Ready and waiting – an update

Well, my husband’s replacement hospital bed arrived this morning!

Yay!

Though I am perplexed.

I thought he was approved for a heavier weight bearing bed. Instead, he got the exact same bed as before. Which is rated to above what my husband is, but that didn’t stop the other one from starting to break.

The mattress, however, is an “ultra” version that has a higher weight rating. It’s also thinner at the foot end, which I found interesting.

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Critter of the Day: let me have some!

This photo was taken on April 4, after the storm had passed. The feed left for the deer was covered, but they could still find it!

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With these two, the young male comes right in, while his mother hangs back, watchfully, before joining him. This day, it meant he had time to find one of the piles of deer feed already, and she just pushed her way right in there!

I leave about 6 or 8 piles, but they hadn’t found the other ones, yet. :-D

Critter(s) of the Day: braving the storm!

All caught up with March, and now posting photos taken this month.

These were taken on April 4 – the day I drove my husband to the hospital in the city for some tests, and got him back to his room at the local hospital, just before a storm hit.

The weather outside may have been nasty, but that didn’t stop some hungry redpolls!

If you look behind the birds, you can get some idea of just how windy is was – like in the first one, where you can see seeds being blown away!

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What happened to spring? (and update)

We had a lovely, if windy, day yesterday. With the snow mostly gone, I found something interesting in the remains of the straw bale we got to cover our septic tank.

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These holes in the straw were all around it. They don’t go very deep. Clearly, small critters were taking advantage of the shelter it provided, but whatever they were, they had no interest in burrowing.

I’m glad it got used by critters that way. :-)

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Good morning…

Spring decided to take off, this morning.