may birthday

The third day of may is my birthday and when Janet went to get the mail my sister had sent me $200. I am rolling in the dough.
I will be 73 years old.

blue egg bantam

One of Sammy's bantams is laying a blue egg. I don't know which one but it is a nice blue color.

I removed all the screens from the lettuce patch this morning I certainly hope the guineas will not get in and wallow.

Sammy had 4 roosters and he is taking 2 of them to the sale today. He is talking about bringing home baby chicks. He can buy them for a dollar a piece.

He has 5 bantam chicks that Kelly is taking care of for him. he bought 20 Rhode Island Red chicks for Kelly last week and Kelly told me he wasn't going to pay Sammy for them . I suppose he didn't because I heard Sammy on the phone telling Donnie that he didn't know Kelly didn't have any money. My sons lay awake nights trying to figure out ways to get something over on one another.

Elvis

Hero worship is a poor pass time. I out grew this in my early 20's but my sister has this thing about Elvis Presley.
He has been in the grave since 1977. he was a drug addict no doubt. he surely had eating bulimia and then used speed to lose weight. If he was alive he would be 76 years old.
He was able to sing but I think not any better than some others of his day. there is a cult that believed he was not dead but faked his death.
He probably was alone even while the crowds swooned at his feet while he lived.

Sun shine

clear skies this morning.
Obama has produced his birth Certificate and the birthers are trying to find something wrong with it. The best they can come up with is the whole thing was his fault because he didn't release it sooner.
Now the Donald wants to see his grades implying that he had less than good grades and got into Harvard because he was a negro. I am sick of all this crap. We have a serious problem in our country and all the repubs want to talk about is nonsense.

I told you so.

I like being able to say "I TOLD YOU SO" I had told Clayton ,Helen was coming to see us for my birthday. He said she was coming in August. My birthday is the 3 of May and Helen will be here May 7 so I missed it by 4 days. I called brother and said I told you so!

sunshine today

We have clear skies here at 6:25 . Perhaps my lettuce will grow today.

rained again

We have rain again. fleta called from work to tell me , she was afraid I would miss knowing about it.

flooding on table rock

rescue

James river

Table rock lake flood gates open

water fall between Hollister and Branson

how high is the water, Mama?

Mister's furnitiure parking lot Harrison
Lake Taneycomo
Branson Mo. landing
harrison Ar.
JR> high parking lot
Greek creek Marshfield , Mo.

The king and the Donald

I am sick and disgusted with the news. Kate and William the king of England some day if he lives long enough. Just ask Charles how long he has been waiting patiently for Elizabeth to kick the bucket? What do I care about the royal pair didn't we fight our way clear of the king of England a few hundred years ago?

Then along comes Donald Trump and says he is going be our next president. The media jumped right on that story also and as for me they have ran it into the ground.
For you people who don't know our grandmother was a maples and she was the 2nd or 3 third cousin to Marla Maples now if Donald hadn't dumped her I might be willing to vote republican. Remember how many distant kin came crawling out of no where when Obama was elected? We might have been able to move right on into the white house maybe I could have become the resident nanny if they had raised some children. I can see the head lines now "The nanny from hell".

Come to think maybe I could claim kin to Obama thro' his Kansas roots after all his granny was born on dry creek in Carroll county and I lived on dry creek or was it long creek. I'll have to look that up and get my story straight before I come out of the closet.

floods

according to the scanner a fire truck wash away near alpena and the 412 high way is closed. Kelly had started out and turn back at a low place. He said he had 4 foot of water in a low place on the high way.

rain

rain and more rain, there is water running down the road ditch that sounds like a creek.
I know how Noe's neighbors must have felt.I wish the sun would shine. Fleta said she was afraid to look up afraid she would drown!
Sammy's little black banties are still out unless they are cat food.

