The weather is warming, and the Sun is shining almost daily! WOW, it feels good. That is until you get a long-sleeved shirt and boots on and run a chainsaw for a few hours… That said I keep thinking of the story of the ant and the grasshopper and so far, I feel like the ant. But we will be prepared for winter and in the meantime, I’m losing weight and working muscles that I had forgotten that I even had! A nice hot tub is sounding better and better…

For all my bird chasing buddies; here in the panhandle the game birds come to you! Dove & Quail together… And while I’m having a hard time getting pictures, Grouse have been semi-regular visitors to the ranch…

Dead Trees in need of cutting, another day of fun ahead…

Another One Down…

Now lets get this thing out where we can work on it. Once again the UTV pays for itself!

Now it’s were we can get to it

Strip it down to the bark and

Add the limbs to the pile and…

… haul away the “pole” to be cut to length

And repeat… UGH!

FLASHBACK! I had an Unexpected Visitor in early March, This magnificent beast came by a couple of times in about a week but hasn’t been back since. It gets the heart pumping when something this size is mere feet away; I was on the back deck when it visited last… These shots were captured by one of my trail cameras; I love these things!




Anybody in there??