Our New Old Place

[Gary O']

Heh, the squirrels up at the cabin were rather tenacious on the feeders

Up there, the chippies hibernated

Not so for the squirrels

Found a pic

 

[Gary O']

Managed to drive a 2" staple thru the tip of my middle finger yesterday
Rather quick
Place hand too close to the work
Press trigger
Those air driven staplers do the job thru meat

Next, I'll see how it does thru bone

 

[FrancSevin]

OOUCH!!!!

Take pride in knowing, it doesn't take a physics degree to prove your theory.

 

[m1west]

Managed to drive a 2" staple thru the tip of my middle finger yesterday
Rather quick
Place hand too close to the work
Press trigger
Those air driven staplers do the job thru meat

Next, I'll see how it does thru bone

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Always nice to know what your equipment capable of.

 

[Gary O']

Not a whole lot goin' on, so, thought I'd go ahead and fill the inventory shelf with tiny avian abodes.
Since it's gonna be a busy spring and summer

This one, in semi finished, I might not let go
The roots so wondrously wrap around the entry

I screw the roots on from the inside so nothing showing

Gotta say, I'm lovin' this Ryobi job light I got myself for Christmas
Love the clamp feature
and the intensity
and the batteries match my other Ryobi stuff

 

[PGBC]

Awesome!

 

[Gary O']

Strolled out to the shop this evening

saw a set of legs at the bird feeder




Brightened it a bit

Apparently the town deer have elected themselves the clean up crew for the left over cracked corn

 

[m1west]

Strolled out to the shop this evening

saw a set of legs at the bird feeder

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Brightened it a bit

Apparently the town deer have elected themselves the clean up crew for the left over cracked corn

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That one is pretty plump, must have a route she runs everyday.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Like that Ryobi work light.

Nice work!

 

[Ross 650]

Man, your birds must be starving cause that doe is fat!!!!

 

[Gary O']

That one is pretty plump, must have a route she runs everyday.

These black tail are town deer
Treated like sacred cows
They feed from house to house
Never seen anything quite like it

They're not as big as the mulies up at the cabin, but, yeah, they're well fed

 

[Gary O']

Piddling my way thru winter......waiting for spring

another tiny abode goes into inventory

 

[Gary O']

Icy snow does weird things at times

Sometimes worth a pic or two

While shoveling snow this morn, this caught my eye

Look at the top of the tarped Wrangler




Cool ice swan





Yes, I'm not very busy

Winter in town is like that

But

There's always something to do

like right now

 

[Gary O']

Been a while

Busy spring and summer

A special time last week
Son and his girls stopped by

His eldest girl has Dravet syndrome
Bouts of epileptic seizures 24/7
Heavy meds
She's not expected to see her teens

I don't know how he does it
He's been the nurse
the doctor
the EMT
and
The Father...the single parent


Little ones are so precious
This one, more so

I savor these moments

The Lord said it best
' Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.'

 

[Gary O']

They came by again a couple days ago, to get her meds
My son clued me in on what's to be expected from here on out

She's entering puberty
This is when there's a dramatic increase in seizures with Dravet syndrome kids
It's why they're not expected to see much of their teens

They continue to increase until they just don't recover from what becomes the last one

My son has been incredible about all this
Savoring each moment with her
Making her years as good as possible while he has her

It's a pretty tough call, as she's quite spoiled
Much like Helen Keller's early years

I know I couldn't handle it, long term