RAIN

This is the view out of my bedroom window, yes, finally rain here. We haven't had rain since November I think. Maybe the weather forecasters will stop griping about a possible drought!
It's finally raining here, yippy!

Update

82 golf balls, and three broken tee's!

Golf Ball Round Up

I was up at the ranch today, and after feeding the cows, I noticed some golf balls in the pasture. At first I thought it was just a few, but after filling my pockets with 38 golf balls, I headed for the little rental house and a bucket to put those darn balls into. I grabbed a grabber tool and the quad and headed out to pick up the rest of the balls. I had to scale speed bump hill to rangle more of those darn balls. I ended up with a grand total of 77.

Rooster Round Up

Oh my goodness, last Spring I was given a chance to bring agriculture in my classroom, so I took it! My friend, Daphne, brought me a chicken incubator and 24 fertilized eggs. No big deal, they sat in my classroom doing their thing, while I did my thing; and then one day they started hatching. They were so cute, but yet so stinky. I keep them around in my classroom while they grew and grew and finally they were out-growing their space. I took them to Roseville where they got their own special living quarters custom made. Well, as they grew they got noisy and mean. They seamed crowded, so I started taking some of them, two and three at a time, up to the ranch. I targeted the roosters to go up to Auburn, leaving behind the girl chickens-egg layers. It wasn't too long before I had at least 16 Roosters up in Auburn. After all this crazy-iness has gone on for months finally enough was enough, time for the rooster madness to stop. The darn roosters crowed all the time from sun up to sun down, middle of the night and even the middle of the day. A few Roosters got out of their cages and eventually lost their lives, one beautiful Rooster was able to live outside his cage, he is still free to roam about. But the other Roosters that were moved into the big cage (dog kennel) wouldn't leave each other alone. So I called Daphne and asked her if the guy that she got the eggs from wanted the Roosters back. He did! Yes, so yesterday I got a bunch of cardboard boxes and rounded up all the caged roosters, and the turkin! The turkin is a cross between a turkey and a chicken. It took some doing but all the rowdy roosters were loaded up. The turkin broke the fishing net. I drove the boxes of Roosters all the way from Auburn to Elk Grove, about an hours drive, to their new home. We un-boxed them and the guy clipped their wings. They were released in a huge outside pen. I say good riddens noisy roosters!

The Last Couple of Months have gone by fast..

The new school year has started and I wanted to put up some random pictures from the last couple of months. This first picture is me sitting at my desk at work. I think my shirt is rather loud, but I bought it because it is lightweight cotton and perfect for summer in Sacramento.
I really need to explain this red purse, most people who know me know that I don't go for anything made by designers, for reasons I will not state here on this blog, but this purse by Michael Kors, is awesome, great size, great color, and just about the same size of the purse that I have carried for the last 6 years.
Okay, these pens by Staedtler are the very best pens out there, I can't recommend them highly enough, but don't let the kids use them, they press down too hard with them.
This sign was posted at Cal State University in the Science hall, it made me laugh out loud. Can't imagine what the college teachers are putting up with these days..
Yippee, the hay is delivered, stacked, covered, and ready to feed to the cattle over the next sixth months. Yippee!
Yes, the PEARS are on, and today after I finish up at the car dealership, I will be a picking some naturally raised, farm fresh, locally grown and organic pears...
A quick summer camping trip up to Truckee before the school year starts.
Me and my little punk dog Sadie off on a road trip.

April Showers bring May flowers so they say....

Well another May has come and is almost gone, so I have some random pictures to share from my May...

January Gloomy Skies

January always brings a gloomy dark fog that seems to stay around along with the rain. I am being tag-teamed by rain and fog. I actually drove up to Applegate to find sunshine last Saturday. I spent about 20 minutes in the full sunlight just soaking as much as a could into my soul. It doesn't help that I have been battling a cold that is hanging on. I finally pulled out the Mucinex last night and I am bound and determined to fight this long standing cold.