bigbull338
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we got a good 3 inches of rain.an that pretty much filled all our ppols full.hope we keep getting these good rains.
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Holy smoke, Don. If your part of the country isn't burnin' up, it's blowin' down.:confused2: You guys have gotta find a happy medium.
Don't forget floating away.....
Couldn't get to town this morning had to head to Giddings instead. FM 1624 was under water. Last night Lexington VFD had to do a water rescue on a oil rig on the other side of this water when 14 guys got stranded on an oil rig. Almost sounded like Lee County was in the middle of the Gulf.
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:laughing: We had a "discussion" that ended up with her just saying "OK" It was like talking to a belligerent kid that got caught. I guess thats how some people deal with being wrong, they get defensive. While watching the news last night, they showed quite a few motorist that had got stuck in high water, thankfully no one drowned this time, but it was an opportunity for her to say " At least I didn't get stuck in the water!" See what I'm dealing with:laughing:
Here is a photo of the creek that is usually dry, this creek is the one that crosses the road, right here it is around 3' deep in the center. I took this after she left behind the house.
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Did I put my foot in my mouth, or am I just using shoe flavored mouthwash?:ashamed::laughing: Your ponds are much deeper than I guessed and I'm sure that's why the dam looks narrow. They are surely a nice view to look out over. I'd bet that on cold mornings, you have lots of mist rising off the warmer water. Do migrating birds ever come to visit?
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LOL ... no. Yes a lot of mist and alot of ducks. Not as many Geese as I would like. Sometimes as many as 15-20 depending upon the time of the year.
My neighbor to the North has about a 5 acre pond about 800' from my fence line and he has all the Geese. His pasture is always loaded with Geese grazing...fall, winter and spring ... they leave out in the summer.
Speaking of the dam ... about 4 yrs ago when we had that really wet year, I came in one evening and told Cheryl I think the water is gonna come over the North end tonight ... yep by morning I had a gapping hole about 15' wide and 10-15' deep ... the hole was almost empty. When we fixed it we raised the North end about 4'
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Yesterday started out cloudy, damp and a little too cold. But after noon the skies cleared and it turned into a perfect day. Not a cloud in the sky. The pasture was still wet with some water in the low places. I took the dogs with me out to the pasture and they went for a swim and played fetch retrieving sticks from the tank. I found some limbs had knocked down some fence I went and cut the limbs off and got it back up and just really enjoyed just being outside as cabin fever was starting to set in.
If you want proof there's a God you should have been with me yesterday. It don't get any better than this.
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If you want proof there's a God you should have been with me yesterday. It don't get any better than this.
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Charlie, sounds like your day ended in a good way. Was pretty much the same here except the wind, man was it blowing! I was working in the mud on a small fence project (new thread here, http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/232489-small-fence-sign-job.html) and the mud was getting like 10# weights on my shoes:laughing: but the real kicker was the wind, I bet it was pushing 40mph.
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Even though it was a bit breezy, after school my grandson and I loaded the deer feeder with corn and then went to shoot a few baskets on his new basketball goal he got for his birthday. The goal is just leveled and sitting on a gravel pad, but the basketball bounces quite well on the gravel. You can actually dribble and shoot. If he likes basketball and plays it a lot, I may get a concrete pad poured. For now the gravel seems to work fine. It was sure a nice afternoon for being outdoors.
BTW: Has anyone bought sunflower seeds for birds lately? I almost put my hands up when I saw the price was almost $30 for a 50 lb bag. Whew! That's a lot to pay just so we'll have lots of bird poop on our deck and cars.
BTW: Has anyone bought sunflower seeds for birds lately? I almost put my hands up when I saw the price was almost $30 for a 50 lb bag. Whew! That's a lot to pay just so we'll have lots of bird poop on our deck and cars.
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Even though it was a bit breezy, after school my grandson and I loaded the deer feeder with corn and then went to shoot a few baskets on his new basketball goal he got for his birthday. The goal is just leveled and sitting on a gravel pad, but the basketball bounces quite well on the gravel. You can actually dribble and shoot. If he likes basketball and plays it a lot, I may get a concrete pad poured. For now the gravel seems to work fine. It was sure a nice afternoon for being outdoors.
