SNOWY AFTERNOON

it is snowy here in new York wind howling outside and down right "COLD" and can you believe that it is suppose to get colder along with a big snow maybe a nor'easter which usually brings us lots of snow in the next couple of days ..we maybe delayed a day or two before we get out of here...oh well guess we will just have to roll with it.. in todays mail was a surprise for me...a hand made crochett hook made by my brother so I had to try it out...it worked just swell...and whipped up the hat in no time..it will get lots of use on our travels.. hope everyone is ready for the new year and it brings much joy and happiness.. god bless

CHRISTMAS 2013

our house is now quiet and there is just the two of us running around in it...the family started to arrive on sun afternoon and continued until tues evening..so we all had had a couple of days of fun before the last arrived...it was the first time we a had all been together since 2006 and lisa like a kid in a candy store and you told her that she could have all she wanted..why was she excited will it was because all her kids were here so she was a happy "teenager" ahhaha...it made for some hetic times but over all it was fun to have everyone here... andy and lisa brought a HUGE pan of lasagna which was enough to feed an army....then we had all the trimmings of a Christmas dinner so if anyone went away hungry it was their own fault... the family---then the whole family---an reenactment of a picture we took when the g/kids were all under 10

SEASON S OVER!!!!

NOW EXACTLY WHAT SEASON AM I TALKING ABOUT...THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING US AND ARE WE READY..OH NOT YET STILL GOT SOME BAKING TO DO..GIRFTS ALL DONE AND WRAPPED ---OOPS MENU IS ALL PLANNED ()I THINK) ...just some final grocery shopping to do one of these days ..this year lisa and andy will be down and also grandkids from pa..they haven't been here in years so it is going to be fun..hope the weather stays ok especially for driving...Shasta will be the only one not here unless that changes due to working...lisa is excited just like a little kid as all her kids are going to be here... now for the season that is over...yesterday around 4pm larry shot for the first time a deer with his muzzle loader so he is also excited abut that...we were in the dining room talking to his brother when we saw 1 deer walk across the back yard then another one and another one till there was four...he all of a sudden got the fever and got the "smoke pole" ...made a shot and it went right down...now the total of the deer take for this house if 4 and our freezer is full...so now it is a part of lisa and andy's Christmas present...ought to feed them for the winter... we have snow and it looks like it is going to be a white Christmas so everyone is happy..some very cold temps thou and some areas getting lots of snow 2 feet or more...are ground has about 2 inches for now but will probally get more... so all in all life is good at 464 wishing everyone a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR---may it be filled with much happiness and joy...

2 HORSES

when we bought the new rig lar thought oh it would be nice to have a horse on the wind defector so he asked the sales man about getting one...brian the sales person had never heard of anyone wanting one or getting one but he was willing to ask about getting one..so he contacted his sales rep at open range and between the two of them lar finally got one in the mail...so now he is a happy man cause now instead of 1 horse he now has 2.. so today we were at the fire station working out and he decided that as long as were going to be inside would be a good time to give the defector a bath and mount the horse on it..so that is what we did after church today...now instead of following one horse's a--- down the road it will be 2..ahhaahhaah fall has finally going out the window..the temps have gotten colder and we started up the wood stove the other day especially when it was so damp..felt good and still does...leaves are almost gone from the trees and have been blown around the yard..so I guess it is time to think about the next season.. oh don't you think he looks like the killroy was here cartoon!!!!!!

STUCK

ok so who gets stuck in the mud!!!!! oh it isn't me!!!!!!! lar wanted to mow around the pond above the house and the next thing i know he is back and i don't hear the lawn mopwer running...i ask him what wrong thought maybe he drove it in ahahahaha.. oh he says just stuck..so off we went with the bulldog and i pulled him out of the mud...sorry no pictures as i forgot the camera...but at least it wasn't me who got MY lawn mower stuck in the mud.. great fall day right now..but suppose to turn this afternoon to several days of rain and the possiblity of snow flurries...just in time for halloween...

NIGHTLY VISITOR

we keep a hav-a-hart trap set on our back porch to catch us chipmuck and squirrels as we know some of them are finding their way into the garage and house...they can do damage so we like to catch them then lar takes them to the woods or even to the pond where he gives them swimming lessons...last night in the middle of the night I kept hearing this clink and the rattle of the trap thinking oh good we have caught us another one of those pesky creature

...lar is up early as he was going to go turkey hunting but came back to bed as it was raining out and was kinda on the miserable side...then it was time to really get up for the morning..out he goes to the dining room saying you'd never guess what is in the trap..oh a squirrel..nope he says better than that..it has a black strip donw it's back and also some white..oh my I say a SKUNK now what are we going to do with that..after some discussion it was decided to cover the cage and take it away..so lar got an old army poncho that he could also attach a pole to carry it away with..so off he went with it... we were lucky that it didn't spray it's scent not sure if the reason was because it couldn't raise it's tail or what but we were lucky that it didn't leave any scent around the house or even get lar.. just one more exciting thing about living in the country you just never know who or what might come calling in the night..

HAPPY HAPPY SQUIRRELS

this year our walnut trees are really loaded and when they fall they sure make a mess of the lawn...they are not the easiest nuts to crack then pick out the nutmeat..soooo we usually just take them to the wood for the squirrels to do with what they want..but most years it is only a few buckets of them to handle.. but this year that is a different story..we have decided to load up the bulldog and take the nuts way back in the woods to make all the squirrels out there to be very HAPPY.. our apples are also producing like crazy...have also taken several loads of drops to the woods for the wild life to eat...been making apple sauce--pies--muffins--bread--just to name a few things we have done with the apples along with eating them..we need to keep the dr's away ahhaahahha.. so it has been a very productive fall..

as you can see the bulldog is full we think at least three bushels of those things