Beneath the Wraps

            It’s been nearly a year since my first mention of the neighbor’s chickens.   They used to lean a ladder near the fence so the chickens could climb back into their own yard.    At first it was just a few on the hill – not the 15 plus that have accumulated in our yard during that time.   Roland doesn’t want them under the deck and I don’t want them on the deck.   We don’t want them in the garden and so have been putting up barriers all over the yard.   we had to add netting to the steps to prevent them from going through   I did find at least three of them on the inside; they had dug under the wire to make it wide enough to go though. Roland used some stakes for the bottom.  Hopefully that will work. Despite our efforts the chickens have managed to dig under, fly over, or somehow manage to squeeze themselves into areas where we’d rather they not be.   The chickens always stop near ...

              Randy really wants us to come to St. George – like now – which would be fine but the pandemic is far from over.   Almost half of all adults have received a vaccination shot – but there are still a high percentage that refuse.   They are too macho.   They are too proud.   They are determined NOT to let the government control them.   The same people who refuse to get flu shots or wear seat belts or have convinced themselves they are immune to any other law. So I read this article from Yahoo.   I hope that Oregon continues with its restrictions and those that think we ought to reopen can go spend their summer in Florida and see how well that works out for them.   International Travel is still a rare occurrence.   Other countries don’t wish to let Americans in.   I don’t blame them.   Americans are spoiled and have attitude.   The entire world belongs to them a...