December 1, 2012 Rain, rain......go away.....
Bah, humbug....it's raining. Grump...grump! As though it does any good. I DESPISE rain in the winter. There goes a weeks worth of setting up a nice base on my ski trails. Oh well.....it happens...
View ArticleDecember 2, 2012 Sundays.....just another day!
Watch out.......tis the season! We're seeing if you are being naughty or nice......It is Sunday! When I was working full time, weekends were the days you hustled and bustled and got everything done...
View ArticleDecember 6, 2012 Moose Stories
Since I live in Moose Valley, you would expect there are a lot of moose around, right! Well....that used to be the case. The moose have been ending up dead in this area for a while. Many never quite...
View ArticleDecember 7, 2012 More moose!
As mentioned, here is the photo of me on March 28, 2008....petting a moose, who would have soon been 1 year old, had she lived that long. She was covered in ticks and her front quarters are bare.Up...
View ArticleDecember 10, 2012 An old friend returns
An old friend returned yesterday. It was snowing and I saw him coming across the field. He stopped to nibble some alfalfa, looked around a bit......and headed over to the "magic door."I saw him...
View ArticleWinter is definitely here! December 13, 2012
This is a pretty common sight in the yard these days. The rut is over so it isn't serious; just some who's the boss this morning stuff. They are both young 8 point bucks, so pretty evenly matched....
View ArticleDecember 15, 2012 Guns & Things....
No pretty picture today. After yesterday's shooting, I decided, just once, to get my dander up and talk a little politics and WTH is the matter with the people in this country today. The "yesterday"...
View ArticleDecember 17, 2012 Being Thankful
I guess I am still trying to wrap my mind around the mentality of a person, 20 years old, extremely intelligent, tho with some mental issues.....smart enough to graduate after 10th grade, that could do...
View ArticleDecember 19, 2012 More grey!
This photo was taken yesterday ...on my way back from my dentist appointment. It was sooo grey and trying, not very hard, to snow. Snow is coming down in spurts today too. I am so glad when we get...
View ArticleDecember 21, 2012 Winter Solstice
Yay! It's Winter Solstice! Picture above is "Solstice Flowers".....because I can find them out in the snow yet! I took the photo yesterday with my pocket camera while out for a walk with Toby. It...
View ArticleDecember 23, 2012 Over the hump....
Well....we are past the shortest day of the year! All sunny days and being productive from here on out.......right!! Maybe in our dreams that happens; but, I suspect real life is different. I...
View ArticleDecember 24, 2012 Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! My favorite big buck left me the other antler in the front yard this morning. He was waiting by the door for his treat. He got it! :) What a guy. Here are the both of them, for...
View ArticleDecember 24, 2012 Guns, Kids, Society...who is really to blame?
Wayne LaPierre is on the hot seat these days. For those of you who don't know, he is president of the NRA. Should he be? There are a lot of issues going on these days, since the Sandy Hook...
View ArticleDecember 26, 2012 Winter Wandering
It's a fine time of year for wandering about. Toby and I did just that, yesterday. Some years I am skiing regularly by now. The recent rain finished that for a while. About half my trails are in...
View ArticleDecember 30, 2012 I've had it! Enough is enough...
Enough really is enough.....already. I was so determined to hold out for the broadband that is supposed to be arriving in 2013. They will dig the line in for free, if you signed up early.....which I...
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2013 Happy New Year!
It's another year! I hope it will be a happy one for everyone out there. For sure, I am guessing there will be no end to new things happening and changes. But, change is the constant these...
View ArticleJanuary 4, 2013 Changes of seasons....
This is something I won't be seeing too much longer in the mornings. "My" bucks are losing their antlers at a pretty rapid pace these days. Two of the 8 pointers, including this one, still have their...
View ArticleJanuary 9, 2012 January weather!
We are having some unusual January weather. We aren't, yet, getting the cold and we aren't getting the snow either. On Sunday, January 6, I took Toby to a favorite beach walk area to look at what...
View ArticleJanuary 11, 2013 Mud season in January!?
Here is what I should be seeing more of! I took it about a week ago. It is January, after all.....Today, it is rainy and foggy out. What a mess! We are back to the ice layer from the last time we...
View ArticleJanuary 13, 2013 Sun and ice!
This photo was taken early last week, before the thaw. Now, my yard is either grass or sheets of ice. It is just stinkin' nasty out there. But, we at least are back to seasonal temperatures. We had...
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