Saturday, May 12, 2018

I Must Be Feeling Very Deep South Tonight


I just love watching the chicks belly up to the collard bar when I bring in a done-for plant. They love those things. They're getting bigger but their growth curve has slowed a bit, as it does at this stage. Still, they are outgrowing their night-time sleeping coop and I don't have the energy right now to try and get them to move over to the other shelter available for them which will require not only shutting their current roosting area but also figuring out how to entice them into the new one. Chickens are creatures of habit without doubt. I have a feeling that if I closed that small coop and put food and water in the other box, I'd go out at dark to find them all huddled around their accustomed bed place, completely mystified as to why they could not gain access.

The plan was for Jessie and Vergil's coop to be done enough by tomorrow to move her batch over but I just got a text from her saying that this would probably not be case which is fine. I'm not anxious about it. They'll move when all is ready and no big deal. Mr. Moon's been over there most of the day helping and I know that Jessie's been helping too. She's so appreciative of the guys' efforts. She says that she first started really looking upon Vergil with eyes of love when he showed her the chicken coop he'd built for his grandma and I think that's a very wise criteria for a future mate.
Not only the ability to build something but also, the willingness to build something for a grandparent.
And as we all know, Vergil has proven to be true in both the carpentry and caring regards and she will get her little flock soon. She is going to enjoy keeping chickens so much and I can just feel Kathleen beaming at what she started.

This morning when I got up, the children were already texting each other and Mr. Moon about the plan for Mother's Day. This was stressful for us all. I know how it feels to want to show someone that you love and appreciate them but there are so many factors involved. Since so many of us have worked in the service industry, we know what Mother's Day is like for restaurants and we would all like to avoid that but no one really wants to cook for a group of the size of our family.

I finally suggested that everyone just come on out and bring stuff to make sandwiches and that I would make iced tea and potato salad and that is what is going to happen. Which is sort of exciting! How southern!
So I went to the store to buy potatoes and other stuff and came home and made potato salad and also cole slaw and somehow I have kept myself busy and occupied all day long.
I have had to restrain myself from starting S-Town again from the beginning but have listened to the first episode of the Serial podcast which was fine but I'm afraid that the bar set on S-Town was way too high and I'm not sure I'll ever listen to anything as fine as that again. And yesterday, I totally forgot to give credit to Brian Reed who was the host and producer, and all of the others on the crew who helped shape and put that podcast together. It is a simply amazing example of what true hard work, dedication, insane mad talent and skill, not to mention what can only be love, can do.

It got hotter than hell today. Up into the nineties and here we are- summer has finally arrived in all of its burning implications. My green beans will start being ready to pick by tomorrow I figure, and we may get some rain tomorrow or Monday or Tuesday. We got a few drops today and I mean that literally- a few drops. My clothes were on the line and I gathered them up and stuck them in the dryer for about ten minutes and they probably didn't even need it. This is the sort of weather where you can wait until three o'clock in the afternoon to hang even your towels and jeans and they'll still get dry before the sun goes down and if a little rain hits them, it'll steam right out. As I was unpinning the clothes and throwing them in the laundry basket I started thinking about global warming and how a lot of people are going to be real surprised when their normally temperate temperatures start creeping up into the hundreds and above, especially if there's no air-conditioning.
It ain't gonna be pretty and in fact, is going to be very sweaty and very miserable and human production is going to go way down.
But hey! Let's not worry about that right now, okay?
I got AC and I got ice from the freezer in my vodka tonic and I got potato salad chillin' in the Fridge. I got internet and a TV that can hook up to the WiFi and I got sprinklers that can water my green beans when the rain doesn't come.
Lord help us all.

What are you doing for Mother's Day? I'd love to know.

Yours Truly...Ms. Moon


22 comments:

  1. I raked up some of the leaves from my beds out front and dumped them into the bird yard and there was instantly a chicken scratching at the pile....

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    1. Chickens just love a new place to scratch, don't they?

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  2. What a southern Belle! A lovely idea to have everyone come to your beautiful house and garden.........to enjoy the day (side's and grands accompanying them!). Much more relaxing than eating at any restaurant with stressed out staff, poor things. . Your chicks are beautiful and growing into themselves. Your life is just awesome and inspiring to me every day.....Happy Mothers Day, Ms Moon to you, and I know you will have a wonderful day tomorrow.....enjoying the love from your entire family. I believe I would feel right at home there with all of it.
    Susan M

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    1. You say the sweetest and kindest things, Susan. I really appreciate that. And I have no doubt you would fit right in.

