Northview Diary

They never saw me sitting on the porch taking pics of them, but were driven to run away by the relentless flies. The long lawn is an ...

This story was written on November 7th . However, due to the cloak-and-dagger nature of deer scouting, you had to wait to read it until d...

Probably this guy Of writing chores and Thanksgiving dinner prep we had to clear off the kitchen table. Seems somebody got their first...

We are between beeves right now. Just a couple of packages left from the last one. Next one still out on the hill eating grass.  Howev...

We have been having a lot of sammiches and mac and cheese and the like lately...all well and good, of course. We are at the mercy of an ...

We had a nice little Mugo pine down in the village. Alan bought it for me, and it grew quite nicely. We missed it when we came here, so ...

I sure hope Santa can run. Or that he has some sugar cubes.   Liz was at the sink washing bowls from making cookies and rolls, and I...

About these drab wintry days? I try to write something here every day, but we have been so busy with holidays and deer and deer and holi...

In the stand before the sun came up . Sitting in the cold pearly reflected light, listening, when the sounds began. Clack.  Antler or...

When the deer flies are bad? Why, you get to see a frantic little lawn Bambi, with much ducking and dodging and shaking of ears, r...

Remember the poachers last deer season? The guys who shot the buck in the rump and shoulder after dusk, on our posted property, right ne...

"Gave a luster of midday to objects below...." Yeah, a snapping, snarling little squall dumped a smattering of snow on us la...

Coyotes dragged this set of vertebrae and ribs out in the field , whence I removed them, so they wouldn't end up in the hay mac...

In the driveway. .....as seen from the sitting porch.

Be careful out there! There are a lot more people in the woods and fields than on a normal fall morning. Some of them are not exactly w...

Alan got his dad a thirty-thirty for his birthday. He has always wanted one. He got downright choked up with the boy brought it home. ...

Do click these photos for a better look  On the way home from the farm show yesterday we stopped at a favorite pond that lies just alon...