Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[farmgirl19]

Oh no! You can't throw them out. You have to keep all those old lights in a big box so that your spouse or significant other finds them in 3-5 years and spends half the day trying to get them working while you are at work. When you come home and tell him/her that they are bad strings you just kept, well . . . the Christmas Spirit may be temporarily put on hold.:laughing:

I went through the phase of keeping all of the old junk, and am still a regular "pack rat", as my grandparents told me many stories about The Depression, and about saving everything. But, since *I* would be the one to have to work on them, and *I* would have to put them up, and *I* would have to take them down, I decided that *I* didn't need them!

I wouldn't mind the putting up so much, but I hate having to take things down. So, I have a windsock (appropriate for a pilot, dontcha think?) that looks like Scrooge, and wears a button that says, "BAH HUMBUG!" I have it out, and it won't take 2 minutes to undecorate and put it away. I can even do it, and not spill my drink!

 

[blueriver]

Charlie, I am going to have to try that recipe:thumbsup: Pecan pie is usually too sweet for me, but the JD may knock some of the "edge" off:laughing: Still pretty wet around my place, everything but the roads. The slow melt makes it feel like we have had a tropical rain storm for 3 weeks!. The "real" rain gauge I got this past spring measures moisture also in the form of Sleet,ice, hail and according to what I dumped after it thawed was 1.53"!!! WOOOT I think it wad TXDon or Bird, that clued me into the Stratus gauge, now I see why the weather spotter folks use them:thumbsup:

Very wet and soggy .. Everywhere the gator, the tractor or the truck dives it turns too mush .. Very nice around the hog feeders!!!!

 

[bindian]

I fed Purina Rabbit Chow, and since I had no idea what I was doing when I started raising rabbits, I bought a very good book on the subject at Tractor Supply Co. The book was published by the American Rabbit Breeders Association.

Bird,
Now that I think about it, the Albers pamphlet, I think, was sponsored by the American Rabbit Breeders Assoc.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Western]

Very wet and soggy .. Everywhere the gator, the tractor or the truck dives it turns too mush .. Very nice around the hog feeders!!!!

BR, I can only imagine!! When I was a kid, our neighbor had about 200 pigs, It was a total mess every time in was wet, but they seemed to love the **** out of it! They seemed to find all the mud in that Northern Arkansas rock!!

 

[bindian]

Brandi,
Your too young for the era back when animal feed used to come in pretty printed cloth sacks.
Maybe your lucky that way. Moms and grandmas used to make their daughters pretty little blouses
from the feed sacks.

Here is a little bunny raised on Albers
Rabbit feed is very basic compared to calf manna, but I'm surprised it has no Lysine.
We used to supplement our young horses with calf manna. It really helped them fill out.

We have a cat now that we got as a freebie at the animal shelter a couple years ago when they
had a free give away cat day. Within 2 weeks she had the sniffles and was sneezing out flem stuff.
Anti-biotics, Lysine and other goodies at the vet keep her breathing well for about 6 weeks with us using a childs vaporizer
next to her bed 2-3 times a day. We even make salt water nose drops to clear her up.
Some free cat :thumbdown: She is costing a bundle, but is the most loveable cat I have ever been around.
Most cats are like our barn cats, they could care less about people except at feed time.

The little bear in the second picture is made from cookie dough. One of my wife's associates made it and gave it to her
at Christmas time over 30 years ago.

My wethers would get (each day) a cup of calf manna, hen scratch, but I don't remember how much and a 1/8 block of alfalfa. Now that I am thinking about it....we fed our Momma rabbits a little calf manna after giving birth. Just mix it in with their feed. Maybe a handful.

I do remember our horse feed sacks being burlap. My brother and I cut out arm and neck holes and wore them once. They sure were sticky. We called them Toad sacks. or Toe sacks. Don't ask me why.

I think the reason my dogs trust and love me so much is I self medicate them. Only time I take them to the vet is for shots I can not give myself. Booger won't let me get out of the truck and into the house without me giving him some hugs.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

That sounds like it would be AWESOME. Thanks for posting that recipe.

That does sound awesome. I think I am gonna cancel the pecan pie I ordered from a coworker's wife and try making it next weekend. Any body got a recipe for bourbon balls?
hugs, Brandi

 

[Bird]

I think it wad TXDon or Bird, that clued me into the Stratus gauge, now I see why the weather spotter folks use them

T'weren't me, must have been Don. My cheap rain gauge had about 2.75" of snow/sleet/ice? back on the 5th or 6th and when it melted I had about 1.62" of water.

We called them Toad sacks. or Toe sacks. Don't ask me why.

I guess I was nearly grown before I heard of burlap. We called them tow sacks, but don't know if that was spelled "toe" or "tow" or was an abbreviation for "tote".

 

[farmgirl19]

It was tow sacks around here.

 

[bindian]

It was tow sacks around here.

Okay, I spelled it wrong. Tow sacks it is.
hugs, Brandi

 

[farmgirl19]

Okay, I spelled it wrong. Tow sacks it is.
hugs, Brandi

I wish I had a nickel for every post of mine that I found a misspelled word in and got back in to edit and correct it before the window of time ran out!