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Missouri by Thomas Hart Benton.
this is what it looks like out here. everywhere I look reminds me of a painting by the this guy. I watched wind currents ripping across rolling hills of knee-high grass while eating dinner with my parents. looked like we were in the middle of a green ocean, with rolling waves that had ripples of currents going through them. beautiful.
Wife and I had the bottom painting printed on canvas. It’s hanging over my bed.
“Fred Bear”, by Ted Nugent.
Deer Season opens on September 15th, and it’s my favorite time of year.
some of my photos taken this deer season.
the two at the bottom are from last night’s moonrise. the colors in the photo don’t do it justice.
I shot a really nice Buck with my bow last night
Happy Halloween!
LOOK AT HOW CUTE MY KID IS!!!
I’m having a pretty good weekend.
The oldest just made a lego jet ski for his Velociraptor. I... I cannot handle how awesome that concept is.
Important Update:
CAPTAIN AMERICA IS NOW RIDING THE VELOCIRAPTOR ON A JETSKI.
I made some walnut racks.
a Bald Eagle landed at the pond outside our house this morning while we all ate our eggs. She got a pretty decent video.
It was a decent sized catfish!
Recurve or Compound?
I use a Mathews solocam composite bow. My last buck was taken with a PSE Dream Season.
My brother in law gave me the Mathews (one of his old bows) as a Christmas gift a few years back. It’s lighter, quieter, and more powerful than my PSE.
I have been making cutting boards out of walnut - my folks know a small business owner that might be selling them, and then I think my Dad is gonna be giving these as gifts to his friends as well.
planted some potatoes and picked some apples with the boys today. I’m feeling pretty good.
the Killdeer is a rather commonly seen bird in North America. people that live in more populated areas might not see them as often, and I wanted to share a video I took yesterday while mowing.
When nesting, Killdeer mothers will protect their eggs by first trying to scare off potential predators. They will make themselves look larger, and advance slowly towards the perceived threat. If that does not work, the mother Killdeer will then drag a wing on the ground and walk away from the eggs. They pretend to be injured and in distress to lead predators away from their nests.
These are her eggs - I made sure that they were undisturbed.
This is the Momma Bird, pretending to be in distress:
If you noticed, the nest was created on the side of a gravel road. And the eggs themselves blend in with the gravel quite well. When the babies hatch, they will be able to run around and fly within a day or two.
These birds are an absolutely fascinating example of evolved survival instincts. And the opportunity I got to film some of that behavior yesterday afternoon was just too good to pass up.
I am sorry if the video is at times a little shaky, and I lose track of her movements at times as well. The birds are rather quick in general - they constantly scurry across the gravel and the lawn.
Anyways, this is just a small snippet of the stuff I see almost every day in what I do for a living. I know it’s a bit of a departure from my usual offering of comic booky goodness, but I figured at least a couple of you guys would appreciate it.
Today’s sunset off of my porch.
fishing at Smithfield Lake today.
