Celebrating 70 degrees on new years eve with a supply run. #merica #unimog
#unimog404 #mercedes #mercedesbenz #4×4 #topdown #convertible #militarytruck #steelsoldiers
Celebrating 70 degrees on new years eve with a supply run. #merica #unimog
#unimog404 #mercedes #mercedesbenz #4×4 #topdown #convertible #militarytruck #steelsoldiers
While you’re all taking down your Christmas trees, I’m letting nature decorate this bush! This #Camellia is nearly in full bloom and I’m desperate for some sunshine to highlight it! It is at least 12 feet tall. 12 feet of pink blooms and dark, glossy foliage! I applaud the ornament choices. Should I put a star on the top?
#christmasdecorations #pinkcamellia #zone7b #nature #Georgia #gardeningingeorgia #christmastree #perennials #evergreen #coldhardy
Spooky, foggy evening! Anyone else wear a forehead flashlight anytime they go out after dark? I always put mine on to visit the coop.
#foggy #rainydays #woods #Camellia #zone7b #couldbeworse #couldbesnow
Becky with the Good Hair is killing it! Giant bouffant, full beard and looong tail feathers. All it took was four months of private quarters and protecting her full time from her feather-plucking sisters. NBD.
#BuffLacedPolish #whitecrestedblackpolish #Cochin #petchicken #backyardpoultry #beardedlady #myflock #beautyqueen #freerangechickens
wagon work wednesday – installed midcity engineering remote start, weistec engineering oversized transmission pan, front brake pads and snow tires. These wheels are off a CLS550 and have a less aggressive backspacing vs my other silver set from a CLS55. All ready to head north for Christmas.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #e63amg #e63wagon #e63 #e63samg #e63s #e63swagon #weistec #weistecengineering #weistecwednesday #midcityengineering
wagon work wednesday – installed midcity engineering remote start, weistec engineering oversized transmission pan, front brake pads and snow tires. These wheels are off a CLS550 and have a less aggressive backspacing vs my other silver set from a CLS55. All ready to head north for Christmas.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #e63amg #e63wagon #e63 #e63samg #e63s #e63swagon #weistec #weistecengineering #weistecwednesday #midcityengineering
Strangest ICP concert I’ve ever been to…
Strangest ICP concert I’ve ever been to…
All of this garbage was deposited on our road by jerks. Have you ever just been driving down quiet rural road and decided to throw trash out your window? I haven’t but I guess I’m in the minority. I’m a little concerned about how many people seem to be drinking WHILE driving. The tub on the left is totally full of beer cans and tiny wine bottles. Most of the middle tub is bags of fast food wrappers. The rest is random trash. We also use the tractor to collect big things people toss like mattresses and furniture. I would guess we collect this much every month or so. Jerks.
#leavenotrace #litter #rural #adoptaroad #GwinnettCounty #streetsweeper #thinklocal #smallfootprint #recycle #dontlitter
I finally welded up a set of stainless muffler delete pipes for the wagon. Stock cats and resonators remain (annual emissions testing). It’s a bit loud while in cold start but seems about perfect after that’s done. With the band clamps I can swap to the stock mufflers in under 30 minutes, not that I’ll ever do that 😎 Definitely a great way to wake up any m157 powered car.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #e63amg #e63wagon #e63 #e63samg #e63s #e63swagon #m157 #straightpiped #unimog #exhaust
I finally welded up a set of stainless muffler delete pipes for the wagon. Stock cats and resonators remain (annual emissions testing). It’s a bit loud while in cold start but seems about perfect after that’s done. With the band clamps I can swap to the stock mufflers in under 30 minutes, not that I’ll ever do that 😎 Definitely a great way to wake up any m157 powered car.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #e63amg #e63wagon #e63 #e63samg #e63s #e63swagon #m157 #straightpiped #unimog #exhaust
#bonnevillesaltflats during our 2018 road trip out west. We’re loading up the wagon and heading to New England next summer with #rallynorthamerica to raise money for Camp Sunshine. Our team donation link is in my bio.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #e63amg #e63wagon #e63 #e63s #e63samg #e63swagon
#bonnevillesaltflats during our 2018 road trip out west. We’re loading up the wagon and heading to New England next summer with #rallynorthamerica to raise money for Camp Sunshine. Our team donation link is in my bio.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #e63amg #e63wagon #e63 #e63s #e63samg #e63swagon
Sonia the #EvilRoo is always keeping an eye out! Currently growing a mean Mohawk after a molt, he is weirdly quiet. I think I have heard only a single crow this month!
