Happy New Year....Alfred got a Buck!

And I don't mean a dollar bill either! Finally! Deer meat for the Burts! He has usually killed two or three by this point in the season but he just wasn't having much luck. He got him across the bridge on the top of the big hill this morning. Not a very big buck but at least we have deer meat for the freezer now! My sister and brother-in-law are coming over tomorrow and I am cooking them a big dinner of venison and mashed potatoes. I didn't cook any today for New Years but I did fix a big dinner of cabbage, peas, meatloaf and cornbread. Those boys just about cleaned it up so it must have been good! I suppose I'm a bit old fashioned because I love watching my family enjoy a good meal! Especially a meal that I cooked! :)

We didn't do too much today but we did start another brush fire up between the two ponds. After Hurricane Ike, the little pond had so many dead limbs in it from the Willow trees and I've been wanting to try to get them out. The weather was gorgeous this morning so I went out and just sat on the pier, enjoying the breeze. I couldn't stand it and decided to try to get some of the limbs out. I found a long limb that I was using as my tool to grab and drag the others out. Alfred and his brother Dennis came out there and started helping and before we knew it, we had almost all of them out on the bank. It looks so much better now. Anyway, we loaded all of them up and took them to a huge pile we've been planning to burn. I talked Ferd in to burning it this evening and it was a rip snortin' fire for sure! We walked out there tonight around 9:30 and it was still going strong. There is something so relaxing about watching a fire. I could have sat out there for hours. No worries though....it will still be burning tomorrow because there are some really huge chunks of pine that were in the pile.

Well I guess I'd better close for now. My pup is gnawing on my arm and I think he is trying to tell me he's ready to go to bed. Goodnight all and God bless.....