Spring is in the Air

Well, springish.  It is snowing right now.  March is what you might call a diverse month.

Still, birds are whooping it up out there.

  Soon there will be youngsters and green grass.  

'Tis a time to ponder...

The Perils of Updating

 Rant Alert!

I got a new email address.  Therefore, I have been updating it in various places.

  

You'd think this would not be a big deal.  It is though.

Some places just won't allow you to go to their site, find your personal information and edit your email.  So then, you must call.

Calling any business these days requires a major time commitment.  It starts with the heartless computer voice that answers the phone and asks you for information about who you are and what right you have to be calling at all.  Ten minutes later, you're done with that and find yourself on hold.  

Maybe five, maybe forty-five minutes later a human being answers.  They ask you the same questions the computer voice did.  You know, just to verify.  

You tell them you want to change your email.  They tell you they can't do that.  You ask why.  They say something vague, or their accent is so thick you are not quite sure what they said.  You are transferred to someone else.  You ask them if they can help you change your email.  They won't answer until you give them the same information you gave the computer voice and the first person you spoke to...  

Then there's updating your email for your blog.  Stupid technophobe that I am; I did it wrong.  Thinking I'm changing the email a "new improved format" appeared and the blog is gone.  It's a whole new account, a clean slate.  If I hadn't failed to erase my old email or account or whatever, I would not be typing this rant.

For crying out loud, I just thought it was a good idea to update my email.  

Meanwhile, at Bad Dog Ranch

Deer Season is Over

Don't get me wrong, I love the taste of venison but unless we slide into an apocalypse scenario, I am not likely to eat any of the deer that live in my nice big backyard.  

However, many of my neighbors hunt.  Therefore, during hunting season, I wear an orange vest when I walk my dogs.

                         She's wearing that vest again.                            She's so silly.                                

Those dogs have no idea how dangerous it is out here!

Michigan Deer Season:

July 15 – Aug. 15: Antlerless deer hunting access permit application period (mid-U.P. DMUs only)
July 15 – Aug. 15: Reserved deer hunt permit application period

• Liberty hunt: Sept. 14 – 15, 2024      
• Early antlerless firearm: Sept. 21 – 22, 2024
• Independence hunt: Oct. 19 – 22, 2023  
• Archery: Oct. 1 – Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 – Jan. 1, 2023
• Regular firearm: Nov. 15 – 30, 2023
• Muzzleloading (Zones 1, 2 and 3): Dec. 1 – 10, 2023
• Late antlerless firearm: Dec. 11, 2023 – Jan. 1, 2024
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It's a bit safer now, I think.

Yeah, but we ate all the apples off the apple tree...

It's not easy being a deer.