Five, Count 'em, Five!

 Our resident nesters are the proud parents of five little fluffs! Doing their annual Spring Grind, raising young'uns.

People's Good!

 How far would you drive to adopt/save a dog you have never met? Today we have an adopter choosing one of the hoarding case Schipperkes after driving 1100 miles, and then he will be driving two days to go home. Happy Trails!

Susan has been coordinating adoptions from southern California to Willow, Alaska since late January, and is about halfway through 51 dogs plus 12 pups born to two of the adults. Seven of the original 58 were adopted from the county shelter.  

Dogs will be moving east in the weeks to come. A family is coming from Havre, Montana soon, and three dogs will be making a road trip to Minnesota. We have adopters wanting for Schips up and down the east coast and scattered about flyover country. We are working on transport solutions.

Midwest Schipperke Adoption Application Link

Hiving A Swarm

 Our next door neighbor called, needing help with a swarm of honey bees. I set one of his hive boxes under the swarm and cut the dead branch holding the swarm so I could fold it down. I shake the bees off and into the top of the hive at the end of the video, which was shot by my lovely Susan.

A swarm in May is worth a bale of hay, a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon, A swarm in July, Let it fly!

Weekend Steam: Southern Pacific Daylight

 

Thank You, Merle! Great Suggestion!

Dangerous Red Maple Photos!

 Our neighbor lady took some great photos of the drop and shared them with us today.  Here are my picks!

IT'S GOING! Dangerous Red Maple!

 Our neighbor's red maple was getting more dangerous by the day, with a dead, rotten top, plus many dead limbs. The wind was from the southeast to help us, so today was the day. It was a 44 segment tree, and it tipped with two 1" wedges, minus the saw kerf. So about 1 1/2" times 44 segments equals moving the top over 66" to the tipping point. Susan heard it pop while I was bringing up another wedge, and warned me. Glad she did that! I did not hear it!

Wednesday Windage II: Failure To Fire

 Tim Sundles offers some good thoughts about failures to fire. We shoot bulk 22s of various brands, so we get a few. We have had the firing pin rebound springs wear out on a few guns, Mk III Rugers, and 10/22s, and that will cause failures to fire, and slow burns resulting in stuck bullets. Those tiny springs are good to keep on hand if you can keep track of them!

Wednesday Windage: Dusty Bagged A Turkey!

 Dusty was out early Monday morning and he texted us at 9A to let us know he got what he came for!  We are thrilled of course.  He was out Sunday evening to listen for gobblers as they settled in for the night, and they had all moved half a mile north. A little time the day before pays off when turkey hunting.

Tuesday Torque: The First Motorcycle, 1/2 HP, Hot Tube Ignition!

 Many Thanks to Merle for spotting this gem!

Spring Turkey Season

One of our friends is coming to hunt this week for a gobbler, so of course this evening, NO turkeys were talking around the homestead. Well, they have to be somewhere around here....

Back To The Old Grind!  Photos if he gets one!