Random Things

We went fishing on Fort Polk last Thursday. They have a small lake there. We only caught a couple small bream, which we tossed back; but apparently there is a small herd of wild horses there. We saw them in the woods, and while we were fishing, they came out to feed on the grass at the park.

The horses are a reminder of Fort Polk's calvary past. Apparently the numbers in the herd go up and down and people on the base get upset when the government tries to get rid of them altogether.

There are a lot of 'mushroom villages' around the property. Last month they looked like this.

Now, they look like this.

Larger, and darker. As you can see in the second photo, fire ants have taken over one of the 'townhouses'.

It's pecan season.

The collection is mediocre. Partly because we are doing better financially this year, so we don't need to sell them to make it until the end of the month; and partly because hubby is still not 100%. So I spend more time in the house watching out for him.
There are a lot that still need to ripen and fall, too.

Hubby makes a great peach pie! This from a person who didn't like peach pie until he started making them.

Hope you all have a blessed week! ♥

Curious

This morning when I was doing dishes, I had two half bottles of dish sop, so I decided I'd combine the two. That was eight hours ago.
This is what the bottle looks like right now.

It just doesn't seem right that the Dawn has not mixed with the Palmolive. At. All.

The other night, our son came into the room. We had been watching TV. He said, "You can't hear that kitten? Jessi is outside. She might be chasing it."

I never heard anything. It must have been in my tinnitus range. Hubby heard it though. Anyway, after a couple hours of calling and putting food out, and trying really hard, son managed to catch the kitten.
The day before son's birthday. I told youngest son that the kitten must be his birthday present. He's been wanting a cat to take the place of the one that has health problems, when it decides to travel the rainbow bridge.

Anyway, here is the newest family member.

Smudge. :-)

Had my first curious visit with the VA yesterday. We went in to contest a small bill that they sent after I fell in the parking lot and hurt my wrist.
The curious part was if I was a civilian employee, they would not have sent the bill; but because I was a veteran, I was expected to pay the fee for the medicine. We contested it for about an hour and they finally canceled the bill.

Weird.

Anyway, Thursday we are traveling a little over an hour to shop at the nearest military commissary. And maybe go fishing. Hope you all have a great day.

God bless. ♥

Question for those of you who have chickens

I get my eggs from someone with chickens a few miles from the house. This morning while fixing breakfast, I found this when I cracked one of the eggs.

Neither of these photos really shows the deepness of the reddish-pink of the egg white.

Not sure if the egg was safe to eat or not. I saved it to show the gentleman. He said he'd never seen anything like it, either. He insisted I take two eggs to replace the one; and said if I ever had problems with any of the eggs, to please let him know.

So, how about it? Any ideas? Anyone else seen anything like this?

Take care. ♥

Apparently the local Ag Newsletter

Also reads Fresh Eggs Daily as I got this reminder in my email yesterday.

So yes, if you live here in the U.S., it is that time again. Congress was so stupid when they mandated this to 'give us extra daylight'.
Sorry, but there is only one person who can do that and the Good Lord has it well in hand.

Have a blessed weekend!