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[ovrszd]

Found it. I was brush cutting CRP and a young coyote ran out into a pasture. Willard thought that might be easy pickin. He was in hot pursuit. The coyote suddenly stopped and laid down on it's back. Willard thought this was a gift from the "Hunting God's". He piled on. And, he instantly jumped back off and ran to the tractor as fast as he could go. By that time I finally got the phone camera going.

 

[SVG]

Thanks ovrszd, I still pinch myself everytime I look at the views. The pic doesn’t really give you the proper perspective. The mountains are 3 miles away and go 1 mile vertical.

Here’s a shot looking the other direction.

 

[bordercollie]

Judy, your snow looks different than ours...

NevadaBlue. Sometimes we get the real stuff. It is a lot for us to get 3 inches every few years though.
The weather is cold one week and warm the next with storms in between so I posted a picture of the tornado room we built with the carport. it is solid 1/4 inch steel welded with 4 inch steel tubing for framing and with 3 deadbolts on the exterior doors. We actually went in it last night for a bit. (tornado was in the air but didn't touch down. ) Now finished on inside . The outside is covered with Hardee board.
Millie and Belle had a good time when they had to pose for this picture on the front porch- - check out a book called" Porch Dogs". collie

 

[bordercollie]

I forgot this picture of the bee tree. My niece was getting married in the front yard last May and I had to do something so the bees in the tree weren't "disposed of". I made a screen covered 4 inch piece to cover a toilet flange, got up there and confined them for the evening. Two Guns helped me with a video on it in fact. These trees are over 170 years old as is the house and have been through many storms and tornadoes. The house and most of themremain although you can see the tree on the far right is more like a light pole after some past bad storms. Thanks to the Lord for having it still. We have lost 4 in the yard the past 20 years due to bad weather. collie

 

[BiffNH]

After retiring from boarding school faculty for 30 year I now live and work full time at a summer camp for boys where I have worked summers for 45 years. Here are some pictures.

 

[ovrszd]

Thanks ovrszd, I still pinch myself everytime I look at the views. The pic doesn’t really give you the proper perspective. The mountains are 3 miles away and go 1 mile vertical.

Very cool. Definitely Jeep Country!!!!

I've spent a lot of time in the Colorado Rockies above treeline Jeepin. Nothing more serene than on top of a mountain pass on a blue sky, no wind day eating lunch.

 

[ovrszd]

After retiring from boarding school faculty for 30 year I now live and work full time at a summer camp for boys where I have worked summers for 45 years. Here are some pictures.

Honorable and Noble way to spend your life Biff. Great pictures.

What I like most about threads like this is that everyone has their own "piece of paradise". And they all have unique value and character. What a great land we share!!!!

 

[ovrszd]

I forgot this picture of the bee tree. My niece was getting married in the front yard last May and I had to do something so the bees in the tree weren't "disposed of". I made a screen covered 4 inch piece to cover a toilet flange, got up there and confined them for the evening. Two Guns helped me with a video on it in fact. These trees are over 170 years old as is the house and have been through many storms and tornadoes. The house and most of themremain although you can see the tree on the far right is more like a light pole after some past bad storms. Thanks to the Lord for having it still. We have lost 4 in the yard the past 20 years due to bad weather. collie

I have 60 acres of mostly mature Oak trees. I counted 5 Honey Bee colonies in tree there this Summer. A couple years ago the count was 8. I'm always worried about the thinning wild bee colony problem. So I keep a pretty close eye on mine. Looks like you do too.

I've never been stung by them and I often am thinning dead timber around them. So far I've not had to harvest a tree that they are in. That would probably be a different situation!!!!

 

[cchaffee]

I hate to be the one to tell you but you are all dead, because it appears you are living in heaven.

it takes alot to make me jealous and you have done it. These pictures are wonderful! You are blessed.

 

[ovrszd]

Curt, as for me, I agree. I never take any of it for granted. I work hard to leave it a better place. It's the least I can do.

 

[CornerstoneFarm]

Found it. I was brush cutting CRP and a young coyote ran out into a pasture. Willard thought that might be easy pickin. He was in hot pursuit. The coyote suddenly stopped and laid down on it's back. Willard thought this was a gift from the "Hunting God's". He piled on. And, he instantly jumped back off and ran to the tractor as fast as he could go. By that time I finally got the phone camera going.

I always worry when my dogs take off after one! So far they've not tangled directly with them. But I am constantly on the watch. They can take a lot of lambs if I am not watching.

 

[CornerstoneFarm]

Honorable and Noble way to spend your life Biff. Great pictures.

What I like most about threads like this is that everyone has their own "piece of paradise". And they all have unique value and character. What a great land we share!!!!

ditto Richard!

 

[bordercollie]

Agreed, any of the places I have seen posted, I would consider Heaven like. Yea, I believe almost anywhere in the USA would be a great place to live as long as we were able to go outside and enjoy . True , some places have more comforts than others but the freedom we have to do what we do, call it work or play, but out in it, is what I'm speaking of. I appreciate each of the great pictures and beautiful landscapes. collie

 

[SVG]

I agree, great pictures all!

 

[ovrszd]

Since 1989 I've had a "second" job of running a road grader for the local township I live in. I really enjoy it and am blessed with new equipment to run. So I push snow in a T-shirt and listen to XM radio. We have a John Deere 770G grader now. It's 4 years old and we will trade for a new one next Spring. I maintain 50 miles of rural gravel roads.

Even in the worst of it I see beauty. One of the pics was taken just before sunrise. I was headed home after 16 hours of pushing snow starting the previous afternoon, pushed all night.

 

[ovrszd]

Here's a pic of the machine we have now taken the day we got it. Ain't she a Beaut!!!!