Possum Day ♻️

Hello everyone,

Today, with all the heat and humidity, along comes a possum. 

 Another big fat possum crossed the boundaries of our home. 

 Possum 7-26-25

All the other critters that live here are doing just great. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

🦝 Another big raccoon 🦝

Morning everyone, 🦝

Well, here it is, another day of the raccoons. This one is huge, much larger than some of 

the other varmints. He must have eaten more of the cat food or eaten some plants where I 

just water and feed them. 🤣💕

We are all doing ok. Vince mowed the lawn yesterday. With this new mower, it seems to cut 

much faster, and Vince is not worn out like before. I will get a video of him on 

the monster and put here when done. 

Chickens are all ok, and the rooster is still loving and so friendly. We and the hens love him. 

Raccoon 7-24-25

Love and Prayers,

 Margo

Raccoon visitor 🦝

Morning everyone, 🦝

Well, I just knew that there was "a thing" that turned over the cat's water bowl two nights ago. 

Another visitor last night. This one even removed the cover over the cage in case it rained. 

I am learning that they don't roam around when it rains.

7-22-25 Raccoon

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

The Accident - One year later

Hello all, 

Well, one year later, I am still here, and all healed up for the most part. 

Still have things on the face that are not quite right. My nose still feels numb, and my sense of smell is not right yet. My left eye socket is still numb to the touch even though it itches a lot. My neck and head (where they come together) are still not right; it hurts every day. Some days are worse than others. It feels like a bucket of cement is sitting on my head, same feeling when I step into a shower, heavy weight on my head, makes my neck hurt. My mouth (upper) teeth are still numb, and my sense of taste is still not there. I am surprised by how much the sense of taste makes us feel full and happy after a meal. I eat and can't taste most of what I eat. My mouth feels like I am trying to chew something like wood instead of food. I chew my cheeks all the time, have to eat very slowly, and be mindful of my cheeks. I NEVER chewed my cheeks like I do now. The doctor who did the face re-do of broken areas said he had to re-break by mouth to put me back together again.  Some of my upper teeth have been pushed in toward the inside of my mouth, where they never were before. He gave me an edge-to-edge bite at the front of my mouth that I have never had in my life. So, it is like eating with someone else's mouth; you can't feel it. The teeth are still numb on the upper, and I feel that they may be dead. Which means somewhere in the future, I may have to have some teeth crowned to save them. 

My left leg, where the huge tear in the leg was, is still numb to the touch, where two huge holes were punched over the knee. My left leg still has a stretch of flesh that is numb from the knee almost to the hip. 

But thank God I am alive and can still walk up and down our steep hill of a yard. I can do all of what I did before the accident.  Thank you, Jesus,

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Whispering Spot - the cat who adopted us 🐈‍⬛

Hello all, 

Today, I add a new picture of the cat who adopted us as his new family forever home. For 2 years, he has been around our home, we would put food out morning and evening, and give him fresh water each day. He gets canned and dry food and treats. Two years ago, we even tried to scare him off when he first showed up, caught him in a trap, released him, and tried to scare him off, but this one would not scare. He has NEVER again entered a trap set for the varmints. He seems to know NOT to enter the trap. That is a great thing for him.

Whispering Spot

It took him 3 years (this summer is his 3rd) to accept us. You could not touch him, could not get close to him. Will not come when you call him. He slept under the porch for a while, or next door, we think, under the neighbor's home. No one was living there at the time.

Starting last fall, he was letting us get a little closer and felt really bad that he had no place to get out of the cold; we had a bad winter this last winter. So early on, we got out the large dog kennel and put an army blanket in it with one of the heating pads that is for animals under the top couple of layers of the folded blanket. To our amazement, he took to it right away and stayed day and night in that during the winter. The kennel sits on the back porch next to the back door.

This summer, he has walked up to us, timid at first, and wants pets, rubs, and face scratches. Vince and I both have loved on him this summer. Still, I do not trust that I can pick him up yet, though.

