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.
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.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
Love,
Llamalover47 💜
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.
I was walking down moms steps the other day and saw some over grown weeds, so I pulled them out. Well a snake came out with the weeds . I don't mind snakes horribly, but I like them better when I am expecting them or know they are there. I pretty much like them in a cage. 😂
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.
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!
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.
I am tempted to try that.
Sounds like fun, and the cooneys could have their bath.
Instacart has never been instant, and the website freezes up just when I am ready to click on order.
Today, they could not verify that I was human, a new feature.
Of course I am human. The kind that will not wait more than 30 seconds watching that circle spin......
Seems silly to check if you are a robot . Only a human would order food .
An earthquake about 9 p.m. last night has caused frequent aftershocks all night and all day.
Maybe that is what scared my Tweety, but we have not felt it.
Reported 16 hrs. ago:
Earthquake…5.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Mettler, 20 miles southwest of Bakersfield
UPDATE: shaking widely felt across the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley…numerous aftershock in the 4.0 - 4.5 magnitude range
UPDATE 2: 12 aftershocks have occurred in first 30 minutes after the initial quake
UPDATE 3: as of 10:20pm a total of 62 aftershocks have been recorded.
and that was just last night....aftershock continuing.
Take care. Hope Tweety is okay.
More aftershocks
1.9
21 km NW of Grapevine, CA
2024-08-08 02:29:43 (UTC)
2.6 km
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2.9
23 km NW of Grapevine, CA
2024-08-08 02:28:20 (UTC)
13.7 km
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2.2
22 km SW of Lamont, CA
2024-08-08 02:23:52 (UTC)
1.8 km
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3.0
21 km NW of Grapevine, CA
2024-08-08 02:22:56 (UTC)
11.3 km
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2.1
2 km SW of Alamo, CA
2024-08-08 02:21:24 (UTC)
9.6 km
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3.3
22 km NW of Grapevine, CA
2024-08-08 02:10:40 (UTC)
9.1 km
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4.4
22 km NW of Grapevine, CA
2024-08-08 02:09:15 (UTC)
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Dh says it is a good thing, he says it releases pressure bit by bit
instead of having the big one.