Rusty, the Asparagus Hound
Rusty is a golden Cocker Spaniel. He is a typical Cocker. He has no conscience, a selective loss of training and memory and, until he went stone deaf from ear infections, highly selective [...]
Quaker Clock
The inscription reads — “Presented to J & G (last name) on the Golden Anniversary of their wedding with the loving congratulations and warm esteem of your friends and fellow [...]
Squirrels … Amusing & Maddening
We have a bunch (call them The Wild Bunch) of gray squirrels on our lawn, leaving only tracks in the snow at the moment, and a couple of little red squirrels. Don’t see much of the red [...]
Flowers Always Help
It was a gray, somewhat depressing day when we posted these photos. We all needed a lift of the spirit. Flowers always help, especially when they are daffodils and purple cone flowers, two of [...]
Press Pass No-Show
As the editor, way back when, of ARCHERY WORLD magazine (now BOWHUNTING WORLD), I was fortunate to have press credentials for the archery part of the 1972 Olympics in Munich and the 1976 Olympics [...]
Trio of Gobblers
Things are getting more interesting. It's now gobblers, plural, not gobbler, singular, entertaining us...and they put on a good show.
Visiting Turkey, 3rd Consecutive Day
Why would a mature gobbler hop on our house deck and peck repeatedly on the sun room door window at this time of year?
“ANYONE HOME?” the gobbler pecked.
This robust gobbler with a good beard showed up on our house deck about 8:00 am today and began pecking on the sunroom door’s window with a methodical and emphatic punk...punk...punk.
Mountain Lion Objects to Trail Camera
A COUGAR or COUGARS killed a yearling whitetail buck the night of February 28, 2016, about 80 yards west of my brother’s house in western Montana. His dog, Molly, found the stash late the next [...]