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Shannon we've had adventures with moose too! we always ended up in the Yellowstone area so we bought some land and eventually built a vacation house there. before MT became" the last great place", things were affordable. wish now we'd done it sooner. we have walked past moose who were...

we did a road ride this morning, an hour and 20 minutes. no ducks to be seen this time. what DH is finding is that if he stays off direct pressure on the knee that he feels pretty good. Thanks for your kind words!. he is not a good person to rest. he is getting a brace today...

Did stacked upper body yesterday after a 10 min spin as a warmup and also my regular therapy. DH is going to almost certainly need a knee replacement partial or total, we will see when we see the surgeon. the meniscus tore loose and is not likely fixable. maybe if we were 30 but not at...

Shannon i actually didn't stop. it happened so fast I didnt miss a single pedal stroke. there was this flash of a deer head in front of me, very close, and it was gone. i heard the hooves jamming into the asphalt. DH was behind shouting if I was OK. looked like a collision would happen...

Judy i downloaded open office because i need a word processor program occasionally for simple things. what im looking for is a way to alphabetize a list. ive been looking for 'sort" and anything that will organize things in A to Z way. I used to use WordPerfect and never learned Word...

Good morning. we rode the regular trail this morning for 15 miles. took a little longer because we are paying close attention to the population of common mergansers. found two again this morning, sitting on gravel bars one on a creek another on the river. assume they have nests nearby...

we mt biked this morning, a bout 7 miles. first time on trails this year. felt very hard. the trail we usually come down was ok for 2/3 of the way, and then it came to a logged out section that was too hard for me. i walked it down. too dusty and steep for me at this point. maybe...

shannon we let him out of the carrier for the drive itself but when we parked to walk we stuck him back in his carrier. then let him back out for the drive when we got back. we dont want a disaster when we got back from a walk and cant see where he is. probably would be fine but this is...

our Dobie was easy to train. a regular choker collar didn't work well on him. he could tip his head forward and it slid off. we got a pinch collars with the spikes. it worked great on him. he could not dump it off and it didn't have the chain/loop sliding back and forth wearing all the fur...

dont worry about ants in montana ... they arent all over the place!. we have a big anthill on a slope above our driveway near our snow fencing. its several feet across . we are aware of it because we were working out there pounding in posts and putting up wire fence and plastic...

We had some home maintenance things this morning, furnace/AC servicing and the chimney cleaning. took most of the morning but done for the year. one more appt tomorrow and hopefully done for a while. Ants are not a big issue here. montana has some serious ants. they make these huge...

We use straight white vinegar on weeds in addition to flaming option. the flaming option is not ok when its dry and fire is a possibility, and it is not a good choice near fencing or desirable plants as it can singe them . we have a huge long gravel driveway and parking areas where...

diane sue dont remember for sure if we used roundup on the bamboo. i know we didnt bother spraying the leaves. we used something very strong on the base of the plant. it was either a higher concentration of glyphosate or some other herbicide. we are careful about not spraying...

we are back from our camping adventure. it went pretty well ! Puss rode in his carrier in the camper so if he was loud, we didn't hear it. this is a 45 minute drive to the state park. its on the water so we were a little concerned thinking it might be busy. it was quiet, pristine...

tee hee..... bamboo is invasive!. we planted some once in a garden( this house) that was not supposed to be invasive. well, it was. we worried it would come up thru the concrete floors in the basement. we finally got rid of it but it was a mistake. day lilies are nowhere near that bad...

Shannon i had not heard about that earthquake. there is always more history to learn about , isnt there? i will look it up. i know the Mississippi river would like to change its course to the west and jump to another river basin, and engineers do a tremendous amount of work keeping it...

diane sue, Our day lilies are in a flower bed but they spread by underground shoots and are impossible to dig up. our winters are mild here. they are nice when they flower but they are like bamboo and comeup feet away from the parent plant. . maybe not quite that bad, but bad. we have a...

Shannon...not "new" science but someone delved into it further. its been known for a loooong time that we are subject here to a massive earthquake in the PNW, from Washington state up thru Vancouver island. that could happen tomorrow....... or never. a 9.0. i grew up in the 50's and...

Cathy DH was blaming the cat but i didnt think so. we have a lot of alligator lizards in the area but they dont eat corn. they eat bugs, beetles etc. we grow corn every year and have not had issues with raccoons or possums before. footprints were not clear, dirt was just stirred up and...

mostly taking today off. we will ride "something" tomorrow. DH got a cortisone shot in his knee and they said to hold off for a day or two so we did yard things today. some critter got into our cold frame and tore up all the corn plant starts. dh is really ticked but we cant figure out...