am
I finally got a picture of all the keets without any adults in the way.  That does not mean, however, that they are all standing singly with their heads up in the air and easy to see. But look close...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 19, 2009, 11:46 am
Okay, The Farmer says he saw some frost yesterday morning, but I didn’t see it, so I’m counting today as the first frost of this season.  Which I’d call a good sign of fall! And ye...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 15, 2009, 1:09 pm
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ve probably read some posts about Ellie, our granddaughter with Cerebral Palsy. Well, her parents got the news yesterday that she is to have surge...
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Tish K. posted an article on Helping Ellie Walk - Oct 15, 2009, 11:13 am
Ellie is officially scheduled for her SDR (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy). It will be on January 5th, 2010.
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Tish K. posted an article on Helping Ellie Walk - Oct 14, 2009, 4:02 pm
Ellie's been busy with going to both the B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver to be checked for possible SDR surgery, and to the Shriner's Hospital to have her hips checked out.
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 13, 2009, 1:00 pm
Our llamas have been flirting with each other from a distance for weeks now.  It’s been obvious for some time that they’d like to be back together in the same pen, but we were keeping th...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 12, 2009, 11:37 am
Did you know today is “Old Farmer’s Day”??? I didn’t know it until I was working on today’s humor mailing and checking out holidays for today. Apparently, the origin o...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 9, 2009, 11:30 am
I’m still busy working on calendars.  I have the pictures for the big one almost done.  It takes the longest because I do some special effects on some of them.  On the smaller calendars, I ca...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 7, 2009, 12:38 pm
Today I’m starting work on calendars for 2010.  Every year I design three: Ellie’s wall calendar Ellie’s desk calendar Farm calendar The big wall calendar is just that, BIG!  It...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 6, 2009, 12:22 pm
I love small town newspapers.  My dad sent me a subscription to our hometown newspaper, and I smile and laugh and take trips down memory lane every time I read it. I smile because it’s full of...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 5, 2009, 11:28 am
Slug and eggs . . .  kind of sounds like some weird breakfast, doesn’t it? Maybe I should have titled this: Mrs. Jabba The Hut & Future Offspring Whatever you want to call it, I was refilli...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 2, 2009, 12:09 pm
It’s that time of year again, when my one and only camellia bush blooms. When I lived further north, I always wanted a camellia, but they don’t take kindly to really cold winters, so that ...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Oct 1, 2009, 12:40 pm
Panama City Beach – Day 2!   We were still getting rain our second full day at the beach, but the sky cleared off some that afternoon. We decided to get out while the getting was good and wa...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Sep 30, 2009, 1:09 pm
... . I can’t find any other hen with new chicks. The guineas didn’t want them. Peepers didn’t want them. Guess they’re mine. ____________________________ If you lik...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Sep 29, 2009, 1:06 pm
When we got back from vacation, we noticed we had a bunch more guinea keets. It’s impossible to count them. For one thing, they’re staying in tall grass right now. That means you can̵...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Sep 25, 2009, 3:08 am
Even on the beach, you can’t get away from farm tractors. We saw lots of all-terrain type of vehicles, but this was the only type tractor we saw. Guess even in surf and sand, nothing runs like...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Sep 24, 2009, 11:39 am
Our first day at Panama City Beach in Florida, we had rain for most of the day.  While waiting out the rain, I took this picture from the balcony of our little condo room.  I liked the bright splash...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Sep 23, 2009, 3:58 pm
Well, we made it home.  We drove down to the beach in rain, and we drove home in the rain, too.  I’m starting to feel like maybe there’s just a rain cloud hovering over my head, ha! I&#...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Sep 17, 2009, 9:32 pm
We’re here, and we’re enjoying ourselves even though it’s rained every day. We’ve still managed to walk on the beaches. Here’s The Farmer wearing his John Deere shirt and...
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Tish K. posted an article on Rural Ramblings - Sep 14, 2009, 12:06 am
At least for the next week. Yes, it’s true.  We’re headed to Panama City Beach, Florida.  It’s after midnight now, so I guess later this morning!  (Monday) Most of our vacations...
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Tish K. posted an article on Helping Ellie Walk - Jul 27, 2009, 12:59 pm
We got to visit with Ellie and family in June, and I actually got to see Ellie doing her thing at “Boot Camp.” They had a month long round of intensive therapy, going from about 9am-1pm Mo...
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