Wednesday, April 20, 2022

I Am Not Lonely And Am Certainly Not Bored


As you can see, Ms. Annie is still very much alive. I just don't know what to think. She is walking, running (albeit in a waddling way) and eating but her rear end is still swollen. I tried to catch her this morning but even if she does have an egg stuck in her butt she can dart faster than I can. I managed to give her some calcium which is highly recommended. I ground up a Tums and mixed it in yogurt and she got some of it before the rest of the chickens circled up and finished it. I think tonight, when she's on the roost, I will do the lubing procedure and perhaps give her another bath. 
Whoo-boy. 
She's a tough one, like her sister was. 

This morning I determined to go walk down and take more pictures of the (what I am now calling) FUCKING Dollar General project from both sides of the lot and ran into Miss Liola's brother, Abraham. He was standing there watching the situation himself. He only lives a house or two down from where it's going to be. 


That is the view from his street, which is Main Street. We ended up talking for about an hour, first about the FUCKING Dollar General and then a lot more. He was born in Lloyd eighty-eight years ago and was raised here. As he said, he's been on every square inch of the place. He left Lloyd when he was younger but moved back for retirement after he was in a terrible accident. I enjoyed our conversation more than I can say. He's never seemed to have the desire to chat with me but for whatever reason, today was different. He told me that Liola has been moved into a retirement home in Monticello (same one that supposedly Pinot is in) by her son. I do not think he is happy about this. She is ten years younger than he is and he says that she does not really need to be there. I think he may feel that her son, who lives in Texas, just doesn't know what else to do with her. The thing he told me that startled me the most is that when he and his wife married in 1956, they moved into what I now call The Fally Down house. Some other woman, possibly a relative, owned it and lived there and they moved in with her. He chuckled at the memory. His wife has been dead for ten years now. He has five children and he says that all tell him what to do. 
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed visiting with him and I absolutely need to go visit Miss Liola in the retirement place. I could see Pinot there too if indeed that's where he is. It's odd that no one seems to exactly know. 

After I'm sure he'd had more than enough of my company, I walked on down to where the Fally Down house is and y'all- it is still there but there's not one straight line in it anymore. 


I asked Abe if he and his wife had been the ones to put up the wallpaper in the house and he said that no, it was there when they moved in. As you can see, it is slowly but absolutely becoming one with the earth. 
After I took that picture, I walked around the corner back to Highway 59 which I assume is where the entrance to the FUCKING Dollar General will be. 


Standing water for sure. I walked twenty-one paces from the marker for the corner of the lot and this is what it looks like. 



Can you see the water there? I believe that at the most, this is sixty feet away from the edge of the FDG property. 


And this is just a few more yards south. 

What's a girl to do? I reposted on Facebook and then I called the county land planning department in Jefferson County. The woman I got there was very polite and she admitted that just because their maps say that this is not a flood plain or a wetland, it doesn't mean it isn't. That she intends to have all of the commercially zoned areas rechecked but for now, it is what it is. We also discussed the fact that in Jefferson County, only residents who live within 500 feet of a proposed project must be notified before a project begins unless the project will be over 27,000 square feet. 
I may have used the word "sneaky" a few times. I should have added "slimy." 
She really did not tell me anything I didn't know but at least I registered my complaints. She did tell me that they had blocked another Dollar General which was supposed to go up in Monticello itself. There is already one there. I told her I wished they'd blocked this one too. 
As Abe and I discussed, while the need for a place for people without transportation to get food is great around here, how the FDG thinks it's going to make money off the purchases that such severely financially strapped people are going to be make is a mystery to us. 

Anyway. I'm doing what I can do. I just read an article in the NYT's about the abysmal, evil way the Dollar General treats its employees and I am even more opposed to them coming here. 
You'll probably get a pay wall if you click on that but trust me- it does not say any damn thing good about the company. 

To calm and cool myself, I went out to the garden and weeded, mulched a little, and picked the very last bit of broccoli. I also pulled a patch of garlic whose stalks have fallen over, indicating that it is done growing. 


There it is, starting its drying process. 

Whoa! This has been a long report from Lloyd today. I get so much done when Mr. Moon's out of town. We've been in good touch and I've kept him informed about the Annie situation. He tells me that he and Brenda have been laughing A LOT! 
And that makes me so happy. 
As did another box of precious things I picked up at the post office today from Linda Sue.  That woman! She sent more doll clothes plus other beautiful and funny and fun things. Would you look at this? 


Oh, how I wish I was five years old. 

Wish me luck on the chicken-lubing. 
Good Lord. 

Love...Ms. Moon

30 comments:

  1. You probably know this, FDG gives lots of money to the right wing nutjob party.
    Another reason why I have never been a chicken keeper!

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    1. FDG is just sleazy all the way around. Fuck them.
      As to chicken keeping- the benefits to me out way the deficits. I just sort of love these birds.

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  2. Good luck on the chicken lubing! I love dollhouse stuff.

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    1. I never had a dollhouse as a child nor did I know anyone who did. So I am a bit enchanted.

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  3. Oh, those miniatures, lovely. And good luck on the lube job.

