boy oh boy.. I just seem to post every 10 days -- only

anyhoo.. LAST weekend seemed pretty normal and non-eventful.
i worked in the yard like i do every saturday.. picking up poops, tending to chickens..
i started hacking off the big green bushes in the yard because they were overgrowing the walkway.
then i wondered.. i had never looked up what they were..
i grabbed my phone, snapped a pic, checked plantsnap..
ragweed...
ragweed?!?!?
one of the most allergy-causing plants in our backyard?!?!?
and did i mention that ronnie has had a rash for a few weeks?!?
SO.. out the bushes came..
all our greenery in the backyard.. gone
back to a barren deserted yard once again..

sunday back to a typical day in the yard.. chickens.. dog poop..
dogs follow me in and out of the house a hundred times a day..
dude has started becoming obsessed with the water tank..
i eventually determined it was a lizard, NOT a snake..
charlie and gwen followed suit..
later in the afternoon, they were out there barking and barking.
we went out to discover it was not the water tank they were obsessed with
they had pulled a pipe out of the stack behind the greenhouse.. pulled out into the middle of the walkway..
another squirrel.. chirping in distress.. we've been through this before..
or have we?
upon trying to rescue the squirrel and release through the fence, gwen grabbed the tail and pulled him loose. then charlie and gwen BOTH tried to help him (her?) were finally able to get them to release and squirrel had a gash behind his left ear and over his eye. brought the dogs in the house to get them away from it. poor squirrel had tried to crawl away.. then flopped onto it's side.
i grabbed the squirrel to dispose of it, thinking it had died.
i scooped and it propped itself up!
carefully carried to a bush across the street, in the shade.
15 minutes later it had turned around facing the other direction..
20 minutes more it was gone.. farewell little squirrel

wednesday I so can't remember.. try as i might -- it is gone..
we got new plants, and transplanted some others.. overall a good day..

work is never fun.. appts, appts, blah, blah, blah.. surgery, surgery, appt, appt, appt..

saturday was a busy day. i try to catch up on cleaning and chores.  i never fully catch up, but i don't accomplish part of what i set out to do..
sunday got a fish tank for our hydroponics.. going to rearrange some rooms, empty the greenhouse (to actually use as a greenhouse) and unload a bunch of crap we really don't need..

last week.. well few weeks ago.. we had a leak at work.. random puddle of water on the floor in a room we rarely use. few minutes later, the puddle was back. lo and behold, there is a MAJOR leak, behind an important wall, destroying a large piece of furniture..
we will be closed next week so..
looks like i'll be getting a bit of a vacation after all 😁