Author: WJG (Page 6 of 12)

Retired in God's country!

Gardening is Ruining the Planet?

October 16, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

I’m not hiding this post from easily triggered visitors. EVERYONE needs to see it. Although it will be dismissed as another conspiracy theory, these stories are emerging rapid fire these days.

If you are wondering what they are smoking:

At the recent New York climate happening, according to the Guardian, revellers were told that using hallucinogens can spark “consciousness shifts” to inspire climate-friendly behaviour.

If you care to learn more about this movement, I encourage you to check out this guys YouTube channel (below). He has covered similar actions coast to coast that exposes their plans to ensure that we are all slaves to government and are reliant on them for everything we do and consume.

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He is in a rather political mode at the moment because we all know who is behind these actions (and it’s not the MAGA movement), but you cannot deny the validity of the stories he has exposed.

YEARS ago, I referenced “eating bugs” in another discussion, to which the response was ignorance and the typical ridicule for being another conspiracy theory. Read the comments to the YouTube post above and let me know what you think NOW.

Their go to tactic seems to be to cite numbers including corporate agriculture (you know, the Big Food industry that is slowly killing us) to justify shutting down small farms and homesteaders who dare to offer healthier options.

My neighbors told me about a period towards the end of Obama’s reign, when the “gubmint” came by and tried to mandate that they document and register each and every living creature present on their farms. Every cow, horse, sheep, rabbit, chicken, duck, dog, cat and anything else, had to have a serial number and be registered. Needless to say, those officials were told to pound sand. The lesson learned was to NOT let them on your farms – which is the practice today.

Sadly, our Amish neighbors aren’t back yet from their intervention in the property management issue in Aurora, CO. to assist in our quest to destroy the planet.

This has as much to do with our relocation as any other reason. I just hope that if this election goes as it seems to be going, the evil orange dictator assigns the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to RFK Jr., who understands these issues.

Be a Man?

October 12, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

“Cringe” is the word most often used in headlines to describe the campaign for the candidate “selected” to represent the people. With Obama now berating men (of color) for having a differing opinion, or Walz embarking on a truly laughable “manly” tour, they are pulling out all the stops to reverse the course they’ve been establishing for years. And once again, no one is buying it.

However, the cringi-est of all of it HAS to be this production. Surely, they aren’t serious and this HAS to be parody.

After a day of ridicule, the original Instagram post has been deleted but found an X/Twitter reposting I included here.

Was Dylan not available? The best take? “From the party that can’t tell you what a woman is; as a man, I think I walked away from this ad with a yeast infection.”

These are the same feminist-enabled soy boys whos agenda includes our wives and daughters forced to share locker rooms with dudes, who can also pummel them on the court/field, as well as deny their hard earned opportunities.

They appear not to have realized how silly and stupid the ad really is, and seem to be even proud of the most cringeworthy aspects of it. From one of the producers (writer for Jimmy Kimmel): “I think this resonates with people because it’s a view of masculinity we see in our lives but is rarely reflected in the media….With the rise of role models like Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff on the national stage, I think the left is finally finding its footing on how to talk about masculinity — I think we’re overdue for a redefinition of what it means to be a man in America and I hope this campaign can start to shape that conversation.”

Yeah, sure, that’s gonna happen.

AND, to pile on further, let’s learn a little more about those REAL men.

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Along with MSNBCs recent admission of assisting the Harris campaign any way they can by making their audience dumber, we get this nugget CONFIRMING their tone deafness. This is the same woman alarmed by seeing flags on D-Day, has trouble with basic arithmetic and as a result is an ideal choice for the MSDNC.

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In summary, this HAS to be the easiest campaign to strategize against. They provide ALL of the ammo needed to expose them and all Trumps campaign needs to do is repeat their ads and say “I approve this message”. Time and time again, they reaffirm that their plans and ideas are worth about as much as Hunters paintings these days.

Flabbergasting Feral Felines

September 26, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

Strange! We awoke this morning to NO (feral) cats. Insert your own inappropriate political/immigration joke here if needed but I’ll pass on that low hanging fruit.

Luther (our remaining domestic feline) is still hanging around on the front porch but the 5 feral cats have all vanished. Being feral, they often disappear but that’s 1 or 2 at a time out hunting and we always have at least 3 (usually 4) around at feeding time. Today’s breakfast is still sitting out in their pen wondering what happened to them. Every morning up to now, they are fed same time as the chickens and usually are lined up on the coop roof awaiting their breakfast.

I don’t know if they “sense” something in the area we should be concerned about and are hiding but none of the other critters, including the dogs, are acting weird.

It figures we’ve recently spent a couple hundred dollars getting 2 of them fixed with plans to do another as soon as we can catch it and get it in a cage (no easy task that we’ve failed at twice now).

