a link for vicki,

here!!!

and some odds and ends-
today i am making stuffed peppers for the freezer and for supper tonight
it's cooler i think today so that's a good thing to do.
next i need to get 120 pounds of boneless chicken breast and do my whole freezer thingie on that
(breaded, marinaded, cordon bleu, strips.....canned etc)

right now i am concentrating on stocking the freezer and getting the wood in
i will feel so much better when the wood was in and stacked......and the freezers/canning pantries were all stocked
so then i can really enjoy the fall/winter
(at least until the point where the weather precludes cleaning crates and pens regularly..)

i got up late today, i thought it was really bright for seven
ha
it was nine!
i guess i needed the sleep as the last i remember bernie was kissing me goodbye at 5
however it appears cooler today so maybe that was a good thing?

i can't get it in gear though right now..but then i am not through with this mug of coffee.

in duck news, last night i waited for bernie to help bring in the ducks and took care of amelia's little flying issue..... i had clipped her primary flights when they first grew in about 4'' past her coverts, but they had continued to grow so i took them all neatly off to the covert line.
bernie was flipping out....... he thought i was hurting her
oye
how many years have i had birds and been doing this?
she then ran up the hill and played with my feet when i got up to the house.....
i left her the leading edge (the two outer most flights) so she looks pretty
i gotta say, she is a very tiny bird but for a tiny bird she's got the LONGEST wings i've seen in a while
long, silvery..... with a very pointed edge to them
not like lilli and phoebe
who are again fighting with lilli getting the worst end of the deal
oye

in knitting: i am working on the 'featherweight' i am not quite to the place where i need to start short rows for the bust darts and add for the under arms.
i do like this yarn, 'comfy' from knitpicks
i realized that i would like it better if it was slightly varigated.....more of a semi solid...
but it may not like me once knitted up as a short jacket
i also joined up another skein of yarn.....i sort of wove it in as if i was doing two color knitting and weaving in the floats. it seems to be ok
we'll see when i wear it
i am more used to joins in wool yarns (russian, and spit join)

in cats: fawn seems to be responding to the thyroid meds....i have to take her to the vet as soon as it cools off....calpurrnia too
but fawn has gained back some weight, and is eating more normally as opposed to her inhaling everything!  her coat is better too.....we are getting the mats off her (slowly as she lets us) and they aren't coming back

in garden news......we got baby cucumbers... some small dill seedlings...... the pole beans are still not happy however if the weather cools off a bit they will spring into happy pole bean life.
i had to buy the peppers
oye
i need to buy more peppers so i can put up my sweet pepper sauce

i know i owe you all pictures and if today continues cool that may happen now

i canceled the philly specialist appointment due to weather so instead i am going to get to a doc in the valley...... at least someone will see me and do something about the thyroid mass and renew my meds for the year after (what a concept......actually checking my t levels? and looking at the new masses)

in drawing news: i am still working on that one with the ducklings, i think i don't like it
so it's hard to work on, but i will finish it and then see what i think
i think it is time again to do some color work, i think i am getting a bit stale so color usually works to stop that

if the weather holds out, i am pretty sure i will get my energy back...... no?
the heat and the short days really do me in
oye

ok now
i have to get going
have a wonderful day you guys

and please let me know how you like your rice cookers, if they heat up the kitchen?
how does the rice and grains come out?

til next time
vi