more bantams

Sam went chicken buying again. He got 2 that look as if they are silkie mixed these were young pullets then the other 2 were not over 2 months old an were just black bantams. I told him to put them in the house because we were having a down pour and later we looked out the window and the 2 youngest chickens were running around pecking at the ground in a hard rain.. I guess they were really hungry. I looked out later and they were back in the house and when the rain slacked off SAM went and threw some crack corn in the chicken house for them. I think that makes 19 hens in the pen.
It rained most of the day yesterday, My wheel borrow is full of water. Kelly came by and ate dinner. He is doing much better. He probably had worried him self into a frazzle.
Sammy bought a toaster that would toast 4 slices at a time last week and it had set in the floor here for a week in the box. I told Kelly if he wanted it to take it. Sam only gave 2 dollars for it at the sale. Kelly took the toaster and left the box when Sammy discovers the box is empty I am to deny all knowledge as what happen to his toaster.
Sam bought 2 yellow good size toy dump trucks and set them out by the garden and The next time fleta comes by they are going to be in her truck when she leaves. Robert will have a good time playing with them. crash bang!

first Easter morning

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.(NIV)

Matthew 28:1-10
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

Dinner and divorce

66 degrees here and the weather forecast is 90% chance of thunder storms here for today and tonight. rain fell last night here.
Sammy is going to the sale again today so we may have more bantams this evening.He has 4 roosters and 15 hens now and we are getting 2 eggs a day!
Kelly is coming for dinner today so I am going to cook the Easter ham today. Mashed potatoes and brown and serve rolls, ham gravy and I bakes a apple pie yesterday.
Tony has company coming, his daughter and her husband will be here for the week-end.
Tony said the report was that Casey was caring a girl. That will be 2 great grand daughters and 2 great grand sons for me. I had 4 children, 4 grandchildren and now 4 great grand children. I have 16 direct descents.
I have a story to tell and will not name names to protect the guilty.
There is a couple who divorced last year and it came time to file taxes. The ex wife dreaded the ordeal because her ex husband was a mean mouthed SOB but she gritted up her courage and showed up to take care of old business upon arrival at the tax prepares shop they were informed that they would not be allowed to file a tax return together since their divorce was final before the last day of 2010.
The ex wife was delighted but the ex hubby was some what up set because he owed the federal government 20 thousand in tax monies. As a parting shot of hateful speech he declared he was going to sue the ex wife for the tax money. Hopefully this will be the last time the ex wife has to listen to his rants.

rain and lettuce

My lettuce has not sprouted like it should. I finally decided the guineas were dust bathing in the bed and covered the seeds so deep they couldn't come up.
I went and covered the seed bed this time, this was the third try, i covered the bed with chicken wire or any thing I could get a hold on to stop the guineas from waling in the dirt and this morning I have a nice stand coming up.
We had a lot of rain last night and rain is in the forecast for the next 5 days.
one of Sammy's little bantam hens he bought had leg mites so bad we treated her with Vaseline and she is better. She is walking some and eating and drinking. I think she might be part silkie and I like the way she looks so I am hoping she will live. I have her in a dog coop in the yard because she wouldn't come out to get food and water. When we put new chickens in the pen it takes a few days for them to blend into the flock but in her case she was weak and couldn't walk well so I isolated her hoping she would get stronger.

Brabanter chicken

The Brabanter is a Dutch breed of chicken originating in the historic region of Brabant which straddles Belgium and the Netherlands. The original form of the Brabanter went extinct in the early 20th century, but was re-created by 1920. Today, it is a rare breed which is practically non-existent outside Continental Europe. The distinguishing characterististic of the Brabanter is its feather crest and beard (or muff). Its crest is unlike that of most other crested breeds, such as the Polish, in that it stands straight up. It has a V-shaped comb. Appearing in seven color varieties, it is largely an ornamental chicken. Hens lay a fair number of white eggs and do not go broody, but are not good winter layers

bridal wreath

My bridal wreath is blooming but has very small blooms.

Late blight

Helen's tomato plant has the late blight.

The rotten guineas

I have sewed lettuce seeds 3 times and got very few plants. I decided to plant the other 4 tomatoes where i had tried to grow lettuce and found lots of sprouting seed as deep in the ground. the guineas have been dust bathing in there and keep covering the seeds.

I put some were screens over the tomatoes hoping that would discourage them.

night before last just at day break I heard them scream and thought nothing about it but the neighbor found a lot of feathers in front of his car and I guess an owl had a feast. I only have 7 guineas now.

