Filed under: Daily life in the Wild West | Tags: cat, Wild Turkey, baby turkey, wings, wind, windows, rumbling, blowing, tree, neck, critter
We’ve had a family of wild turkeys around the house, for a month or so. The mom and 4 turkettes took up residence and sleep high in one of our trees. The babies follow their mom up the tree and onto a top branch. Then mom gathers the four turkettes under her wings, and they sleep there all night. We’ve watched the turkettes grow from little babies, and we were sad to wake up this morning and find one of the babies had died during the night.
The winds were blowing so hard last night that our windows and were rumbling. I’m guessing that one of the babies was blown out of the tree. The thing is, his neck had been chewed on…I wonder if our cat just couldn’t resist? Or was it some other critter who got hold of him?
So it’s a sad day here at our house. May the little guy rest in peace..
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The Tar Sands Blow
“The Canadian Tar Sands is the world’s largest, and dirtiest, energy project. Dirty oil sands crude generates as much as five times greenhouse gas as conventional oil. Yet, unless steps are taken by the U.S. and Canada, both countries will become irrevocably addicted to the dirtiest oil on earth. Totally lame. “
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THE BEST CAT VIDEO YOU’LL EVER SEE
Filed under: Daily life in the Wild West | Tags: Candy corn, Christmas, December, Foothills, Halloween, Halloween Movies, Sales, Shopping, Store, Trick-Or-Treat
Halloween’s here already, which means that Christmas isn’t far behind…at least, in my world, where the days and weeks fly by. Guess when you get older, that’s what’s in store for you – time really does fly! I haven’t even begun to think about Christmas, and some people I know have already finished their shopping. One friend catches sales all year long and puts the gifts away until December…then she has all of her shopping done before everyone else, and she saves a ton of $$, to boot! That’s just crazy! No, seriously, I envy her. She’s so organized, and I’m so…well…let’s say ‘not organized’ and leave it at that. I tried doing that one year… but then I forgot that I had even bought the gifts, and I dang sure didn’t remember I had hidden them away…….found them years later!
As for trick-or-treaters, we won’t get any at our house. Living wayyyy out here in the foothills has it’s advantages (or, in this case, disadvantages – I like the little kids in costumes!). I’ll pick up some candy corn on a half-price sale tomorrow, since I love to have it once a year.
Hubby’s calling it a day – he’s been working in Photoshop all day, and it’s time for a scarey Halloween movie or two. Enjoy the Monster Mash on YouTube….it’ll make you get up and dance!
Filed under: Daily life in the Wild West | Tags: Halloween, Monster Mash, Groovy Ghoulies
Filed under: Daily life in the Wild West | Tags: Bear, birds, Birdseed, Birthday, Coffee, Coyote, Hungarian Partridges, Irish Creme, Log Cabin, Montana, snow, Snowbound, Snowstorm, Whitetail deer, Wild Turkey, Winter
We got over 24″ of snow on Sunday and Monday, and would you believe it is snowing again? That’s enough for now, thank you very much! 
But seriously, we do love it. There’s nothing’ like waking up to a blanket of snow and sunny blue skies. Talk about gorgeous! We drove to Billings yesterday. That was our window of opportunity before last night’s new snowfall. Now we’re snowbound again. Luckily, I picked up a bottle of Irish creme to add to my afternoon coffee. That’s perfect on a cold day, and its one of my favorite things!
A family of wild turkeys has taken up residence in our yard – momma turkey and her 4 turkettes. Just little squirts, they are. They like the corn and birdseed that I put out every day. Its fun to watch them from the kitchen window. They get along just fine with the 17 deer who visit each day, too. The Hungarian partridges are here, too. Its one big happy wildlife family out here. Sure beats city life – I like having “wild” neighbors.
Speaking of wild, we haven’t heard about any bears coming around lately. Doesn’t mean they haven’t been here…just haven’t seen any. We do hear the coyotes every so often, but all in all, its quiet out here. Being so far out in the foothills has it’s advantages..
Today’s my mom’s birthday. 
I was snowed in, so I couldn’t get her gift in the mail until yesterday. Happy Birthday, Mom!
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RED ALERT: CONFIRMED FEMA CAMP EXPOSED
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Finally! My homemade Kahlua is ready, and it turned out great. Tried it on the rocks, and again on the rocks with a dash of cream. Great both ways. Added a shot to my coffee…delish!
It is an easy recipe…send me a note, if you’d like to have it.
Filed under: Daily life in the Wild West | Tags: Brown Trout, cabin, Carrots, cat, Cowboy, Flyfishing, Kitty, Organic Vegetables, Squash
My neighbor, Margie, brought over some homegrown carrots and squash and a bag of freshly-caught brown trout from the Stillwater River. One of the trout is 23″ long! Margie’s hubby fishes, but he doesn’t eat fish, so he gives it away. Thanks, George!
The bad news is that they picked up Cowboy the Cat. He had wandered down to our cabin a few days ago, while they were out of town. We always leave the light on for Cowboy – what a cool kitty! He has toys, food, a nice bed…even his own bedroom (our guest room). They go south for the winter and bring Cowboy to our house from November to April. Always a pleasure to have that cute little redhead come to stay for a while..
