Spring and Easter

Today is Easter. I went to early service (8:00 a.m.). The first service was not very full. I guess getting up that early is hard for a lot of people. Although Spring started on Thursday, it has turned cool. Yesterday I was in a t-shirt and today it was a sweat shirt. I am looking so forward to next week. Paul is off Wednesday through Sunday, while I am off after Saturday. I look forward to getting in the woods and the lakes. The turkey and fish are calling me. I hope it warms up for that week. Well, I have some chores to get to. I hope to post later in the week.

Searching for History

Today my husband and I went looking for daffodils. When going in to the woods, there are several things that you can look for to discover old home places. One is an old well. Those are dangerous to look for since you can fall in and hurt yourself. Another way is to look for daffodils in late January or February.

It is real neat to me to hike in the woods and find the daffodils. We usually dig a few and bring them back to our yard. The daffodils can be found near old wells or large oak trees. I can use my imagination and think how those before us in the 1860's lived. I know that many of the old home places were built around then. The house near where we hunt was build around 1865 and is still standing. In fact, some of the guys sleep in there at night.

Check You For Ticks

Yesterday Paul and I went to the woods. He had a ladder stand that he had built and wanted to take it to his favorite spot. It was in pieces and needed to be reassembled when we got to his spot. The only challenge was that his spot is a 1 1/4 mile in the woods. The path is up hill and through many gullies. I thought that I could haul the rails and seat up the hill. To my surprise all of the wood weighed over 25 pounds. I settled for his backpack full of tools and the platform. We left at 11:30 a.m. and didn't finish the task until almost 5:00 p.m.

It was nice getting out in the woods. It was rather warm for a winter day. You can tell that we have gotten some rain over the last month or so. Many of the grasses are starting to get green. We saw a couple of rubs that bucks had made in October and November. By the end of the day, I was very tired and ready for a long rest!!

What- I have to wear that damn hat again?!!

O.k. my Auburn tigers did horribly on Saturday. I have to wear a Georgia dawgs hat of my husband's choosing next year. Wait until next year. Now we just have to beat Bama. If we don't we will have had a horrible year.

I must recommend to anyone that they get in the woods a half and hour before sunrise at least once a year. It is such an experience. I try to do it a least once a year. While you are sitting up in a tree a half and hour or so before sunlight, all is quiet in the world. There is nothing but darkness. Once the sun begins to arise the chipmunks and squirrels begin to awake and come down from their trees. First you hear the rustling of leaves and then the scraping of bark as they make their decent. The next thing you begin to hear are the different birds awakening. Occasionally before light, you might hear a great horned owl hooting and answering from one of his brothers. As the sun comes up further in the sky, you begin to hear the rooster crowing, cows beginning to moo and cars beginning to go down the road several miles away. As I said earlier there is no experience like it. It makes you aware of your place within God's plan.

I hunted hard all weekend. Up before dawn and in the woods until 11 or noon each day and then back around 3:00 to 3:30 until dark. We came back last night because Paul had to work. I got up this morning and got in the woods about 15 minute before first light. I have not seen a deer from stand all weekend. I froze this morning and decided to call it a week. I might hunt after church on Sunday. After freezing all weekend that tropical department with no air is looking pretty good.

Beat Georgia!!- Sorry honey :-(

Don't I look a mess!! Each year Paul and I make a bet on the Auburn vs. Georgia game. For the last few years, the person's team that looses the year before must wear a hat of the other's choosing. Paul and his friend Scott have decided that this year I must wear the foam dog hat. I, on the other hand last year, let Paul slip by and didn't humiliate him. Next year,(after Auburn wins on Saturday) Paul will have to wear an obnoxious hat!!

We are taking off after work tonight to go to the woods. (Although Paul has been trying to knock some sense in to me and have us leave early tomorrow morning.) At work we have been without air all week. It is rather hot and when we got to the woods it is very cold. Paul is concerned that I will get sick. I, on the other hand, do not want to give up my time in the outdoors just because they can't seem to get the air fixed at work. This happens every six months and it usually takes several weeks for them to fix it.

Vacation!!

This is my last day of work after 11 days straight. After tonight Paul and I will be on vacation. We will be going down to the woods for 6 nights. We are taking Seamus with us. This probably will be the last time he will share the woods with us. He has really dropped the weight, and I suspect that he won't be with us come summertime. I want to make his last foray into the woods and with the family a good one. We are taking a leash this time. He has gotten a little senile and we are afraid that he might wander off and not find his way back home.

I'm not sure if it will just be Paul and I or if the other guys will be down for the week. Last Friday, I had dinner with Paul and the guys. They shared what they did the entire afternoon. They discovered that there is a cone shaped ant hill that contains ants that don't like fire ants. They continued to find fire ants and place them on the hill and watch them attack the fire ants. (Thanks Froug for giving them the idea!!) Men will be such boys, but I do love spending time with them.

I'll post next week when we get back, unless I find sometime during the week.