I saw where one had laid a egg on the chicken wire which they roost on. rotten guineas!

set a hen for sam

she is due to hatch on may 9th.12 eggs no bigger than the end of my thumb.

Obama and miscreants

Midtownmiscreaants says I can use his stuff so I will he said what I have been thinking better than I could ever say so here it is.. If you want to read his whole post go and read the April 8 post, just hit my title and it will take you there... Miscreants said ...................................................................................................................................................................... Last but definetly not the least. As Boehner gently weeps, and the gubmint is as fucked up as a soup sandwich, where pray tell is our leader? Now you may recall that I had high hopes for bama when he won the election. I thought, and said as much, "here's a smart guy". I was smoking some pretty good weed back in those days. I still am, but as good as it is, I can't get high enough to think highly of the big O. The president spent Wednesday evening swinging off of Al Sharptons ball sack. This is the same guy who caused riots over the fake rape of Twana Brawley. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Obama pandered for votes and played political grab ass with a guy he avoided like the plague before the last election when he should have been standing on Boehner and Reeds necks. I'm over the hope and change song and dance. I've been bamboozled, hoodwinked, and hustled. I can usually see through bull shit a mile away, but this guy fooled me. I hate admitting I was wrong, but I was. I AGREE.

vegetables and the Donald

It has happen, food prices have been rising steadily and now there is a gang that has set up a fake trucking company after all those vegetable growers don't truck their own tomatoes and such to market they hire a trucking company to transport their produce. These thieves file fake papers in case anyone checks go to the farms and load up . It usual take 3 to 4 days for the trucks to arrive at a ware house so the growers don't know any thing is a miss for a few days then they begin to look for the trucks they have disappeared into the wild blue yonder.

I suspect my sister Helen has been benefiting from the trucks remember she has been buying cheap vegetables and spreading them around among friend and neighbors because they are so cheap?

This is going to be the year of the crazies as far as the next presidential campaign is concerned, Donald Trump for president? I thought it was just another of his sales gimpiest but then I thought , Oh good lord don't forget that b grade actor who ran and was president for 8 years and now we find out he had Alzheimer during his years in the white house. So it is possible that the DONALD might be elected after all some southerns white bigots would do anything to get that nigger out of office.

sammy buys more chickens

Sammy bought more bantams yesterday at the sale. They were high priced and I couldn't see why.

It was his money so the price isn't important I suppose.

He did buy another rooster. One of the hens had crusted leg mites so back and she could hardly walk. I have read you can treat them with a coating of Vaccine which we tried but I am not sure she will live I suspect she has been kept in a wire bottom cage and she can barely walk.

He bought 4 hens and one rooster.

sister Helen

Anticipation definition... looking forward to some event or happening with joy or eager to see something come to pass. My sister Helen is always eager for some thing or the other, she said yesterday she was going to make a birthday cake and was excited about it. My self I have not been eager or excited for any thing in the last 30 years as I usually view events that may happen with a feeling of dread.

Jefferson father of our country?

Did Thomas Jefferson father children by his 14 year old slave Sally Hemming. think about this if he did it wasn't the love story we have been fed like mush by the media but it was the rape of a 14 year old girl by her middle age slave owner. If Jefferson had sex with this slave at the age of 14 he was a pedophile and should have been placed in prison.

Descendants of Slaves and Slave Owners Gather for a Healing Family Reunion



Can you imagine going to a well-known southern plantation for a memorial service for both slaves and their owners at a family gathering of their descendants? Can you imagine the descendants of the white slave owners issuing an apology for the abomination of slavery? Can you imagine these people acknowledging that they are all related due to the fact that white plantation owners had children by their black slaves as well as their white wives? Can you imagine these descendants of slaves and slave owners embracing, crying and calling each other family? All this and much more actually happened during the weekend of July 13-14 in Virginia at the Monticello estate of the third president of the United States ; Thomas Jefferson. You know, the man on the nickel, the major author of the Declaration of Independence.

