Shorter Days Longer Hours

Now that we can run a bit more (still some hunters), our work hours expand into the darkness.

We had beautiful snow this morning, making the ATV runs slippery, but the dogs were energized.

Well, we've tried to upload photos and the computer won't let them load. Now what?
About two inches of fresh snow and still snowing. For now we'll just have to envision it without photos.

Swirling Snow and Skinny

Yesterday it was finally like November, just in time for Thanksgiving. We took several trail walks and enjoyed the wild snow. The dogs are energized by this weather.

As dogs age, they move to the house and ride in the truck and get extra goodies. Skinny wasn't too happy in this photo enroute to the vet with his painful eye, but the medicine is helping and he did get ice cream.

Almost Ready

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, another big hunting day out there. Hopefully, by Monday we'll be able to get some teams out on the trails again. I did let them free run today as there seemed to be no gun shots (and there were none). All the dogs are sporting blaze orange ribbons, just in case. Just the hunters we know of number fourteen within one quarter mile. None on our eighty, but all around us. There were thirteen does and fawns at the corn tonight.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Skinny's Eye

Skinny was diagnosed with glaucoma yesterday. We're learning about the disorder and working to keep him comfortable with it. I don't know yet if it evolves from an outdoor life, similar to cataracts, but he is still running a mile each day, happily. Upon his return though, he sinks into his pillows and sleeps hard, burrowing his face. Such a happy dog.

Time Out

We're on our way to Minnesota today for a few days. Michigan opener is this morning. Medio is already
way out of his mind from gun shots and it's only just begun.

Tim and Jim will be here with the dogs while I'm gone. They're in good hands.

Nome Cam

The Nome camera is showing a winter storm, they have been experiencing blizzard conditions, with accumulations of snow up to ten inches. Meanwhile in Wisconsin we're still 'basking' in the 50's.

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Rifle Season to begin in Michigan , November 15

The orange coats are out there. Today the dogs, especially Frita, protested the 'sighting ins' of the rifles, if that is what they were.

A neighbor came to tell me he saw Buffy running on my driveway. Yes, she free runs there and never runs away. Hunters get possessive of even MY land . And, yes, I get turfy too.

We've posted our signs and the grumbling has begun, both sides. This 80 is a no hunting oasis. We don't begrudge the hunters their day, just not on our land, s'il vous plait, merci. The deer are skittish. Michigan is just one mile away so next Sunday it will be quite loud early in the morning.