Deer Season Part II

Deer season in SE really winds down in mid-September when deer leave the alpine areas. They are pretty secretive and difficult to hunt until November when the breeding season starts and bucks begin to get less wary. I've been out a few times the last 10 days or so watching for the rut to kick in. We had our first snowfall last Friday which helped me identify an area with a lot of deer activity. The first tracking snow of the year is always a fun time to be in the woods. It's like reading a book if you know what to look for. I slipped back into the area at first light yesterday and lured this mature buck in with some calling. He came in fast and determined and gave me a pretty easy 10 yard shot. It was even more exciting to see how interested Autumn was in him. She liked petting dad's deer. I've got high hopes...

Caption Contest

There's got to be some creative ideas out there for this picture....

Official Baby of Major League Baseball

With the World Series in full swing, I've been encouraging the girls to watch. Autumn has been telling me, "I like baseball." I can't tell if she really does or likes that bed time this week has fluctuated with the 9th inning. What else...

Cedar: loves her cabbage patch doll. Wants to stand all the time now. Says "be-be" over and over. Bucks wildly when happy. Is a yeller.

Autumn: loves riding her bike. Serenades us constantly. LOVES swimming and went down the slide on her tummy yesterday. Memorizes entire books after just a couple readings.

For more pics of the two of them, visit flickr.

Autumn Quote of the Week

"I haven't tried pot."

Amy and I each got selected to take part in a nationwide health survey. A surveyor came to the house and administered a computer based test to each of us. Later that evening we were discussing the various topics and questions in the tests. You gotta be careful what you say around a two year old parrot.

Flickr Update

More photos and video at flickr.

Applesauce Anyone?

Stick with it to the 34 second mark.

Recent Autumn and Cedar

We went on a family blueberry picking mission last Sunday. We got enough for Amy to bake a pie. Autumn was about as close to nirvana as I've ever seen her. As her eyes rolled back in her head she would just whisper to herself "mmmm, booberry pie." It was so good we had it for breakfast the next day.

Cedar is really digging the solid food thing.

A couple nice bucks from a recent hunting trip.


My parents requested more pics of Autumn and Cedar together to make it easier to pick their most current screen saver picture. Happy to oblige.