Spent all yesterday morning digging a ditch behind our house to install a French drain. We have a huge hill just behind the yard that diverts all the spring snow melt pretty much right to our house, and yesterday was maybe the last dry, semi warm day to rent the excavator. Took about 45 min to dig the ditch and 3 hours to clear and wheel by hand all the wet clay  off the yard. Was a good workout for sure. 
Today I spent the morning installing drainage pipe and about 4 yds of clear stone, and it rained hard the whole time so the new ditch got “broke in” real quick?. 

On 11/22/2019 at 6:52 PM, Way north bass guy said:

We had one do that to our feeders last year, in December with almost 2’ of snow on the ground. And last week while deer hunting, there were bear tracks all over the place in the bush, I even had one come running right at me. I had to yell at him three times before he finally turned away from me, at about 10 yds. I was about a 1/4 second from squeezing the trigger on that one. I’ve never seen so many bears still awake this late in the year before, especially with the early, cold, snowy falls we’ve had the last two years. 

Some guy got charged with wreckless endangerment in Gatlinburg recently for shooting a bear 6 times. Also ironically at a motel 6 haha. I don’t know the exact details but I feel like when it comes to bears, you should be allowed to use your own judgement. The bear just ran away

After an incredibly dry fall and drawn out fire season full of extended "safety" power outages, we finally got to say goodbye to all of that by going straight to winter last night.

1 hour ago, NorcalBassin said:

After an incredibly dry fall and drawn out fire season full of extended "safety" power outages, we finally got to say goodbye to all of that by going straight to winter last night.

Bet your pups are really loving the white stuff...

When the fish aren't biting you still have to make it fun!  (Look where he's looking - he's 4)

Thanksgiving 1967, Republic of Vietnam. (Photo by John Olson) Over 5000 turkeys have already been consumed by our men and women deployed overseas this Thanksgiving.

15 hours ago, Harold Scoggins said:

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.

Those merriam turkeys are one beautiful bird. They’ve been on my bucket list for years. 

11 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Those merriam turkeys are one beautiful bird. They’ve been on my bucket list for years. 

My buddies limited out on them in New Mexico this spring. They said they were the easiest of the subspecies 

Gonna be a long winter.  Watermark at the bottom is the little woman's photography // Tabitha Kachinski Photography mark.  She took this from the boat.

Lava Butte just outside Bend Oregon.  

Crooked River Gorge near Madras Oregon. 

Today was our last “outdoor harvest” day before everything is covered with snow, perhaps for the winter. As you can see, the garden has a touch of frost on the top. Made for easy picking though, just lift a 2’ square section of “crust” and pop all the carrots out ?. 

A-Jay

Rarely a good thing when we get a heavy, wet snow before the oaks lose all of their leaves...

 

 

19 minutes ago, NorcalBassin said:

Rarely a good thing when we get a heavy, wet snow before the oaks lose all of their leaves...

 

 

Sorry to see that.  

Been there though and before we realized it  we had 4 malamutes and 2 huskies running free in the woods.  Took a while to round them up.  We called it The Great Escape.  USAA covered it.

The fence not the round up. 

A-Jay 

1 hour ago, flyfisher said:

Rub it in why don’t ya. ?

From Black Friday...

You know what they say when you post sunrise/sunset pics  but it beat sitting in the house.  

A family Christmas tree for almost 70 years!

Unboxed my "Major Award" for the holidays. The wife frowns every year at this time when I pull it out from the closet.

28 minutes ago, Harold Scoggins said:

Unboxed my "Special Award" for the holidays. The wife frowns every year at this time when I pull it out from the closet.

Must be Italian. 

2 hours ago, Harold Scoggins said:

Unboxed my "Special Award" for the holidays. The wife frowns every year at this time when I pull it out from the closet.

WHAT!!? Why isn’t that in the window all year long?

 

Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful, And since we've no place to go,

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

A-Jay

Leaving the dock area at Lake Namakagon in Cable, Wis.

Musky fishing October 12th this year on Lake Namakagon.  Snowing, blowing wind and the fishing stunk!

Pixburgh before the snow.

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