Well here in Illinois, I have all kinds of visitors, Deer, coyotes , foxes, lots of cardinals, paraffin hawks, owls, and rats and skunks, both kind the 4 legged and 2 legged the 2 legged ones we call Politician's
Motie2, yeah we do to but I figured this is a public blog! LOL If there was a contest for the most corrupt politicians I know we would be in the top 3 IL, NJ, and LA! LOL
@motie2 I forgot to tell you; I always thought you took yourself seriously, and now that I see your newest profile pic,... I'm sure of it. ( -10 points)...
At 71, with scaitica since the day after Thanksgiving, I tend to look at the glass as neither half full nor half empty, but, rather, likely to be knocked off the table.
I just told SWMBO that someone on TPL said they thought I took myself seriously, and she hasn't stopped giggling......
@motie2 there's a tobacconist in Ridgewood, last time I was there they allowed Cigar smoking but, no pipes. I never went back there. J&R Cigar sells some tobaccos and they allow the Pipe Club to meet there at their Hanover Store.
Well now I can add another critter to my list of visitors to my back yard. A ground hog. Yesterday I heard some noise in the back yard and assumed it was the raccoons. My wife has a decorative wagon by the sliding glass doors with flowers (all dead at the moment). When the raccoons get rambunctious (eating the cat food) they often bump into the wagon and send it rolling off the concrete pad. But that usually happens in the evening and this time it was mid-afternoon. I glanced out the window and saw this huge ground hog stumbling around, eating out of the cat dish and bumping into anything that got between him and the bowl. He sent the wagon well off the pad. The thing was massive. Big enough to feed a family of four (provided we were starving and hungry enough to eat a massive rodent). At first I wasn't sure what I was looking at until I did a search on the internet and made a positive ID. Now I can add a ground hog to the list which includes the usual rabbits, squirrels, a chipmunk, snakes, lizards, the occasional deer, a family of foxes, a wild turkey, a Peregrine Hawk, and some strange unidentified critter that looked like a weasel.
Residents in Youngstown, Ohio, contacted police after witnessing raccoons standing on their hind feet and flashing their teeth. VIDEO AT https://wapo.st/2GwZurk
@ghostsofpompeii I too have a ground hog in my hard. I THINK he lives under my remote garden shed. Everytime I happen to see him I remind him of his prognostication regarding the early spring forecast. Opening day of home baseball in Philly and it is 47 degrees and windy as hell.
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Venison chili..... Mmmmmm.
Hey Motie, that state called New York, is that east or west of you?
East.... I think.....
And speaking of venison (above)....
The vegans came to protest his restaurant. So this chef carved a deer leg in the window.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2018/03/28/the-vegans-came-to-protest-his-restaurant-so-this-chef-carved-a-deer-leg-in-the-window/
I just told SWMBO that someone on TPL said they thought I took myself seriously, and she hasn't stopped giggling......
Any brick and mortar pipe shops up your way? The closest one to me is south in Metuchen.
VIDEO AT https://wapo.st/2GwZurk
I too have a ground hog in my hard. I THINK he lives under my remote garden shed. Everytime I happen to see him I remind him of his prognostication regarding the early spring forecast. Opening day of home baseball in Philly and it is 47 degrees and windy as hell.