Dec. 31, ‘09-It’s 5 AM and 7 degrees above zero. I peer intently @ the blue moon bouncing beams in the morning chill. It’s a thrill to marvel @ the cosmic dance and the chance to enhance my stance in life. It’s a vision and working from the end point forward. Settling into a deep [...]
Dec. 29, ‘09-Frozen stillness slaps my skin as I step out onto the porch in the early morning. I dare to glance @ the thermometer and it rudely displays -3 degrees. I steal a glance through my half face mask and then it happens. I savor stars all sparkly strung through the sky like Christmas [...]
lDec. 25th, ‘09-The geese are honking their gratitude as I sling remnants of Christmas Dinner in their kennel pen. Slushy water is slopped with mashed orange peel and meatball grease. Fat particles float and swirl as Geezer buries his orange beak in the black calf bucket and puddles happily. The ducks flap and quack as [...]
Dec. 19, ‘09-Snow is piling up and swirling around the early morning hours. I’m busting a path to get the lower gate open un-chained. Jasper is incessantly baaing @ me. He’s a moving snow sheep and has ice around his eyes. I feel tears sting my eyes and I promise him a dry bed. He’s [...]
The weather forecast pre-Christmas is good and the burning desire is there to get more traps out.We have an unfilled fisher tag and we have a friend that has seen them on the deer cameras this fall. Also have some springs at the headwaters of the creeks that flow through the picturesque valleys that provide [...]
Dec. 16, ‘09-I step outside and am struck by the contrast of a hot pink garden flamingo propped up on the canary yellow porch wall and the snow draped across it’s back. It’s bitterly cold and @ 5 AM it’s a jolt to my system. Hot pink 1/2 face mask, forest green down feather jacket [...]
iDec. 16, ‘09-A common inquiry for Tom and I since the chill of Winter has settled in WI- is if the Showroom is still OPEN?? It’s been bustling with activity dailywith people doing holiday shopping for themselves or other trappers or coon hunters. Thanks so much for all the business over the last years! So do give [...]
Dec. 14, ‘09-I greet the day with zest and plug first the artificial Christmas tree in. A bell ornament dingles as I fumble with no lights on @ 5 AM. I stumble on Hawken’s police tow truck that he hooked up to the tree last night. He’s loaded the truck with assorted round decorative balls. [...]
Dec. 10, ‘09-What a wonderful trapping season! Prime fur, an abundance of fur-bearers and moderate weather have made this a great season to date. There has been a steady stream of trappers coming through the showroom to replenish their supplies. A big “Thank You” for letting us serve you!
My first attempt @ catching coyotes has [...]
Dec. 4, ‘09-Tom and I ventured towards the St. Paul Conference and our first stop on the roadtrip was Rieck’s Park, just North of Alma, WI. At 7 AM there was a slight dusting of snow and chilly wind that prompted the waterfowl to sit quietly on the water. Tom eye-balled the assortment of ducks [...]