Monthly Archives: August 2014

For better or worse, drones are becoming more affordable. This one from Hammacher Schlemmer costs only $1300. I can certainly understand why a lot of people would want one, but I’m hoping there won’t be too many buzzing about around … Continue reading →

Two more rats from the truck. The numbers are now Well house — 4 Truck —9 And we had 0.8 inches of rain in a half hour Sunday evening. The culverts needed some attention but were not seriously blocked. It … Continue reading →

I find this video to be incredibly sweet and incredibly sad. What do you think? August 19, 2014  

The rat zapper in the truck got yet another rat yesterday. That makes a total of eleven rats in less than two weeks — four in the well house, seven in the truck. As I’ve said, Andy usually gets only … Continue reading →

Torben sent me this video. It reminds us of Montana. It also reminds me of Typhoon over at The Thundering Herd. His exuberance is always getting him into trouble. I can occasionally still muster up some exuberance. What about you? … Continue reading →

tammy hasn’t been with us the past couple of days because she was in intensive care for her malignant high blood pressure. For those of you who haven’t been following her peanut on the table, she’s been ordered to have … Continue reading →

The forecast Tuesday said there was a good chance of flash flooding yesterday. We were lucky — we only had 0.13 inches of rain, so the roads and culverts weren’t affected. Needless to say, we were pleased. The not-so-good news … Continue reading →

Andy harvested our cherries Tuesday, and we ate them that night. Hey, it’s better than nothing. And hopefully it’s a good omen for the future. August 14, 2014  

No new packrats yesterday, but a raven flew overhead and squawked at Andy. Do you think there was any connection? Andy did say the first two days he put the rats out they stayed there. Then he saw a raven … Continue reading →

Andy has two rat zappers — one in the well house and one in the truck engine compartment. Usually he kills one or two packrats a year, but this year, starting about a week and a half ago, he’s killed … Continue reading →