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…which meant I got to play with my pistol without fear of irritated phone calls and also… …I got to spend some time with my favorite boys. These two are the most friendly and laid-back horses I’ve had the pleasure … Continue reading →

Product research is not my strong suit. There’s probably a whole “old stove” community out there. If so, somebody please point me in that direction. I have a very old Gaffers & Sattler propane stove. I have no idea how … Continue reading →

I’ve been rather pleased with myself. Every election is ‘the most important election in history,’ just ask anybody with a dog in the fight. I don’t believe it; I haven’t believed it in a very long time. But you could … Continue reading →

Some neighbors got new batteries this weekend. I’m not familiar with the brand or the type, to be honest. Apparently they’re not very common, since they’re not exactly off the shelf. Check out the build date. Sixteen 183a/h batteries would … Continue reading →

…out my bedroom window. He knew I was there, he looked right at me when I shifted. And to my shock he hung around long enough for me to go get the camera. He wasn’t in a hurry to end … Continue reading →

Immortality, here I come.

We had a nice neighborhood get-together at Ian’s range on Saturday… …and that always leaves Uncle Joel with repairs and adjustments. Only had one broken chain on the gongs, and that chicken wire on the paper target rack has turned … Continue reading →

Storms have drama. Danger. At least a threat of property damage. This was just two days of sudden wet winter. The forecast says no more clouds and that tomorrow will touch 60o. So say hello to mud. I just got … Continue reading →

All summer it rained one time with any real enthusiasm. This sudden spell of weather has hung on for more than 24 hours. It couldn’t really have snowed all night or we’d have more of a blanket – there’s not … Continue reading →

There’s almost nothing I hate more than the official start of winter here at the Secret Lair. Everything above it – and quite a few things below it – on the list of things I dislike involves physical pain. Still… … Continue reading →

I woke up briefly to hard rain on the roof in the middle of the night. Temperature has dropped more than 20 degrees since Midnight, and… Yesterday was blustery with in and out clouds, very typical “weather’s gonna change” weather, … Continue reading →

This should prove how ubiquitous the AR15 has become – my very not ‘Tactical Tod’ neighbor got one. It needed zeroing but neither he nor I could figure out elevation adjustment on the MBUS ‘iron’ sights. I took it home … Continue reading →

Ian came for a visit yesterday, and brought a fun gift… Available here. The Republic of Elbonia became a FW running joke early this year with a theoretical question on one of Ian’s Q&A’s… …and it kind of went on … Continue reading →

Must be migration season: I’ve had no less than five small birds blunder down the stovepipe in the past 24 hours. Two yesterday, and this morning I opened the stove when it was rustling only to find three at a … Continue reading →

So yesterday morning I met D&L to unload a pallet of alfalfa pellets for their horses. We have this down to a science by now; D and I do the hauling while L pulls the sacks off the pallet and … Continue reading →

Some things get bagged up and taken to mouseproof storage. Some bags get taken out of mouseproof storage… I assume all those people with those trendy ‘tiny houses‘ also have big storage units somewhere, because suburban closets are bigger than … Continue reading →

I was in a race with the generator, because if it ran out of gas before I ran out of wood to be cut to stove lengths I’d not only have to add more – only to pour it out … Continue reading →

I had the coolest conversation with Landlady a week ago. You know, I’m getting to a certain age. I feel it in my joints. Yeah, I know I’m not all that old, 60 is the new 50 and all that. … Continue reading →

Tomorrow or Tuesday I’ll cut and stack that pile, and we’ll see what we end up with.

Here’s Oddball Girl in an unusually social moment.