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Summer and Bears

I think summer has finally arrived here. Yesterday it was in the 80's and hot and humid. Today is suppose to be the same. There were also rain showers and tornado watches. It's almost like the growing season is a month behind. Somethings in the garden are just now starting grow the way they should be. Like some gourd plants that are really left over last year. They just sprang up so I let them grow. But the corn is still short. And the peas are finally getting peas in their pods. But according to the farmers almanac we are suppose to get snow next month. Everything I think got a late start. Even the wild turkeys. Some of the ones I've seen have some pretty small babies for this time of year. I think the reason for this is because if they had eggs earlier they might of froze from the late frost we got, so they had to start over. People keep seeing allot of bears around the neighborhood. The husband, a couple of times has seen one that he thinks could weigh over 400 pounds. W...

Boring things

It's Summer Time! I will spend this first day of summer at home doing the usual house and yard stuff. The husband will be baling hay. I'll more then likely take him somewhere to eat for Fathers Day after wards if he is not to tired from baling hay. That's my day in a nut shell. Nothing exciting. Yesterday morning the husband and I went for a three mile walk around the block. Saw allot of squished critters on the road. Like snakes, birds, one rabbit, one turtle and one snapping turtle dead on the side of the road. We scared one momma turkey and about five babies. The babies flew in every which direction while the momma ran across the field. I know boring. Momma Phoebe has three babies in the nest. Boy are they growing fast. I suppose that before the end of the week they will be big enough to fly away. I want to try and maybe get a picture of them sitting by their nest before they do fly away. I just wonder if she will have a second batch and if she does will she use the sam...