BTW: Has anyone bought sunflower seeds for birds lately? I almost put my hands up when I saw the price was almost $30 for a 50 lb bag. Whew! That's a lot to pay just so we'll have lots of bird poop on our deck and cars.
Have not bought any seeds ... but I'll ask how did you feel after shooting hoops? I lettered in HS and played college ball ... when Riley moved in we went to playing .... it set in the next morning. Muscles I forgot I had where getting ben gay !!!
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Can you picture a fat ol' guy trying to do layups?. . . don't try. It ain't pretty! I just shagged balls for my grandson and cheered him on.
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Can you picture a fat ol' guy trying to do layups?. . . don't try. It ain't pretty! I just shagged balls for my grandson and cheered him on.
I did not realize you have been watching us play ball ... yep I can imagine it. I no longer jump as high, shot any 3 pointers and have learned a free throw is a difficult task!!
Can you picture a fat ol' guy trying to do layups?. . . don't try. It ain't pretty! I just shagged balls for my grandson and cheered him on.
The great things is the GS had a ball I'm sure, when he isn't looking you can collapse
If I have to try all that now, some one better be paying me for the "work":laughing: Actually I didn't play basketball, football and baseball heck yeah.
Jim, I noticed the seed price about 3 weeks ago at Lowes, so I bought the southern blend without the milo. I can get a 50# of milo pretty cheap for dove.
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I've tried regular bird seed and my darn spoiled birds will dig out the sunflower seeds and any other dark seed and throw the lighter seeds on the ground. For some reason, they just don't seem to like the lighter seeds when there are dark one's mixed in. What's up with that? Anybody else notice this?
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I've tried regular bird seed and my darn spoiled birds will dig out the sunflower seeds and any other dark seed and throw the lighter seeds on the ground. For some reason, they just don't seem to like the lighter seeds when there are dark one's mixed in. What's up with that? Anybody else notice this?
When we lived down in Navarro County, I quit buying any birdseed except the sunflower seeds since that seemed to be what they all wanted. But here I buy the Morning Song brand from Walmart and get a 40# bag of Year Round mixed seed and a 25# bag of Black Oil Sunflower seed at the same time and mix them. The Year Round mix has some sunflower seed, but I give it a lot more. However, I decided to stock up last Fall, so the two bags, one of each, cost me $35.80 on Nov. 14.
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I hadn't intended to go to Walmart this afternoon, but then I did, so I checked their price and it's now $18.44 for the 25# bag; double that to $36.88 and you're getting it for less than $30. You're gettin' a bargain.
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I do the same thing Bird, I add extra sunflower seeds for the cardinals. Jim I put out 1/2 gallon of seeds in the feeder every morning and every bit is gone the next day, the white, red and black. I do have a group of tiny birds that might be getting the white and red.
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Don, I'm not sure if I'm putting out quite that much. I have about 3 squirrels that visit each day, occasionally a cardinal, lots of very small birds during the middle of the day, and the biggest doves I've ever seen in the evening.
40 lbs. of the seed mix is a dollar cheaper than 25 lbs. of the sunflower seed.
40 lbs. of the seed mix is a dollar cheaper than 25 lbs. of the sunflower seed.
Bird, The larger dove are probably White wings, they have really been moving North in the past few years, near the size of a pigeon!! I have had them in the fall/ winter for a few years now and brother they can eat, they will gorge on whole deer corn too....
Jim, I have been doing as Bird and Don by mixing extra Sunflower into the mix. I notice allot of the finch type will get the millet seed. No doubt that most prefer the sunflower if they can get'em open. I have seen what looks like a titmouse (sp) taking sunflower seeds into the trees and cracking them against the tree!! industrious fellers. Probably the nutrition along with the increased amount of oils in those seeds.
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Dennis, I've wondered if these are White Wing Doves. When I was a kid, I heard that dove hunting was great sport and good eating, so I went out and shot a dove (mourning dove; the only kind we had) and I decided there wasn't enough meat there to be worth a shotgun shell, and I never shot another one.
In a way your right, if you only get a couple you aren't going to have a cookout!! Get the breast of 20+ and you can throw together a great meal. Best way I have had them is , piece of cheese with Jalapeño then wrapped with bacon and thrown on the grill. Not worth the effort for a few thought.
Like most hunting, it sure isn't to save $ on the harvest.
Also, if they are White wings, you should be able to see a small strip of white on there wing .
