HURRICANE IRENE

Hurricane Irene got two trees out of the way of the granary for me.I wanted to cut them down myself but was afraid of them falling the wrong way and hitting the garage.
Irene wasn't!It was nice of her to have the trees go around the chimney instead of through it.Somehow Irene got the trees on the roof with little damage. The ridge cap is bent, that's about it.From what I've seen so far, the Quail I released two weeks ago made it through the storm o.k. The dogs find a covey or two on every walk. The blurs in this picture are Quail heading for stubby cover. We had over 10" of rain in the last week, making my clover look good.All my food plots are looking good - this is how my sunflowers looked . The corn is the best I've had in my flood pond. This hunting season is going to be a little different. I'm trapping one of these guys.I passed my falconry test and built a mew [home for the hawk]. May be used to hold out of control grandchildren.That's going to be my fall job - catching a red tail and training it to catch rabbits and squirrels for me. I'll also be training my dogs to hunt with the hawk. Yeah, that's going to be interesting.

Keavy

There's no easy way to say this, Keavy lost her life in a plane accident in July. She will be missed. Keavy was a very special person, anyone that knew her had to love her. She was so much fun to be around. I really do thank George and Cindy for bringing her to Bobworld.One thing for sure, Keavy got as much living done as she could in twenty-five years.