Next, we will try working up a cat "litter box" he will use and stop using my flower bed downstairs by the front porch. 

He is now leaving me fresh meat at the doorstep (watch your step), fairy diddles, and mice this summer. They are not eaten, they are whole, only dead. I love that he is killing the varmints around here. 

Our next big step, one day, will be a veterinarian visit.

He or she is my charmer now, and I love him or her. 💕

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Raccoon day

Hello all, 

Well, today is raccoon day. Just another mess to get rid of. It is so hot and humid this summer. 

Perhaps that is why we are bothered with so many varmints this year. 

Raccoon day

My chickens are doing great, I can hear Mr. Clouds each morning doing his thing, and now my parrot (Frosty) sounds like a rooster. Funny. 😇

My doves are doing great, the babies (2) are growing like a weed. I will be looking for new homes for them before long. 

It has rained so much this spring into summer that all the trees around us are super full of leaves and growth this year. Fall color should be great this year. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Possum day

Hello all, 

Well, this happened on the 7th of July. I am late getting it put up. Yep, another possum in our yard, also pooping on the side steps going to the front yard. Another mess to clean up. ☹️

Possum day today

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

What is this? 🪳

Hello everyone, 

What is this bug? 

      It was on the side of the chicken coop this morning. Looks weird, so I wanted to take a pic and post here. 

     Hot, humid day. Suppose it will get to 98 again today. I will be glad when this heat is over. 

    If anyone knows, post and let me know. 

What am I?

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Believe it or Not 🦝

Hello to all, 

Well, here we go again, another raccoon, the third day in a row. Anyway, it is taken care of, 

Raccoon on Wednesday

Another hot, sticky day here in W.V. I can't wait until the weather changes for a cooler day. The poor old cat outside finds a spot in the foliage on the ground where it is somewhat cool to spend most of its day. 

He is always present for food and enjoys his cool water each day.

The chickens are doing just fine, and they also find cool spots to stay out of the sun for most of the day. Still getting eggs each day. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

🦝 Raccoons 🦝- 😇

Hello all, 

 

        Well, Yesterday and Today we had raccoons come around, tearing things up and getting into the cat (we don't own) area, and messing things up. So, needless to say, they were 👻dispatched 👻to the happy hunting grounds. These things are driving my cat whom we don't own, crazy. He does not like having them come around and bother "his" space. 

Raccoon on Monday

 

Raccoon on Tuesday

         Oh, by the way, the " 🐈‍⬛" we don't own has now decided to "own" us. He loves pets and touching, and loves getting scratches. It only took him 2 summers and winters to trust people just a little. He has one ear cropped, I think it has been spayed or neutered, then turned loose, what if you want a cat or not. Does not matter, the spay and neuter clinics around here, we were told, spay and neuter them and then turn them loose with ONE EAR CUT OFF on the tip. This, in my thinking, is cruel. If you don't want your cat, do the responsible thing and take it to the VET and have it put to sleep. Do not let them run around loose to be hit by a car or eaten by another animal around here in the woods. 

      Some find a friend, and he or she gets food & water every day and a warm place to sleep out of the weather. But still, not so friendly that we can take him or her to the vet and have the shots & care given to keep them healthy. So, he still is on his own, really. what if he has a toothache? Or what if he has a kidney issue, suffers in pain, it will be because someone thought it was wise to let them go on their own, with no care for the rest of their lives!

      The last 5 days we have had no rain, heat index warnings, and temps into the high 90s. It is very bad, but cooler days are on the way with rain by Friday and Saturday, and it can't get here soon enough for me. This last winter, with the two days of -10 and -12, two nights in a row, was the first for us here in W.V. Now this spring and summer are horribly hot and humid all the time. 

      I did get two new (pink 🌸& white🌼) bell plants, nice big ones in 3-gallon pots. I also ordered a 4-inch one in apricot color that turns more 💮orange as the flower ages, from another store.

