(caution - not for the faint of heart or those prone to losing the contents of one's stomach... cover your children's eyes...)
If the guys on the movie "The Great Escape" had had a few of these guys, they would've made it out of the stalag with bells on. This'un here is one of the biggest I've caught yet. You could almost made a nice size coin purse out of him.... hmmmm....
SHOUT OUT to Kathy at Spot on Cedar Pond - Kathy, I've killed 4 gophers in the last two weeks. When it rains (as it did a couple of weeks ago) the gophers have to do major renovations and excavations to their burrows. It's been a long time since our last rain last spring. It's been a long dry spell for gopher huntin'.
SOOOO, check on my sidebar for my gopher count. End of the year we'll tally up and see who wins our contest for this year! No matter who wins I've got something up my sleeve to send to Kathy!!! Thanks Kathy, for joining in this fun game!
My daughter sent me a picture of her and her mutt. Remi was a rescue from the Animal Shelter and he's been THE BEST DOG she could ask for. He is so protective of her, he's sweet, and he stands guard over his owner without fail. Half/Lab and half/birddog. She lets him sleep on her bed, and I think I don't have to worry about somebody trying to slip in. He uses his big dog bad bark when he hears something strange outside, but he's not a yapper.
Below is what's left of our pond. Sad. It was full up to the rim early this year. If there were any fishies in it, they've been toast for awhile. I don't know where all the turtles went. There were tons of turtles in there.... All the brown you see are dead trees... It's a good thing we didn't have any livestock this year. We'd be out looking for old bathtubs or stock tanks to pump water to them.
For comparison, here's a photo of what it normally looks like...
That's old Jake out there swimming... may he rest in peace. My husband bought him a granite headstone to put over Jake's gravesite. Wasn't that sweet? He was a great dog...
What's going on in YOUR neck ' o ' the woods?