    Thanks for fighting the good fight against FDG.

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    1. I'm trying, Liz! I feel genuinely compelled.

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  4. yes, I also applaud you for speaking in a loud voice against the proposed FDG. May your lips fall on appropriate ears..... Good luck with the Annie lube. Its not fun, but it's not bad either. Short *track*, so to speak. Glad you had good talk with Abraham and wouldn't it be lovely to visit Liola AND Pinot? Sweet dreams and I will keep good thoughts for Miss Annie
    Susan M

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    1. I've determined that she's not egg bound after gently sticking my gloved finger up there. I think she too was injured as she has feathers missing under and around her right wing. I am just hoping for the best and at least I know I have tried. She is such a sweet and strong hen.

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  5. I could see my Dollar General down the road in that NYT report! I don't see the young couple who used to manage it in there any more. I wonder.

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    1. #Takeaticket.
      Sleazy company in all regards.

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  6. We do not have Dollar general- I guess florida wins again- dumb stuff in abundance. Dang, that land is so fragile and important. I hope your hen lives, she is quite a beauty.
    You can be five years old if you want. for five minutes every day!

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    1. Well, the land is only important for those of us who live here and people like Abraham especially. Of course, for me, it is why I wanted to live here. That passage of highway with the swamps and palms and trees. Florida is so beautiful in the wild and those who wish to destroy that wild are destroying something that many of us truly love about the state.
      And you are right- I CAN be five years old when I need to be. Thank you for helping me remember that.

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  7. Poor Annie. Hope she makes it through this, whatever it is.

    As for Dollar General, they have a Facebook page and you can leave comments on it, so I did:)

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  8. I'm glad you're taking on the FUCKING Dollar General store. I need to backtrack here and catch up, though. I imagine you as a sort of Florida version of Erin Brockovich.

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    1. Oh, no. I am not qualified to touch Erin Brockovich's hem. I'm just doing a few small things. I sure wish I could think of more things that don't involve protests, signs, or property damage. Sigh.

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  9. Oh my goodness! It's almost a whole doll house kit of goodies. I love it.
    I am angry too, that the Dollar General is going ahead, but as they say, it's a done deal and we (you) must make the best of it. At least until it sinks into the swamps.
    I'm happy to see Annie up and around and hope the second warm bath and lubrication helps.
    I didn't know garlic was ready when the leaves fall over, I thought I had to wait until they dried off and was disappointed when I got no garlic because something underground ate it or it just shrivelled up and disintegrated. Or something. I buy it now from the supermarket and always check it is locally grown and not from China.

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    1. Here's a pretty good article about harvesting garlic.
      https://www.gardenbetty.com/the-trick-of-knowing-when-to-harvest-garlic/
      I knew that these were not going to grow any more because the stems had fallen over. They were no longer upright. I don't think that patch got enough sun and the garlic does not have a lot of the papery wrapping. I will certainly use it first.

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  10. I've just read the above comments and I'm glad Annie is not eggbound after all, but sorry to hear she was probably injured. She seems to be recovering though.

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  11. I love the Fally Down House but I'm sure it must tug at a few heart strings too. But I have to admit I LOVE that box of doll's house stuff even more. You are very lucky and Linda Sue is a doll herself for sending it to you!

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    1. You're right- I just love Linda Sue and I love that little sewing room.

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  12. Chicken lubing -- talk about things you probably never imagined you'd be doing! I'm glad she's not eggbound and if she's up and around that seems a good sign that she might recover from her injuries.

    I am astonished that you found a former resident of the fally-down house!

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    1. You are right about that, Steve. Never in my life did I contemplate sticking a finger up a chicken.
      I was so excited when Abraham told me he'd lived in that house! I knew you'd be excited too.

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  13. I bet Levon and Maggie will love to play with the treasures you received in the mail. I love your Dollar Store campaign, good for you, in a world in which (I read this morning) that DeSantis's banning of certain math books in the state of Florida now means that every math textbook supplied to the entire state will come from a single textbook company in Houston, with deep conservative ties. This world. But then, in this hard cynical world, there is also you, scattering your light.

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    1. I tell you- my state has gone completely off the rails. DeSatan is trying to out-Trump Trump and he's managing. The deaths by suicide of LGBTQ+ kids is going to be on him. Directly. I am praying that someone defeats him in the next election but it would appear that the state is full of insane people. Obviously. There are a lot of blue areas in amongst the red ones here but as we speak they are changing the districting map to break up blocs of Black voters. Fucking hell- if Republicans can't win honestly, they just cheat their way into it. I am sickened by all of it.

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  14. Good luck with the chicken lubing. Good Lord, indeed.

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  15. Just the mental picture of you doing a rectal check of a chicken is almost too much ... 'tis hilarious!!! So happy for Annie!
    Just a fun read with this blog!!

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  16. Dollar General sounds totally evil. I read in Wikipedia that it has over 18,000 stores, and I am glad to say I have never seen or been in one of them. As for Trump, I don't know what to say but I am mystified about the whole thing. I reckon it is organised by Putin. Certainly our Brexit vote and our acquisition of JOhnson as PM seems to have been funded by him.

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