The Start of the Silly Season

Good Morning Everyone,

Well, it just dawned on me that we are in the beginning stages of the silly season that infests us here in our community:  Its called "NebraskaLand Days", and for locals, its more of a pain in the rear than should be tolerated.  Personally, for me, its very hard as I have a fear of crowds, and tight spaces and getting cornered and it affects me this time of year.
I know that it brings in much needed revenue and business into town, but along with all of that, it brings out the worst in both the locals, who partake in the festivities, and the tourists who bring in some bad behaviour and bad habits.
It is two full weeks of nothing but rodeos, parades, barbeque's, and beer gardens  and other stuff that brings out the worst in humanity.  Along with this, it brings out the drugs, booze, and drunks and then rapes, and assaults, and yes, some murders.

When I was younger, I did go to a few concerts, which were fun, but then, it changed, the people became more violent, and bold, and then the dangerous.behaviours came out, like stabbing people with syringes, then knives, or screwdrivers.  I went to one concert, and the next thing I knew, I was in the middle of two women, stoned, and fighting over a man, and having beer thrown all over me, and the people who invited me to the concert.  It ruined me, and it made the people, who brought me along,  feel so very bad as they knew I had a fear of crowds and being in tight places and they were gracious and did so much to make the experience a pleasant one, but from just one incident, I now do not go to any crowd gathering what so ever, unless I knew who it is, then I will go if its a small one. 

If you would like to visit this yearly romp of madness and what goes on here, please visit www.Nebraskalanddays.com
and this will tell you what it is.  We are also hosting several outdoor concerts, one with Toby Keith, a country western music star,  which I am sure will be madness.  See, I live about a mile from the arena where they have the concerts and rodeos and the traffic along around my house is bad enough. Then you get the cops and the stopping of cars in front of your house at  3 am for drunk driving and other fun stuff.  I have even had them in my driveway and up on the curb right in from of the house.  Just gotta love them cop's lights in your bedroom, kinda like reliving the 70's disco era.

So I am planning my grocery shopping and errands to coincide with the silly season.  During this time, you really do not drive around too much.  If you have errands that must be done, you get up pretty early, and do them and then get home, QUICKLY!  Its only 2 weeks and I can live with it until next year.

Other than that, not too much on the agenda.  Just normal household things, garden and such.  It is starting to get hot here now, and its very dry, and so watering and checking to see if the bugs ate everything off.  I think that its going to be a buggy year, since we did not have a winter, so to speak,  the bugs will be bad.  My house neighbor across the street came over Saturday and sprayed my grape vine with Malathion as we are getting a nasty bug called a "rose chafer" and it eats everything up, roses, and veggies, and grapevines and what ever else it finds appetizing. I detest using chemicals and some pesticides, but I am afraid if I don't, I will lose the garden and I will have nothing to can, so I am using things with care and reserve and just hope for the best.  I even started some extra tomatoes, and cucumbers and melons  just in case I lose some to the bugs.

Oh, and by the way, the beef I bought on Saturday, was absolutely delish.  This was grass raised and pastured  and had wonderful flavor and was so worth it.  I will continue to buy from this group of ranchers. This is a group of Sandhill Ranches, about 94 families, who provide humanly raised, pastured beef.  If you would like, please visit at www.sandhillranchersbeef.com

Well, I had better get going.  I have some errands, hair cut, and trying to get things done before the silly season gets really going. I wish everyone a wonderful week and blessing upon everyone.

Hugs

Going on's in the garden and run for your life and hide

Good Morning everyone,

The time flies, doesn't it.  I have been busy in the garden, and running after everyone but myself lately.  I am starting to feel stress.  I am not doing things for ME, but I have made a pact that I am going to start. 
I will get photos of the garden.  It seems to be flourishing even after the late start, and the cold, chilly weather we had.  Though I lost a few plants, and seed starts, it is growing.  What ever I could not grow, I will purchase from my vendors at the farmers market,  and be happy with that.

The neighborhood has been quiet, I guess for this area.  We still have the trailer park trash bimbos  but they are so tied up with Health and Human services and child protection services that they have no time to do anything but come home and be under the government's thumb, with is fine with me.  It means quiet and no men beating on them and the cops.

At this time of the year, in June, we have a 2 week celebration called "NebraskaLand Days, which has been going on for years.  Its rodeo's and parades and all things western.  It is also time when the locals hide and do not come out and do your normal routine until this is all over with. It is pure madness and chaos.   Too many tourists, and drunks running the streets/which makes for a dangerous drive, even to the grocery store.  This week is rodeo, parades, and the next week, starting next Friday the 24th, Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton is coming for the concert session of this madness.  I live just about a mile from the arena where they have the rodeos and concerts, which makes for traffic and problems after the festivities.  Which sometimes is entertainment in itself, meaning drunk people and cops stopping them in your driveway and on one occasion, on my sidewalk,  That was a little too close to the house, for me,  personally.
I used to go to some of these festivities, but several years ago, it seems that the board that plans this celebration, needed to include alcohol to the rodeos and the concerts, and some of the other stuff that goes on, and it ruined the whole thing, period.  Many people quit going to the concerts and rodeo as it seems to bring out the monster in people when you mix booze and drugs into the pot.  Several years ago, we had incidents where people where stabbed with knives and hypodermic needles at the concerts and rodeos,  we had several violent rapes, and then the general behaviour that follows these type of trash which is similar to what I live around. 
Its a shame that it seems that to bring in crowds, you have to have booze.  But that is the way they make their money for the next booze binge next year. For the ladies that bake,  there is a sweet shop that the committee runs through the week and would you like to know what they were charging for a dozen cinnamon rolls......$18.00.    Well, I know I don't contribute to this madness.  Enough said.

Really, other than that, there hasn't been much going on..  I posted a photo of the sunset from the fires in Arizona,  we have had very yellow sunrises and sunsets and the light was muted.  Kinda of eerie, but, it has been getting better.  There are some days the sunlight is muted but there isn't much you can do about it.  Even though the sunlight is muted, it seems the heat is more intense than with "normal" sunlight.  Global warming Anyone....?

Well, from the clock, I had better get going.  Nothing is going to get done today just sitting and looking at it.  I have to bake an angel food cake for Father's Day, and  when we have farmer's market Saturday, I am hoping that the vendors who have berries will be there, I would like some fresh farm berries.  Let's hope they are there.

I wish everyone a wonderful rest of the week, and a wonderful weekend and Father's Day to all.

Hugs