With a weather change on the horizon I decided today might be a good day to do some get ready for winter maintenance. We took a walk with the Emmi girl and saw this big guy as he was leaving—seems he didn’t like our company.
When we cut firewood we haul the cut wood or logs up into the pasture and put the wood in a pile. I started up the skidsteer and hauled several loads of cut wood down to the house. Retrieved the weed sprayer and Michael used the air compressor to blow out all the hoses and fittings plus removed the actual pump. OK, those chores are done for a while—of course we will need more firewood before we leave for the winter.
Last night on the way home from the movie in the dark we almost hit a huge bull elk!!! I yelled “ELK” about the time Michael saw him and slammed on the breaks missing the big guy by just a few feet!! Sure made our hearts beat faster! Our friend Shirley had also been at the movies and was behind us about a 1/2 mile—she saw our brake lights and that told her to be very wary when approaching that area. Our road is notorious for wandering deer—rarely do I go to town and not see evidence of a deer hit by a vehicle. Guess now we have to watch out for elk!
After our spring quilt retreat my friend Shirley and I decided to doing some bartering. Knitting for quilting. Before Shirley and her husband George left driving to their condo on upper Vancouver Island for some fishing I ordered yarn—a merino wool/cashmere blend in a bright red color. Four days after they arrived home from Vancouver Island George and Shirley were loaded up and heading to Minnesota to visit family. Shirley had lots of knitting time sitting in the truck and the results are stunning! The safety pins mark the spots where I will need to put buttons.
Our sweet granddaughter Laci arrives home this evening from Italy where she has been stationed with the USAF for the last year—we are meeting up for dinner, can’t wait to see her!
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We just don't like to drive at night anymore. And animals are just one part of it. Gorgeous sweater.
ReplyDeletegorgeous sweater!..red is your colour!!
ReplyDeleteI like that first photo. Looks very much like a well composed soft pastel painting. Might look nice framed and on a wall:)) Nice photo bottom right as well......
ReplyDeleteWe don't have much problem with Elk on the road but do have the odd panic stop caused by old Bullwinkle meandering across the trail.
ReplyDeleteHey what is with this winter talk, we would like a nice long Indian summer that at least lasts until we hit the Virgin River gorge on I-15 sometime in late October.
What a beautiful sweater!
ReplyDeletethat beautiful sweater really put me in a funk. It would take me a year at least to knit something like that, makes me realize just how slow I am. I am sure I will be even slower when I make my first quilting attempt when the sewing machine finally arrives.
ReplyDeleteThe sweater looks beautiful! Have a wonderful time with Laci. Please pass on to her for us a very big Thank You for serving our great country!!!! We miss you guys
ReplyDeleteRollie & Gina
Hitting an Elk would be a major collision for sure, glad you both saw it in time.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sweater.
My DH would like to find a deer like that come Nov. Lots of deer get hit on the roads here in NE Nebr. too. Always have to keep a sharp eye out for them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sweater.
Some years ago, I use to dream about bucks like that:)
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