The Hemings Family Reunion event was hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the non-profit historical group which organizes tours of the grounds at Monticello . Although the event was primarily for the descendants of Elizabeth Hemings, Jeffersons and other family members and friends were welcomed In case you have not already read about the context of this reunion, let me briefly fill you in on the story.

Elizabeth (also known as Betty) Hemings was the daughter of an African enslaved woman and a white man named Captain John Hemings who visited the Wayles plantation where she lived. Elizabeth had 12 children, six of whom were fathered by John Wayles, the master of her plantation. John Wayles' daughter Martha Wayles Jefferson married Thomas Jefferson. When John Wayles died, Elizabeth and her enslaved children were given to Thomas Jefferson as an inheritance. Mr. Jefferson had 5 children with his wife Martha. Martha died in 1782. After Martha's death, Thomas went to France as the United States Minister. Two of his daughters and two slaves joined him. His slave James Hemings came to learn the art of French cooking, and James' 14 year old sister Sally Hemings, came to look after his youngest daughter Maria. Sally was the half sister of Jefferson 's wife Martha. In France Sally learned to speak and read French and was trained as a ladies maid. It was here that she became pregnant with her first child (who was said to be the son of Jefferson , born back in America and named Thomas Jefferson Hemings.) Sally went on to have a total of 7 children claiming Thomas Jefferson as their father. Sally's children were raised as slaves on Jefferson 's plantation, and were freed at the age of 21 or allowed to run away to freedom. Some of these light skinned children passed for white and blended into white society while others chose to raise their families as African Americans. The Hemings descendants come in many different skin tones.

giant chick and bantams

The giant chicken, when seen with the bantams this chick looks like a giant and when you realize she probably isn't over 3 months old she really looks large. She must be a mix breed barn yard fowl.She has green legs and some resemblance to a game chicken in looks and attitude. she is very flighty. My guineas go down across my neighbors yard and spend a lot of time in his yard. I am still feeding them but I should be able to stop soon and they can get their food from insects. The guinea hens are laying. the neighbor told Sammy that one hen was laying near their house. I wonder if they took the eggs to eat? probably not, they are citified and wouldn't know they taste just like chicken eggs. I woke this morning and realized I didn't have any pain in my leg. It felt so good to lay there and not hurt but that all changed when I went to feed my left leg was hurting as I made my way back to the house. My tomato plants didn't get frosted last night. I thought they might but the wind blew most of the night and it didn't get cold enough.

dog 's life

Cute Story

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An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard.
I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of.

He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.
An hour later, he went to the door, and I let
him out..

The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour.
This continued off and on for several weeks.

Curious I pinned a note to his collar: 'I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.'

The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar:
'He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 He's trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?'

30 w0rds of wisdom

1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.
2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.
6. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
9. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.
10. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
11. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
12. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
13. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
14. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
15. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
16. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
17. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
18. Procrastinate Now!
19. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
20. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
21. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
22. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
23. ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) Where's the Teller? Still Waiting!
24. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
25. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.
26. Ham and eggs... A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig. (how true)
27. The trouble with life is there's no background music.
28. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
29. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on.
30.Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
Life is too short and friends are too few !

tomatoes and chickens

I have 8 tomato plants. I had to send Janet after the plants so I didn't have a choice in what kind I got, she bought better boys and big boys. I put 4 of each and have 4 more better boy plant if these die. I told Janet to get small plants not the big tall ones. She got them but said they are awful little, she wanted to buy the tall ones but I said no. I like the ones that are small they receive less tran plant shock and grow better.
I went too feed and counted my banties. I have 10 and 3 roosters. They eggs should be fertile. I have a setting hen this morning. The barred hen is clucking. One of the chickens Sammy bought is going to be a full sized hen. she was still making the peeping sound when he brought her home and I would guess she is about 3 months old now and looks Hugh beside the bantams. That makes 14 chickens in the pen and they look like a lot less in the pen than the big hens did.
Sammy is going to the sale tomorrow and has the chicken buying bug so no telling what he will bring home.