When they get some blooms, I will post them here. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Meet Mr. Clouds -🐓 My Rooster

Hello to all, 

On Tuesday, we took a small trip and got a rooster for my three hens. More chickens will be added after we get some chicks to raise this spring. 

Mr. Clouds as I like to call him, is mostly white, with some black to dark gray color on the tail and on his neck. He is turning out to be very tame; you can pick him up just like picking up a puppy. He only has one eye. There is no wetness or leakage from the eye area. Does not seem to bother him. Will keep an eye on him.

We do not know what happened to it, and neither does the person we got him from. Seems he just showed up in their yard, so they cared for him. 

From the first day, he and the hens stay together, and they retreat to the roost inside the coop for the night. I love him. 

Tuff, the twins, and Mr. Clouds

I love how they all come for their treats about noon each day.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Bookmarks Anyone?

Hello to all, 

Here are more bookmarks just for the looking. Remember to see a larger 

pic of the bookmarks, just click on the picture. 

          

        

Here are the last 4 for now. I love making them and working with beading 

and all that goes with it. 

I think I may try my hand at some loom beading, making a necklace that 

has an Indian girl on it, like the one my sister gave me. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

More bookmarks

Hello to all, 

Here are a few more bookmarks I have made. Not sure what I will use them on, but I 

will find a way to use them or sell them. 

Antique gold

        

Silver lightening

Here, we have a large and a small bookmark. Some people could use the "light" 

bookmarks for things like magazines. They are light and nice to use.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

🐈‍⬛ WHY? 😠

Hello to everyone, 

The question for the day is this: WHY? Why do people think it is ok to just "dump" their cats or dogs out in the county where they think everyone else will care for them? Not true in most cases, people out in the country are no different than everyone in the cities or outskirts. If anyone wants a cat or dog, they get one on their own. They do not just take what has been dumped on them. 

We had another black cat not make it on these roads around here. It is a shame that people don't love their pets enough to do the proper thing when they cannot take care of them any longer. It is a shame that their pets are made to suffer because of them. 

If you want a pet, then take care of it, and this means to the end of life. Do the proper thing, or don't ever get a pet to start with. 

These are just my thoughts.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

More Bookmarks

Morning to all, 

Here are a few more bookmarks I have been working on. 

This is a large mermaid

              

For a small or light bookmark

This is a small mermaid

Hope you like them, I sure do enjoy making them. 

Love & Prayers, 

Margo

A few bookmarks

Morning to everyone, 

Today, I am posting some pictures of the bookmarks I have made in jewelry. I love 

making these, and I hope you all enjoy viewing them.

Made for a friend

                                               

As always, if you click on the picture, it will open larger. 

Love & Prayers, 

Margo

Bookmark Beaded Dangle

Hello all, 

I wanted to share a new pic of my first "dangle" bookmark. I made this for a friend and gave it to her a few days ago now, she loved it. I will be making more along with some other ideas I now have. I love working with beads. I will make some for the seasons and holidays plus I have an idea for some using a mermaid and other themes. 

If you click on the picture it will enlarge.

My 1st Bookmark Dangle

I hope you enjoy looking at this new one. I will add more pictures as I work on more items. 

If you have some ideas, please add some comments below. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Our Christmas Tree

Hello all, 

I wanted to post a pic of our Christmas tree for all to see. I loved it. 

Frosty is on the side of the pic in his cage. He did not freak out at bringing up the tree or anything else like he used to long ago. He has mellowed out shall we say. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

🥶❄️ COLD -10 degrees

Hello to all, 

I woke up this morning to -10 degrees. Checked my chickens and they are doing just fine, the little birds around us eating each day are showing up and we filled their feeders, I know they need to eat to live in this crazy weather we are having this year. 

We seem to have about 1 and 1/2 feet of snow on the gazebo right now.

We do now need to put up the Christmas stuff as I call it. Just putting it off. 

