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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Now, where was/am I?

I swear these long weekends are going to be the death of me.  It started out with a distress call from a friend on Friday afternoon - I had to zip home, change and zip up to her farm to do her evening chores.  Then I came home and did mine.  Then up to VT for a few quick chores and lunch and check-in with the folks.  Then ... then .... well, I don't remember the rest of Saturday, other than it involved feverish working in the garden and cutting a second door in the goat barn.  Then Sunday.  Shoot.  Don't remember much of that either.  I do recall hauling my dead dryer out, finding that a cattail had poofed to death behind it ~~ that was an interesting pile o' stuff ~~ and then there was some other building of something.  Hmmm.   Scrappy has whiplash, watching me go in and out of the door.

I did try and tackle some of the weeds and ripe produce in the garden.  This led to harvesting the rest of the summer squash (15#) and then ripping the vines out.  Strictly out of self-defense.  Yesterday was a day off and I did some chicken yard work in between rain showers, shredded all of the summer squash and squeezed it dry, took Bernie to the vet, swept the floors, vacuumed, cleaned out the laundry room, and played the Veggie Fairy, leaving my neighbor's mailbox stuffed full of cukes, tomatoes and a couple of squash.  Heehee.  You do have to be careful of your timing whilst using the INMDS (inter-neighborhood-mailbox-delivery-system.)  If you deliver too early, you run the risk of using up all the space and their mail can't be delivered.  Or, in the case of an interim mail person - one who is not accustomed to the INMDS - they think the vegetables (or whatever) is for THEM. 

It looks as though my chickens are going through their moult very early this year - as a matter of fact, it's over a month earlier than last year's moult.  Which was earlier than the year before.  I spent a great deal of time wondering if this augers something vis a vis the oncoming winter.  You know, like the pattern of stripes on caterpillars.  I wonder about such deep subjects while I am sweeping and vacuuming up the nonending piles and drifts of cat/dog hair that appear with alarming frequency on my floors.  Hmmm.  I wonder if the alarming piles of cat/dog hair auger an early winter?  A short summer?  World peace?

12 comments:

Judy T said...

Whew! You make ME tired! You are an amazing woman!

When you figure out what the alarming piles of cat/dog hair mean please let me know. I've got plenty of my own!

Susan said...

Judy - It never works out well when you try to cram too much into your "down" time, does it? I am getting close to using the shop vac on all of the dogs/cats at this point...

Susan said...

I'm away for a few days and the list of things to do when I get back is truly alarming. Is winter going to be long enough? I will look for signs of moulting cats and red moons and bear poop. Let me know if anything else comes across to confirm your suspicions.

Carolyn said...

You haven't started spinning the cat/dog fur, have you?

DFW said...

You wear me out just reading your posts.

Susan said...

Susan - LOL! To my fevered mind - this time of year - everything has a dark, double meaning. That is an interesting thought: moulting cats. Hmmmmm.

Susan said...

Carolyn - No, actually, the cat/dog hair has ME spinning! It's not good for much except annoying the bejeebers out of me.

Susan said...

DFW - It is tiring, isn't it? I think I will retire to my chair and a half with a nice glass of vino tonight - and reruns of Father Dowling...

Sandy Livesay said...

Susan,

Where on earth do you get all of your energy?

Susan said...

Sandy - I just go like crazy for a few days and then I am inert for a few more... :)

Candy C. said...

World peace would be nice!
I have heard that the Farmer's Almanac is calling for a cold winter this year, so that could be it, or maybe the chickens are more on a lunar-13-month-type calendar for their moulting...wait, it would have to be an 11-month cycle wouldn't it? Okay, never mind! ;)

Unknown said...

Reminds me of thinking I have to go to "work" to rest! Cleaning, yard work, laundry, groceries, car stuff, chickens, coops, trees, canning, blah blah blah... Like Rosanne Rosannadana said- it's always something!