Sunday, January 1, 2012

New Years 2012

 This is a Bobcat we saw last week next to the house
It was a pretty good sized cat, but there is even a bigger one out there. Glynda saw a Mountain Lion a couple of weeks ago.
 Go Bears!!!! Baylor won the Alamo Bowl this week!
Greerson waits for his prey
 The hunters return

 Bill and Rhetta check out the Elk
Caroline checks out some tracks left behind by the hogs
 Greerson is prepared to take down a hog or mountain lion if it attacks
Caroline drove the bad boy buggy back to the house

We travelled back to the ranch for New Years Eve with Christa's parents and her aunt and uncle Bill and Rhetta and their daughter Melanie and her family.  We enjoyed soup and a variety of appetizers all evening and played Mexican Train. About 10:30 Caroline, Melanie's daughter was tired so they headed to the house and shortly after Uncle Bill followed since he planned to get up and hunt the following morning. The rest of us finished the Mexican Train game until after midnight and then cleaned up the kitchen and headed to bed. Daryl stayed up and watched the Lincoln Center New Years Eve Concert featuring the New York Philhamonic. They played the dances from West Side Story and Rhapsody in Blue. New Years Day Greerson and Grandpa Woody went Squirrel hunting early and then about 10 am the rest of the gang showed up to go look at the animals. We saw several Elk and then headed back to the house for target practice. Rhetta hit the center with the first shot, she didn't feel the need to continue after that. We had a traditional New Years lunch mid afternoon featuring cabbage and black-eyed peas. After lunch we settled down for a movie while the hunters prepared to go out again.

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