Nov. 11th, ’09-We’ve been seeing deer moving while we travel the roads of Buffalo and Trempealeu Counties on the vet route. Tom has seen too many deer on the late night and early morning calls  that pass in front of the vet van. In general, farmers have been relaying to us, the deer are not [...]

Nov. 10th, ’09-Tom, Hawken and I are relishing the radiant day along Muir Creek. We just spotted a grass snake in the pasture. Hawken offers it more pretend icecream and asks it how it’s doing. It slithers off and we three un-load camp off the rickety Gator. There’s the large packbasket filled with a sharp shovel, [...]

Second week of Nov. ’09-Tom called Hank the Fur Buyer and chatted with him. Hank is also known as Henry Hoff. Tom and a trapping companion had sold furs to Hank for years. He’s a delightful man that’s full of zest and enthusiasm for the outdoors. Henry missed our last Open House cause he was [...]

Nov. 10th, ’09-Tom and I are checking cattle fence and the sun is splattering brightness and 50 degree weather is enticing. I’m ready for a 20 min. lunch break in the canoe. I grab the lunch bucket and roll an orange in my hands and plunge it in my pocket.  Tom happily agrees to hit [...]

Nov. 9th,’09-A perfect day to rodeo it up @ Welcome Home Farm. We usher the belloring bossies to the back of the cattle lot. Doc Tom and I working silently and just subtley spread the herd towards confinement. It’s a mish mash of Mama’s wanting their 6 month old calves @ their sides. The beef [...]

Oct.  ’09-Thirty five degrees I read on the handy dandy thermometer that sits on the shelf above the washing machine. I pull on my insulated cover-alls and fumble for  notepad and pen. I have my favorite John Deere pen and a blue flip mini-tablet to trace the AM’s events.  My mind is searching for a [...]

Second week of Nov. ’09- Larry Jungwirth-the insurance guy, has been great help @ the conventions and Open Houses this past year.  He’s the designer of Larry’s Coon Catcher that’s featured on our website and also available in our Showroom.  The last part of  Oct., Larry set out 6 coyote traps and caught 4 coyotes. One pulled out [...]

Oct. 4th, ’09-It’s 6:15 PM and I have Jake the goat breathing heavy in my ear. He’s wanting re-assurance that I relish his company even though he’s decided my perennial flower bed is a smorgasboard. He tugs @ the frozen zinnias, up-roots phlox and prances about the yard taunting Billie Goat and me. He smiles as [...]

Nov. 7, ’09-It’s late morning and sunshine shimmy dances across Big Bend. Harvest winds rustle the withering corn. The corn has lost it’s courage and it’s cracking off in the brazen breeze. Clear blue sky highlights the scenery. Noise from River Road and Highway 95 reverberates in my ears. My eyes track up-ward and helicopter [...]

Nov. ’09-Leaves lie limp and lifeless on the lawn. Curling, dried and weary from hanging onto Maple Tree. Hammock Hangout is refuge for YooHoo Chicken and the flock. Hawken’s tire sandbox’s ply-board lid has slid and 1/2 the sand is saturated from rain. A toy dump truck awaits a warm, sunny day. I lift the [...]