New Face in Jonesie's Digs

There is a new face in Jonesie's chair. She took over the garage real quick as you can see.












Mr. H did not last long in The Chair when Missy was around.

The Digs were a popular place during Thanksgiving week.

Hard Water Fishing Season

The hard water fishing opened up for Jonesie yesterday and as you can see it was quite a good day.
I started out on a lake that had a variety of fish in it and I caught one of each except the walleye.

I then moved to a river and caught 3 northern pike. This one is 29 inches long and the 2 that I threw back were over 30 inches. I had 4 flags and caught 3 fish in less than 2 hour's.




The other fish in the pictures are perch. The largest was 12" and the other 2 were 11".

It was cold out, about 7 when I started and only got to 18 degrees in the afternoon.

Thanksgiving Week

The guest of honor decided to return again this year to claim his place. And as you can see the kids enjoyed him as much as the rest of us. We were glad hat you resumed your spot at the Thanksgiving table.









Nana enjoyed the company of Miss Em and Miss Em would run to Nana every morning to get her hugs and kisses.



















The house was filled with 11 people this year and was so much fun with all of the sounds of many different conversations going on at the same time.














The Thanksgiving Menu was as follows:
Deep Fried Turkey
Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy
Stuffing
Pretzel Salad
Baked Corn
Cranberries
Wild Rice Salad

For Desert it was Pumpkin Bread Pudding, Strawberry/Rhubarb Crisp with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream and Coffee.

Thanksgiving Week

It started out with the grand kids checking out the 4 wheeler. Emme seemed right at home sitting on it with her brother.
Evan had made big plans for rides on the 4 wheeler a long time ago. He already has his hunter orange on for safety.







Evan and I tried our hand at ice fishing on Pond X. Fishing was slow as Evan was hoping to catch a turtle or some frogs. All we got were some aquatic insects.














Miss Em had to check out the xmas tree that we put out in the woods. I think it met with her approval as she wanted to return to the tree many times.

Happy Veterans Day

This is a picture of Wisconsin a few days ago but it reminds me of the stories that were told about the now famous Armistice day storm, 11-11-1940.

My Dad told me that he was out picking corn that day. It started out to be in the 60's and it was time to finish with getting the crops in. He said that when it hit, it hit so fast and hard that he had a hard time getting back to the house. He told us that the temperature dropped so fast and the wind started with the heavy snow that he was a bit worried about getting home as he could not see even the direction he was going.

Beyond that, I salute the veterans who have served this country. I think more needs to be done for the people who serve in the military besides a day on the calendar.

Fall Work Winding Down

The last work in the fall is coming to an end. Jonesie finally finished the raised bed that will be for the squash and other assorted goodies next year.
The challenge was the steepness of the yard where we wanted to put the bed. On one end the difference from front to back is about 10 -12 inches. But as you can see on this end it is about 20 - 24 inches. That meant that I had to haul in 5 loads of fill before I even started to put in the top soil.
Now it needs some manure and peat moss then covered with about another 6 inches of top soil and it should be ready for planting next spring.

The Last Hurrah

The last rose of the year. I was so surprised that this one blossomed after the cold weather that came thru here last weekend. Now today it was 74 degrees outside and not a cloud in the sky. They say we will be back to normal, mid 40's, by the end of the week.