January 7, 2019 Deer, A Trip Down There & Snow

One of our deer at the corn pan.

Most of the snow is gone from
the south slope.

Our missed Christmas decoration!

Friday 1/4. Our highlight of the day was watching 10-12 deer wander up the west slope and snack on the corn at dusk.  A few of them would eat some corn then move on, until a little buck with two small spikes started eating and chased everyone else away.  He even stood on his hind feet and pawed at one of them.  The picture above is the best one I was able to get.

We let Dinga out when they were all gone and she flushed a small four-legged critter out from behind the wood shed.  It was almost dark by then, but JB said it looked like maybe a bobcat.  It took off like a flash up the east slope.

We finally discovered the missed Christmas decoration this evening.  Good Lord, how obvious can you get?!

Our high for the day was 44.  Melt, freeze; melt freeze.

Saturday 1/5. It is 30 and overcast this morning.  I wanted to at least drive down to pick up the mail and send some today.  Decided since I was going down, I might as well go into town, buy some papers and pick up a package at the UPS store.  Really don't need any groceries.  Definitely the least I have done on any trip Down There.  I stopped in for a quick visit with Mrs. Gridder on my way back up.

It was quite an easy trip down and back.  Larry and Elsie and the Gridders had thrown dirt on the road, so getting the Jeep down was a no-brainer.  I left about 9:30 am and was back by noon.

Snow finally began falling around 6:00 pm, but didn't last very long and only dropped about 1/4".  Got all excited about nothing. . .

Our high for the day was 34 and there was a low, heavy overcast all day long.

Sunday 1/6. A strong wind sprang up around 4:30 am this morning, with gusts to 18 mph.  When we got up at 8:00 am, it was 30 and gusting to 22 mph.  We definitely got a little more snow during the night, but with the wind, it is hard to tell just how much.  I am giving it 1/2".

I went back to bed at 8:30 am, and when I got up at 10:00, the wind had pretty much died down.

I started a book that I had found at the Dollar Store, A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka by Liv Golinkin.  It is the true story of his escape from the Soviet Ukraine with his Jewish family when he was nine years old in late 1989.  So well written!  Should be on every high school's reading list.

A very bright but cloudy day, with a high of 34.

Larry and Elsie drove up to visit and play marbles this evening.  We split two games, but the guys were really on a roll.  It was snowing when they left a little after 9:00 pm, but I didn't get too excited.  And rightly so.  It stopped just after they pulled out of the driveway and we barely got a dusting.

Monday 1/7. It is 26 with partly cloudy skies and a wind gusting to 18 mph.

Thought for the day: No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.  Christopher Morley