Archive for June 6th, 2009

Gentlemen, there’s a trick to it (a reflection on waking adolescents, plus egg-in-a-basket recipe)

Posted June 6th, 2009 by Wade

The scenario is a familiar one: It’s officially summer vacation, Saturday morning, and technically speaking; waking the fourteen year old girl child before noon isn’t something that has to happen. I normally tend to the morning chores and she handles the evenings. But it’s the principle of the thing.


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Attack of the wild animals!

Posted June 6th, 2009 by Galen Lehman

Am I the only one that thinks animals are taking over?

Yesterday, we found this painted turtle in the yard.  I released him in our farm pond.

Yesterday, my daughter found this painted turtle in the yard. I released him in our farm pond.

20 years ago I told my Dad I thought I saw a fox in the woods. He said it couldn’t be because they were hunted out. Since then, I’ve seen four or five!

Yesterday afternoon, a buck with felt-covered antlers strolled by a few hundred feet from our house. I walked outside with my rifle and shot into the ground at its feet 3-4 times. (It not being deer season, I couldn’t legally do much else.) He stood stock still and stared at me as if to say, “It’s not deer season, you stupid human.”

Here’s a list of the animals we’ve sighted in the last few years:

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