Friday, September 28, 2007

Visitors in our yard

This family has been around a lot lately. I think my Mrs. is making a mistake by letting them be, but it is neat to see. Hope they don't do much damage!


Saturday, September 22, 2007

Daily Picture September 2007

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9-30-2007
A little snow on the peaks last night; about six antelope getting water. Water at 3' 7" at 4:30 pm










a closer up of the antelope on 9-30-2007













9-2
9-2007 Rain from about midnight last night and all day today. No animals. Started water in pond again at 10:00 A.M. about 2' 10.5 inches up about three inches by 3:30 pm. Rain quit about 3:30 pm.









9-28-2007 Windy today, mild in the 70s. No animals and no water level check.












9-27-2007 Blue skies and mild temps. A great place to be. Couple of early fawns and a fox as well as the ten doe (one big buck) herd of antelope came by. Water in pond at 2' 11".










9-26-2007 One lone buck antelope and a fox came by today












9-25-2007 Beautiful day. One lone buck antelope came in to drink. Pond appears to still be going down about 1/2 inch. Don't see the leak.











9-24-2007 Clouds lo
w, normal fall day. No Pond visitors that I saw. Water I think at its low point. Still might have a leak. Water at 3' level.











9-23-2007. Rain most of the day. Didn't see anything at the pond except for antelope tracks.












9-22-2007
Starting this late in the month, but will do my best to post a picture from the same vantage point every day (looking East out our living room window toward the pond with Ross Peak, Bridger Range, in the background). This will serve several purposes: I will have a snapshot of the day's weather, of course here in Montana if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes. I will use it to monitor water level in my pond (this is another story and will deserve a post in the future) and I will use the post to document visitors we see getting a drink. I'm sure I will think of some more good reasons.

Friday, September 14, 2007

What's this all about?

I turned sixty yesterday and decided to give myself a blog for my birthday. I've been thinking about this for a while and today is the day to do it.

I'm going to promote my businesses http://www.4dotranch.com and basically just be myself. I'm a fairly simple, straight forward kind of guy and I say what is on my mind. I always try to be civil and believe you can disagree without being disagreeable. I welcome comments from anyone who plays by the same ground rules. I have lots of interests although I spend most of my day managing my stock portfolio.

My mouse trap business, http:www.issmousetraps.com is the next biggest item on my agenda. My ISS (It's So Simple) mouse trap was for sale on Amazon but their fees were more than could be justified. I don't mean to brag, but this trap is pretty darn good and I don't understand why anyone who has mice and rats that they want to get rid of doesn't try it. I've got the best guarantee ever (with the return of the product and a statement saying why you are returning it, I will refund all your money, including return postage) and you know I wouldn't be doing that if people were returning them.

I need to get on to other things right now. Thanks for visiting.