Lettuce and tomatoes

I have had a lot of pain in my left leg for a few days. Wednesday I could barley walk but today I got out at day light and put my tomatoes in the tires which my son had prepared with dirt for me. It wasn't easy but I managed to get it done. I sewed lettuce see again . My lettuce seed has been a bust but I thought I would try one more time.

Bantams

San got the bantams moved into the regular chicken pen this evening and I got the locks on the gates.
There is a gently rain falling in the ozarks this evening. time is 10:15. I took a nap and just woke so I will be awake for a while.



Dutch Silver Bantam Image:The-Coop.org
What are Bantam Chickens?
Bantam chickens have been domesticated for centuries. In fact, they are one of the oldest known domestic animals. Marco Polo wrote about banties in his journal. While all bantams are chickens, not all chickens are banties.

What is the difference? The Bantam is a small breed overall. Some bantams have been bred from "normal sized chickens" to retain the characteristics of the breed in a smaller size. Others are as they have been for centuries, totally unique. All bantams are smaller than regular chickens and they share some unique personality traits. People who raise bantams say that they have more personality than chickens do, are more able to care for themselves, and find more of their own food. They seem to keep the grasshopper population down better than other types of poultry. Because they are small they are easier to keep in an urban area and so they are a great way for city and suburb "farmers" to achieve self sufficiency.

This is a short article about banties I found on the web.

The dirt according to Flynt

Mr. Flynt with some help has a book out about our former leaders and their wives.
The sex life of our presidents..He said: 'I think Jefferson was like the Energizer Bunny with more than just Sally Hemmings if you know what I mean. Historians have stayed clear of anything that might be unsavoury about the guy who drafted the Constitution.'
According to the Daily Beast, Flynt was also surprised to discover that Buchanan had a gay lover yet supported slavery.
some of the things Flynt reveals in his book are how Ben Franklin helped save the American Revolution by seducing French women, that Dolley Madison slept around, and James Buchanan's gay love affair with a slave owner was a boon for secessionists.

He also claims that Abe Lincoln liked to share beds with men and Eleanor Roosevelt's lesbian affairs helped her become a crusader for equal rights. He also talks about the sexual prowess of Bill Clinton and JFK.
I suppose the fun is coming because Flynt likes to expose the candidates while they run . remember what Mr. Flynt did to Newt Gingrich?

Eisenbach said that 2012 presidential candidates should not rest easy in the hope that the book has taken over all of Flynt's spare time.
He said: 'He has kind of held back a bit, but as we get closer to the election there will be more revelations forthcoming.

'Let's just say, for example, that if you are making a big stand against gays in the military or gays marrying, you'd better have a clean bill of health on your own marriage vows.

Miss kristy

Any time Kris starts telling us what is what I decided it was time to look for my self. I found this in the Chicago Tribune. At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago's West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria. Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices. "Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school," Carmona said. "It's about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception." Carmona said she created the policy six years ago after watching students bring "bottles of soda and flaming hot chips" on field trips for their lunch. Although she would not name any other schools that employ such practices, she said it was fairly common. "While there is no formal policy, principals use common sense judgment based on their individual school environments," Monique Bond wrote in an email. "In this case, this principal is encouraging the healthier choices and attempting to make an impact that extends beyond the classroom." Any school that bans homemade lunches also puts more money in the pockets of the district's food provider, Chartwells-Thompson. The federal government pays the district for each free or reduced-price lunch taken, and the caterer receives a set fee from the district per lunch. At Little Village, most students must take the meals served in the cafeteria or go hungry or both. During a recent visit to the school, dozens of students took the lunch but threw most of it in the garbage uneaten. Though CPS has improved the nutritional quality of its meals this year, it also has seen a drop-off in meal participation among students, many of whom say the food tastes bad. "Some of the kids don't like the food they give at our school for lunch or breakfast," said Little Village parent Erica Martinez. "So it would be a good idea if they could bring their lunch so they could at least eat something." "(My grandson) is really picky about what he eats," said Anna Torrez, who was picking up the boy from school. "I think they should be able to bring their lunch. Other schools let them. But at this school, they don't." I wonder what they do with children who have special diets due to religion? or perhaps the principle has a investment in the company who provides the meals. I can say daddy's sweety is wrong as usual because this is not the end of a year thing but is year around.

