Hey, We're Back in Winter

Where is our rain?,,,, all this weather forecasting,, HUH!! I did see one that showed how much was predicted, and for here,,,,zero!!! lolol,,,All around showed at least a little, but,,,,here,,,,ZERO,,, Got it right once.

I didn't make it out to the park yesterday to check on the little duck but to answer one,,there is a park attendant, but i'm afraid he might just do away with it,,,that's why i haven't said anything. As far as i can tell, there's no fishing line or hook on it, and i can get pretty close. It eats and swims and flies, so i'm for just leaving it alone. It does get tired and lays down when it's on the bank. But others do too. lol.

Lots of bloggers didn't post yet, today. Miss em. I really didn't want to, seems like there's nothing to say, just rambling. When i used IE for blogs, i started getting a pop up window, saying blogger wouldn't work right with IE any more. Since i had Chrome on here already, was no problem to switch. I used to have Firefox and IE, but i looked up the comparisons of the 3, and Chrome was 1st, then IE, Firefox last, so i took FF off, put Chrome on. Speed was my main choice,,of course. Heck, they are all so competitive, they keep up on all of them with improvements.

I think the front is just now cooling us off, earlier i had to turn the heat down, now i'm getting chilly, need to turn it up.

Wish TV would do something about weekends,,,from Fri. on, thru Sun. i either leave it off, or watch movies. I record them, so i always have some. Plugged one in last nite, and i had already watched both of them, on that tape. One was about the kid doing a journal,,can't think of the name, and the other was Avatar. Guess it was ok but sure wouldn't want to watch it again. Don't know how that got mixed in with the ones i haven't watched, but it's not now,,,lol. That's something i need to do today,,,check the movies on,,see if i want any.

Yall tc, and

HAGD

Football Time!

Bro B called a bit ago, and asked if i wanted a number for a 200.00 pot. YES!!!,,I drew a 9. 10 numbers, 20.00 each. Pays for end of game score. For yall that don"t know how this works,,you add the 2 scores, then take the right side number. 27+12=39,,,,MY 9!! Wish me luck! lololol. He also said his oldest son is playing a football game tomorrow in Marble Falls,,,He is sooo good. Might go. It's some kind of league thing. He made the only score in their last game. He told them at 1/2 time, pass it to ME,,so they did, 4 times in a row, with him catching them all, gaining, then scoring. Love to watch him play. Stupid coach in high school never used him right. He jumps like a deer too, lol.

That little duck is still hopping on one leg, saw it yesterday. I had high hopes, but not so much now.

Going out to Ns house later, haven't been out there in a while. Great weather to be outside. Got 4 more signatures on the petition yesterday, in the neighborhood. Haven't heard back from our game warden yet. And i did call again, left a voice mail. No telling how far a territory he works, so it might take a while to look at it.

A house right on the edge of Llano, burned yesterday, but the worst was, it was just about fully engulfed before it was seen. Out where it was. I feel so bad for them, not home, everything burning. Horrible! When i was in the 3rd grade, our house burned but almost everything was gotten out, not burned. I could see the smoke from the school. Knew it was our house because of the huge oak tree there. That was so horrifying to me, that even after i grew up, if i wasn't home when i heard the fire siren, i would rush there. Now i have scanners. We had that siren until the fire dept. starting using their own scanners, and tones to call.

Got my oatmeal made for lunch, so, yall tc, and

HAGD

All Duckies,,Not in a Row

Never tried fishing like THAT!  Well, getting there to do it,,,

Jojo, these are the little ducks, hope somebody can identify them,,,I can’t find them in my bird book.  I watched a long time yesterday, and was close, but I never saw the one that was crippled the day before.  Sooo hope it got ok.  It never put it’s foot down at all, the day before.  Hopped on one, but seemed to swim ok.

Both bros came by this morning, so this is gonna be short.  Also, it was after 3 am before I went to sleep last nite.  Think that calls for a nap!

Need to do a little research on “applied” right of way, here in TX.  It’s kinda  like a grandfather clause.  If a trail, road, whatever, has been in use for a long time, no one can shut it off, even the property owner.  Was told it held up in most cases when someone tried to shut off one.  That would definitely help us,,,  Bro G has almost 100 signatures,,, and I found 2 men that are gonna be tremendous help.  I’m going by and talk to a former city councilwoman that loves to buck the system, and see if we can get her on our side. 

Ok gone for today,,yall tc, and

HAGD

Restrictions,,,

Gosh, i get off into something else and get lost in it. lololol. Was looking into this new Google stuff, including blog. That's how i forgot i hadn't done one yesterday. I didn't follow my routine, and left out that step. Didn't even know it til way late, so i just didn't do one. Almost did it again. Read on one about spam stuff, and that's what i was looking into. I don't seem to get any on my blog, but the blocker had some. So i guess it's working good, huh? I'm open to all, no word verification, (hate it) and still not being bothered with spam.

Out at the park yesterday, there was one of the loons?,, little black birds with tails about an inch long, stay on the water a lot. Well anyway, one of them couldn't walk on one leg. It hopped along on the bank eating, so i spent a lot of time watching it, to see if it could swim, and yes, it did. They all took off into the water, but i don't think this one flew, think it walked, but i walked over there to be sure it wasn't down low on the bank. It was in the water, so i hope it'll be ok.

