I hesitate to write this because I know many of you will be wanting to sell your homes and join us in central Texas when you hear how wonderful our Friday evenings are around here. Unbelievably exciting!
It starts when Vince turns on the water hose. Let your imagination run wild! 🙂
Then he squirts down the grasshoppers (which are everywhere!) and holds the water on them while I run and step on them. There’s a lot of giggling and even with me begging for him not to squirt me, I usually end up soaking wet! Do you know how cold well water is when it’s coming from deep underground? Trust me . . it’s cold!! This is when we’re extremely grateful for no neighbors.
Once I step on them, Vince comes and picks them up and puts them in a bowl. I do not touch them!
The chickens all know the routine.
Vince whistles and they come running. He sits down and they come and grab grasshoppers from his hand.
And after he’s given the Dominiques their fair share, he give the Bantams a few.
And, that, my friends . . is what happens every night around here! Don’t you wish you could join us for an evening of such excitement? 🙂 We love every minute of it except . . we’ll find another way to entertain ourselves when/if these blasted grasshoppers ever leave!
Jojo says
I do know how SATISFYING feeding heinous critters to the chicks is!!! We have “water bugs” – big tree roaches here in lower Alabama and I LOVE stunning them and feeding them to the ladies…they run around like crazy doing a happy dance!!! Ahhhhhhhhh
ursula says
I do! It sounds like alot of fun. I can see the two of you running around giggling! I’m very happy for you and Vince.
Carol Victory says
You can always keep out some extras and throw them in the freezer so that you have a stockpile if and when they finally go away.
Freda Henderson says
Sounds very exciting…..kinda like mine except it’s the sound of wrestling that I hear. It goes off in 7 minutes…but who’s counting? lol
Linda in NE says
You do know how to draw a reader into a post. -giggle- What could possibly be more fun than squirting and squashing grasshoppers…and those are some big suckers. You and Vince know how to have country-style fun!!
Becky I. says
Oh what fun!If I weren’t way up in North Texas right now I would come for a visit just to see this for my self. I am so glad the Lord blessed you with the Yellow Jacket Ranch!
Linda Kay says
Y’all are so funny! Wish you were my neighbors!
Karen Langseth says
Hey us country people know how to have fun!!! Tonight DH and I took a walk in the thunderstorm….rain is really cold too!!!
Hilary McDaniel says
Those grasshoppers are what makes those yolks so golden. Love those yummy eggs
Dora, the quilter says
We are so very fortunate not to be besieged by grasshoppers this year–at least not yet. So for my evening entertainment (at least until darkness descends) I pull weeds and pretend I’m extracting the evil intentions of some people I know!
It’s either that or stress–and I have enough stress in my life, thank you!
I think it’s wonderful that you are able to make a great life in a place you love!
Linda Card says
I remember a summer in Anthony, N,M, when I was 7 or 8. The grasshoppers blotted out the sunlight in our living room when they completely covered ourt window. It was creepy beyond words. It is good to hear that you and Vince (the Dragon Slayer) have a fun routine for coping with the critters.
Diana W. says
Keep up the good work, eventually you kill enough grasshoppers you will thin out the herd…um, grasshoppers run in a herd, don’t they?
Linda Steller says
I’ll bet that cold water feels terrific with the heat you’ve been having. Do you get a chance to spray Vince after he’s finished feeding the grasshoppers to the chickens? ;P
Diana in TX says
Not sure what happened this year, we started to get all the crickets then it just slowed down. Some say it ws because they were bad early in the year or because we had some rain. Who knows. At least most places we are not walking in a carpet of dead crickets to get into a store. About 2 years ago the store owners couldn’t keep up with getting rid of them. Now as faer as grasshoppers-you could save some and have chocolate covered grasshoppers!!!!! Just saying…….
becky r says
LOL! You’re holding your own olympics of sorts! Too funny.
Pat C in Washington says
The fun just never stops! We have no such excitement in Washington state. Heck, we don’t even have summer. Well, we might get a few days of it this weekend. Up to a blistering 80 or so – hoooeee!
Debi McIntosh says
I love your posts! You guys have a lot of fun together! Keep posting! I have recommended your blog to so many people now!
SarahB says
Judy, you’re so cute! Ummm, I don’t think I would even be able to step on them because of the resulting “crunch” give me the creeps. Instead, if the chickens free range don’t they catch them alive? Well, I guess you would still have to get them out of the garden without the chickens help… duh. But anyway, I’m so glad to see you two living the good life after so much stress last year! I can’t wait for the addition of the donkey and goat.. hint, hint. :o)
Helen B. Ellen says
LOL…love reading of your adventures in YJR!
Alma says
That is waaaaay too much excitement for me so I will have to pass on that kind of Texas Friday Night Fun!!!!!
I did kill a spider in our house last night- does that count as fun?
Shirley Albertson Owens (sao) says
I think I am going to DIE laughing. DLOL
OK – now SERIOUSLY – you can start CHARGING people to read your blog – because TRUST ME – they will pay big bucks for the entertainment.
SERIOUSLY – you can put all of your blog posts into a book – bind it yourself – and SELL IT.
TOO FUNNY!
sao in Midlothian, VA
Kim Paventy says
My son likes to run around with a cattle prode and use electricity on those suckers!
Janna says
Very exciting!! And your husband is such a fashion plate! I love it!!
Doe in Mi says
Thats just to funny and I thought I was the only nut case around. I holler for the birds to come to the deck for peanuts and they really do come, along w/the squirrels. But, I always wonder if the neighbors hear me and think I’m a nut case. LOL
carol c says
ahhhhhhhhhhhh normalcy, contentment, heavenly
want me to ship you some grasshoppers?LOL-i won’t