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To Build A Fire, Version 2

1/18/2016

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Years ago in high school I read Jack London's famous short story, "To Build A Fire".  In that story a lone traveler was hiking across the desolate frozen Alaska landscape. His only companion was his fateful dog.  For him the temperature was 65 below. A dangerous temperature for even the most  seasoned of men. If you know the story the rest of this will make sense. Michelle and I were out at the barn to get a round bale of hay. When we were done she went back to make lunch. I stayed behind to finish a few things. Our temperature was around zero and the wind chill was well below zero. I needed to work on the tractor without my gloves on my hands. Slowly my hands started to freeze. The tell tale feeling of frostbite was setting in, my fingers grew stiff as they started to freeze. The dilemma was how to get them warm, the tractor was off and cooled down, the wood stove was not lit today and it is a quarter mile walk back to the house.  So I hastily built a fire in the cold stove and lovingly nurtured the small flames so to thaw my now numb fingers. Slowly my fingers regained their warm and feeling. I thought to myself; fire equals life. Keep that in mind as you venture out into the cold; cold is always hungry, it knows no fear except for fire.

If you get a chance you might want to read that short story from Jack London.

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Dueling Roosters

1/14/2016

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You've heard of dueling banjos....
                                                  .......well have you ever heard of dueling roosters?

Let me explain......

Our new flock of chickens has four roosters. Our neighbor down the hollow has chickens too, so in the mornings before dawn, they start. Our boys crow and the ones down the hollow answer them. This goes on most of the morning and sometimes into the night time hours. Good thing we are deep sleepers....I guess the chickens, or at least the roosters, never sleep.

Ah....country life at its finest! 
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Drake and His Mate

1/11/2016

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This is Kermit and his mate, they have been item all last year. The ducks as a rule do not pair up. But these two have really hit it off. Each day when we let them out they walk up to the pond and take a swim. They normally spend the entire day there and last night were the last ones in at dusk and they took their time coming down from the pond. Kermit is very attached to her. One day he could not find her and searched high and low until he finally found her. Time will only tell if they continue to be an item.
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Goat Treats

1/3/2016

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This is Ms. Ginger, now one of our "senior" goats, she will be 3 yrs old in March. She is second in charge, she is a sweetie to us and a holy terror to the subservient goats.

But when it come to treats she wants them NOW!!
When she gets milked it is treat time or someone is going to pay!!

You do not want to see her cranky!

It is not pretty.

She can throw that 165lbs around pretty good....when she smells treats!
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Deer From Space?

1/1/2016

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It is late at night I am getting ready to turn in..... 

I look out, the motion light is on at the tractor barn! 

I grab the binoculars and take a look....

That is when I see it.....


DEER FROM SPACE!

I look away, then look again, to make sure of what I am seeing. It just can not be a deer! I am not about to go out and check on what it may be just in case....

......It is real..... 

I decide to just turn in for the night, all the time hoping the deer from space stays outside and does not come over for a visit. 

I sure hope it is gone by morning and does not turn into a really bad 1950s monster flick.
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This is the "DEER FROM SPACE"....brrrrr scary!!!!  
​It looked much scarier at night!!!
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