The black duck WLLady blessed me with had baby ducks!! She WAS sitting on 10 eggs, and came out with 5. Cutest things.
Because of all the rain, and rain coming, not quite a couple weeks ago, I took out the step ladder, and thought I would clean out the eavestrough. I did the back one... and one over the garage has the leaf gutter thingy... so didn't need to do that one. But the highest on saw me on the ladder, VERY top.. about 6-7 feet up... big ladder, heavy duty... and of course, it started to teeple and fall. Naturally it did, I had one side IN the flowerbed... and the other side ON the wooden border of that bed. One foot didn't quite flush with the other, so I put a brick under it. Well, I hung briefly from the eavestrough, but let go, because I didn't want to rip it off the house. I fell between the halves, but my my leg got crushed when my body squished the halves closed. It sure hurt... and I ended up going to the Dr. Friday past, to have it looked at, because the night before, I didn't know if I had sustained a compartment bruise (which you can lose your leg, crushing blood vessels... stuff like that). If I did, it would have been too late anyhow, although it would have bugged me alot more before Thursday night. I've never had a bruise bug me like this one, and I have had my share of whoppers. This is a picture of it a couple days after. Right now, its finally fading, but I have a few hard knots I can feel under the surface. All I can say, is I am NEVER doing that again. I guess at 60, I'd better be done, or get the proper equipment for the job. Stubborn still I guess. Everyone was busy... and I was the only one home. Happened on Sunday at noon, almost 2 weeks ago.
I went and wrote my BZ licence on Tuesday, and yesterday, went to Drivetest and completed everything else (pay/eye test), then walked across the parking lot to a Service Ontario, and got my health card renewed! How handy to have them in the same lot/area. Had to drive all the way to Burlington tho... but so glad its done, and I don't have to study anymore.
Haven't had the furnace on yet... its 60 in here.... but the propane fireplace is on and off. Should turn it up more, my legs are FREEZING sitting here. I need to go get feed, and clean the bathroom... and someone here, lets the dog out, for the walk out the lane, but doesn't put her back in the house, when he goes to the barn. So her hairy feet walk around the barn area, wet crap and mud everywhere, and goes to the driveshed, and stands in grease spots... and then comes up here when I get home from bus, and lets in 2 dogs, not just one with crappy feet. I guess not having to EVER wash floors, it never occurs to him to either wipe feet, or not to let Jeremy's dog in as well. Its a never ending battle.
I still have garden to clean up, but this cold weather and wet bugs me so much. I've planted my garlic... mudded it in basically, and the kids built a HUGE pile of tamped down leaves to jump in, and abandoned it, when it got cold and rained and rained. I went out and cleaned up that pile, and loaded some on top of the garlic patch. Noticed quite a few tumble weeds of that crap grass caught in the zinnia's (and some not caught) around my garden. Grass is a huge pain in the ass for me. It came from the wheat field west of my garden, and of course, ALL kinds of weeds have come up, after the wheat comes off.
Beans are not off totally, a few more acres, but they are coming off black and mouldy... everyones is, says the guy at the elevator. Corn is coming off.... dry enough to do that... but moisture is high.. I believe about 26%. We didn't get as much wheat in as we wanted, and I think they are going to try, my GAWD its into November... the drill is RIGHT full, and I guess shop vac'ing out 5 tons of wheat seed is not an option. I think thats what Gary said is in there. Farming sure has been tough this year. Jeremy took 2 weeks off his city job to harvest, and I think he got 4 days combining... and between that, fixed. If it didn't break down as much as it did, we would have been done. Old equipment... we bought it used in our day... and its older now. Suck it up and fix.. or buy your own. I'm not liking the attitude.. I KNOW its frustration... but. We also had it custom done in the day, but your right back into waiting for the operator to get his thousands acres off (ones with the new combines), because you know his grain is coming off at premium harvest conditions, and yours is not.
I have NOT seen ONE gold finch this fall. Usually they are frequenting the feeders here. In the spring tho, I noticed out of the MANY I had... they had bad eyes.. some infection going thru them. They must have all died. I hope they return... I've bought 100 pounds of niger for them. There are only a few, very few, other birds that eat out of the finch feeder.
Well, I guess its time to get to work at something. I do need to go get feed.
Have a great week! Next week, double digits again, maybe I can finish grass and put away the mower properly!
Pet quality wheaten/blue wheaten ameraucanas, welsummers, barred rocks, light brown leghorns; Projects on the go: rhodebars, welbars
I'm an engineer but I'm a rare type of engineer. I'm interested in everything. I was allowed to take 2 electives and I took microbiology and animal biology in university and I loved both courses. I also really loved chemistry. I find accounting makes me want to sleep though so I guess I'm not interested in everything 
