H1N1 Recall. That's gotta suck really bad.

"Amazing Grace" Christmas House.

Winter Solstice On A Tropical Island.

A lot of my online farmer/rancher/homesteader friends in the US Mainland are observing Winter Solstice, today.  Not a big celebration, just an observance to acknowledge that special day has come.  For some who don't know, there are two Winter Solstice in a year.  One today for the Northern Hemisphere. The other already happened between June 20-23, in the Southern Hemisphere. 

On the group lists that I'm subscribed to, one said, she'll have a special dinner for her family, another stated that he'll light a candle, while another said, she'll just relax with anticipation that Winter is half way over.  Some people don't understand the reason for agrarians to celebrate this annual celebration.  For them, after today, the days start to get longer.  It's a tangible point in time for them that Spring is around the corner, and the planting season will start in a couple of weeks/months. 

I never looked at it that way.  I've always thought that the day, Winter Solstice, was somehow linked to witchcraft.  Ignorance on my part.  I started thinking...what does that day mean to me as a rancher on an island in the tropical zone?  I guess a couple of things:  Typhoon season is almost over;  The dry season will start in a couple of weeks;  Christmas is only days away; Another reason to barbecue!!!

Learned something new today.

Keep Smiling

ROFLMBO...,my dogs Goldie and Duchess did good last night, at around 0238 hrs. Another intruder, maybe same one, came into the ranch. I had relocated Goldie's tie out later in the afternoon. I woke up to her barking, then the pups started growling, then I saw Duchess run to the ranch from my bedroom window. Next thing, I heard some guy yelling in chuukese. I got my rifle, just in case. Hmmm, I wonder who among the neighbors got bit. To bad Duchess didn't maul him. ROFLMBO!!!! GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB, MY DOGS!!! Gonna feed them extra raw meat for doing a great job this early morning. :)

My insomnia kicked in tonight, as well as the recurring pain from my MilSvc Connected back injury. Having PTSD sucks, ran out of those nice little itty bitty pink pills the VA gave me to help me sleep. Still have some strong pain killers, waiting for it to kick in. It's 0400 gonna try laying down again...count sheep or something...

From a Twitter Source: NATIONAL STRIKE JAN 20, 2010 to coincide w/ STATE OF UNION SPEECH NATIONWIDE STRIKE over Obamacare & THREATEN we will not PAY INC TAX

Thieves took new bags of animals feed from the ranch, sometime last night or early this morning. I didn't even get to open those bags. I started having a great day since this morning before church service. I'm not going to let this incident get me down. One of these days though, I will catch them.