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Sorry you are having such hot, humid weather but I am THRILLED it is gone from here for a day or 2. Now we have the outskirts of Tropical Storm Lee with a forecast of 8" of rain... and the weather is fabulous right now! Yeah, cloudy, but coolish with amazing breezes.

I spoke with the trainer who has Buddy and she said he is doing really well. He has learned to lunge and is starting to figure out changing directions. She ties him in the arena while she works other horses and she said he is a perfect gentleman. And he is FINALLY leading with some manners! She...

homemade doughnuts... better than Krispy Kreme (Dunkin Donuts for those north of us :) ) Crazy Agnes - Dark Brahma hen

I actually had the same buffet delivered to my hens over the weekend. Rio came to me dragging a 20ft length of 4" PVC pipe .. when he dropped it I saw just a tangle of movement. When I noticed what it was I put one end of the pipe over the chicken fence, raised my end and dumped the whole...

We have a state forest that is about 45min from my house. When Skye was younger (and I was too!) we would go out to Blackwater and ride for hours. I'd camp out on the creek and they have stalls and paddocks for the horses. Buford was a young do then and I would let him run with us - he was the...

I follow a blogger with cattle in Vermont. Her animals did fine, but she posted youtube links to video of old covered bridges being washed away or crumbling under furious flooding rivers. It broke my heart - I have always wanted to go on a "covered bridge tour" of the Northeast. What a lesson...

Might it be sour / impacted crop?

It has been a day or 2! I have been slowly getting back into the swing of things here. My chickens miss my dad LOL he feeds them lots more than I do and let them out in the yard way earlier. I had to move Pat the little buff brahma out of the pen with the 3 young roos - they have hit...

re the corn:I just very gently stood mine up and piled soil around the base to hold it, staked some..... just too much to do each stalk though. All I stood up made it though, and if it wasn't flat out it grew on its own. Glad you're ok!

So relieved Irene started losing steam sooner than expected. Don't do like Floridians and get complacent though - just because the weather reports were off this time doesn't mean the danger won't be there next time (or that they'll be wrong and the storm is actually worse. There have been a...

East River, NY http://yfrog.com/kju1bawj Saw 2 different reports on deaths - one said 5 the other said 7. Both said 2 children - one from a tree and one from car crash at an intersection (folks, remember if traffic lights are out treat it like a 4-way stop and treat other drivers like they...

What a great job! And he does indeed look like he is naturally comfortable with horses.

Unfortunately there are people who feel the need to go out and witness this "historic" event - and maybe even get on TV! (sarcasm) We have had people who thought it was cool to get their child's photo with the waves of incoming hurricanes out on the beach. Ends up with rescue workers sooner...

kind of a spooky sight http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/6086067149/ ETA - Fox news website has some live feed cameras in Va, Md

The HQ for my employer is in Vienna VA and Winchester..... I am glad our division here is well staffed and equipped to pick up the slack, because it could turn into a major, national thing if we went down for too long. I figure the rains are going to be the worst of it for most areas...

When Ivan hit here I was in and out of the house most of the night going to check the horses and the barn (just put in $300 worth of hay). The last trip I made the huge pecan tree had been split in half and blocked my path - I had a flash of genius and decided maybe I shouldn't be out in the...

Tornadoes are one of the worst side effects of hurricanes.... especially on the NE quadrant of the storm where the bands are "spinning off" away from the eye. If you look at a graphic of the storm it's easier to imagine. I didn't read every single post all the way through so some of this may...

I have 2.8 acres and 2 horses, 20-some odd chickens (layers), 3 rabbits, 2 dogs, numerous cats and a 70x70 garden. I've raised 21 meatie chickens on the yard. I only give my horses hay in the winter. They get winter grain and only supplement in the summer. Technically I have a good space for...

can you imagine being a survivor of the terrorist attacks and being in the Pentagon or NY City and feeling this? Just saw on the news where they were interviewing Pentagon 9/11 survivors and they were describing crawling through the halls when the quake hit. Terrifying. Friends from Md, NC...

thanks everyone!! Yes, my vets and their staff are top notch in kindness and thoughtfulness (and medicine too ;) ). They LOVE Rio and absolutely adored my old Buford dog. In fact, they asked for a CD of photos that a professional photographer did (I have copyright release) and they printed ..I...