Wildlife

Can you spot the deer in this picture? This is the same deer taken from two different positions about 5 feet apart. Wildlife has such amazing camouflage. These pics were taken about 2 blocks from our new home. Being used to Vancouver Island deer, I thought this was a large one, as on the island, the big ones are roughly German Shepherd sized and viewed as large rodents. Daryl reports that this is only a medium sized three point Mule deer buck, called a "mulie" (As in Julie) aptly named due to it's large ears. Sadly, we noticed a tin can stuck on it's back hoof, looking like a cat food tin. While driving away, Karen stated: "hopefully it's tetanus shots are up to date...." while Daryl commented:"hopefully it lives to grow another tine so I can legally shoot it next fall." Sigh....... (sorry everyone, but our freezer is full of deer, elk, moose and grouse. Mmmmmm delicious!)

NECK-AGILITY

So Daryl and I could not get the "Elf Yourself" cards to work. But, for the first time ever, I am going to try to put a video on the blog. When it was sent to me, the video was called the "wooden Spoon challenge." I don't know if I needed to put that in for legal reasons,and this work is not mine or any of my friends, as they are not that dumb...... I laughed out loud when I watched this.

FIRE!!!!!

We got a call this morning from Dan (Daryl's brother) to see if we wanted to get a Christmas tree and have a fire in the bush with friends. Since we are currently living in our trailer, with very little room, we said "no" to the Christmas tree but "yes" to the afternoon in the woods. It was a great day, minus nine, lots of sun and beautiful scenery. In this part of B.C, one can just randomly go out and cut a tree down, in fact while we were by the fire, three other vehicles ,(trucks for you city boys ) drove by with trees in the back, all found on backroads outside of town (which is no more than 5-15 minutes away). Yes...... that's how we do it in "the brook" teeheee.... if Julee and Chris can call kerrisdale "the dale" then we can call it "the brook" haha. We have heard a few refer to Cranbrook as "cranny" which makes me giggle but I think "the Brook" sounds a liuttle less redneck. Here are a few shots and yes, the fire is as big as it looks (taken on our phone because Kar forgot the camera again). Oh by the way, we have closed a deal on our new home. Pictures to follow....