Animals
- A Walk On The Wild Side...week 3
After reviewing this week's trail cam images,it's official...we have a lot of deer in our woods...and squirrels! There were no surprises this week...(except Hubbs riding his bike through the woods!) This family of deer showed up several times...
- A Walk Onthe Wild Side
Week One The trail cameras have been up for only two days now.Hubbs and I took the dogs for an early morning walk into the 100 acre woodsto fetch the SD card from each camera. With excitement and anticipation, we hiked the half mile through light rain to...
- A Tender Story
This is a little tale about Annie Oakley... Every morning, the dogs and I go out "to work." Just announcing that it's time for work puts everyone into a tailspin of excitement.Oh, how they love to run! I head to the barn and the dogs run ahead of...
- Point/counterpoint
A picture of solitude... so peaceful... so calm.... so quiet? Not. Don't let these photos fool you.It is anything but peaceful here on the farm on this sunny afternoon. The sounds of gunfire are a continuing reminder that this is my least...
- Traditions
Everyone loves traditions. You know, those things that we look forward to at specific times. Dogs are no exception to that. They, too, love traditions... rituals, if you will. Each morning, our dogs are used to the same ritual. "Viteyum time" we...
Animals
I live with savages.
It's true.
I live with 2 fur-boy savages,
who love to shock me and make me shriek.
Don't let their apparent innocence fool you,
it's all an act, I assure you!
Savages, I say!
Savages, I say!
I have avoided writing this post at least 6 times previously
because I didn't want to shock you with pictures like the one
I am showing you today.
You're curious, aren't you?
Well, let's step back in time to the middle of winter.
One evening, Oakley was at the back door barking to be let inside.
As I got to the door, I saw him pick up something and prance into the
kitchen with it in his mouth.
(I was in the middle of cooking dinner).
There in the middle of the kitchen floor,
Oakley dropped a disembodied deer leg...complete with fur and hoof.
Oh, and it was frozen.
I concluded that he had found it in the woods at a nearby hunting camp.
(Why hunters feel the need to saw off deer legs and leave them in the woods
escapes me!)
Hubbs quickly snatched up the treasure that Oakley was so proud of,
took it into the garage and threw it into the trash.
(What else to do? If we buried it, he would have dug it up....another
favorite fur-boy trick!)
Over the course of the winter, Sam and Oakley have returned home
on 6 occasions with more deer legs.
(I have this Far Side cartoon in my head of
legless deer hobbling through the woods.)
#6.....Really, Sam?
Yesterday, Oakley brought home leg #7.
Here it is....
Oh, and check out Fur-boy Oakley licking his lips.
And Sam lurking behind him.
Savages, I say!
And you, dear hunters.....
could you please take your legs with you??
By the way, we don't allow hunting in our woods.
I prefer to provide a safe haven for the deer.
(As a result, we now have quite a large herd of them in our woods.
But that's a post for another day.)
So.....
On to less disgusting topics.
Here is Sam, up to his usual playtime with Ollie
yesterday morning.
Both of them just love this game!
And I love this action photo.
For those of you wondering how Myrtle is doing....
She is as broad as a barn.
I'll bet she has triplets in there.
We shall soon see,
as she could deliver any day now.
And last but not least,
I will leave you with a little Baby Bert video.
Baby Bert Gets His Groove On
Have a great weekend....and stop back to see us next week!!
- A Walk On The Wild Side...week 3
After reviewing this week's trail cam images,it's official...we have a lot of deer in our woods...and squirrels! There were no surprises this week...(except Hubbs riding his bike through the woods!) This family of deer showed up several times...
- A Walk Onthe Wild Side
Week One The trail cameras have been up for only two days now.Hubbs and I took the dogs for an early morning walk into the 100 acre woodsto fetch the SD card from each camera. With excitement and anticipation, we hiked the half mile through light rain to...
- A Tender Story
This is a little tale about Annie Oakley... Every morning, the dogs and I go out "to work." Just announcing that it's time for work puts everyone into a tailspin of excitement.Oh, how they love to run! I head to the barn and the dogs run ahead of...
- Point/counterpoint
A picture of solitude... so peaceful... so calm.... so quiet? Not. Don't let these photos fool you.It is anything but peaceful here on the farm on this sunny afternoon. The sounds of gunfire are a continuing reminder that this is my least...
- Traditions
Everyone loves traditions. You know, those things that we look forward to at specific times. Dogs are no exception to that. They, too, love traditions... rituals, if you will. Each morning, our dogs are used to the same ritual. "Viteyum time" we...