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voice from the past

11 years ago

hello fellow blue lovers,ole Hoss here. how in the world have you folks been doing? still watching my blues and have 5 eggs as of yesterday. i see lots of new names and a few of the original gang that helped me with all my crazy questions so long ago.it's been a long time but had a spare moment and decided and to say hey. hope all is well with you fine folks.

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Ninapearl
11 years ago
WOW! talk about a blast from the past!! so good to see you, hoss!

my blues are incubating 5 eggs, too. we had a frost last night so i am hoping all will be well. sheesh, mother nature has been on a rampage lately. today is the first day we have seen the sun around here in over 3 weeks.
crcst
11 years ago
Here's another blast from the past.My blues here in Mass.are also incubating 5 eggs.It is very early as we also have had some pretty cold nights.On the good side,maybe we will beat the wrens.I also got lots of help from this forum,especially my friend Ninapearl.
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kidsdogshorses
Original Author
11 years ago
WOW, crcst,you signed up about the same time i did. where does the time go !! Ninapearl,get us caught up on all we've missed. still have the beach bunny get together? have your horse/horses? i still have my blues plus have added TRES and barn swallows. the TRES beat the martins to the house each year so i just let them have it. had blues and TRES in the same martin house one year !!
lisa11310
11 years ago
Well, well, it's old fogie week! LOL Howdy yall! Just where you guys been hiding? Slow start this year and just got my 1st eggs today (if you remember 8 of the last 10 years I have gotten an egg on my Birthday) SO happy birthday to me and Bet & Harold. CRST, NINA, KIDS nice to see you guys! Don't be strangers!
Ninapearl
11 years ago
hi lisa, good to see you, too!!

hoss...had back surgery 2 years ago, could no longer care for the horses like i wanted to. i was down to just 2 mini horses and i re-homed them to a petting zoo. just found out last week that one of them died in his sleep recently. he was 22 years old and had lived a good life!

needed something to take care of that was easy peasy so i have acquired a little group of 4 pot bellied pigs. great pets, tons of fun and smarter than any dog i have ever known!

dogs...lost my senior great dane almost 2 years ago. she was 10 and arthritis was making it very difficult for her to get around. i have 2 danes now, both rescues, both around 7 years old. female had acl surgery 2 weeks ago, she is sporting a lovely pink cast and will have to wear it for another 4 weeks. my male is just a big doofus, lovable but not the brightest bulb on the tree. makes life interesting sometimes! he recently flew out the dog door and when he came back inside, he brought me a possum. a playing-dead possum. since it wasn't moving, he lost interest in it, put it down on the kitchen floor and then crawled up on the couch for a nap, leaving me to clean up his carnage. never a dull moment!

i'm going through 50# of sunflower seed about every 10 days. i have so many goldfinches, my yard looks like one huge dandelion patch! expecting the arrival of the hummingbirds and orioles any day now. spotted a male rose breasted grosbeak a few days ago.

blues are incubating 5 eggs that are due to hatch soon. so far, no sign of house wrens so i'm hoping for at least one successful bb nesting.

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