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October 2020 Back Fence

Bird mama — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:49:51 GMT

Welcome dear friends and visitors to the Back Fence for October.

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red&curly — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:55:59 GMT

Excellent! I'm ready.Lets walk thru some leaves.

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viva923 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 01:03:01 GMT

hey all

busy day for me.

dh and I got some heavy duty chores done today. Dh took me shopping today to get me out of the house.

nice day here, cool and crisp.

not much else, only 1 walk today.

ok guys later

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viva923 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:09:42 GMT

hey all

have hair cut appoint in less than half hour

did get dh off to work, got chores done.

got morn walk in.

drizzling when i got up but finally pushed out of here by 9am.

have morn wash/dried clothes to fold,

ok guys later.

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Bird mama — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:32:25 GMT

It's been chilly around here and we got some rain yesterday. It's after the noon hour and we finally hit 50 degrees. I'm watching the forecast for hopefully a bit warmer weather so I can tackle some caulking of expansion joints, lol.

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yock — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:04:50 GMT

my windows are finally in. Well almost. I have a five pane curved window on front of house. Four of the panes came in with the required cream wrap on the outside and one came with white. They had to reorder pane but put the white one on so people wouldn't think I had drive through service. They look really nice and it was cozy in here last night even with ac vents still open.

next week I'll decide on shades. The glass in new windows are kinda black glass which are terrific during the day but when you turn light on at night you are there for the world to see.

the neighbor behind me tore off his faded out siding and replaced it with slate blue with white trim. Very pretty.

the pit bull next door got loose when one of the kids didn't get her chain attached. Boy she can run. The kid was chasing her and yelling mom. I knew I didn't have a chance of catching her. So I went over and knocked and one of the younger kids answered. I said is your mom home. No they said she's chasing the dog. I guess she went out the other door. I said I just wanted to tell her her dog was loose. I said I hope she catches him. It's a girl they say. Oh well I hope she catches her. They did. She seems to be very sweet around her family but she makes me wary when she lunges at me or the workers.

that's my excitement for the week.

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viva923 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:35:04 GMT

hey all

not much here this evening

catching up on my movies on t.v..

did chores, got both walks in. Had my windows open in the house to air out the house

my hair cut was delightful, enjoyed it, Meghan is a great hair cut lady.

ok guys later

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KonaKat — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 11:14:00 GMT

This past Sunday I returned from Pigeon Forge with no issues. On Monday, I had a left eye that was blood red in the white area. The optometrist said that it was likely caused by a hard cough or sneeze, both of which I had done on Sunday night.

I still subbed 3 days despite being a little tired. Yesterday, when I returned from work I saw some bird seed on the ground under the feeder. Later that evening, I saw some birds using the feeder. It took time but they finally figured out that there was free food available for them.

Temperatures are below normal. It was 37 when I crawled out of bed today. Last year, the temps were a little above normal with highs in the low 90s when normal is 80s. Yesterday, it was 60 for the high and today a similar high is expected. Definitely time for heat at night.

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Bird mama — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 12:49:06 GMT

Betty @yock congrats on the new window.

Hi @red&curly

@viva923 I'm glad that you are happy with your new 'do

@KonaKat Birds can view anything new as suspicious (even pigeons, lol). I'm glad that birds found your feeder.

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viva923 — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 19:29:24 GMT

hello all

not much here, just watching my dvr'ed shows,

did chores,got walks in, folded clothes, that is all for now. Found a $5 buck end table I needed at a garage sale (outside) neighbors are having a huge sale.

not much else. Later guys

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hellie jo — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 19:37:11 GMT

@Bird mama Thank you for your well wishes. My eye surgery went o.k. I still have a lot of swelling so my vision is still very blurry. I can hardly wait until it improves.

Hope everyone has a good week-end!

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KonaKat — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:30:46 GMT

I ordered more bird feed from Amazon today. Now, that the birds have discovered the feeder, they are devouring the feed.

I work or sub three days this week as of today. Two days are at a school 20 miles away so it isn't my favorite, but because of the lack of jobs for several months because of COVID-19, I will grit my teeth and do them as subbing is so unpredictable. If the winter is as bad as predicted, I might not want to venture out on our crooked, hilly roads so get the days while it is safer!

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Bird mama — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:59:56 GMT

You so enjoy teaching @KonaKat so I'm glad you are able to do some here and there.

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Bird mama — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 19:00:51 GMT

It's been cool and dreary around here and I've been catching up on all of my podcasts that I listen to. Given the week we've just been through, I've had alot to listen to

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viva923 — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:27:06 GMT

hey all

not much going on today

speaking of pit bulls,;I walk by several houses with pit bulls and other very large dogs. Only 2 houses i am very Leary of. One the dog broke the chain and attacked me a couple years ago. My cane save me from a dog bite, he bit my cane. If i see the dog and his owner outside I always yell to them telling them i am walking by,they take the dog into the house. The other 2 dogs are in one house,the people just moved in and these dogs are vicious uncontrolled dogs, I mean down right scary dogs. I guess I would say these 2 dogs are not socialized dogs but only to that family. When I see those 2 dogs out the owners only have the dogs on leashes and they scare the daylights out of me, the owners just let the dogs bark furiously and jump and tug violently on the leashes, it scares me if those leashes would break or the owners would lose their grip on those dogs. Most of the other dogs I walk by the dogs know me,they may bark but don't bother me if they are out.

not much else here today. Did weekly prep chores today and cleaned out the fridges for the week.

not much else ok guys later

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KonaKat — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 22:10:22 GMT

@viva923 It is a shame you can't enjoy a walk without fear of uncontrolled pit bulls possibly attacking y ou.

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viva923 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 02:03:16 GMT

hey all

well i had a day today

I was attacked by a pit bull today while doing my walk minding my own business, some girls opened up front door let the dog outsides had no leash, or chain attached,it saw me and it had blood in its eyes. He wanted a kill and i was it. The dog did bite but he got the end of my cane, I used that to keep the dog off of me. A jogger runner by was able to assist me. No one came out to help me, they just would not come out to help me in distress (i was screaming my head off). I guess if you need help in my developement people could care less -don't bother me.

called animal control gave my story, they said they would site both girls with careless behavior of dog handling without a leash. Anyway, that is all i know.

dh and i ran a couple errands late today. Walmart and kohl's.

just folded 1st load of laundry all put away.

ok guys later

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Bird mama — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:59:23 GMT

@viva923 I'm glad you had that cane.

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Bird mama — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:23:59 GMT

The sun has been shining most of the day and the backyard wildlife is appreciating it. I made a quick run to Meijers for some groceries this morning. I was out of bread and Smart Balance. I then stopped off at the gas station to put some gas in the gas can for the lawn mower. Thing won't go if I got no gas for it

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viva923 — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:34:24 GMT

hey all

so busy today didn't know which end was up.

see all tomorrow