1st pictures from game/trail camera

No Craigslist

I miss craigslist. Very much. I can look at Dallas, or Oklahoma City, or Tyler, TX. These are the nearest, but none of those are within a 3 hour drive. Well, there is a Texarkana craigslist, but nothing much there, and that's still an hour and half away.

But, we have something else here instead of craigslist; "Swap Shop". What is that? It is the radio version of craigslist. People call in to the local radio station and describe their items for sale (or wanted) and give their phone number. It is a hoot. I may try to capture some of the audio for your listening pleasure. This morning I have been translating for Cristina; the accents and colloquialisms are pretty heavy.

I hate to say "random" again. Nonspecific?

$20 flamethrower from Harbor Freight

Scorched earth policy

Perfect for areas you can't mow

Jorge's brother came by for a visit.

He also has 6 toes per back foot. I am now missing a slipper again.

Found this while mowing near one of the barns

Roxie checking it out

Post not complete w/o food pix. Venison again, steaks, pan-smothered. Please understand, the frequent posts about venison is not complaining, it is BRAGGING. My Dad's cousin has a problem we are helping out with. His freezer has too much venison from last season and he plans to go hunting soon, has to make room for this years hunt. Happy to oblige.

Snickerdoodles

Huckleberries from the woods

Sunday pecans. A few hickory nuts as well.

The Revenge of Jorge

During Jorge's first visit we also had some town folks come out to visit the country folks. Jorge got in the middle of this porch visit and started sniffing crotches, etc. I picked up a slipper and swatted her butt. She flopped to the porch like I hit her with a 2x4 and everybody scolded me. I threw my slipper back down and let her be.

The next morning she was gone and so was one of my slippers. Probably 6 pairs of shoes/slippers near the front door, but only mine gone, along with Jorge. I figured I'd never see the slipper again.

2 days later we were returning from a trash run and I spotted my slipper in the road about a 1/4 mile from the house, right at the property line.

Jorge came by a couple of evenings ago for a brief visit, gone again in the AM, but all shoes remain. I guess all is forgiven.

Random catch up

Friday we went to Murfreesboro, AR to the "Crater of Diamonds" state park and hunted for diamonds. We found rocks and mud.

The fiber optic made it to our side of the road.

Saturday we went to Dallas to a huge mall for Ben, and to go shopping at Costco. We made it to the mall, and another shopping center, found an "IN-N-Out"! We went to harbor freight and home depot. We bought a nice game/trail camera. Then we realized that Costco closes early on Saturday, didn't get to go. Saw a "Fisker Karma" in the Home Depot parking lot.

The following picture shows 2 deer laying in the pasture. You may have to take my word for that; I've zoomed the picture in and they are still very hard to see. Only their heads were above the level of the grass.

Compare and Contrast

No pictures on this one. I was walking the dogs (in shifts, all 3 at once is a riot), and I heard a siren. I realized that was the first siren I had heard since I moved here over 2 weeks ago. I could tell it was an ambulance on a run, not the police (Sheriff's Department out here I guess). In Vallejo cop sirens were so common it became just background noise.

The siren here tonight set off the coyotes howling. I could tell they were on our property, in the woods north of the house. After all that died down it was so quiet I could hear the footsteps of the cattle in the pasture across the road. They weren't close, but it was so quiet I could still hear them.

OK, 2 pictures.

Check the square miles and density per square mile.

More Random

Rained for days, hard to get anything done. So, here, look at pictures.

I made bread.

I found the books I was looking for in Vallejo. Sorry Terrence.

Hmmm.

Found this nest in the old blacksmith shop.

Mophead takes her turn on Roxie

Morning mist rising off the lake

We are getting fiber optic lines installed on our road. Actually all throughout the county. Won't be turned on for another 18-24 months.

Here's why we need it. 

Found this on the porch. I think it was a fake black widow, Batesian mimicry.

Siphoning off the wine. Tastes good already.

Bok Choy and Kale have sprouted

Roxie can't stop running.

Roxie in Vallejo was like a Maserati stuck in a traffic jam.

Rainy day randomness

Rained most of the day today. Couldn't get much done. Enjoy some random pictures.

Cristina showed me the native persimmon tree she found, we picked these (well, more than this, but this was what I got a picture of).

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera)

More venison for diner! Stewed with tomato and onion.

Muscadines 24 hours towards wine

Nick target practice

Persimmons

A rare look East across the lake at the boathouse and little house.

Trying to show the wild hog tracks. Hard to see, but pretty big.

Snoopy let me pet her.

Chicken house. No chickens yet.

Roxie can run