Terry was going to wait until our son Ryan came for Christmas and assign him the job of digging the new hole, but he has a hard time waiting to get a project done sometimes, so he got out the shovel and started digging. When he finished and tipped up the outhouse to start moving it, he saw a pack rat running around under it.
So, he got out his pistol and sat all morning waiting for a good shot at that rat. (You can see the nice neat hole he had dug!)
Well, after several attempts, he finally hit the rat, but it was not fatal! The rat made it inside the outhouse and ended up on the bench. That gave Terry a good shot.
Who could shoot a little face like that! Yes, I actually did feel sorry for the little thing! He really was kind of cute.
But, Terry had no trouble going in for the kill! Here he is with his "trophy."
Ron and Alice were still with us until the first part of December. Then they left because they had some issues at home and because Christmas was coming up. It would have been hard for them to stay because they have never been away from their kids at Christmas before. We hated to see them go. We really enjoy traveling with them. We played a lot of cards and Alice and I put this puzzle together over several days time. We are hoping they come back out in a couple of months.
There is a cement porch around three sides of Nettie's Place. There was a hole in the cement and it had dirt piled around it. I would sweep most of the dirt back down the hole and fill it up. A couple of days later the hole would be opened and there would be this pile of dirt again.
I did this several times and tried to catch the varmint who lived in the hole, but never did. Finally, I just left the hole open and swept the dirt off the porch. We are thinking that maybe a lizard lived in the hole because we would see several sunning themselves on the cement.
We saw several other creatures we hadn't seen before. I was sweeping the porch on day and saw a weed laying there. When I went to sweep it away, it moved. We called it a "stick bug" but I am not sure what it is. It was gray in color, but then later we saw one on a brown board and it was brown. I think they probably change colors, depending on what they are on.
There are a lot of quail running all over the desert, but there was a family that would cross our yard in the mornings. They were a lot bigger, about the size of a small chicken. No wonder there were a lot of hunters going by our place sometimes. A couple of those would make a pretty good meal, but I was glad that Terry didn't get his pistol out again!
We have some friends who live in Wikieup named Clay and Joy Sue. Joy Sue was friends with my Mom and Dad when they first bought land in Wikieup about 30 years ago. They raise rodeo stock on their ranch and they like to compete in steer roping at rodeos and other events.
Clay is pretty much a professional roper and does pretty good at it. We went and watched them practice one day in their arena behind their house. It was lots of fun watching them.
The first of October I started a Christmas project. I have made these slippers for years, but haven't made them for the kids for a while, and some of the grandkids have never had a pair. We put zipper ties inside each one for the boys and lotion and fingernail polish for the girls. This is a picture of the last bunch I made for the kids coming to Wikieup for Christmas. I made 30 pairs in all. Then after Christmas I shared the pattern with a lady at Church and she asked for a pair to look at while she made her first pair, so I made another one! It was fun making them, but I was kind of glad to be done--and all in time for Christmas!
No comments:
Post a Comment