Periodic review of life on Six Acres
by rakeeter 
OK, let’s just call it the Montye moon in honor of Mom’s 108th birthday.
It was a mild evening and Joyce and I had finished dinner when the super moon began to show above the tree line, ideal conditions and good subject for a little night photography. Continue reading “Montye moon”
by rakeeter 
Our weather for the whole week of Thanksgiving couldn’t have been any nicer. The Wylies arrived Monday and non-stop hilarity ensued, at least among the Wylie girls plus Li’l r. Jill and Dave both had to work on Tuesday and even some on Wednesday. Jill’s job is really demanding a lot from her right now but hopefully the frenetic pace won’t continue much longer. Continue reading “Thanksgiving”
by rakeeter Recently while sitting at my desk in my room, I saw a fox lope across the backyard. We haven’t seen any foxes around for quite some time. When I mentioned seeing one to Joyce, she said she and Kari had noticed a lot of fox scat when walking around the place earlier in the day. That may mean there are more than one. Continue reading “Fox trot”
by rakeeter 
We have had hummingbirds around all summer as usual. There is usually a black chin that takes possession of the feeder and drives off all comers and that was the case this year. We also saw the occasional migrant, especially in the spring. Now the resident black chin has headed south and there are several migrants constantly vying for access to the feeder. These are headed south as well but in the meantime they are keeping us entertained. We even put out another feeder to relieve the congestion in front of the kitchen window. Continue reading “Hummers”
by rakeeter 
(Friday, September 22) It was a pleasant morning out at the golfcourse ; a nice breeze, lots of sunshine and only one mosquito, which is now an ex-mosquito. The golf gods were smiling on me and I shot a 7-6-1-1, which in the Keeter scoring system is landing seven greens in regulation, making six pars, one birdie and one hole-in-one. And there was no one around to witness it when that HIO rolled in. Yes, it was a short par three hole. I used a nine iron and didn’t hit it very well but the ball hopped up on the green and rolled right in. It’s not how, but how many, I’m told, and I’ll take it. Continue reading “7-6-1-1”