Merry Christmas

My Christmas wish for you, my friend

Is not a simple one

For I wish you hope and joy and peace

Days filled with warmth and sun

I wish you love and friendship too

Throughout the coming year

Lots of laughter and happiness

To fill your world with cheer

May you count your blessings, one by one

And when totaled by the lot

May you find all you've been given

To be more than what you sought

May your journeys be short, your burdens light

May your spirit never grow old

May all your clouds have silver linings

And your rainbows pots of gold

I wish this all and so much more

May all your dreams come true

May you have a Merry Christmas friend

And a happy New Year, too ..

anon

Thursday December 13th

Yesterday morning the turkeys came right up to the house, they had no idea what a big mistake that could have been! The one below just knew 'something' wasn't right. She was looking right at the window.

Poor Tux was having a fit! He was so excited he was shaking. He'd go to the gun rack, look at it, look at me, look at it, look at me, and whine. He didn't understand why we didn't 'get one'. You can see in the pic he's got a death grip on the windowsill with his claws. Too funny.

Monday December 10th

The wildlife has been super active the last couple of weeks. I've been seeing the same 2 doe deer from the previous picture most days, sometimes with a 3rd and sometimes there's a young buck with them. (I didn't have a doe tag and don't shoot baby bucks). Lots of cool birds at the birdfeeders - woodpeckers, goldfinch, chickadee, nuthatch, titmouse, junco, and I saw 8 bluebirds fighting over my 2 bluebird houses. The wild turkey have been feeding in the garden for hours a day but the last 2 days they've come right into the yard. The pics aren't too clear because of the fog but you can see how close they are.

Saturday December 8th

With the leaves gone you can watch the sunset from the front porch now. Here's a nice one.

Not much going on, the weather is cruddy. Rainy and gloomy since tuesday and it looks like the sun won't come out till next thursday. Ugh. The temps are all over the place - highs from low 40s to high 60s and lows from low 30s to high 50s. When it's warm enough I've been working on cleaning and organizing the shop so I can use it. That's a big job that'll take awhile.

The 2nd hunting season ended last sunday and I didn't get a deer. Bad weather, other things to do and a lot of laziness on my part. Some days I didn't go out because I just didn't feel like facing the aftermath if I did get one. I need to hunt harder during the christmas hunt or learn to bow hunt (bow season is oct 1 - feb 30) if I don't want to eat grocery store meat for the next year. Yuck!

Now that hunting season is over Tux and I can go back to taking our afternoon walks. Poor pup was bored to death being cooped up in the house but I didn't want to disrupt the habitat during the season.