It's difficult to say whether or not this is being done with nanny-state "protect you from yourself" intentions, or just as a subsidy for some crony-capitalist "private" company. Either way, it's criminal.

George Gaddy

I couldn't see Fleta's image even after clicking on it so I down loaded it and worked with it. George Gaddy signed this and of course he was Mama's great grandfather. George Gaddy was a preacher, he helped settle Denver Arkansas and fought in the civil war on the union side. The story is told about George who love chewing tobacco and one day while entering the church a Friend gave him a small twist of chewing tobacco. Mt. Gaddy put in his pocket and promptly forgot about the gift. While the church was singing George felt the twist in his pocket and thought it was a mouse. While holding the prize tightly with his hand he whispered to his son get you knife and cut my pocket I have a mouse in my fist and can't open my hand or will escape. Preacher was a laughing a stock when the word spread in the congregation about preacher's mouse. Also of note I believe George and his brother named Denver New Salem when they settled it later it was called Denver. You can click on my photo and actually see it. I also read about the Chicago school and the bane on bringing home packed lunches. The reason they used was some children had food allergies and might trade food and become ill. The site that I read said the reason was that the amount of federal monies coming in from the government was less because everyone were like Austin and called it slop. I was reading while back and learned that most schools serve these heat and serve prepacked lunches which looked like slop. These lunches make TV dinners look good or Mike's dollar menu at MacDonald's.

quakes in japan and Arkansas

Yesterday was warm almost you could say hot this morning the air is chilly to say the least.
My great garden patch is showing more grass every day. I think it is going to be a bust. I can't stand long enough to hoe it out so I guess Sammy will mow it out and take the lettuce and radishes out too.
Japan has more earth quakes and it seems to me the island may sink into the ocean. We are still having earth quakes in Arkansas weekly. The last one was Friday near Greenbriar.
We had the direct satellite fellow here working yesterday and the two dogs were confined to the out side dog pen most of the day because I told my kids we couldn't have them barking and threatening the fellow all day. It was very peaceful all day.
It is rather lonesome around here with no chickens in the pen but Sammy is going chicken shopping this next Saturday perhaps I will take part of his purchase if he buys some I like. he is talking about buying baby chicks for him self and for Kelly.
The neighbor boys are going to help him move his bantams into the chicken pen and as soon as that happens I will lock him out of the pen that way they are mine.

Have you noticed ?

I have been thinking, there are advertisement on my TV about products that will help you stop smoking. The new pill is called chantix and is trotted as the wonder pill produced by Pfizer.
You should see the side effects for this new drug. You might be better off if you spent you money for more tobacco.

The Health Insurance industry is promoting a movement to stop you from smoking or perhaps what they really intend to do is charge you more for your insurance or maybe provide themselves with an out if you find your self needing medical care.
I can see it now in a year or so the Government says you must have health insurance which you pay for and then the insurance company will refuse to pay for your medical care because you are ill due to your smoking.
There will be a list of aliments that are caused by smoking and not covered by your Health Insurance.
My daughter was on the phone talking to a Friend and the company she works for had been giving out leaflet about a new stop smoking program. I didn't see the paper because she said everyone threw them in the trash. ha ha . I thought will just wait they will be crying about the cost when it hits them in their pay check.
I did a search and found that medicare has a new program to pay for cession to promote Seniors over 65 to stop smoking. They will pay for support groups attendance to help you stop smoking.
Think about this, who is paying? insurance companies that is who. you pay the insurance company premiums so they can pay a third party to alter your life.
Big business controls your life.
Do you have life insurance soon they will refuse to pay if you were a smoker before you kicked the bucket.
I was setting in a doctors office a few years ago and I over heard a office worker express her sorry on a death of one of the doctors patients to the doctor. The doctor said well it was his own fault he smoked and drank you know.
soon that will be your reply when you file a claim with your health insurance company, sorry it is your fault you are sick and we will not pay.

fun

I can not be the person my family had our name changed by the Feds. I have only had this name for about 7 years I have grown up and any money would be from the mob. I have left that world. Please let me forget that life and never ever contact me or I will turn this over to the Marshall handling my families siduation.



