Yes, I Am Still Here

In my work I spend a lot of time working on a computer. My  computers at home are really showing their age. They have gotten so slow that I can not handle the wait while they try to load stuff. I need to have a good long session with them to do a little tweaking to get them back up to speed. All of this is part of my excuses for my blog fade. Sometimes (most times) I just do not feel like writing. But anyway, let's hope that this is the beginning of the end of my dry spell.

2013 ended well. I fulfilled my goal of taking a deer with my bow, sort of. Paul spent the night at the Farm on October 8. The next morning I put him behind a screen blind behind the house where I knew does came through on a regular basis. Sure enough, in no time I got text from him saying that he had shot a deer. I went to him track it. We found her not far from he shot her. It was a perfect double lung pass through shot. We processes it ourselves.

That afternoon we both sat in the same blind he had been in earlier. Doe deer walked into range and shot one of them. It turn out that I had shot a yearling buck right through the head. I think that he stuck his head up just as I shot at his mother. Anyway, my first bow kill of a deer was a buck, but it was a baby buck. I call him shish kabob. You know, a small piece of meat on a stick. We have had a meal featuring Bob. Trust me he was one tender and tasty woodland creature.

I had planned to retire this past February. However, the half of the Farm not owned by the Locke's became available. We bought 25 acres of it. To do that, I had to delay my retirement until January 2015. It is not what I want to do, but it is worth it to own the land. It's my favorite place to hunt.

The other big event was the birth of Charles Issac Duesterhoft, son of Paul and Diana Duesterhoft. He is my fourth grandchild, as wonder and amazing as any of the other boys. He and his parents are doing well.

That is the recent past. As far as the recent present, we spent a wonderful four days with Tracie and Alan. We spent two days (Thursday and Saturday) at the Houston Rodeo. We saw Blake Shelton and the Band Perry in concert. The other two days we just hung out together.

The near future holds a major adventure for Kelly and I. We have put together an expedition to the Grand Canyon. We are going to hike it rim to rim.We have our backcountry permit and our campsites on the North and South Rims are.reserved. We are gathering our equipment, getting in shape, and planning menus. We are both so excited about it that we are having a very difficult time waiting till then.

So there you have it. A few of the highlights of my life. Let's hope I can do a better job of this blog in the future. In the meantime, enjoy some pictures.