Hangin with my little buddy
Here is a few pics of my little buddy Brandon. He likes: wheels, chips, and watching TV with daddy!
Huge Storm after Dam Upgrade
Well, installing the drain pipes and leveling the dam only lasted a few months. In Aug 2017, we had a day where about 9 inches of rain was dumped in about 3 hours. To make matters worse, with the dam leveled out (and an average of 1.5″ feet higher almost to the end) the pond […]
Can a tradition be canceled?
Answer: yes. When Angela first came to the USA, the first place we ate when we got off the plane was Chili’s. So every year, we have gone to Chili’s on the 30th of June. Instead of plates, our meal was served on metal trays lined with a paper towel, which shredded into a nasty […]
New Truck!!
Got me a new truck today, a 2013 Caddy, and I got it for a song!
HA! this kid…
LOL look what he does when you give him a bottle… is this how he will behave when he goes to college??
Successfully trapped my first beaver!
After almost a month of trying, I finally trapped my first beaver! I wish I would have had a way to weigh him, he had to be a least 40 pounds. It took my buddy Ben and I helping each other to haul him away. I didn’t attempt to keep his pelt, as I didn’t […]
Camp out and Work Weekend
Stayed over night in my tent at Sherman, which is always fun. My friend Vernon helped me remove the rotten wood off the porch of the barn, so in its place I wanted to build a rock ramp, so I could drive my mower up into the barn. Part of this project, was to outfit […]
Welp, we have beavers.
So I was walking along the north bank down in the watershed, and stopped and had to take a second look at the stump I saw. Since I had no experience on the matter, my first thought was nutria. But nope, it was beavers. And so, my life as a trapper begins!
The first (of many) dam repair jobs
Well, it probably goes without saying, owning a pond with a dam likely have pretty continual repairs and maintenance. Mine did, right off the bat. The dam had a gentle slop downwards until it met the waterline at the far north end of the pond. Vehicles coming across has just made the mud hole longer […]
Bought a mower!!
Angela, Brandon and I were down in the woodlands visiting my Mom and Dad, and nearby was a dealer that had a great deal on a 2016 year end closeout. I bought a Bad Boy Outlaw and a utility trailer to haul it on.