> From: panadda.b@webmail.at-tep.com
> Subject: I await your response.
> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 01:14:49 +0700
> To:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am David Thorburn Chief Operating Officer, Clydesdale Bank. I am getting in
> touch with you regarding the estate of a deceased client with similar last
> name and an investment placed under our banks management 10 years ago. I
> believe would be of interest to you.In 2000, the subject matter; came to our
> bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He
> informed us that he had a financial portfolio of fifty million united states
> dollars ($50,000,000,00).i want you to stand as the bona-fide next of kin to
> the deceased.
>
> My proposal; you share the same surname With our late client; We share the
> proceeds 50% for me, 50% for you Should you be interested i shall provide
> you with more details of this transaction.
>
> I await your response.
> E-mail :davthorburnn5@yahoo.com.hk
>
> Regards,
> David Thorburn.

april 10

I want to tell everyone what is bad about being almost 73 years old.
I have been sick for 5 days not so very sick by normal peoples gage but when you are old it is worse to be ill.
Most things are worse when you are old. I think I am some what better today, maybe. I certainly hope so.
The wind is blowing up ma storm here but the sun is shining brightly.
Today is Sammy's birthday . he was born the year JFK died.
No chickens to feed this morning.

turkey and parrot

A retired sergeant major inherited a talking parrot from a recently departed relative who had run a busy dockside pub. For the first few days in his new home the normally talkative parrot was distinctly shy. The old major, despite his stern and disciplined ways, felt sorry for the bird, and gently encouraged it with soft words and pieces of fruit. After a week or so the parrot began to find its voice - a little at first - and then more so. Responding to the kind treatment, the parrot's vocabulary continued to recover, including particularly the many colourful expressions it had been taught in the dockside pub. The old sergeant major began to be quite irritated by the parrot's incessant rudeness, and after a few more days of worsening profanities, decided action was required to bring the bird under control. The sergeant major tried at first to incentivise the parrot with the promise of reward for good behaviour, but to no avail. He next tried to teach the bird a lesson by withdrawing its privileges, again to no avail; the parrot remained stubbornly rude. Finally the old major flipped into battleground management mode; he grabbed the bird, clamped his hands around its beak, and thrust the struggling, swearing parrot, into the top drawer of the freezer, slamming the door tightly shut. The swearing and struggling noises continued inside the freezer for a few seconds and then abruptly stopped. The sergeant major listened for a while and then, concerned that the parrot's shock might have been terminal, carefully opened the freezer door and opened the drawer to look. The parrot slowly clambered out of the drawer and perched on its edge.

"I must apologise for my rude and disrespectful behaviour," said the parrot, "I promise never to use bad language again. And by the way, what did the turkey do?"

chickens and chicken sh**s

I sold all my chickens today. They brought 165.00. There are days when I can't get out to care fore them anymore.

The United States Government has passed a spending bill after putting on a big show for the country last evening. If anyone thinks this dog and pony show we were shown this week was any thing except a bunch of middle of the road government men wanting to be reelected they are sadly mislead.

Be warned My chickens are gone and all of my time will now be spent poking our great leaders.

WASHINGTON — President Obama opened the week by calling on Democrats to embrace his re-election campaign. He closed it by praising Republicans for forging a compromise to cut spending this year and avert a government shutdown.

copper kittle

Mama had a copper kittle like this when we live at Carrollton. She washed our cloths in it on a scurb board. Some women use as copper kittle to can pickles in. They had a nice bright green color and then the goverment said the pickles were poision. I never heard of anyone dieing from the pickles never the less they were poision said the goverment.

green

54 degrees and wind. I went to feed and nearly was blown away. My lettuce is coming up slowly. I thought I might have to replant but I guess some is covered more than other because the seeds are coming up. I looked on line and found the seeds could sprout as early as 7 days and as long as 14 days Sunday will be 14 days so I guess it will come up. The radishes and onions are sprouting just fine. The guineas are not eating all of their feed so I guess they are getting some insects from their roaming over the yards. Ticks are suppose to be on their menu.