SYATP

September 25, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

SYATP (See You At The Pole) is an event held annually around the country. The community is encouraged to gather around the students as they conduct a prayer service for our schools, state and the nation.

In this charged political climate, many communities have banned or cancelled the practice, requiring the event to be moved offsite, as I recall happening back in MN.

However, I am grateful to now be part of a community that still embraces traditional values and does not back down in the face of these assaults on our liberties. In a town of 500 souls, with zero bars but you are never more than a stone’s throw away from a church, I am not surprised.

The (obviously optional) event this morning was well attended with a large, diverse crowd of students (many more were inside the entrance that I couldn’t see). Joining them as well were many in the community to show their support. That made the group much too large to join hands ringing the pole as is often the case.

That’s a nice problem to have.

Summarizing the Situation w/the CDB

September 23, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

Although, Sir Charles has left us, at this moment in time, this song probably summarizes my feelings in this messed up world we find ourselves in.

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Counter-Endorsement?

September 23, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

Just like the 51 intelligence officials who told us the Hunter laptop story was nothing more than misinformation, we now have hundreds of other officials who haven’t learned a damn thing!

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The saving grace can be found in the responses to this and pretty much every post they try. This just adds 690 more names to have their security clearances revoked on day 1.

Group Think

August 30, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

Farewell thee Jackson (2007-2024).

August 29, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

The dark cloud hanging over the farm the past few weeks was the demise of our long tenured ranch boss Jackson, our faithful border collie/husky rescue who’s been in charge with us for 14 years. Sadly however, all those years finally caught up with him as his rear legs started failing. It wasn’t noticeably painful for him but his frustration in dealing with the dying limbs was depressing for him. By this point, he was just waiting to die – and was already just fur and bones so he/we knew we wouldn’t be waiting long.

Poor Jackson had a terrible night (and me as well tending to him) the night of the 6th so I knew his time with us was quickly ending. Towards morning, his hind legs were next to useless. I had been helping him up lately when he struggled the past few weeks but even after helping him up now, he’d fall right over again. There just was no strength back there at all. He’s been so frustrated, he had pretty much given up and stopped eating or drinking anything as of a few days ago.

After the travelers left for MN around 7am, I placed him on his pillow on the front porch and stayed with him there for about 5 hours. Cooper and Lyddie were very respectful of him and they knew he was not going to be with us much longer. He really wasn’t in apparent pain but would quietly moan occasionally like he was thinking “how long do I have to go through this?”

He finally took his last breaths a little after noon.

He was a great dog, companion and protector and we were lucky to have him for the final 14 years of his 18+ year life. And that’s a pretty good haul for a border collie/husky mix. Luckily, his final 2 years were running free down here on the farm.

Here are some pics of his life and his final few hours.

R.I.P. Jackson

Here is the young man, as we got him from the rescue shelter. On his initial vet visit, he estimated Jackson was about 4 years old at the time.

The foster caretakers warned us his “Border Collie” tendencies meant we shouldn’t have any cats around. Ummm, no. We had 2 cats at the time and they got along just fine. He dealt with as many as 18 here on the farm and had no issues as long as they stayed in their lanes where they belonged.

This 2 year old pic shows his gray-ness progressing as his muzzle transitioned to nearly all white.

But, he was still in charge – as long as he didn’t need to get on his feet (or I was around to help him up).

Such a good boy! But, in the end, his coat really was a mess.

He’s had it by now.

This was his final hour so the flowers bring it all home I guess. I may have to transplant some of these out to the pet cemetery.

Jackson’s grave is prominently situated to face the farmstead so we can see it from the front porch while he keeps an eye on things. Lola, (our long term cat we lost a few months ago) is the other grave in the background.

Kris, our former classmate, coworker AND realtor who sold our Lakeville home presented us with this memorial marker, which I mounted to the large oak tree towering over the site. You can see Jackson’s grave below (bottom/left). It’s perfect.
Thanks Kris!

Just for fun, I stumbled on this video of Jackson having fun in his better days.

Bidenomics IS working?

August 26, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

This was a wise ad investment.

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It’s amazing how she can make these claims, touting the successes of Bidenomics, while at the same time blame all of the negatives on Trump – while also at the same time, refusing to disclose how she plans to fix any of it.

Remy Visit

August 8, 2024 / WJG / 0 Comments

After 3 weeks of frenzied activities with us, Sherry is returning Remy to MN this morning (along with 13 kittens, so place your orders with Luke and Julie for one of them). It was such fun having him here with us. He got to do so much and helped us harvest hay, blackberries, peaches, walnuts, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and more. He got to meet and help care for all of the chickens and the feral cat family with all their new kittens. He even performed a burial ceremony for one tiny runt that didn’t survive. He got over his fear of the water and is now ready for swimming lessons.

Already looking forward to his next visit.

Here are some pics from his stay with us: