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Nicole Alderman wrote:We call our birds dinosaurs, too, especially the geese and chickens. Those one seems far more like the violent dinosaurs depicted in stories and movies.



Same. The chickens are ravenous little dinos that attack and kill the heck out of anything that moves.

Nicole Alderman wrote:The ducks are probably like those gentle long-necks, just blithely grazing around, without any concern for their safety. Sadly, they aren't nearly as indestructible as those big saurapods (I've lost a lot to eagles, bobcats, owls and probably coyotes...a lot of the time because the ducks were just too stupid. I've seen them run TOWARD where the bobcat is, when I'm trying to herd them to safety!)



Yup, not the brightest dinos in the herd, that's for sure. One of them tried to start a fight with the doggos one day and got a new lip piercing. Of course, during the heat of the season, they're pretty ravenous for my friend's leg.. but that's a different kind of story.
 
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Thankfully, we've always had enough ladies around, and we never really imprinted on the fellows, so that our drakes never thought our legs looked attractive. Our little boy gossling, though, is another story entirely. (That poor guy can't tell if he's a goose, a duck, or a human. So he tries for all three, with no success. His dad won't let him get near the only female goose around [his mom], and we're not receptive to his love. I think the ducks tolerate him, but he'll never be successful there, either! Poor guy.)
 
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#35

A collection of images from the last few days...
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Daniel and Ed began installing the new flooring!
Daniel and Ed began installing the new flooring!
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Kyle and I planted tendril peas in Arrakis
Kyle and I planted tendril peas in Arrakis
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Logan finished assembling the light fixture I made and we installed it in the Library
Logan finished assembling the light fixture I made and we installed it in the Library
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Hallway before illumination
Hallway before illumination
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Illuminated
Illuminated
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Daniel and I began installing the wall siding in the Love Shack
Daniel and I began installing the wall siding in the Love Shack
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Measure all the things. Try to make it all work together.
Measure all the things. Try to make it all work together.
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Sandmin came in to show us how to use the nailer
Sandmin came in to show us how to use the nailer
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Then climbed this tree and yelled at us until we came out to see how brave he was
Then climbed this tree and yelled at us until we came out to see how brave he was
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Got this far. Not far, but there was a learning curve.
Got this far. Not far, but there was a learning curve.
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Erica put this lamp together with minimal supervision from me
Erica put this lamp together with minimal supervision from me
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Let there be light!
Let there be light!
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The first lamp
The first lamp
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Lit.
Lit.
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Dez and pals assembled this new shelf for the shop
Dez and pals assembled this new shelf for the shop
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Daniel worked on the new door for the Love Shack
Daniel worked on the new door for the Love Shack
 
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#36

I've been in a mood lately, and I'm trying to shake it but can't quite figure out how. I was very quickly brought to the here and now today while we were all out gathering wood.

Kyle had identified a good pile of dry, stacked (if you can call it that) wood. It was on a bit of a steep incline, so I carefully began picking my way through it and pulling out logs I could manage to get back up the hill. Kyle came over and jumped in to help grab more. Daniel joined us. Erica came over with a chainsaw to start cutting it to length. It was a hustle.

Getting somewhat tired from wrestling either long, heavy, or unwieldy logs, I lost my footing. Luckily (?) I was near the bottom of the pile, so when I fell backward, I didn't tumble on a whole pile of pokey bits. But when I fell, I either slammed the back of my hand onto something or the log I was holding fell onto it and got me pretty good. I ended up sitting, sort of, in a triangle of logs that caught me from tumbling down the whole steep mountainside. Whew. Eventually righted myself, pulled my glove back down since it'd been nearly pulled off in the ruckus, checked my hand mobility to ensure nothing was too amiss, wrestled the log the rest of the way to the top, then tenderly pulled both gloves off to assess.

Kyle or Daniel mentioned to put snow on it for the swelling, so I packed some snow onto it afterward. Too cold, so Daniel suggested using my bandana to wrap the snow then apply it. That helped a bit. And by doing that I was able to mostly one-handed continue helping them pull the logs to the top of the hill, then later help everyone load it into the trailer.

Goose egg on a shin, scratches on the back of the other leg, and a racketball-sized bruise growing steadily outward from my middle knuckle on few back of my hand. Quite a doozy. Other hand had a couple splinters Daniel helped me get out tonight. Nothing broken, so I'm probably fine. 😅

Been really enjoying the group of people who joined us recently. It's a fun mix of personalities, and they're great to work with. I've enjoyed getting to know them little by little.
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Tough little lady!
Tough little lady!
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Kyle looking wistfully into the distance 😁
Kyle looking wistfully into the distance 😁
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Fungus ID?
Fungus ID?
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Shortly after / gripping the snow in my bandana
Shortly after / gripping the snow in my bandana
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After we got home when the puffiness spread out
After we got home when the puffiness spread out
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Yay firewood!
Yay firewood!
 
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Ouch! I hope your hand gets better soon.
 
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