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Happy be-lated 4th of July
The last half of June and this first part of July have not adhered to the normal Texas dry weather. Yes, it was definitely hot in June, hitting 102 for one day, but the last part of the month brought unusual rains that have held on for this first part of July. With the rains in July, our temps actually dropped to the 90’s. Humidity made it feel higher than 90’s but still not bad for July in Texas! The pastures needed the rains badly. I noticed I’ll have to watch carefully when I let the does in the old garden area pasture again as that grass is lush and green - which can cause deadly bloat, which we sadly found out by experience in May.
The turkeys are growing so fast it’s amazing to me. At 3 weeks old the tom turkeys were learning how to strut their stuff, dropping their wings and drawing their neck to their chest as their tail feathers fanned out like the Pilgrim pictures in our school books. It looked so funny on a 10 inch tall turkey - miniature turkeys in my mind. It appears we have 6 hens and 2 toms out of the flock I ordered. Two of the 10 died - one scared to death when I mowed too close to the pasture poultry pen. BUT I will say, they do know enough to get out of the rain!
Our first snake of the year was curled up in the corner of the turkey/chicken pasture poultry coup. He’s dead.
The house painters were delayed with 4 afternoons of rain but the job is finally finished! It is such a relief to have such a big job finished. They even worked around my huge bush on the side of the house, although I did get some kidding about them cutting it down or they couldn’t finish the job. My reply was, “That’s OK. If you can’t finish, I can’t pay you!” The job is done nicely, isn’t it?!
I’m enjoying making some baby quilts for a new (to me) charity, Hope Resource Center. Hope Resource Center is an crisis pregnancy ministry that provides alternatives to abortion. It’s located in McKinney, TX.
The 9 Patch quilt is really brighter than it looks. I used 1930’s reproduction fabrics. The other one is for those babies who want to monkey around.
Well, time and laundry waits for no man (or woman), so I’d better go get busy and put the wet laundry on the line. Rain is due in again this afternoon.