Hope all are keeping warm.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Doves taking a bath

Hello to all, 

I wanted to find something that would let my doves take a bath. I looked the web over and found this item. I will say I am not being paid to show this product. I paid for it and hoped that it would work. I did show it to the doves. They looked interested so I added some warm water and turned on the "spray" of water. They loved it. In fact, if it was larger, it would work just fine. I am in the hope that it will encourage my African parrot to jump in and take a bath. It would be so much better for him than just a spray of water for a bath. 

I can't upload a video here, but the link below will take you to my YouTube channel and you can watch the doves take a bath. Any bird would love to jump in and have some fun. 

My doves bathing and having fun

                                 

I do recommend that you watch how much water you add, you only need enough to get the pump-to-pump water with no problems. I also use just warm temp for water, not cold. 

My YouTube Channel link - - (@Alaska Tundrakid)

https://www.youtube.com/@alaskatundrakid

Drop by and have some fun watching my doves taking a bath. There will be more videos coming now that I have got the first one uploaded. Just learning how to work all the whistles and bells. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Snow? - I thought we left AK!

Hello to all, 

This is the most snow I have seen in West Virginia since we moved here. We moved here back in 2019. We have seen a little snow here and there but nothing like this. I do understand that more is on the way after this storm is over. I do love how pretty everything is after a good wet snowfall. But now when one has to get out and go somewhere. 

Here is a link to watch Vince's plowing snow video. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18S4rpx4qz/ 

Here are some pics of snow around us in the yard. 

Update: The next day or so we had a couple of lovely neighbors plow out our driveway twice.

Vince plowing snow in W.V. 2025

Our front yard-Jan. 2025

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Crown of Thorns

Hello to all, 

This is a picture of my crown of thorns that was sold to me as an ORANGE flowering plant. Although it is very pretty, it is not orange. The flower behind the red with blotches is a yellow flower with red blotches. It is truly "weird" in color. I love it, but I have noticed also that it is a grafted plant. Nothing was said in the info about the plant that it was grafted. 

My ORANGE flowering Crown of Thorns?

I will contact the company I bought this from because, contrary to what I was told, it is not "orange" flowering.

Love and Prayers,

 Margo

P.S. Update: Jan. 09, 2025

Contacted the company and they said it was "mislabeled" and they would be sending me another "orange" Crown of Thorns. Very nice of them. 

My Yellow and Purple Orchids

Hello to all, 

I bought yellow and purple orchids last summer. When they finished flowering, I thought I would never see them flower again well, I was wrong, now in November they both put on buds. Then in December, the buds got larger and now at the end of December, it has started to flower, the yellow one. Then today now in January the purple has one flower opening. I am so happy to see them bloom again. I know nothing about orchards, so to have them flower again is wonderful. 

Update pic of my purple orchid

A few days later than the other pic.

My yellow orchid

My purple orchid just opening

I wish they had a lovely smell to go with all the colors.

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

Happy New Year's Visitor

Happy New Year 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day for this new year, wishing everyone a wonderful happy new year. 

Here is a pic of our visitor this new year.

Happy New Year Possum

Today was a New Year's start with old friends; we caught another possum who dropped by to say "hi." 

 

This afternoon it is snowing for the new year, and they say that "cold" is coming after about one week of super warm weather. The ground is turning white as I type this message. 

I have healed from my dump down the hill while riding on my trike. Bones did heal many months ago, but the neck is still a problem, just have to wait until it all heals. Still have places that are numb on the body, but at least they don't hurt. 

We are doing just fine and so are Kricket, Truffles, Frosty, the doves, and chickens. We are down to 3 hens now and they are on strike, not laying for the winter so far. We will be adding more hens this spring. Not a bunch perhaps 3 or 4. 

Oh yes, almost forgot the wild cat we are still feeding 2 years after someone dumped him off out in the woods. Some people!

Love and Prayers,

 Margo