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  3. Your Mother's Day Plans sound wonderful and I hope they will be, for you and the beautiful mothers in your family.

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  4. I lost my Mama on Mother's Day 2009, and I have two step-kids, one of whom has decided since the death of her own Mama three years ago to announce that she's 'motherless.' To be honest, I'm taking a Facebook break and will be hibernating with my kindle and some local blackberry wine. Since the temps are to be in the 90's the next few days, I may be reading/drinking indoors.

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    1. Sounds like the wisest plan under those circumstances.
      Damn. Mother's Day is NOT one to celebrate for you, is it? I am so sorry.

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  5. My middle daughter sent me a lovely bunch of flowers. We'll see Miss Katie tomorrow, take a walk in the park with her and have lunch. My son is being himself. He asked me a few days ago if he could take me out to supper. I was on my way to bed and asked if he could message me the next day. So of course nothing from him. A friend of mine is coming over for tea and scones and we'll sit in the backyard and enjoy the birds and the flowers.

    I was listening to a science program on CBC about climate change. Many places will be too hot to work outside in the coming years, places that depend on agriculture such as India. I can't imagine what the future will look like, scary I guess.

    And on that cheerful note, happy mother's day:)

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    1. I have a very strong feeling that no, it is not going to go well for humans and that war is going to be a constant with countries fighting over the resources that are left. I mean- how can that not happen?
      Jesus.
      I hope you had a sweet time with Katie and your friend.

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  6. Happy Momma's Day! Started S Town yesterday! Wow! Brilliant. Thanks for recommending! It's fixin to rain today and the whole entire week here so I'll have to listen while stationary. Staying in with Moms. Eating and watching cooking shows maybe. XXOO

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    1. Eating and watching cooking shows sounds good to me. I hope y'all are getting rain. We got some last night and this morning. It's cleared up now and I really hope we get more rain as has been predicted for us too.

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  7. Our Mother's Day is long done with, but nevertheless I'm lazin' about. And full of M&Ms.

    That's about it :)

    Your sandwich and salad lunch sounds perfect. I made devilled eggs and rice last night and it was just right after a lovely hot day. I put olive oil and a teeny bit of vinegar in the rice, salt and pepper and chopped beetroot, spring onions and red pepper in too and it was excellent.

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    1. That rice sounds divine! I'm making chicken and yellow rice tonight and it'll have all sorts of vegetables in it. Why get a pot dirty if you aren't going to put a lot of nutrition in it?

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  8. This I remember about Florida -- how it's always so hot and dry before the summer rains come. I hope you're having a great Mother's Day! I sent my mom a bouquet and she sent me a blank e-mail back, which was very peculiar, but I'm assuming that means she got it.

    I can't wait to see how Jessie's coop turns out!

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    1. Jessie's coop is fantastic! Yay for Vergil and Mr. Moon and Jessie too. She somehow managed to do a little bit of the carpentry herself.

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  9. Your day sounds perfectly perfect.

    I'll be crying today, trying to get through the day. Same as every day of the past year since my old, crazy husband of almost 40 years decided to get on meth & almost killed me. Long story, that...

    I lived in Jax Beach & St. Augustine Beach in the 70'a and loved every minute of it. I always wore a string bikini and rode my bicycle everywhere. Ah, for the good old days & my tall, skinny, hippie body & waist length hair. Ha! Haven't had such a beautiful tan since & the long hair got to be a pain in the ass, so I cut it off. You're fortunate to live in such a beautiful place. xo

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    1. Goodness, Marion. I bet we know some of the same people. Some of my sweetest friends spent a lot of time in St. Augustine. Some still live there. What a gorgeous town!
      What a horrible thing meth is. A friend of mine's husband started smoking it and almost bankrupted her. Meth and crack. It was horrible. Horrible.

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  10. For mothers day I went back to my own personal little s-town to visit my parents. God how I hate the place where I grew up! I listened to the first episode of the podcast last night and boy, could I relate!

    Headed off now to listen to more! Thanks for the recommendation!

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    1. I hope you enjoyed it, Jennifer. It has so many layers. Sorry you ever have to go back to your shit town. At least you got out of it.

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  11. Perfect plan! We opted for Chinese takeout here and enjoyed it immensely! Happy Mother's day!
    Xoxo
    Barbara

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