The Last Banding of the Season
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 Posted in birding, Family | No Comments »It's been a few weeks since we went, but we just grabbed the pictures from the camera yesterday, and I thought they were interesting. I loved the rusty blackbirds. I'd never seen them before. [photopress:DSCN5524.blog.jpg,full,pp_image] [photopress:DSCN5526.blog.jpg,full,pp_image] [photopress:DSCN5493.blog.jpg,full,pp_image] [photopress:DSCN5510.blog.jpg,full,pp_image]
Sheep Shearing At The Old Homestead
Saturday, December 4th, 2010 Posted in Family, Homeschooling | No Comments »Every year, the first Saturday in December is booked for sheep shearing at mom and dad's. It's enjoyable in kind of a perverse way, wrestling with animals to rid of something they are better off without. [photopress:DSCN5587.blog.jpg,full,pp_image] Here's how they start, covered ...