Oct 4, 2024
A huge bull elk stayed around the yard for about 12 days in late August. He dined on bushes and clover. At first the baby foxes (who now look like adults) were frightened of him, but they became frien...
Sept 30, 2024
He entertained us with stories of the cats, paintings, and recipes. ...
July 27, 2024
We are in the heat of summer. There are two from the first litter of seven baby foxes left. They are nearly as big as the adults. One is very shy, the other one likes to lounge on the patio furniture ...
July 19, 2024
I'm tidying up my computer files today, revisiting all the jokes and stories I've saved over the years. From personal experience I can vouch for the accuracy of these descriptions.TOOLS EXPLAINED for ...
July 14, 2024
As Maine writer E. B. White famously wrote to a man who said he had lost faith in humanity: “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.”...
July 11, 2024
Our summer renter is a drag queen from Missouri who drives Jeep tours in the national park. The other day we were looking at the webcam at the entrance gate, and there were the Jeeps so we took a scre...
July 4, 2024
Jeri's living room without Jeri.Our river today. 234 cubic feet per second (cfs).The baby foxes. Today we saw the father fox (Roy) out in the back yard eating something dead. My husband walked over th...
June 15, 2024
This is an old joke, but once in a while I'm reminded of it. A man wrote home asking his brother for news of the family. His brother responded "the dog got sick and died, and we're all sad."The man ch...
June 9, 2024
We're going to miss you! We all need someone in our lives who thinks we're great.And who else can we trust to review movies for us....
May 23, 2024
It's a bull snake. I don't know where they found it, I haven't seen snakes this big around here for more than 15 years. Note how chill the other foxes are - not their circus, not their monkeys.The win...
May 16, 2024
There are three of the five little white foxes still with us. They are tough little things, hold their own when wrestling with the bigger babiesThere are six of the older babies, and they enjoy hangin...
Apr 29, 2024
I sent Martin a Thinking of You card, and he wrote back:"I have been in hospital for 4 months to come home to a broken computer - full story to follow as soon as AT&T gets here & fixes computer!"...
Apr 28, 2024
There are three or four adult foxes here, and sometimes it's hard to keep track of which one we are seeing at any given moment. They have varying amounts of white on their tails, but sometimes it's no...
Apr 13, 2024
We have a new batch of baby foxes.I have game cameras set up to catch the antics....
Mar 31, 2024
Easter is so early this year, it totally snuck up on me. I was just starting to think about sending cards, and it was already Good Friday. It's too early for spring flowers at this altitude - we're st...