
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Good information, one would think my dH would know that!
He is pre-occupied lately, very busy. (In a productive way.)
I had to stop asking him because most of it was misinformation coming back to me. As if he hardly had listened. He will just love discussing this now, about the 3 beams.
No water features on my property.
I thought if we squirt them (coons) with the water hose, they would move on?
Guess not, if they like water.
These smell really bad.
So different from years ago, late nights, sitting in my car, mountaintop Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, and the racoon family came up with their little paws on my car door, open window, looking for a handout. So cute!
So very cute!
We believe in this heat, it is being triggered by heat waves.
Sad to say, we have not seen any rabbits or bunnies in the area for about two years. So very cute, but don't mind not having the little round poop pebbles they left on the driveway when they became too many.
I know it's just nature, but I was so upset when years back a black cat went after a baby bunny, just to play with it.
Did you know, (hope I got this right), that possums are immune to snake bites, and eat them!
How is it that two possums were replaced by racoons in just a few days?
Hoping they moved on, seen crossing the streets nightly throughout the neighborhood. Maybe they joined a foraging team?
Nature can seem cruel.
Does anybody care that their outdoor kitties are in danger from coyotes, mountain lions, (yes, big ones) and other critters too numerous to mention?
All of God's creatures, happening now.
Sending dH out there.
Just 3 nights ago there were two very big possums sitting on top of the shed.
Forgot how to get rid of racoons.
We removed the skunk monitors because it could have made the budgie nervous with the beeping electronic sounds. He is feeling better now, but not yet 100%.
If that were the only thing, we could handle it.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
Love,
Llamalover47 💜
A lot of car incidents lately on here. Please be careful everyone. I guess even if you are careful there's no accounting for other drivers.
Llama, take care and rest. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
So sorry , I wish you a quick recovery with no lasting effects . 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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I know. The bridge tolls are crazy . Although the new Goethals bridge is sooo much nicer than the rusty skinny rickety old one .
I haven’t been on the new Tappan Zee ( Cuomo ) bridge , but I’m sure it’s expensive. Probably haven’t been on the George Washington bridge in at least 20 years since we moved off the island either . Back in the 90’s my DH worked for the Port Authority . One of his responsibilities was auditing cost/payments of companies that did ( construction) maintenance of the George Washington bridge . Our phone would ring on Friday and/or Saturday in the middle of the night for DH to approve overtime to fix a movable cement barrier knocked out of place and blocking a lane that got hit by a drunk driver on the GW bridge .
It’s not worth the drive . After my MIL dies , we aren’t going back to the island . Hotel prices are ridiculous too .
We have Zoom now , we can have virtual dinners with the one couple we still know there.
I have younger cousins I never see or hear from , that’s about it. DH only has his mother still there . My in laws were divorced. I’m sure once my deceased FIL’s estate is settled , my DH will never hear from is steppies .
In fact sometimes they even made it a goal of the evening to "Get someone drunk" I mean who does this? And why? One night I caught on that I was the target. So I gripped my wine glass tightly and nursed it all night. No letting someone refill it when I wasn't looking.
I don't see my fam much anymore but in April my brother turned 60 and so we went. Still drinking! We left early.
bunper traffic for 4 hours. Just horrible.
We don’t drive through Manhattan , I hate the tunnel under the river .
We take the bridges , which cost a fortune , the Goethals bridge from Jersey to drive through Staten Island , then the Verrazano bridge into Brooklyn , and drive through Brooklyn and Queens on the always bumper to bumper anywhere from 0- 60 mph Belt pkwy, with its suspension killing potholes . I won’t even drive on the Belt anymore , DH has to do it when we go . They literally drive bumper to bumper no matter what speed they are going , no leaving car lengths in between even at 60mph . My shoulders are up by my ears on that stretch now .