Givin' Up

It has been said that "When you are beat, meet defeat". Well, that seems to be the situation here with The Fuzz and his little truck. This has gone on far too long. Indicators point to at least 2 possible causes for this frustrating case of equipment failure, And neither can be verified for certain. Both are expensive to replace. And both have been replaced in the past. Considering the age of the truck, and the improbability of success, The Fuzz refuses to continue this pointless pursuit. He confesses that he is not happy about this, but we have been managing to get by with out the sorry little thing anyway.
We have this little automobile, it is capable of pulling our little trailer, and as The Fuzz would say, "It don't use much gas". When it's not raining, The Fuzz rides the motorcycle in to work. If it is, we can all ride together in the car. And so, life goes on.
The Fuzz had toyed with the idea of pulling the engine, and replacing it with some simple, non-computerized sort of engine, like we used to have back in the days. But it seems that the legalities involved in this would send him to jail. He does not like jail. But we should look at all this as another oportunity to simplify, I suppose. And that can be a good thing.

Death Comes To Another

You may remember these guys. They were the subjects of a recent inquiry* involving an unpleasant incident on the back porch.

Well, the sad news today, is they are now orphans.
Their foolish mother got out in the road one too many times.
Fortunately, they are old enough to make it on their own, but it is a sad thing for all.

*The results were inconclusive, although B seems to played the "Cute" card.

Wednesday of Doom

It's about time for a Cute Kitten Picture again, so here we go.

But what we're really dealing with here, is The End of the World. (On Wednesday)
It seems that this Welsh Physicist is planning to test fire his new Particle Accelerator and some other Scientists think he may do us all in. It seems that he liked to blow stuff up when he was a kid.

"I had a number of chemistry sets. Like everybody, I used to make explosives. I even blew the fuses of the whole house a few times."

The Fuzz says he's not so sure about all this, but he does remember "Ice 9" I suppose it's gonna happen sooner or latter. But just so you know, here's what we may be in for.

"...the spinning-top-like quasar devoured the world from within, the two jets emanating from it would grow and catastrophes such as earthquakes and tsunamis would occur at the points they emerged from the Earth.

‘The weather will change completely, wiping out life, and very soon the whole planet will be eaten in a magnificent scenario..."

Apparently, this Global Warming stuff ain't squat, so The Fuzz says y'all better get ready for the Real Thing.

Dental Diminishment

Those Nectarines are Tasty, but a little harder than most peaches. After The Fuzz had one, his tongue noticed something unusual. To tell the truth, it was not all that unusual since he had experienced it before.
He does not blame the Innocent little fruit. He is only glad that there is no pain associated with this. There is really no reason to take any further steps in this affair, since this is only the latest Dental Diminishment.
I realize this could be considered a somewhat Gross Post, but, it's been a slow day.

Kittens & Applesauce

Here's a look at our Current Crop of Kittens.The Late Puddin's Sister produced these. They seem pretty healthy....so far. Two Face was a good mother as you can see. Unfortunately, she has followed Puddin' across that Great Divide. What ever got him, seems to have gotten her as well. The Fuzz's Sweetie found her dead the other morning. But she did manage to raise these babies 'till they can survive without her, first. This is one reason we don't worry too much about having a bunch of kittens. Cats just don't seem to last long around here.

The Apples seem to be doing better. These are some kind of early green ones. This tree was here when we moved here many years ago. Someone had been trying to use the area for a garden, and cut it down. But it came back from the roots. One time, The Fuzz tried to graft on some Winesap shoots. They lived for a few years, but never did any good. But the rest of the tree did fine.

The apples are rather small, and not much to look at, but actually taste quite good.

The Fuzz's Sweetie has been making Apple Butter and Applesauce with them. She's pretty handy to have around.

We have another Apple Tree that we planted when we came here. That one's a Winesap (the source of the ill fated grafts). It's loaded this year too. Soon those will be ready and there will be more sauce, and The Fuzz hopes, maybe a Pie.