Category: Nature

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…And Soon it Was

The great hunt of 2021!

When I bought my pistol, Joe bought a shotgun.  His first shotgun was tacticool, and to this I unleashed much razzing.

But now properly armed with the correct barrel, he finally shot his first quarry.  Huzzah!

I, however, missed the next squirrel.  3 times.  It was a jumpy bastard.  First time I missed with Big Iron.  I received my own share or razzing for that.

Big Iron

Eventually though…

A 6/7 success rate is still pretty good.  A kill’s a kill.  And despite the miss and the horribly hot weather, a day hunting is still a better day than one at work.

The squirrel itself was tasty, but again the sauce was a failure.  I just don’t think it’s possible to make good squirrel gravy.  Oh well.  Not the point of the trip, I suppose.  Manliness was achieved once again!

–Simon

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Delco 2

3 years ago we went fishing at Delco with the old man.  It was…underwhelming.

Crap…pie?

But this time, things were more productive.  Fishing is unpredictable, I suppose.

Alana’s also older and much better at the mechanics.  Alas, she didn’t catch anything, but the group haul was encouraging.

First fish goes to me, a good ol’ bluegill!
Second fish was Dad’s, a bass of some sort. Smallmouth maybe? There was a discussion.
Third fish was mine, a largemouth bass.
Fourth fish was mine, an even smaller bluegill.
Dad finishes the day with #5, a perfectly respectable bluegill.

A very nice fishing day indeed.

–Simon

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Garbage Pile 2

I have another garbage pile of posts, on account of me being lazy and not posting over the holiday.  So here we go:

Managed to compost all the leaves this year. Hell yeah!
Tried steaming rice in banana leaves. Cook the rice first.
Sister sent us emu meat. Looking forward to trying that out.
We did get some snow this year
The Jupiter/Saturn convergence
Christmas eve dinner
Been a long time since I got a rabbit
More pretentious this year
New Year’s eve dinner

–Simon