I managed to borrow a live trap from the neighbours to help with Martha’s autumn muskrat harvest. Well we got our first hit this afternoon, and since times are tough down on the farm, I dressed him out and roasted him for supper. He was delicious. Too bad Jaclyn wasn’t home to try it.
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“Well it seems Martha is well on her way to making her own fur coat for the winter. This muskrat fell to the mighty huntress yesterday as it was happily gnawing on her Water Iris. One quick lunge and twist of the blade and it was all over. This one was bigger view image – 64Kb then the previous rodent that was defeated in the infamous September slasher attack.
I was thoroughly entertained this past weekend. With the 649 Lottery hovering around 30 million I went out and bought two tickets for Saturdays draw. I hadn’t bought a ticket in 20 yrs it seemed and I felt like a rookie laying my money down. I phoned all my friends to say that I was going to win. I was certain since my horoscope said so.
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Brace yourself for the mother of all storms. This is the eve before the winds make landfall once again. We are all glued to the tv watching the incredible devastation that has just taken place in Mexico. The winds have started to blow towards Naples and beautiful Marco Island. It is amazing that these hurricanes have hit the resort areas that we all have visited and loved. We are not in harms way as we chose not to fly to Florida this morning. Pray that the aftermath is not as bad as predicted.
Steve’s first task for the day was to go out and buy his first lottery ticket. He played a $3 Bingo card and came up empty. He wants to try his hand with Proline next. He was so happy that the convenience store owner asked him for his “id”. He is now talking of going to visit his buddys studying at the University of Ottawa so they can go over to Hull to the pubs. What kind of kid did I raise? Oh the joys of turning 18.
Steve flew in from Kansas (via Air Canada not a tornado) on Thursday to attend his high school graduation and convocation. The ceremonies were held in the gym and it was great to see all the kids again and all grown up. He is off again tomorrow and heading off to Little Rock Arkansas to regroup with his team on their October road trip. He will miss Thanksgiving and the bbq’d maple glazed baby turkeys and his Birthday. I am making him pumpkin pies for tonights dinner (his favourite). Can you believe this weather that we are having. It was 27oC yesterday and I’m lov’n it.
Early Thursday morning our tenant across the road was shaken from his sleep by a thunderous crash. It was windy that night and the huge maple tree in his back yard split and hit the ground shaking every window in the house. Luckily nothing was damaged when it hit the ground but what was left of the tree was hanging precariously over my workshop.
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It rained steady here during most of last night. That usually allows me to sleep in a little longer, but today I was awakened by Martha screaming “Tom, come here quick!” I bolted out of bed, (head rush) pulled on some pants and found Martha at her pond with a mini snow shovel blocking the entrance to the pond skimmer box.
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I was backing my pickup out of the driveway after lunch today when Ed Gillier pulls up and stops on the gravel road to chat about the upcoming harvest plans. A few minutes later I notice a red chev pickup coming from the west like a bat out of hell. I pulled Ed by his arm onto the front lawn because I was confident this guy was going to loose control on the gravel trying to get between Ed’s pickup and my mailbox. He was going at least 180kph and swept by us in a red flash. The only thing I saw was a CSI logo on the door and some kind of web url decal on the tailgate. He attempted to slow for the stop sign but started weaving for the ditch so he just blew through the sign continuing east bound towards the Kentbridge Rd.
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