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Cocoa is a mixed Chocolate Lab my husband brought home. She is about 8 weeks old. She has one bad habit. he chews stuff up. Big stuff like my swimming pool.

2,901 posted on 02/25/2007 4:41:46 PM PST by CindyDawg (Duncan Hunter Tagline in process)

No squishing. I had a fruit cup. A few rolled out.

2,902 posted on 02/25/2007 4:43:03 PM PST by CindyDawg (Duncan Hunter Tagline in process)

Yikes. That's one big habit! :-o

2,903 posted on 02/25/2007 4:51:56 PM PST by Beaker

To: HairOfTheDog

Here's a picture of the bricks I put in around the patio. Other then putting some frap that had collected on the patio, that's about all I accomplished today.

Becky

2,904 posted on 02/25/2007 6:08:00 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Those bricks look terrific! Very good!

2,905 posted on 02/25/2007 7:05:11 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

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2,906 posted on 02/26/2007 2:27:18 AM PST by restornu (You do not have the Gospel of Jesus Christ, unless you have the Power of the Holy Ghost!)

To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; CindyDawg; AnAmericanMother; Endeavor; cjshapi; 3catsanadog; Grammy; ...

Good Morning.

Becky, the patio looks good!

Gloomy and raining. At least we didn't get the big snow.

2,907 posted on 02/26/2007 6:28:34 AM PST by MissTargets

To: MissTargets; HairOfTheDog

Thanks:)

It looks like the next few days are going to be nice here...yeah!!!

Becky

2,908 posted on 02/26/2007 6:32:59 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; MissTargets

Getting rain here... which would be good for my grass seed IF the temps would come up a few degrees.

Good morning! Horses are staying in an awful lot... I think they barely left the barn yesterday, with this come and go setup. I'm gonna boot them out to pasture if they don't venture out this morning.

2,909 posted on 02/26/2007 6:42:46 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; BladeRider

G'mornin Becky! The patio bricks look great, and not only that, they'll help hold the dirt back off the concrete too. I've done a little more work on my raised stone bed here lately too. The front wall was a little uneven. It was 2 or 3 inches lower on one end than the other, but it's kinda hard to level up when you're working with rocks that are 6 to 10 inches thick, so I finally just went and got some more rocks and reworked that end and it's more level now. I'll try to get a picture of it this evening. My yellow pansies are really looking pretty now that we've had some warm days in the last few weeks. I'm really looking forward to the spring planting season too.

BladeRider and I did manage to get in a nice ride on Saturday but it took us a while to get started because we had to head back to camp when we were about 10 minutes out because it started thundering and lightening right on top of us. Then, just as we got back to the trailers, it started to HAIL. Pea-sized hail! So we loaded all the horses back up in the trailer stood in there with them because it was really coming down. For about 5 minutes there it sounded like somebody was dumping a load of gravel on the trailer, but then it stopped, and it never did another thing after that, so we headed out again and ended up having a really nice ride. My buddy Shirley rode with us and since none of us had ridden very much since before Thanksgiving, we just took it easy and even stopped and did a little exploring. I always like to do that when the leaves are off the trees. You can just see so many more things.

I saw where you'd gotten quite a bit of wind this past weekend. It must have just kept on going because it got pretty bad here too by Saturday evening. It was a little nerve wracking there for a while, listening to the wind whipping around the house, and the trees were swaying bad enough that we moved all the cars out into the middle of the back yard where nothing could fall on them. But it calmed down by midnight so we were finally able to relax and get some sleep. Yesterday was really nice and sunny but it was still pretty darned windy and you just couldn't stand to be out there for long. I did go out there for a little while and sat on a log out in the pasture and petted little Miss Whirl, Bluebell's filly. She followed me back up from the barn, all by herself, after I carried a manure fork down there. She's about the most people-oriented baby I've ever had. She stood there and let me scratch her and gave me horse-kisses for about 15 minutes before I wimped out and went to the house. I finally broke down and bought a new camera, a 6.1mp Kodak V610 with a 10x optical zoom, so I tried it out while I was out there. I can never get her far enough away from me to get anything but eyes and nostrils, but I did manage to hold it at arms length and get a couple of self-portraits. Sadly they show my profile, so you'll just have to excuse the turkey waddle under my chin! I'll post some pics from the ride in just a minute.

