We are Not Alone

 Look at this!

The cat is not reacting at all to something flying close to him.  Clear proof that both the cat and the flying object are space aliens!  Not only that.  Some outside power caused the clock on the trail camera to change...

The Thing about Geese

 Having happily kept ducks for a dozen years, I figured I have an affinity for waterfowl and adding geese seemed to be a reasonable thing to do.

Since geese eat grass, they are allowed to free range for most of the day.  The ducks, being smaller, are more vulnerable to predators and are not given the free-range option. 

Geese don't seem sensitive to the ducks' feelings about that, thus the ha ha ha-ha-ha strut.

It's a Badger!

Badgers are not unknown to Michigan, but this is the first time one appeared on our trail camera.

Some Badger Fun Facts:

- nocturnal

- related to the weasel

- dwell in burrows they dig themselves

-  omnivores

Ground Hog Awakens

 There's a little hill where a groundhog dwells.  Each spring when he (or probably she) wakens, she digs a fresh exit from her den under the hill. 

With this opening is an invitation to a male to come in.

After consummation, he leaves.  

Till next year?

The New Duck Pen

 Last spring we redid the duck pen,  

replacing it with a fully covered structure, as arial predators were a real threat with the old set-up.

The ducks accepted their new home.

However, the older gals did some reconnaissance outside the area just to be thorough.

 

As you can see, it didn't take them long to beat down the grass.  

Well, ducks do that.

Ornithopters; they are out there!

 

Here we have visual proof that Ornithopters exist!  

It is surely armed with a camera. We are being watched!

A Sunday Thought

 

The prudent lift thine eyes upward while wearing a wide brimmed hat.

This Just In

 Rarely seen footage of a young flying squirrel's first attempt at flight.

So,

 

I used to worry that the trail camera would show something upsetting, like an owl catching a rabbit.

Now I worry that an alien spacecraft is landing in my yard.

Lily says

 Yesterday I was going to chase a skunk.  Lynn said if I caught it, a long hard bath would follow.

I don't always heed Lynn's threats, but when I do, baths are involved.  

Lily says

 

Bossy people are like dogs who bark at the wind.

Spring is in the Air...

 He's wearing a tie...

He's got a date! 

It's a Fisher

 Finally.  The trail camera caught a fisher!

Lily Observes

 

Some people are like a dog who chews the squeaker out of a toy

then keeps trying to make the toy squeak.

More Lily Truisms

 

He who argues against common sense 

is sure to say dumb things.

Lily Truisms

A person who holds a grudge is like a dog who keeps barking long after an intruder has gone.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

 

Oh, come let us adore Him.

Thirty Years Already?!

 So, it would seem.

We went big last year.  You know, the new furnace.

This year we will celebrate by painting the living room purple!

It's the Most Paranoid Time of the Year

 

Must be mid-November, she's donned the orange vest.  

I heard her telling a group of deer to stay close to the house.

Safety first here at Bad Dog Ranch!

Down Come the Rainbarrels

 The rain barrels must be taken down for the winter.  Frozen water doesn't flow.  My routine is to put them up around April Fool's Day and take them down around All Saints Day. 

These pictures are from August.

Sometimes the trail camera takes pictures of wind.  Rain is a little easier to see.

This runoff bucket is the reason the trail camera was positioned there.  My hope was that the camera would catch the culprit.  You see, every now and then this bucket is found lying on its side.  Who is doing it?  Alas. There are no pictures of anybody caught in the act.  Not even the wind.

Suspects abound.

Ducks like water but it's probably not them.

Not highly likely.

Other suspects:

Unlikely, a bucket is not her style.  She'd rather lick dew off the side of the rain barrel.

 

Maybe

Maybe

Don't know

Perhaps

Possible

Likely

We may never know.