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- Monday, 11/4: A Beetle Bug Day
- After letting chickens out of the coop and giving them new water this morning, I counted eight squirrels leaving the pecan trees. Later, Amber had great fun chasing squirrels and woofing at them while bouncing on the ground under the trees.
- Mary vacuumed a ton of beetle bugs. The temperature was a little higher, with little or no wind, creating ideal conditions for Asian ladybugs to congregate on the sides of buildings. The ceiling of the chicken coop was a mass of crawling bugs.
- I used the big loppers and the Stihl trimmer fit with the steel blade to forge a path through woods next to the north yard and over the north field to a hickory tree with four trunks just inside the woods on the west side of the north field. I'll move the aluminum ladder stand to that location. I think I'll call it the Four Trunk Deer Stand.
- I wove a small cedar tree through hog fencing on the east side of the Boys Fort and pounded an 18-inch piece of rebar into the ground to hold the hog fence entrance closer to the tree, thereby better concealing me inside the deer blind.
- I picked some lettuce, arugula, and kale from our winter greens for a wonderful salad prior to our chicken and baked potato supper.
- Our eldest cat, Rosemary, hasn't eaten in four days. She ate some pieces of cheese midday and some small bits of chicken meat tonight. We hope she eats more tomorrow.
- I held the apple sauce intended for making apple wine in the refrigerator today. I have an eye appointment tomorrow and 10 a.m. in Quincy. We'll vote in Lewistown on the way back home. All of tomorrow's activities make it hard to attend to winemaking duties, so I'm holding off starting to make the wine until I'm back at home and not running around.
- After letting chickens out of the coop and giving them new water this morning, I counted eight squirrels leaving the pecan trees. Later, Amber had great fun chasing squirrels and woofing at them while bouncing on the ground under the trees.
- Tuesday, 11/5: Final Eye Checkup
- We drove to Quincy for an eye appointment at 10 a.m. We were in there for 1.5 hours, with most of the time spent waiting. Doctors want patients to get to appointments early, but they are not prompt at doing their jobs. I have perfect vision in the left eye and 25/20 vision in the right eye. Insertions have healed, lenses are in perfect locations, and retinas look good. I don't need glasses and I can continue using over-the-counter reading glasses. Floaters and flashes I'm noticing in my left eye are age-related. If they increase, I need to return to the eye doctor to have my retina investigated.
- We bought a couple items in Quincy, then drove to Lewistown and voted. The voting precinct at the Lewistown Fire Department building was full. We returned home by 2:30 p.m.
- We continued with feeding chicken bits of meat to Rosemary and progressed with turkey. She's eating, so we're hopefully on a road to recovery with her.
- After doing evening chores, we ate and watched the 1993 movie, Dave, then watched the election results. Nothing was decided when we went to bed, but Trump was leading across the country. The constitutional amendment to ensure abortion rights in Missouri was approved.
- Katie texted a photo of her "I voted" sticker (see photo, below). Alaska has some really cool Tlingit artwork on their voting stickers.
An Alaskan "I voted" sticker.
