8/25/11 – Crooked Acres Thursday

Sights from around Crooked Acres. Autumn Clematis and Rose of Sharon. That’s one pretty big bunch of overgrown greenery in the back yard – no wonder the cats like hanging out out there. Tommy and Newt, hanging out by the fence. More Autumn Clematis, taking over the fence. Loony Jake, hanging out on the log … Continue reading “8/25/11 – Crooked Acres Thursday”

Sights from around Crooked Acres.

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Autumn Clematis and Rose of Sharon. That’s one pretty big bunch of overgrown greenery in the back yard – no wonder the cats like hanging out out there.

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Tommy and Newt, hanging out by the fence.

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More Autumn Clematis, taking over the fence.

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Loony Jake, hanging out on the log Fred put there just so the cats could hang out on it. I like it when stuff works out like that.

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Volunteer Purslane, growing in one of the empty raised beds. I can see why this stuff is considered a weed – it won’t die, it just keeps coming back!

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Elwood, Tommy, and Kara. I’m in the little raised-bed garden, they’re in the back yard. They can’t come into the raised-bed garden because they’d have to go through the gate, which will set off their collars. They’re not happy with me at the moment.

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The Ghost Peppers are really starting to come in.

By the way, whoever it was that mentioned I’d want to wear a face mask while I deal with cooking/ powdering/ dealing with the ghost peppers, THANK YOU. I dehydrated four of them last week, and then put on gloves, a face mask, AND took the blender out onto the front porch to grind the peppers into powder. I can’t imagine how much my lungs would have hurt if I hadn’t been wearing a mask!

Also, Fred made Ghost Chili hot sauce over the weekend (outside on the hot plate). I haven’t tried it – and won’t – but he reports that the flavor is similar to that of Habaneros.

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One ripe Tabasco pepper.

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Blight, I think. It’s pretty much taken over all the tomatoes.

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Wee baby cabbage plants. Germination wasn’t great this time around; I think I’m going to just plant these in the raised beds and see how they do.

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Maxi keeps me company in the garden.

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Squash bug eggs, right before I squashed ’em.

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Wee baby acorn squash! They’re about two inches long.

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Wee baby Butternut Squash! It’s about three inches long.

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Lots of little Butternut Squash.

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Happy squash plants.

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Busy bee on a squash blossom.

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Begonia growing in a pot on the front porch.

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Happy Hydrangea (in the front flower bed; the Oak Leaf Hydrangea is growing on the side of the house near the stoop.)

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“HALLO YOU HAS SNACK FOR ME.”

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“I HAS TO CLOSE MY EYES WHEN I THINK ABOUT SNACK, IT MAKE ME SO HAPPY.”

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“WHERE SNACK? SNACK OVER THERE?”

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“GRACIE, WHERE SNACK? FIND SNACK, GRACIE!”

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“NO SNACK OVER HERE, GEORGE. I ALREADY EAT IT. HEE HEE.”

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“George go to pout. We stay here and wait for his snack.”

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“I startin’ to think there’s no snack today.”

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“I hope there’s not a snack I’m missing out on. I don’t HEAR a snack.” Someone needs a haircut.

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Wandering chickens.

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Checking the tomato plant in case some tomatoes grew in the past ten minutes (hey, you never know).

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Roo keeping an eye on me…

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…with both eyes.

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Hello, gorgeous.

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Broody hen, sitting on eggs. Because what we need is more chickens.

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Volunteer squash plant, in the maternity yard. If I recall correctly, half of a spaghetti squash was tossed in there.

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Considering what to do next.

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Doing it. (Anyone who has chickens recognizes that stance and knows what that hen is doing. She’s laying something, but it’s not an egg.)

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This stress can’t be good for her heart.

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“You go ‘way. We talkin’ ’bout you.”

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Poor Lucy Peppers. Minding her own business, making shadow monsters, and Everett’s gotta mess with her.

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::thwap::

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“I KEEL YOU.”

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“Not sure you wanna do that, boy.”

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“I keel her, instead.”

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“Wait. Where YOU come from?!” Sisters stick together, y’know.

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Spanky takes a sun bath.

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Previously
2010: Kitten movies for you.
2009: The only excitement is watching the show to see if Kim gets so excited that her face almost moves.
2008: “I’m trying to recall the many houses we’ve driven by and seen Mennonite children scrubbing down the pigs and cows. Thinking… thinking…”
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
2004: I haaaaaaaaaate having to deal with strangers.
2003: I guess when your boss (the Supreme Court) tells you to do something and you tell him to go fuck himself, shit tends to fly.
2002: No entry.
2001: No entry.
2000: The thrills and chills around here just never stop, folks.