Thunder storms!

Had some big thunderstorms roll through here yesterday afternoon -

Lots and lots of heavy rain and even some small hail!

So glad I let Charlie and the girls run around in the morning for a few hours. They spent the rest of the day in the pen and coop. Today, I have a LOT of mud to clean up! Oh, joy......

Need computer help :o(

I have a Toshiba Satellite C855-S5350 laptop. I bought in March, 2013. When the power cord is plugged in, the battery icon says it is 100%  fully charged. When I unplug it to bring it to another room, the entire laptop shuts down. Kaput. It won't reboot until I plug the power cord in again.

(The battery setting is set to "shut down" only when I push the power on/off button and "sleep" when I close the lid.) The Toshiba 'Health battery monitor' states the battery is good, charged 100 % and is  working properly.

I've looked on the internet and tried all the fixes I could find and understand -  still nothing worked. I even restored it back to the factory settings. (Grrrr)

I would appreciated any suggestions you can offer!

Thank you!

Chickenmom

UPDATE:

Seems the battery is my problem - I always kept it "plugged in"  (which I should have not been doing) H/T to Irish for that info - will get a new one next week!  Thank you kind readers for all your suggestions and e-mails!

Chickenmom  :0)

Today's funny :0)

Chicken facts!

• Fact 1 - Definition: The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domestic fowl bred for meat or eggs. Gallinaceous birds are described as heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game birds including Turkeys, grouse, quail, pheasant and chickens
• Fact 2 - The chicken is the most populous bird in the world. Over 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs
  • Chickens farmed for meat are called broiler chickens, those farmed for eggs are called egg laying hens
• Fact 3 - It is believed that chickens were first domesticated over 10,000 years ago in the far east
• Fact 4 - Males chickens are referred to as 'cockerels or cocks' in the UK and 'roosters' in the US and Canada
• Fact 5 - Castrated roosters are called capons
• Fact 6 - Female chickens, over a year old, are called hens, and younger females are called pullets
• Fact 7 - Lifespan between 5 - 10 years, however, a free range meat chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks
  Fact 8 - Domestic chickens are not capable of long distance flight unlike birds

• Fact 9 - A group of chickens is called a flock
• Fact 10 - Coxcomb - A coxcomb is the the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl
• Fact 11 - The direct ancestor of the domestic chicken is believed to be the Red Jungle fowl 
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• (Gallus gallus) which is a tropical member of the Pheasant family
• Fact 12 - Over 29 million eggs are eaten every day in the UK
• Fact 13 - Chicken diseases: Chickens are susceptible to parasites including lice, mites, ticks, fleas and intestinal worms
  • Bird Flu is a virus known as Avian Influenza
• Fact 14 - "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Answer: Recent studies show that the chicken came first, because of the methodology of evolution. An egg cannot occur unless a a chicken is able to lay that egg
• Fact 15 - Chickens are omnivores, this means they eat both vegetables and meat
• Fact 16 - Chickens are the closest living relative of the dinosaur called the tyrannosaur
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• Fact 17 - Ameraucana and Araucana can lay eggs colored in shades of green or blue, depending on the breed

Ah, the '50's....

Back when cars has pizzazz...

 

Sorry, someone removed this picture:

and removed this one, too:

And the best car EVER made......

Today's funny :0)

Every day stuff around here...

Our life is pretty ordinary here in Coopville. Hubby is usually making a lot of noise outside.
Here he is shredding branches. The chips will be used to fill in some of the ruts in the path that leads to the swamp. Nothing goes to waste around here.

Remember I mentioned that I plant my potatoes in cinder blocks? Well, here are some of them:

As they get more leaves, we'll add more dirt to each section.

 Some people plant flowers in the deck rail boxes - I plant basil. Comes in so handy when cooking.
I just run out on the deck and snip off a few leaves. The aroma is wonderful!

During the Winter, I grow a bunch on my kitchen windowsill, too.