2,910 posted on 02/26/2007 7:33:21 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)

To: HairOfTheDog

Good Morning to you too! I know what you mean about forcing the horses out of the barn. I've had to shut mine out too, at least during the day when it's nice out, because with that hay ring in there, this is all they do...

It's a 24hr buffet and they're getting kinda fat!

2,911 posted on 02/26/2007 7:38:01 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)

To: FrogInABlender

Those are sweet pictures :~) I did a lot of those when ecurbh'n I were courtin'.... trying to get a current picture of me uz I didn't have any. It's nice when I can take a hundred self portraits to find the one version of me I'd want to share :~)

2,912 posted on 02/26/2007 7:41:42 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

To: FrogInABlender

Heh... anyone ever climb in the feeder? I guarantee the pony would.

2,913 posted on 02/26/2007 7:43:15 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

To: FrogInABlender

LOL....nice pictures:) I like them.

My pansies survived the ice, but look a bit weary. I think they will perk up tho, with the sun, and I'm going to Miracle Grow them today.

I would like to take up the sidewalk and put down some sheeting to keep the grass from growing between the bricks. There is also one spot where the blocks sunk in a bit and water and dirt collect on them, I could level that up...but it sure seems like a big job:) I'm thinking about it tho, first step.

That's really a great idea to put your hay ring in the barn like that. I'd like to use round bales but them being out in the weather worries me. Draw backs to both way....That would be a big job to keep mucked out, and it does encourage them to stay IN the barn, which is a two edged sword.

Becky

2,914 posted on 02/26/2007 7:52:02 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

To: HairOfTheDog

Hey, did you ever listen to the Rod Stewart Collection? Did you like it?

I'm cleaning house and freeping and listening to them, and reminded me to ask....IMO, they make even cleaning house more pleasant:)

Becky

2,915 posted on 02/26/2007 7:54:01 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

To: HairOfTheDog

No, believe it or not, it'd be pretty hard to do, even with my bunch of trough-waders. The way those v-shaped dividers are spaced, there's barely enough room for me to put my foot between them when I have to climb in there. They eat it down on the front side and when it gets low, I have to get in there with the fork and move it forward from the back or they can't get to it. The 4 of them will go through a roll in about 2 weeks if allowed 24-7 access. It'll last 3 weeks or so if I shut them out 4 or 5 days a week.

2,916 posted on 02/26/2007 7:56:02 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)

To: HairOfTheDog

Oh, dear...I think I goofed:) I read the original post and responded before reading the prior responses. I don't think the poster is going to like my critique:)

This might be interesting:)

http://forum.horse.com/tm.asp?m=263744&mpage=3&key=&#265322

Becky

2,917 posted on 02/26/2007 7:56:19 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

...That would be a big job to keep mucked out...

It was at first, and it still is SOMETIMES, but I THINK crosses fingers they're finally getting the idea that they're supposed to poop outside. I've been keeping it forked out twice a day for the last month or so and spreading all the manure in one area off to one side of the barn and they've kinda started to go out there. There's still the isolated pile in there, but I'm not getting two wheelbarrow loads a day out of there like I was at first. Now you watch, they'll prove me a liar tomorrow! ;o)

2,918 posted on 02/26/2007 8:04:48 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)

To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

If she hangs around... I don't think she feels all that welcomed. I think she thought everyone would like it, but peanut rolling appears to be one of the issues just about everyone hates now.

2,919 posted on 02/26/2007 8:08:11 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

To: HairOfTheDog

HA! Do you know that you've apparently become a quotable celebrity over there? CowPuncher has quoted you in his/her tagline...

Riding in a halter is sloppy at best.....It's like learning to play piano in boxing gloves. It may be an exercise in patience, but refined and precise and ~delicate~, it'll never be." --Washington Bay

We're not worthy! ;o)

but a very good point!

2,920 posted on 02/26/2007 8:24:18 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)

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