06-10-04

Caught another mouse in one of the glue traps.  I'm really very pleased with those traps, but Mowgli is still in deathly fear of all mice, particularly so of the ones that squeak!  Poor dog - not quite the big, fierce hunter his Mother was.

More pigeons!  Two more babies and two more eggs.

Yes, the price of chicken frames is supposed to be going up this week, and I've asked around but still have some checking out to do.

 

Quote for the Week: "There's a mighty big difference between good, sound reason and reasons that sound good." Burton Hillis.  To which Lisa Jane McInnes-Smith has added, "Choose carefully!"

 

Brian has found a wonderful way to get good nesting boxes, particularly for guinea pigs and rabbits: get a large commercial container that has had something like dishwashing liquid in it.  Cut a hole in the side that would make easy access for the herbivore, but not so big that it feels uneasy.  NB Don't forget to make it large enough to put your hand in easily - you may want to rescue an ill/dead body, and cleaning is way easier.  You can always check them quickly by unscrewing the cap on top.  Make sure, of course, that the container is properly cleaned out.  Put some fresh hay in for bedding and you have some very happy herbivores.

 

To source these, ring up you local cleaning suplies firm.  Often, they have a hard time finding a place for such containers once emptied.

 

It's been rush, rush, rush since starting the new job.  Brian has been a dear, and even after working a twelve hour night shift, has kindly arisen an hour or so after getting home and fed the animals.  He often has exercised the German Sheperds, brought washing in and hung out the washing newly clean.  Bless him!  What a husband.

 

A couple of food hints: Lettuce will rust more slowly if there is no excess moisture in its container.  To keep your lettuce bag or refrigerator vegetable compartment relatively dry, put in a few dry paper towels or dry sponges to absorb excess water.  Put a celery stalk in the bag with a loaf of bread; moisture from the celery will help keep the bread fresh longer.

 

We've been seeing a few foxes who have tangled with vehicles and lost on our roads lately, one quite near us.  They are magnificent critters, but I do not like them around our chooks, etc.

 

Awesome!   

 

Our lives are but

dim mirrors of Your own

pallid reflections of all that

You want us to be.

 

We journey as though

THIS IS IT!

 

How wrong we mere humans are!

Though You care for each of us

(You know us by name, you made us)

our lives here are but a staging post

 

And every so often

we get a glimpse in a smile

in a caress, in a hug

and we can see those palaces

with our names on them

 

Ahh, bliss!