Now, Where Was I?

Now, Where Was I?

It's been a while since I've written anything on my blog. I have been busy finishing up the homestead. Got all that done except for one upstairs room. It will be my writing room where random and not so ramdom thoughts will flow and take on life. That will get done this month, sometime.

Right now I'm down in Malcom, IA with my friend Ron and his wife Patty. Came down last Wednesday night to get a last pheasant hunt in before the season closes tomorrow, Tuesday. Thought we would have some snow but that's not in the cards. I like hunting in the snow. It's easier to hunt them when they leave tracks in the snow. And you don't end up spending time where they are not. Thursday we did chores on his farm. Putting bedding down for the lambs, getting the pens ready for them lambs to have their babies which starts tomorrow. He has about 600 head of lambs and they will all have at least one baby and some of them will have, two, three and four babies. Friday morning we went to Kalona to pick up a load of sheep from an auction barn and brought them back for a guy that Ron knows.

It's been extremely mild and most all the snow is gone. I have been trying to give Caity, my new lab, some hunting experience. She has been out a couple of times so far, but she is still pretty young and I have to keep reminding myself how young she is. But its hard when you have hunted behind an experienced lab like Beau. I told Ron yesterday that I should put a sign on her forehead that says, "I'm a puppy, be patient with me."

Anyways, we hunted south of Malcom in Otumwa over the weekend and had a lot of fun with quail and lots of pheasants. We were going to go south to Bloomfield near the Missouri border but made friends with a family and hunted around Agency both days. We didn't see any quail on Saturday but got into them pretty good on Sunday with the help of our newly made friends. Apparently we were hunting too far east, we think.

Today I need to clean the birds we shot yesterday and maybe get a two hour hunt in before noon. Ron has to move sheep and I will probably hunt alone this morning.

My next appointment with my doctor will be on January 24 and I little nervous and excited at the same time. I know my PSA won't be anywhere near zero, but if it continues to decline I will be happy. I haven't been dwelling on my condition lately because in the grand scheme of things, my stuff is minor. When I'm back in Madison this week I look forward to spending time with my best buddy who is having some health issues. I won't go into details here but will bring you "Up To Speed" later.

In spite of everything that's going on life remains good and I look forward to getting up, standing upright and taking in fresh air.

Later