Apparently, while the solar eclipse was working its way over my part of the country, I was busy fobbing off a whole bunch of freshly picked produce from our kitchen garden on my neighbor. Here, it never got any darker than ordinary afternoon cloud cover. Much to my relief, when I handed him the basket […]
Archive for August, 2017
Best Neighbor
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2017 | 1 Comment »
Deer Hit
Posted in Uncategorized on August 20, 2017 | 1 Comment »
This happened last night, as the sun was setting, which is the time the deer tend to come out. My other half was out walking our dog, when he saw a roughly 250 lb. “rackmaster” buck lying down in the grass along our property line. It’s highly unusual to see a deer lying down in […]
Coyote Kill
Posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t care whether you pronounce it Cuy-o-tee or Cuy-ote. Same critter. We have them around here. Seems one took out a fawn last night, and a flock of black vultures were all over the carcass. It was down in what we call “the bottom.” A fox couldn’t take out a fawn, but a coyote […]
I Love these Three People (Not THAT way)
Posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
One is a bird-like woman who’s probably pushing 70. She works checkout at a local deli. No nonsense, but she’s really nice, and polite. Number two is a Swedish guy who works a few doors down from the deli. He never lost his accent, or his ability to be polite. The third is a hefty […]