Animals
- Lucille...woman Of Mystery X3
You might remember that our decrepit old rooster, Kenny Rogers,lives in the barn (Witness Protection Program).Every day he is visited by Lucille, a little red hen.Now, Lucille is a woman of mystery.She keeps her business very private.No one knows where...
- I Love A Mystery!
Yesterday afternoon, a break in the rain gave me a chance to take a walk.I love taking walks around the farm...never knowing exactly what I will see along the way. Yesterday's walk was no disappointment as it provided me with two mysteries. Mystery...
- 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...
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Early mornings are great fun.When the morning chores are complete,the gates to the pasture are opened and the horses are free to graze and run and play for the day. Oakley and Sam especially love this time of day."Chase" seems to be a favorite game...
- Amazon Chicken Mystery Solved!
You might remember a posting a few weeks ago about the chicken in the center of this picture. "She" is one of our new hens that we started about 3 months ago from newly hatched chicks. As these ladies grew we couldn't help but notice that one of the...
Animals
The Great Carrion Mystery
You might remember that during the first week of hunting season
we found a dead fawn in the woods.
I assumed it had been shot.
Upon inspection, Becky felt it had died of natural causes.
(which is sad, but makes me feel so much better about humanity!)
Over the course of the next week or so, the carcass disappeared.
Then, later, we found it at another spot in our woods...partially eaten.
I know this sounds gross, but it is nature's way of taking care of carcasses...
they become food for other hungry animals.
There is a sort of wild beauty in this.
Curious about what had carted off the remains, we located one of our game cameras within
sight of what was left of the fawn.
You can see the head and shoulders at the bottom of this picture. (right above the number 12)
We had imagined that perhaps a coyote or a coy-wolf had drug it away.
When we went back out to retrieve the memory card from the camera, the fawn was gone...
completely!
Watch, as the mystery is solved...
(you can switch this video to full screen size by hitting the "four corners" button in the bottom right corner of the video...
you will want to watch it in full screen size to see the mystery unfold!
- Lucille...woman Of Mystery X3
You might remember that our decrepit old rooster, Kenny Rogers,lives in the barn (Witness Protection Program).Every day he is visited by Lucille, a little red hen.Now, Lucille is a woman of mystery.She keeps her business very private.No one knows where...
- I Love A Mystery!
Yesterday afternoon, a break in the rain gave me a chance to take a walk.I love taking walks around the farm...never knowing exactly what I will see along the way. Yesterday's walk was no disappointment as it provided me with two mysteries. Mystery...
- 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...
-
Early mornings are great fun.When the morning chores are complete,the gates to the pasture are opened and the horses are free to graze and run and play for the day. Oakley and Sam especially love this time of day."Chase" seems to be a favorite game...
- Amazon Chicken Mystery Solved!
You might remember a posting a few weeks ago about the chicken in the center of this picture. "She" is one of our new hens that we started about 3 months ago from newly hatched chicks. As these ladies grew we couldn't help but notice that one of the...