Guess it's time to update you on all the excitement around this place.
Baby doves have left the nest. 1St 1 flew (flopped ) out of the nest & hit me in the chest, before going on down. Reached for it but it scrambled away. The kid picked it up, it panicked a little at first then settled down. He rubbed its head & back for a while then set on the out door stove. It soon flew off & over the fence.
#2 didn't want to leave, for 2 days the parents tried to push it out of the nest with no luck. On the 3rd day it flew over to 1 of the metal beams, sat for a little while, then flew away,
Rain & more rain all night long. Still sprinkling the next AM. Wow a 1/4 Inch. It did fill up the mud holes in the road. The rain & clouds kept the tempeture down for a couple of days. Down to 42 one night & only 64 or 66 the next day or so.
Saw a cat going to where the quail nest. First cat I've seen here in 8 to 10 years.
Great Dane & another big dog came in the yard couple of days ago. They may be 1 of the reasons it takes over 200# of dog food a month. Some mornings all 4 dog dishes are empty. Was blaming it on dog & Riley, but they are now getting help. Kid is 6+' tall, the dog with Great Dane stood up & put his paws on the kids shoulder, it is as tall as the kid when standing on hind legs.
Is it an Omen??? I don't really believe in such things generally, But.
I had a serial dream 4 nights in a row. Big dog in back yard, It sort of looked dead.
Next night Dog was still there but much alive.
3 Rd night I tried to pet it, but it kept taking my wrist in it's mouth & moving it away.
4 Th night, dreamed a lady came form the pound to get the dog.
What do you think????
How I got to be cop in Tombstone, by going fishing.
Chief of police ask me if I would take the job. Told him no I was going fishing. Didn't really go fishing, just went to dad up in the white mountains. Some how I met him at Beaver Head Lodge. There was a really old tractor there he wanted down on the river at the ranch. Put gas in it from 1 of those pumps that had a glass top that you pumped in the gallons you wanted. The old guy fired right up & away I went. The old guy had seen a lot use, external brake band & the peddles levered over some raised metal on the floor boards. The raised paces had worn away to nothing & there were no brakes. The old thing would only run about 6mph, but red hill is steep, lots of switch backs, with a long drop to the bottom. I wanted some brakes just in case, so I put a couple of sticks don for the pedal to leave over & used them a few times on the switch backs. Think this may have been the first time I ever drove a tractor.
Got back to town about a week later. Went in to see Granddad & he says you got the job. What job??? Your the new night cop. You did not argue with Granddad, just said yes sir. So i became the night cop. All night shifts, 6 days a week, for $300 a month. Midnight till 8am. Was told that I was the only 1 that did not sleep on the job. Fooled them, parked under a street light & sat up and leaned on the window. Think the others tried to hide 7 got caught.
More later. Have I told you about the shoot out with an armed robber???
Jim
