rodents everywhere..... ?

 Every where I sniff,

there is chipmunk smell 
or mice or rabbits

or squirrels!!!

The joys of living in the country.

Heaven for a jack russell terrier.

But aggravating too, when you can't catch 

them cuz of a dumb fence in between ya...

Then just when your frustrated enough,

along comes a tiny mouse plant....

 

Is mom just trying to drive me nuts?

IKE... the cardinal...

 Meet Ike.

Ike is a regular at momma birdfeeders.

 And he has a real problem with his reflection on our windows.

Today he really attacked his reflection

and found himself on the ground.

Luckily, momma was sitting right there and ran out to pick him up.

Not seeing much damage, she held him and waited for him to decide to return to the wild.

She picked him up and was able to carry him into the house

 to grab her camera.

I tried to help but she wouldn't  let me.

You will see the different backgrounds, as she stood in the yard,

 on the front porch and he stayed while she walked down the driveway to get the mail.

He was very content to sit on her hand

 and let her take all the pictures she wanted.

 She took tons of pictures and if you want to see them all,

you can at www.huntyr.com/ike.htm

Horseshoe Tournament

One of the nations best horseshoe pitchers,

Alan Francis, shook my daddy's hand.

He was so excited to meet Alan Francis,

kinda like I would be if I got to meet Wishbone!

We were in Danville, IL.

It's an annual Big Horseshoe Tournament.

Also, there, was

a good horseshoe pitcher and bowler,

Walter Ray Williams, but he didn't talk to us.

Even tho momma took me on a few long walks.

We still found time to watch daddy pitch.

Then we watched Walter Ray (in gray),

and Alan Francis (in red) pitch.

One game we actually watched Alan Francis,

throw 92.8% ringers!!

(that's really good!)

But even tho, momma and daddy found that

really really exciting,

I still find this sitting around stuff

kinda boring.

But suddenly, it got lots more exciting!!!

This little birdy decided to join the game.

 I wanted to play with him!

But momma said no... sigh.

While watching daddy, we got to meet another

great horseshoe player.

Bob White.

He is not only good enough to win against,

 Walter Ray Williams,

but he actually makes horseshoes

 for horseshoe playing.

Hey,does that make him a

"Farrier" for horseshoe players???

You can see them at

www.horseshoesonline.com

All in all we had a nice weekend.

And met some more "new friends".

Surprising Cylie!

Today July 4, 2010

We surprised Cylie

with a birthday cake.

BUT....

I just don't understand

WHY

she would want that vampire, Edward,

on her cake and not me!!

I am much more handsome and cuddly....

ain't I???

Sure sign spring is coming!!!

Just when you thought spring wasn't coming...

The tulips remind you, it IS!!

March 16, and they came right up thru the snow,

and growing fast now that the snow is gone!

I think I will keep my eye on them!

Newspaper Article on HSUS

Hello Friends,

The other day I was reading our local newspaper when I came across an interesting article about the HSUS.
It is written by a man we know and admire.
Jim Sacia, Illinois State Representative.

Its a long article. Too long to actually reprint it all here in my blog.

Part of it is:

"Here’s a dose of reality for you — the Humane Society of the United States is not your local animal shelter. In fact, less than one-half of 1 percent of its $100 million budget gets into the hands of local pet shelters. You who read this are, like me, animal loving people. How does it feel to know that if you donate $200 to this alleged caring agency, $1 gets into the hands of local pet shelters? If it makes you feel anything other than mad I’d be shocked. These are the least animal loving people I have ever come up against. Sadly, they make fools out of you and me and their clever ads get deep into our pockets. It’s big business folks, and they know how to take care of their own at your expense."

If you would like to read the entire article.. you can click here......www.huntyr.com/sacia.pdf