Wednesday July 10, 2019

Posted on 10 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

69 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. I made a trip to Winston this morning to get a haircut and run a couple of errands. I had to be back up here for a meeting at the gym early this afternoon.

Since I was in town I decided to do my grocery store run on the way back home and get that chore out of the way,

Temperatures are in the lower 80’s with lots of sunshine and a bit of a breeze. I moved more of the lambs ear from the back corner. I put some in the new bed where the stump was and some in the bed along the driveway. In checking the garden I was so surprised to see full sized green beans ready to pick. The plants are tiny but each one had a couple of beans. I also harvested a nice sized yellow squash.

Even though temperatures are low it’s hot working in the sun.

I washed the beans and threw them in a pot to cook up for my dinner.

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Tuesday July 9, 2019

Posted on 9 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

68 degrees, cloudy, and foggy this morning. I volunteered at the bookstore this morning. I had to stay later than usual because the lady who relieves me had a last minute emergency. Since I did not have plans for this afternoon it was not a problem. I told her when she found a replacement to tell them not to hurry.

It’s still cloudy, foggy, and drizzly with temperatures in the upper 70’s.

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Monday July 8, 2019

Posted on 8 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

74  degree, partly cloudy, and breezy when I left for the gym this morning. I also worked my midday shift this afternoon.

The raccoon has been caught. We have been placing the trap on the sidewalk beside the house feeder. When I checked this morning the trap was laying about 15 feet in the yard on its side with the raccoon in there. There was one scratched up place where he rolled the trap from the sidewalk into the yard the first time and tried to dig out of it. He rolled it again another five feet but I guess gave up and just tried to dig out from that spot. I guess he had been able to get out of the other feeder but this one kept him in there. I would have liked to see him rolling that cage and trying to get free.

I called TC then took Colin out on a leash to keep him from going over to the trap. Hopefully no more raccoon problems for awhile.

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Sunday July 7, 2019

Posted on 7 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

72 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. After I finished the weekly house cleaning chores we went outside to do some maintenance work on the flowers and garden. No rain yesterday but a lot of black clouds and thunder all afternoon.

I harvested another nice yellow squash from the garden and a small bowl of peas from the deck.That will be dinner with the pork ribs in the crock pot.

The trap was not sprung this morning. Don’t know if that meant the raccoon did not show up or did not go in the trap. I may bait it with meat again tonight.

Even though temperatures are in the low 80’s it’s humid and hot in the sun.

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Saturday July 6, 2019

Posted on 6 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

78 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning.

No fireworks last night just thunderstorms with more rain. Temperatures today are to be in the low 80’s, sunny, and humid and not much of a breeze.

TC brought over a different type of humane trap for me to try tonight.

Odds and ends stuff to do today including a load of laundry. I work inside awhile then go out to do some things outdoors while playing ball with Colin.

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Friday July 5, 2019

Posted on 5 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Sleeping Lady by Sue Henry.

68 degrees with clouds and fog when I left for the gym then home and back to work midday shift.

Did not get the raccoon. Trap was sprung and moved from where I had it placed. TC did not stop by last night to bring another trap. I may not bother to set the one I have tonight.

Sun and clouds all day with temperatures only to be in the low 80’s but it’s very humid. We had several storms with gully washing rains at the gym. The rain gauge here shows just half an inch.

Fireworks across the street again this year that went on from 10 until 11:30. Big, booming noisy fireworks. They should have stopped at 11 for those of us who wanted to go to sleep. Colin had a rough night starting at 9 when the little pops and whizzes started until the big show finally stopped.

I harvested a zucchini from the garden this morning to eat for dinner tonight with something?

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Thursday July 4, 2019

Posted on 4 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

68 degrees and mostly cloudy. We had a thunderstorm last evening bringing about an inch and half of rain. Did not get the raccoon. He ate some of the meat and sprung the trap but did not get caught. TC is bringing another trap tonight.

I did not want to start any outdoor projects this morning because of the iffy looking weather. The sun would be out, it would look like it was going to pour, the sun would come back out, etc. It’s thundering right now.

I spent the morning working on paperwork and stuff at my desk. Around noon I drove out to a art in the barn sale at the place where my family used to buy Christmas trees a long time ago. They shut down the Christmas tree business a couple of years ago.

I have beef ribs and chicken to cook on the grill.

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Wednesday July 3, 2019

Posted on 3 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

76 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym. I made a quick grocery store stop on the way home. I then left again for Galax, VA to pick up some gardening stuff from Lowe’s.

Did not get the raccoon last night. Will try again tonight.

It’s warm and sunny today with a breeze.

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Tuesday July 2, 2019

Posted on 2 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

74 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. I volunteered at the bookstore this morning.

Something, not necessarily the raccoon, ate the sardines TC put in the trap last night. The trap was not sprung so it either managed to eat the sardines and the trap did not spring or something too light to spring the trap got in and back out. It’s an old humane trap that had a spring door that goes down when the animal gets in there to keep it from escaping.

I called TC this morning to let him know what happened. I guess he will come by tonight and help me bait and reset it again.

Temperatures in the low 80’s and humid this afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms.

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Monday July 1, 2019

Posted on 1 July 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

74 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym then I returned to work my usual shift.

When I took Colin out the other night he chased something to the back fence which I suspected was a raccoon. Last night we went out later than usual and the dratted raccoon was hanging on the bird feeder when I opened the wood door. I rattled the storm door to scare him off and waited until he jumped down and started toward the back before I opened the door. I do not want Colin to get in a fight with a raccoon. He took off around the back in pursuit but the raccoon was gone into the back woods by then.

I called my neighbor up the road who trapped the last one to see if he would bring me another trap. It might be tonight or tomorrow night before he can get here.

 

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