Building a new shop

Check it out.  Paul's new shop is going up.  The chickens are right in the middle of everything.  They cackled so loudly about being locked in the pen that Paul let them out to quite them down.  They know when soil is being churned and won't be denied a chance to pick out the worms.
The Girls eat so much in the yard now that i have really noticed the difference in how much feed i have to buy.  Anyway, they insisted on being in the middle of the chaos this weekend.
Before Paul started the shed he built a veranda outside my kitchen door.  Nice but then immediately piled all his shop paraphernalia underneath it.  Check back for pic when i get it fancied up.
BTW, my Dad is awesome!  77 years old and working all day with my son.
Check out the pic!

i love Saturday mornings

i watch the birds interact with squirrels, interact with chickens, interact with the cats, interact with the dog.
It's Saturday morning at the Garden of Weeden All-You-Can-Eat Buffet .  The wrens, junkos and chickadees are gleefully feasting on and around the feeder, when a squirrel charges up the wrought iron shepherds hook, scattering the birds in every direction.  It resembled a whirly-gig breaking apart.  If it wasn't so natural, i wouldn't feel any hesitation to describe it as magical! The squirrel makes it up the pole using the momentum behind a running start and then hangs from the feeder by her/his feet to feed.
Things begin to settle.  Some of the braver birds venture back to the feeder but most are content to pick up fallen seeds from the ground.  Suddenly the squirrel flees down the pole and over to the safely of the old evergreen tree.  "What just happened", i think to myself just as i see, out of the corner of my eye, the chickens charging toward the feeder from across the yard.
Are the chickens charging at the squirrel?  i don't know for sure but i think not.  Carmen has charged the squirrel when it was feeding at her seed dish but they will run, one after the other, across the yard on occasion.  The squirrel is pretty smart though.  S/he must know that the chickens can't get up that shepherds hook.

i love sitting here in my diningroom/mudroom, drinking some chewable coffee and watching the Garden of Weeden.  It gives me a little peace.

While i was loading these pictures, i saw Precious chase a squirrel off the back porch, away from her seed dish.  Wish i could have gotten a picture.

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Fox and Hare part 2/2

Watch part 1 first....... so good!

Fox and Hare part 1/2

This is so good! About 6 minutes... so worth it.

As promised

This will not happen overnight. i will be spending an hour or so tonight making a to-do list, setting reminders in my calendar and so on and so forth. But it is begun.

i picked a credit union. A very well established one. They have a great website and i already have my debit card. And i sent money to Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders as my first transaction. That made me feel like i put some good juju on my account as well.

The woman who set me up was really great. She has been doing this for awhile. She logged me onto the website and set up my password right there and then. i told her the new password trick i use. OK, OK, i'll tell you too. Use the first letter of each word in a sentence. Add a number or two at the end or beginning if you want. Example: i am a irritable old crone, would be iaaioc. Be sure to use a sentence you will remember... my car is white and my dog is brown... mciwamdib. Done.

i won't tell you her name but i have her card and plan to send a Thank You note.

i have EFT's to move to the new account BUT it is going to take a month minimum for my direct deposit to kick in. i did not talk to HR first because my experience of setting up my current direct deposit was so smooth and easy. Funny, there have been a few changes in the last ten years... hmm.

Note to self: Send Thank You note to HR guy too. So everyone, go to your HR first!

Next issue: moving my EFT's (Electronic Funds Transfer). This is what really makes me nervous. i don't have a margin of funds to work with so i need to coordinate moving my direct deposit and my mortgage payment EFT. i hate EFT's but they are a necessary evil. i have a Netflix account, a monthly contribution to a local non-profit radio station and my car insurance. All needing coordination. i think i will put Netflix and the radio station on hold for a couple months and concentrate on the car insurance and mortgage.

Well, that is boring. Enjoy... oyy. As promised, i will let you know how it is going from time to time.

Goodnight, chickies and roos. Love and kisses

Buell

Thank you Armen. Watch and be amazed.