Amishway Homesteaders

Had a great day (I think?) ........................... Woke up at 4:40am! Started at 5 am with a fire in our firepit / firplace (with coffee and Danishes) and watched the sunrise - nice! Then left to go on a nature hike I have dubbed "Happy Froggers Day" (think happy Father’s Day) Because it goes through a swamp (with boardwalks) and in the morning the frogs are so loud with all the crocking going on as they great the day! It is so cool! And also lots of birds (nothing new to add to our life list) and insects and butterflies and this time water snakes! Lori NO LIKE! But she kept walking along the boardwalk. Then back home to "camp" (tent set up in backyard) and a 12 noonish cookout of sausage (on buns), potato salad, baked beans, and peppers and onions all done outside on the grill. Then in the afternoon sat around and read some, watched the hummingbirds at the feeders (always fun!) and other birds coming to feeders in yard. Now in to make supper (????) then back out for fire (when it starts to get darker) and we are also walking to the ice cream shop for milk shakes and bringing them home for around the fireplace as we watch the fireflies that have just started to be in all the bushes. OK, So other than THAT . . . . Not much going on today I guess.

Drumrunner is sorta back well then.............................. sorta WELCOME! nice list!

cute! Now I 'tried' to fill out the Computer Problem Report Form- But now when I scroll down on the page to read the other jokes the answers I put in the blink line spaces with the magic marker STAY on the Screen? now what?

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bet it makes you feel good - knowing you WON the battle! ..............................well this time anyway! Like the others I too like to get out there and weed (making sure I get the root too so they are harder to grow back), Like to get out there early in the morning to do it with the birds singing and a cool breeze blowing and the smell of the flowers all around. Sometimes I forget how long I was out there and before long I go to stand and OUCH! I better go in and sit a spell.

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good advice Momo!

#11 has to have something to do with "duck tape" But IF they bought the 'camo' duck tape I bet they can't find it!

WOW! Lucky you - still have a ways to go before corn is ready. We are eatting lots of strawberries and some peas. <--- but not together! LOL

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also make sure you eat 3 meals a day! Skipping a meal with not help you lose weight.

NICE !

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our Wednesday................................ After a few days of rain it was nice to be able to work out in the gardens again. Also much cooler out after hot days beginning of week. Lots of running around trying to get things done before the weekend - another Outdoor Flea Market to do so hoping for nice weather.

Sleep? Did you say sleep? I wish . . . . . here it is 4:30 am (been up since 3 am) and that was after a 3 hour 'nap'! But I have always been like that most of my life so no worries here. Just lots of time to do things that need doing. We were talking, the other day, about all the things going on in our area like shop lifting and I don't know how they do it? I could NEVER eat (or use) anything if I stole it. Same with all the people that steal gas locally they have no problem KNOWING that it is wrong AND that the station owner has to pay for it NOT the big company name! And Don't get me started on how many people abuse the food stamp program. stepping down

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You are right and as I told the guy I bet the next 5 guys (around here) that saw them would have picked them up and taken them home and not given it a second though. the hard part was ...................... It was all DeWalt Tools with all the power chargers (think yellow)and with Fathers Day just around the corner , I would LOVE some new tools! But then I couldn't sleep at night OR use them. SO I guess I did the right thing!

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Did my good deed for the day. Right after Lori left for work I went to the van to get something when a truck when around the corner (with tail gate down) and as it did a big tool bag fell off! I knew right away that it was a bag full of power tools by the way it hit the ground! Did the guy STOP!............no So I ran out to grab it to return to the truck but the light changed and off it went. Should I put it on the side of the road in hopes he get to work and sees them missing and come back looking for them? NOT WHERE I LIVE! They would be gone in a second! So I cared them home to see if I could find a name or something to call? EVERY power toll had DOBBINS written on it. COOL! I know them! So I came into the house to look up phone number - got someone on phone and she said she would call who she "Thinks did it" and they will come right back to get them. And They did, and thanked me over and over.

.................. all things come to those who wait! Wonderful news and NOW is a good time to purge those things you no longer 'need'.

seems like a lot of us are busy this weekend? Everyone be safe out there on the roads!

now THAT looks COOL! (sorry)

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I have been planting that way for YEARS! I also use 'natural' fertilizers like (ground up)egg shells for calcium, dog biscuits for bone meal, matches for sulfur, etc. that I 'plant' along with each type of vegetable. You can also plant flowers in with vegetables to help - like marigolds and bee balm. Good luck with the garden this year - it is so much fun planting this way as you watch things grow.

LOVE our Maytag Wringer Washer (a ' Top ' Loader too) , over 50 years old and STILL going string! They just don't make them like they used too!