Fracking of natural gas wells to begin soon.

The first picture shows some of the water containers on the well site.  The second picture shows some of the well heads.

The third picture shows the end of the trailer where my Mother used to live.  You can see the blue containers through the trees.  It's that close.  The last picture shows one of the containers being unloaded at the well site.

Fracking of the natural gas wells on the property next to ours will most likely begin around November 7, 2016 and will be a 24/7 operation until mid to late February 2017.  For the last several days they have been bringing these containers (the size of a semi-truck) that will then be filled with water and chemicals.  All of that water will have to be delivered via water tanker trucks which will be driving to and back from the well pad on the dirt road in front of our house.  Our calculations based on the volume of each container and water tankers trucks means that close to 400 trucks will be going to and from the site.  These containers are all hooked together with large pipes and the water & chemicals will be forced down into the wells at a high pressure which is accomplished with large diesel engine pumps.  Once the wells have been fracked then the waste water will have to be withdrawn and put back into the containers.  Then the waste water has to be removed from the containers back into the tanker trucks.  Again, the in and the out.  There will be no peace and quiet here for months to come.


If you don't know what fracking is just Google "fracking" and read about it.

Fracking is here

Our quiet little country side has changed.  The property right next to ours has been leased by a natural gas company and they have been preparing the site for fracking.

Still miss Chessie and cry when I think about her.  We got a new kitten in May 2014 and named her Shamu.  She's a little black and white tuxedo.  She's cute but not nearly as loving or friendly as Chessie.  She's very willful and headstrong and loves to run and jump.  Someday her curiosity is going to get her hurt; she's such a nosey little thing.  Mom and Lizzie are living with us now and Shamu doesn't like Lizzie.  She's always chasing Lizzie or tormenting her somehow.  Poor Lizzie just wants to be left alone.  After all Lizzie is 11 years old now and just wants to sleep in the sun.

It is with a broken heart I write this post.  Our poor sweet little Chessie was diagnosed with renal (kidney) failure on October 16th 2013.  We helped her as much as we could with her battle but renal failure is a terminal illness and we knew we wouldn't be able to keep her alive.  My poor Chessie was so weak and tired of her battle that on December 4th we made a vet appointment to have her put to sleep.  I'm so thankful it was a sunny day because she got to sleep in her favorite toy tunnel in the sun.  Later in the afternoon she got to spend a little time out on the deck remembering her hunting adventures.  At the end of the day we took into the vet's and she went peacefully with no fuss.  I miss her so very much.  It just doesn't seem fair that we had her liver problems back within normal ranges and she was a happy, loving, fun kitty.  The house is so quiet and empty without her.  Everywhere I look reminds me of her.  She gave lots of love and was loved greatly in return.  I'm glad your suffering is over and I hope you are having fun over on the Rainbow Bridge side.

My beaded piece was accepted

My beaded amulet was accepted for the auction and they have a picture of it on their advertising poster. It can be seen at http://truefriendsawc.com/events.html. Not sure how they have priced it.

New Year of 2012

Here we are again, a new year and I'm wondering where the last one went. Was a fairly busy year with a couple of short trips and lots of beading and making cards.

I have just finished an amulet to be submitted to an art show to benefit the local animal welfare center where we adopted Chessie. It's a juried show so I don't know yet if my piece has been accepted yet. The item submitted must have a canine or feline theme. This is the piece I'm submitting.

Been almost a year

A blogger I am not but I have been making cards lately for a craft show I'll be doing in another two weeks. Some of my cards are just so pretty (in my humble opinion - IMHO) that I wanted to be able to share them with my family and friends.

A few weeks ago I bought myself a Silhouette SD (SIL) electronic die cutting machine. I am in love! This machine is just so awesome and the software that comes with it. It hooks up to my computer and I can download either free or bought designs to manipulate on my computer and then send to the SIL for it to do it's magic cutting. Or when I get really good I can make my own designs. There is a definite learning curve with the software design package and I've only scratched the surface.

I feel guilty sitting here at the computer because it's such a beautiful day out and we certainly haven't many of those this year. When the show is over I'll have to get outside and do my gardening. Until then I'm busy creating!