Ok,, gonna warn ya, if anybody! uses that F word in my comments, i will ban them. I haven't seen that on these blogs til yesterday. NOT the place. And that's how i feel about it. As kids we got our mouths washed out with soap if we even said HECK. loolool.. I told my kid's friends that that word hurt my ears, and they didn't use it any more, around me. I'm sure my kids used all kinds of words i didn't, but they had enough respect to not do it around me. I didn't use them, to set an example. If i say it, then you can,,,lololol Yep, around the bars, you're gonna hear lots of bad words, and i just let them go over my head, tuned them out.

Someone was talking about commercials,,i hate them too, most of em. I pick my book up and read during them, all except one. I love that one,,the little green geiko lizard. And i will watch most of the super bowl ones, online. All time fav on those was the giant armadillo. Then the Bud team of Clysdales,,with the colt. They have done it again,,passed the volume thing for commercials,,,wonder if it will work this time? I remember way back, it was done, and they never got lowered,,,so,,,,guess we can hope,, HA! HA!

It's after 1 pm and i'm still not out of my robe. lololol.. No hurry, not going anywhere,,,maybe later, to check out that little bird. I need to look those up in my bird book,,

Ok,,enough outa me,,yall tc, and

HAGD

Just Forgot

No post today, forgot, too late now.

HAGD

Warning!!

My left ear has been itching for weeks, and i know that if i swab it out with vinegar, it will stop. It's usually caused by a plug of wax that will come out when i do it. Well,,,i finaly got it done. This works a hundred times better than a prescription med i have used before. I was talking about having a list of things vinegar is good for, yesterday. LOL,,don't know where it is, but,,,i do have a list somewhere. Have a list for WD-40 too,,,somewhere.

If i ever find em, i'll try posting them here.

OMG,,,my son brought a video by last nite, and after i watched it, i called him and told him,,won't be able to sleep tonite!,,And i didn't either. I had told him i would try to put it on Youtube, but,,,right before i uploaded it,,,i stopped!! Thot, NO WAY,, You'll know why when i tell you. He has another 29" coral snake in an aquarium,, and he's filming it, and notices that it is shedding it's skin! Amazing,,,,It goes just fine for me,,,UNTIL he reaches in there and PICKS UP THAT THING! With his bare hand!!! Lets it crawl around on his hand,,,and arm. Gosh, getting kinda upset again right now. He does that several times. I think he filmed this last fall, before i told him about there being no more anti venum for coral snakes here in the US. And i think my g/dotter helped do the filming. I can't put that on Youtube. I don't want someone seeing that and thinking it's ok to handle them, then get bit. NO WAY, i tell ya. The last part was a chicken snake, drinking. Forever. He told me later it drank for about 45 minutes, because they go so long in between. Now,,that one's ok, might just put that one on Youtube. Has anybody seen a snake drinking?,,,I never had.

What do yall think?

I just about died laughing when i opened DDs blog. hahahaha,,It's contagious!

Yall tc, and

HAGD

Wildlife

Got started on the petition yesterday, and just around this neighborhood, i got about a dozen signatures. Not gonna be hard. No one wants that road shut off. Bro said he got about 20 at church on domino nite.

I saw a pic of a roadrunner on Jojo's blog, and it made me remember the pair that were here for years. Those are some fasinating birds! They are nosy, and funny. When i was out in the yard, they would stretch that long neck out from behind a bush or something, watching me, seeing what i was up to. I watched them playing chase one time, around a big bush. One would catch up, and both would jump high in the air, then take off again, round and round.. I didn't have my flip cam then and missed so much. They raised one chick a year, and you never saw it til it looked as grown as them. I got to watch their mating dance once, just happened to look out the window, and saw one running across the street with a lizard in it's mouth. Guess it was the "he", cause "she" was here in the yard with her wings hanging down, kinda fluttering. He ran up to her with that lizard and dropped it right at her feet. Then they did all this crazy looking dance,,jumping, bowing,,round and round each other. A vehicle went by and scared them off. LOVED those silly birds! They were around for about 5 years, then i just never saw them again. Saw one, once, and had high hopes.

They are like the armadillos, cotton tails, and other things that have just about disappeared around here. Where i live, there should be lots of cottontails, but i've never seen even one. Last year i told my son that i had never seen a rabbit here, and the very next day!!!!, i looked out my back door and there was a jack rabbit in my neighbor's back yard, til the kids there saw it and ran it off. And to this day, that is the ONLY one. I called him and said,,you're not gonna believe this,,,,,, I think the fire ants have a lot to do with the disappearance of ground nesting things. Well, even tree nesting. I've heard they have even hurt our deer population, getting to the babies. Haven't ever heard anything else about those knats. Maybe i ought to contact that man again, and ask about the progress. It's a knat that kills those ants. Imported,,,lol. They had been released in a few counties when i had first contacted him at the UT. He told me they were as close as the next county over from me, and if i would, to let him know if i saw them here. I never did, but last year, didn't see the ants either. They stayed way underground, due to the lack of water.

My yard needs mowing so bad. I told the man that does it, to do it any time it's dry enough. I haven't seen these weeds get like this ever. Not these. I think they are ragweed. About a foot tall, real thick now. Frost sure didn't hurt em.

Not excited about super bowl, probably won't even watch it. If i go to my bro Bs house, it'll be on for sure, only way i would see any. I'm not in any pots, so no interest.

Well, gone for today, yall tc, and

HAGD