14 May, 2010 -- Hatched

Killdeer eggs in the gravel, two days ago.
(See Fonda's robin nest in Iowa)


Yesterday... there were two babies, but one was hiding out somewhere.

Mama tried to lead me off, pleading "broken wing, broken wing, come to meeee!"

14 May, 2010 -- Junction Store Catfish Buffet

Music from a Willow Springs group...

and conversation, Sandy and Randy...

and tall tales, Thelma and Lloyd...

Thelma and Pauline ham it up at Pauline's Catfish Buffet.
It's Friday night!

14 May, 2010 -- 7

For those of you in the family who are over 7 feet tall and have been offended, I cleaned the top of the refrigerator. (It was a fit of some kind. I'm over it now.)
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13 May, 2010 -- Big worm...

Bigger bass. 3 lbs. Kept this one, along with 3 eatin' size bluegills. Didn't think dinky-pond would support this monster!
Roy & Retta wandered down to see what I was doing. He claims he chummed the fish in. I claim it was the nightcrawler, and I only used half.
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13 May, 2010 -- Little worm...

Little bass.
Had a few little bluegills. Started using bigger worms, and started getting bigger takers.

4 May, 2010 -- Harry the Cat

Been with us since 1994.

Harry's story here.

And here with LAD.

1 May, 2010 -- Ambling into spring

30 April, 2010 -- Two faces of a storm

Look west, and it's dark and threatening, with lightning and gusty winds.

Look south, and it's all fuzzy and cozy and safe. However, the dark sky won out, raging through Ozark County (2 counties south) with tornadoes. Lots of damage around Gainesville, but nobody hurt.

28 April, 2010 -- Airport Duty

The guys drove off to Oklahoma this morning to pick up an airplane engine,
and left me with airport duty.

The wind does its job, but it will be worse tomorrow.

On a photo mission, getting beat up by the turbulence.

John chose mower duty. He did fly Blackbart this morning.

28 April, 2010 -- rednecks now

I guess we're really rednecks now-- fer sure. We have an electric appliance on the front porch.
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