Jonesie's Digs

Yard Work

Nana and Jonesie were busy on Sunday morning doing some yard work before the rain came. Speaking of rain, last week we had 1.75 inches of rain. I emptied the rain gage this morning before the rain started and so far today we have had .8 inches.

The picture is of one of the colorful leaves we have and it is on top of an old grinding stone. There is also a Lake Superior rock in the center.

Visiting The "B"s"

While on my current job, I was lucky enough to be able to visit MR and MRS B and the two little B's, CB and RB.
While I was there we looked at picture's from the reunion and the CB and RB wanted to see all of the pictures on the computer. Well we looked at some more and I asked CB and RB if I could take their picture and put it on our blog. CB reaction was "am I going to be a star on the internet?" Then she wanted to know how to make her own blog on the internet. Then the BIG question came up. CB wanted to know how much does it cost. I told her 0 and she wanted to get started right away.

Now for RB. He first gave me a tour of the house and showed me some of the Halloween decorations in the game room. He then challenged me to a game of cards. I told him that I was pretty fair at cards but he wanted to play. Turns out he was a much more calculating and cunning player than I thought. In the end it was RB 2 Jonesie 0. The first defeat came at a game of "GO Fish" and the second stunning defeat was at "WAR". He just knew when to hold them and when to throw them.

Busy Weekend

Nana and Jonesie had a busy weekend, for us anyway. It started on Friday when PJP came over and we left to go to Hayward to meet for lunch with MJB and PAB. We met at the big Muskie and went on a tour of the Fresh Water Fishing Museum. As usual my luck with batteries continues. I was going to take the first picture of the day and discovered that the battery in the camera was dead.

After the tour we went to Famous Daves for lunch. It is set on Big Round lake and we had a window seat overlooking the water. The view was nice and the food and conversation were also very nice.

Nana had framed some pictures for MJB and after the exchange we headed home. The leaves have started turning color and it was a very colorful drive. We stopped in Cumberland for a chocolate covered dairy queen.

On Saturday we went to a weeding for one of Nana's coworkers. I told her we had to leave by 6:30 because da Badgers were playing and were on tv. Well we didn't leave at 6:30 but did get home in time to See the second half of the game, in which da Badgers won!!!

Deer Report:
Friday night There were 9 deer walked by me while I was in the tree stand. There were 4 adult does and 5 fawns and they are still walking in the woods.

I went out looking this morning, I didn't take a bow with, and saw nothing until I was leaving the woods when I looked to my right and there stood a 6 point buck watching me. He was a 1 1/2 year old but still fun to see.

Fall Fishing

The feed gag was on today for Large Mouth Bass and Northern Pike. I caught 13 bass from 10" to 17". I also caught a 27" pike. He will be good for dinner tonight.

It was cold out on the lake, 48 degrees and a stiff southeast wind, but the fishing was great.

Fall Photos

Here are some pics that shows fall is on it's way at the farm.

Back In Business

We are back in the business of putting up photos thanks to Mr. H getting e 2 chargers for the laptop computer.

Here are some photos of Nana And Jonesie on the farm.

We had hard frost here over the weekend and a lot of the plants are now toast. Today is a good day to start getting rid of them and get the gardens ready for winter.

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Farm News

Sorry folks no pictures. My laptop charger is DOA. A new one is ordered and expected to arrive on 9-13.
So until that happens I will update you on happenings on the farm.
Nana and Jonesie volunteered to help out a neighbor while they are vacation this week. It is to watch after his farm. His farm consists of about 80 sheep, 3 llamas, 2 mules, a bunch of Muscovy ducks, and about 30 chickens. Plus inside and outside cats.
Our job is to feed the cats then go give a treat to 3 lambs in a shed, put food out for the raccoons. Next we have to walk around and make sure no sheep have their heads caught in the fence. The next job is check on the chickens, collect, wash, and set out the eggs for sale. On Monday I collected 4 dozen eggs. They are quit expensive. He sells farm fresh eggs for one dollar. At the farmers market they sell for 3 dollars. Pictures to follow.
Today Jonesie had surgery on two teeth which didn't make him very happy. The endodontist though gave him some nice drugs to take after. He took one and slept for 2 1/2 hours.
Then it was back to the farm to catch 4 chickens that escaped the coop. They were formidable opponents but all of them were safely returned to the roost.
Now I have to leave for California on Thursday so Nana will be on her own taking care of the neighbors farm.
Tonight, when returning from the farm, I saw 4 deer coming out of our woods and into the hay field across the road. Nana said she had just seen them by the pond.
Nana works tomorrow and I am off to California.
More news to follow.

A Sunday Walk

On Sunday morning, Nana and Jonesie went for a walk in the woods. Two cats followed us all the way. On the way back Katie got so tired she just laid down and didn't want to go any farther.

The fall mushrooms are in full swing right now, but don't try them unless you are really sure about them.

Fall Is In The Air

We did some harvesting over the weekend. The potatoes were dug and the beets were pulled.

As you can see, E and Em kept Nana busy most of the time we were in Portland. As usual, Evan was always the helper for Nana when times got rough.

Lilly Hosta

I was just informed by Nana that this is a Lily Hosta and it blooms at this time of the year. But it is still the last hosta before the snow flies.

Flowers

The flowers along the walkway started out slow, but with a little help from Nana and Jonesie, they came along fine this year.







On the far right is the last hosta to bloom in Jonesie's rescue garden. This photo was taken 9-8-07.

test blogging

This is a test of Jonesie blogging from Portland.

Here are two great shots of us at the beach with our grandkids E and Em.