This has been a very bad week for blogging, thanks to the utter incompetence of Centurylink, my nominee for worst company in America. This morning, I reconnected the old modem / router, grateful that I am inefficient, and had not yet mailed it back. For now, I do have internet service, no thanks to those […]
Wrong Varmint – November 3, 2021 Read More »
I was very happy to find a little possum in the trap this morning! I checked the trap in my pajamas right before bed last night, and it was empty (the cats had wised up!), so I wasn’t optimistic. Of course, the capture called for a relocation, so we had to load up the truck
Relocation – November 2, 2021 Read More »
November dawned like classic November, cold and gray. And it’s a Monday, which started with a discovery of two opossums nesting in the stack of hay. Unlike some people, I do like these North American marsupials, but I would prefer they stay in the woods, not in the hay shed. This pair of possums looked
Monday – November 1, 2021 Read More »
We were serenaded by coyotes last night. Cedar howled with them. This is my favorite time of year for fox / coyote hunting. We haven’t availed ourselves of that fun for many years, but I thought I would post a picture of a Halloween hunt in 1990. By that time, I had retired as a
Halloween – October 31, 2021 Read More »
We have made it almost all the way through October without a real frost. There have been two nights with some frost on the roof of the barn, but nothing has reached the ground yet. The rain gauge told us we have had an inch and a half of rain over the past two days,
Sunshine Again – October 30, 2021 Read More »