The Buck in the Yard

Noah wanted me to share this photo he took of a nice buck out in the pasture the other day.  (You all know that Noah did not have a good hunting season this year:  he didn't take a single animal).  There is still hope, however, elk season has been extended till the end of January due to the extraordinarily poor hunting season this year coupled with an increase in brucelosis in the elk herds...so keep your finger crossed for him.

Here's another shot of the same buck jumping the fence a few minutes later.  Nice action shot considering this was taken with a telephoto lens & no tripod:

Merry Xmas!!!

That picture just about says it all!!  Wow!!! What an exciting Christmas...can't believe it's come & gone already.  Noah got lots of things to wear (since he never buys clothes for himself).  He got some new shirts, a mad bomber hat with rabbit fur to wear when he goes outside to feed the horses:

And some new toastie slippers:

Buckskin got a new iPod (with the entire Beatles catalog on it), a docking station for her new iPod, a case for her video camera (prompted by the infamous video camera search of a few weeks previous), a weathervane for the top of the horse barn:

(The horses were completely non-plussed), but I think it's GREAT!!  Now I can always tell which way the wind is blowing.  Here's Noah up on the roof installing it for me:

Aren't I a lucky girl?

What else did I get...oh, yeah...a new mic & mic-stand for my basement music room.  Now I can play my guitar & sing loud enought to entertain the entire neighborhood.  Have you noticed  how all the photos in this entry are of Noah & not of me, Buckskin Lily?  Isn't that  handy?  Well...since I'm the one writing this blog & since I didn't look particularly fetching on Christmas morning as I was opening my presents, I simply decided to leave photos of myself out.  I will give you one pic of me opening a Christmas present, just to be fair, but I warned you!!

Well, so much for Christmas 2010.  It was great, but it's over now...nothing but memories & my iPod full of Beatles songs to remind me of the good times... 

Until next time,
Buckskin Lily

(I know...should have used a tripod, but I'm too lazy!!  Notice Alfie in the bottom left stalking the tree.  He thought the Christmas tree was the neatest toy ever...he was NOT happy when we took it down).