Savingdogs-Saving the chickens

[savingdogs]

While I have a lot of stuff in my car, I don't have it organized and don't have that complete list in there. Thank you for the reminder!

I'm not really inexperienced driving in the snow anymore, and I do LOVE my Subaru, the "every day is a winding road" is a little too true in my case. I live on a truly BAD road, steep hills on unpaved fairly untraveled gravel and a slippery downhill paved highway later. There is one spot that everyone calls "dead man's curve" where people truly die at regular intervals. The road was the biggest negative we considered when we bought this house. But we were downsizing and this house gave us our five acres.

My little car does really awesome however, it performs almost as well as jeeps and trucks on the road and beats the crap out of them for gas mileage and is wonderful to drive, practically drives itself. Mine is a Forester. I had an Outback before this one and loved that car even more, but it was in an accident and was totalled. When I replaced it, we got a Forester because we were living up here by then and they take the curves a little better and are a little better on this kind of road than an Outback. I still miss that car however, both Subarus have been worth every penny.

 

[framing fowl]

both Subarus have been worth every penny.

I've got a '91 Legacy and love it. Very economical. Still not many mechanical problems and its at 22k miles.

 

[savingdogs]

My outback I had would be similar to the legacy....they called my year the legacy outback. That was a lovely car though, I had the deluxe edition, very pretty. Someone decided to come through a red light at me however, but at least I was not hurt in the accident. The car was totalled but I was unhurt.

As I said, worth every penny.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

Was reading on BYC that the sun is on a 19-year cycle and will have the weakest rays for the upcoming winter

say it isnt so! man... we were extra cold today but at least we didnt have the snow! yet. i know its coming but ....wow!

and yes, please put snow gear stuff in your car! yikes! snow driving is really icky. its easiest if you have stuff you can just put in there all season - like stuff you dont use every day just 'extra' so you dont have to think about it.

i always thought it was stupid.. but the one time we were in a wreck it was so valuable..really. not a "life saver' but darn close to it the cops and such didnt give one hoot that we were cold - to them it was just another call. most important is to make sure you have a hat and warm boots. if the weather is that bad you may end up waiting a good long time for help to arrive.

we had such a good dog day i just had to tell you! our little kai totally forgave me for landing on her..and she went between being an angel and a devil. for the first time she brought something back to me (her toy) but then she was so naughty we had to discipline her - we snatched her up by her scruff. it was very sad (for the mommy)..but we know we have to keep her in line. she's so long in the leg right now - she almost looks like a mini-akita.

on the other side.. our old lady dog has had it with the stairs. twice she hasnt wanted to walk up them so we gave her a lift.
:-(

thats the dog word for the day


sorry about your loss - just awful for everyone especially her child. hang in there baby

 

[lalaland]

oohhhhhh now I have that song in my head....every day is a winding road..........

 

[savingdogs]

Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
These are the days when anything goes


Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine

Does that help? I love Cheryl Crow. I actually like her other album better, the one with Strong Enough and Leaving Los Vegas. I thought it was so cool when Subaru started using this song for their commercials though.

 

[savingdogs]

So we are getting our rabbits this weekend! And going to a chicken show. Should be interesting. I got their hay today and I will set up their temporary housing tomorrow. We are building some very large hutches for them since they will be in there a lot. I'm looking forward to bringing them hom. I've also never been to a chicken show so believe it or not I'm looking forward to that as well, and meeting my BYH friend who has been teaching me so much about rabbits despite being young enough to easily be my daughter.

The goaties are getting fat and eating a lot of hay. My wether loves that I'm providing so much more food lately. Not that he needs it. They are all so hairy now with the colder weather, they look gigantic! But when you pet them I see their fur is so much longer and heavier. I have someone already asking about would I sell them some wethers? They were just kinda asking but I jumped all over that one. They have too many blackberries!

:bun

 

[Wifezilla]

Too many blackberries? Is there such a thing?

Good luck with your new bunnies!

 

[savingdogs]

Oh, yes! The Himalayan berry is very invasive in this state. There are places you can drive by where blackberries have covered entire buildings. The old canes die off and new ones sprout, making a bigger and bigger hedge every year. When I say that some properties around here are covered in blackberry, I mean it literally. And these blackberries are not the most tasty, kind of extra seedy, although if you pick them at peak ripeness they are pretty good. Even goats cannot eat it all, they need help in getting to it and they won't eat the old canes.

Our property actually has less blackberry than some, but we also have other native berries that the livestock seem to relish and are not even very good to eat. I don't know how many of you would be familiar with salmon berries, but we actually have more of those.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

oh man. out here the blackberries are SO expensive.. i always think about how i cursed them when i lived out there! ha!