#silkies #silkierooster #oliveegger #polishchickens #BuffLacedPolish #beckywiththegoodhair #SoniaSotomayor #Gloria #petchicken #petrooster #backyardchickens
Who has a handful of bugs and a bunch of new best friends? This girl!
#greedy #grabby #Bitey #starving #aggressive #petchickens #mealworms #silkies #salmonfaverolle #whitelacedredcornish #ruthbaderginsburg #wilgefortis #brycedallashoward
The garden survives! Mid-December and all of the greens are thriving. The chickens will have snacks until spring for sure!
#gardeningsuprises #wintergardening #zone7b #zone7 #heartygreens #mastergardener #lettuce #Broccoli #arugula #swisschard
After a year off, we’re hitting the road again in 2019 with @rally_north_america . Rally North America has raised over $1 Million for various charities over the last 10 years. Our team raised over $3,000 for Hope for the Warriors in 2017 and we would love to exceed that.
It’s the time of the year for giving so please make a tax deductible donation to Camp Sunshine today. A link to our donation page is in my bio.
Please help children with life-threatening illnesses and their families attend Camp Sunshine!
This past year, more than 600 families from 46 states and 5 countries had the opportunity to regroup, reenergize and restore hope for their future at their lakefront retreat. Each session Camp Sunshine hosts is disease specific so families have the opportunity to connect with others, perhaps for the first time since their child was diagnosed, who truly understand the challenges they face.
After a year off, we’re hitting the road again in 2019 with @rally_north_america . Rally North America has raised over $1 Million for various charities over the last 10 years. Our team raised over $3,000 for Hope for the Warriors in 2017 and we would love to exceed that.
It’s the time of the year for giving so please make a tax deductible donation to Camp Sunshine today. A link to our donation page is in my bio.
Please help children with life-threatening illnesses and their families attend Camp Sunshine!
This past year, more than 600 families from 46 states and 5 countries had the opportunity to regroup, reenergize and restore hope for their future at their lakefront retreat. Each session Camp Sunshine hosts is disease specific so families have the opportunity to connect with others, perhaps for the first time since their child was diagnosed, who truly understand the challenges they face.
Thursday throwback to a lunch above the clouds of lake Como on our 2014 road trip. We’re working on our 2019 plans if anyone has suggestions in the Maine, Nova Scotia area.
Thursday throwback to a lunch above the clouds of lake Como on our 2014 road trip. We’re working on our 2019 plans if anyone has suggestions in the Maine, Nova Scotia area.
Oatmeal snack for the girls! It’s getting below freezing at night so I have to go check the waterers in the morning. Since I’m going out anyway I figured I should bring treats! There was a second bowl on the other side of this area so that there was a chance of everyone getting some. However, Vi claimed it as her personal bowl.
#petchickens #oliveegger #silkies #salmonfaverolle #oatmeal #SicilianButtercup #backyardpoultry #EasterEgger #myflock
Goodbye peppers! We finally had a freeze last week and it killed off the pepper plants. The rest of the winter garden is still going strong!
#zone7b #gardeningingeorgia #bellpeppers #yellowpeppers #mastergardener #backyardgarden #farmtotable
My Thanksgiving #Camellia bushes are blooming! The big one is running a little behind schedule this year but should be in full bloom next week. Winter flowers are strange.
