moose, leaf blower and bobcat ~

 

 moose stew

 What a title to my post! lol  Makes you wonder about me some times ~ doesn't it?  Well... like I said, I'm just a gal living the simple life up in the sticks of northern Wisconsin.  Not a lot of frilly, sophisticated stuff goes on around here.  I live 60 miles from the beautiful shoreline of Lake Superior, 45 minutes away in either direction to a town with more than 3 stop lights.  When I say I live in the woods.... I live in the woods! 

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We need to go grocery shopping in Canada really bad... I only have a few quarts of canned moose left.  The last time we went hunting up there was in 2001.  Our moose supply has long run out; but thanks to our friend Mark, he gave me enough moose meat this summer to do up 7 quarts.  I'm guarding it with my life ... and would love to be able to replenish it; but those hunting trips into Canada are so expensive!  There are a few moose showing up in our area; but they're protected by federal law.  I don't think there will ever be an open season on them here.   I think I have to start buying lottery tickets... unless there's someone out there with extra cash just laying around and would like to donate it towards my grocery list ... so I can take a little trip??

It was a good day for stew.  The weather was gloomy and misty rain all day long.  The sun did shine for a bit this morning; but that was short lived.

Yesterday, while it was dry out ~ before today's rain ~ Sam and I finished getting all the maple leaves off the lawn.  Before, we would leave them on the lawn in the fall and hope that they'd blow off; but then it's such a mess in the spring time.  Then for the last 6 years we've been raking them off. Thankfully, my dear friend Porky, gave me a gift ~ an electric leaf blower!! THANK YOU Porky!!! Since he now has the resort, he needed something with a little more power; but it was enough power for me... it took a few extension cords to reach the edge of the lawn; but it was worth it.  What a difference ... it sure does save time and your back and arms from raking. 

Sam even crawled up on the garage and house roofs and did the rain gutters ~ that was right up his alley!

I have a couple more bobcat shots to share:

This one's so close you can count his whiskers!

Until next time...

So it goes in my neck of the woods.

~mel

music~

I have a love ...
   music


I have such an admiration for music.  I always said my name was fitting for who I am; Melody.  What would a day be without it?  I love listening to music.

When I was in high school I was in the band.  I was always thankful for that, even though singing was more my forte... but being in band and learning all the instruments just gave me a greater appreciation for music.  Now it's not just the lyrics and tones I listen to ~ it's also the instrumental that goes with the songs. When I listen to music I decipher each and every note.

Last night I spent some time on my computer transferring some of my song collection over on to my iPod.  I know my computer is on it's last leg and I really don't want to lose the songs that I have collected.  Besides all the hundreds of tapes, cd's, dvd's that I have ... just on my computer alone I have 1853 tracks and on my iPod now I have 1993 tracks.  That's only a small fraction of what I want to put on them yet.

I have notes all over my desk top with lyrics, authors, song names written down that I still want to download.  This is going to be a big winter project for me ... categorizing and burning cd's; but won't it be neat when I'm done... having a library of music ... of my own collection of tunes that I love?

So... if anyone is wondering what to get me for Christmas... hint hint... a stack of CD-RW's would be greatly appreciated.

Where do I get most of my songs? From Frostwire ~ now I know this is a shareware site; and you're taking a risk going on there and downloading, raising your risk of getting a virus on the old computer; but... here's a little trick of the trade for going on shareware sites.

When you download ... designate a file for sharing and ALWAYS download to that file.  BUT... after you download to the file, copy and paste them to a new file.  This new file... do not allow sharing of it.  After you copy and paste your songs into a new file; delete them from the shared file.  Okay... here's the clincher.  You can't be a moocher and not share on a shareware site.  So here's the trick.  Leave a song in the file.  Make it a song that is so common; that the chances are of it being uploaded from you is very very slim.  My song of choice is Happy Birthday.

I have been doing this for years... and it works!  I have never had anyone try to upload from me ... ever. 

Until next time...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel

with respect~

Thank you

thank you

THANK YOU!

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was going to do some online shopping for a new jacket.  I found one ... and it's just what I was searching for ... something furry ... it's faux fisher. 

I hope I look as good in it as the model. lol

Until next time ...

So it goes in my neck of the woods.

~mel