#zone7b #camellias #mastergardener #wintergarden #winterinterest #gardeningingeorgia #glossyleaves
366 days to 40. Time to get back at it with a 2000 calorie workout, fueled by apple pie for breakfast… If anyone wants to be my workout buddy on the myzones tracker let me know. They have a system that equals out points for people of different fitness levels. We have a new charity we’re working with if there is interest to put together a contest with monetary penalties (to a good cause) as motivation 😎
366 days to 40. Time to get back at it with a 2000 calorie workout, fueled by apple pie for breakfast… If anyone wants to be my workout buddy on the myzones tracker let me know. They have a system that equals out points for people of different fitness levels. We have a new charity we’re working with if there is interest to put together a contest with monetary penalties (to a good cause) as motivation 😎
Just keeping the convertibles in out of the rain. After folding down the windshield the box clears the door by about half an inch.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #unimog #unimog404 #c43amg #amg
Just keeping the convertibles in out of the rain. After folding down the windshield the box clears the door by about half an inch.
#mercedes #mercedesbenz #unimog #unimog404 #c43amg #amg
I have provided Donna and Violet with their own personal quarters. They are fenced off from the despised (tiny) rooster. They have their own food, water and treats aplenty. I recently added this cozy nesting box so they aren’t exposed to the elements at night. (Neither one lays eggs. They are 7+ years old.) And look at them! They stand at the door giving me side eye like it might be a trap! It’s not a trap! I have been coddling and spoiling you for your entire lives! I don’t deserve this level of suspicion. Just get into the fresh straw and enjoy your incredibly pampered lives! Dammit.
#silkies #Cochin #donnamartin #Violet #nestingboxdrama #nestingboxes #cooplife #backyardchickens #myflock #sideeye #petchicken #silverlacedcochin
Broody v. Boot.
Ruthie is desperate to return to her zero eggs in the nesting box. The only access door is behind me. I am using my impenetrable boot to keep her away. She is full time angry clucking but at just six ounces of fury there is very little she can do! I just want her stay out for a while to get some fresh air and food. Is that so wrong? Why are silkies always SO broody?
#silkies #broodychicken #ruthbaderginsburg #mamahen #angrybird #bokbok #Silkie #petchicken #backyardchickens
The garden inspector stopped by today. She sampled all the greens, dug up some mulch, and deposited a little fertilizer. The garden received a passing grade but increased worm volume and longer available hours were recommended improvements. Glo is tough, but also bossy.
#oliveegger #petchicken #wintergarden #swisschard #brightlights #kale #brocoli #zone7b #snoopervisor #eatlocal #backyardchickens #tinyfarmer
The broccoli is not even trying. There are zero heads on any of these plants. Luckily the chickens are cool with broccoli greens as a snack. Other chicken snacks include some lucious green leaf lettuce and some kind of cabbage I don’t recognize.
#wintergarden #greenleaf #eatlocal #Chickenfood #chickensnacks #zone7b
Still, peppers? There are probably 20 or 30 peppers waiting to be picked. I already have plenty in the freezer. What should I do with therm?
#bellpeppers #zone7b #wintergarden #snacks #gardenfresh #growyourown #kitchengarden #gardentotable
Cold morning at #overlandexpo but plenty of great trucks to check out. After our trip out west I’m in love with these huge overland motorhomes. Nothing like taking a hot shower and air conditioning deep into the back country.
Cold morning at #overlandexpo but plenty of great trucks to check out. After our trip out west I’m in love with these huge overland motorhomes. Nothing like taking a hot shower and air conditioning deep into the back country.
My winter greens garden is lush! I’m having trouble picking anything because it just looks so good. I love growing things in the fall when all the bugs are gone.
#swisschard #Broccoli #collardgreens #kale #arugula #cabbage #kitchengarden #farmtotable #chickentreats #organic #Gwinnettcounty #zone7b
The nightmare continues. So, the bottom is definitely the face end which means it has fake eyes on the butt end. It had those ugly front legs tucked in pretty well the other day. The leg stripes are a frightening revelation. Anyone have a summer home in Antarctica? I think there are no spiders there.
#spider #wildlifephotography #terror #furryspider #arachnid #arachnophobia #roommate #Gwinnettcounty #zone7b #territorial @alongcame_dolly_andchicks
My zombie chicken eats graaaaainz! Poor Grethen is molting hard and since her shoulder feathers came out it has revealed the long wing feathers below. It makes it look like her ribs are showing. This is also the moment she decided to sleep outside in the cold. She may actually be undead!
#SicilianButtercup #zombiechicken #petchicken #backyardchickens #molting #pinfeathers #nakedchicken
I will be listing my house for sale immediately. I cannot share my property with this abomination.
#spider #arachnophobia #nothankyou #bugs #wildlifephotography #toocloseforcomfort
For my birthday I need a lift and maybe a larger fire extinguisher… After a month of sitting in the garage, I’m finally fixing the hole in my exhaust and the bonus hole in the floor I received from some road debris on our last road trip.
#tigwelding #e63wagon #e63amg #e63 #e63samg #e63s #mercedes #mercedesbenz #htpwelders
For my birthday I need a lift and maybe a larger fire extinguisher… After a month of sitting in the garage, I’m finally fixing the hole in my exhaust and the bonus hole in the floor I received from some road debris on our last road trip.
#tigwelding #e63wagon #e63amg #e63 #e63samg #e63s #mercedes #mercedesbenz #htpwelders
Trick or Treat,
I have a beak,
give me all your kale to eat!
#gloriavanderbuilt #wintergarden #trickortreat #petchicken #oliveegger #Glo #spoiledchickens #swisschard #Broccoli #cabbage #kale
Umm, Becky? Did you hire a Lighting Director to showcase your your new hairdo? It was totally worth it but you need to run these things by me first!
#beckywiththegoodhair #BuffLacedPolish #polishchicken #petchicken #molting #dramaqueen #Becky #beautyqueen #bighairdontcare #fancychick
Poor Kahlo is having a super awkward molt. Look at her little tail nubbins starting to come in! Vi is very sympathetic as she also just completed a porcupine session.
#petchicken #polishchicken #Cochin #molting #backyardchickens #myflock #awkward #porcupine
Late October and I’m still growing food and pests! I’m happy to have the fresh peppers but you’d think the bugs would have given up by now!
#bellpeppers #greenpepper #leaflegbug #zone7b #gardeningingeorgia #latebloomer #wintergarden #farmfresh #yardtotable #futuresalad
No bath has ever been as satisfying as this dirt bath. Sigh.
Hawk was here first and briefly lost her spot to Vi but then Vi relocated to a spot further away from the rooster. Glo joined Hawk in this spot for a best friends bath. Notice Glo’s one tail feather? Poor thing is doing a serious molt.
The dirt flurry in the background is Wilge on the far side of the hill. It was a serious dirt bath afternoon!
#petchicken #dirtbath #oliveegger #EasterEgger #chickens #petchickens #pigpen #Tasmaniandevil #Gwinnettcounty
It looks like we murdered an angel over here! Glo is having her first big molt and seems very confused about. She has four tailfeathers left. I think she might have been a little prideful about her plumage.
#petchicken #oliveegger #molting #backyardpoultry #tinyfarmer #whitefeathers #comb #fresheggs #extratreats
I love how the Mom deer stamps her foot at me. Umm, I live here lady. Also, we have a very tall fence. How did you even get in? There are two babies. The obvious one and then one hiding behind the bush on the right. You can see it move a little a few seconds into the video. These cuties show up in the yard every couple of days. I think they live on our road and rotate properties. I’ve known them since the babies had spots! Please don’t eat my garden!
#deer #petdeer #wildpets #Gwinnettcounty #deerfamily #mamadeer #babydeer #fawn #deertwins #softie #backyarddeer #vegetarian
These are peppers from plants that went in the ground mid-July. I then neglected them for 3 months and they are just now producing huge peppers! About 3 weeks ago I planted my winter garden of cabbages, kale, broccoli and lettuce, some of which will last all winter here in Georgia. Most of that crop is for the chickens. The girls love their winter greens!
#yardtotable #farmfresh #farmtotable #bellpeppers #cabbage #organic #tinyfarmer #Gwinnettcounty #mastergardener #Chickenfood
Donna Martin is definitely an Autumn. Beyond her obvious pumpkin coloring, she is made for sweater weather and is perma-costumed as a bunny. This is your season girl!
#silkies #Silkie #donnamartin #petchicken #petchickens #backyardpoultry #strut #autumn #fluffybuttfriday #rakingleavesformychickens #spoiledchickens @torispelling