Coons, Doe & Fawn, Oh My!

Now, isn't this a sweetthing!

Received some more cam pics from Dave in Indiana. At the top is a cute one of a fawn. Below Dave has the Doe saying, Hey, that's for my babies! He said he may have to go and grab his rifle and go sit in the woods....got to figure if it's legal or not though....by his count, they must have brought all the kin.

New Site - Runnin Wild Outdoors

Over the weekend I went by to visit Justin's Great Wild Outdoors blog and he had posted about, Picking Up After Yourself When Enjoying The Outdoors. One of the comments made was from Frank, who is very new to the hunting blog world. He said that he had just posted about the same thing on his new blog, Runnin Wild Outdoors. In checking out Frank's blog, I saw that he lives in Alabama and loves to hunt, fish, camp, hike, eat and just relax in the great outdoors. I left him a comment to encourage him to become a part of our Outdoor Bloggers Summit. He said that he would love to post the OBS badge on his site and goes on to say that he has seen the badge on other sites and was thinking of looking into it. He soon checked it out and liked it, but said he does not know what to expect when he tries to join some of these communities. Please go over and give Frank our support and a very warm welcome and wish him success with his new blog in our hunting community. Charming, Just Charming!

Life in Today's Church

Old Cemeteries

It seems that one of the newest crazes these days is going around to various cemeteries and reading and/or copying various epitaphs.

A truly Happy Person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. And, one who can enjoy browsing old cemeteries - Here are some fascinating things on old tombstones!

Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York:

Born 1903 - Died 1942

Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the

car was on the way down. It was.

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In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery:

Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no

place to go.

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On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in

East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia:

Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. Only The

Good Die Young.

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In London, England cemetery:

Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived and old Maid

but died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767

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In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery:

Anna Wallace

The children of Israel wanted bread, And

the Lord sent them manna. Clark Wallace

wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna.

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In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:

Here lies Johnny Yeast....Pardon him

for not rising.

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To a Uniontown, Pennsylvania, cemetery:

Here lies the body of Johnathan Blake.

Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.

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In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:

Here lays The Kid

We planted him raw

He was quick on the trigger

But slow on the draw.

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A lawyer's epitaph in England:

Sir John Strange

Here lies an honest lawyer,

and that is Strange.

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John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne,

England, cemetery:

Reader, if cash thou art in want of any,

Dig 6 feet deep and thou wilt find a Penny.

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In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England:

On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went

out of tune.

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Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls,

Vermont:

Here lies the body of our Anna,

Done to death by a banana.

It wasn't the fruit that laid her low,

But the skin of the thing that made her go.

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On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket,

Massachusetts:

Under the sod and under the trees,

Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.

He is not here, there's only the pod.

Pease shelled out and went to God.

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In a cemetery in England:

Remember man, as you walk by,

As you are now, so once was I

As I am now, so shall you be..

Remember this and follow me.

To which someone replaced by writing on the tombstone:

"To follow you I'll not consent.

Until I know which way you went."

Victim of Plagiarism

Marian's Hunting Stories, etc.,etc.,etc.,

My friend Albert Rasch of Rasch Outdoor Chronicles came to my site and left a comment to inform me that my June 25th post had been ripped off without due credit. I had never had this to happen to me before so did not know what to do about it. Today, Albert has written a Part I post called, Protect Yourself From Plagiarism with some very helpful tips. One of the tips was to link to a related post and unfortunately I had not linked at all on this particular post. Albert has now located the person involved and it's scammer/spammer Mark Osterhold (aka) Wayne Rommel. I really appreciate Albert's effort in trying to help some of us OBS bloggers that became fallen victims. Albert is now on a mission...so please go over and read his blog to see what you can do to protect yourself and your blog material.

More Fawns, Does & Buck

Received these pictures today from, as Dave puts it, his "urban" deer. This is only one of two woods where his cameras are set up. The guy at the top looks like he was really posing for his picture! Charming, Just Charming!

Fawns

Houston, we have achieved

"fawnage!"

Not the best pictures yet, but many more will follow...Dave

I received an email from my Indiana friend, Dave, on July 3rd of some more cam pictures of new fawns. Imagine his surprise when he saw the fawns in his great outdoors!

Square Watermelons???

Steve sent me this email the other day on square watermelons and thought I would share it with you, if you have not seen it already. We know that round watermelons can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator and usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves. Some smart Japanese farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape by inserting the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine. I would say this is Charming, Just Charming!

Dumb Buck

Check out this video - This is what happens when you rub on a swing!

Vicksburg's 4th Of July Fireworks 2009

This was the scene last night of fireworks being shot off from a barge located in the Yazoo Diversion Canal behind the Levee Street Depot. The crowd was estimated to be close to 9,000 people by the Vicksburg Police Department officials. The Krackerjacks (Party Band of the South) performed music to dance by and to enjoy. Bob and I did not make it this year because he was not feeling up to it. I watched the PBS (Mississippi Public Broadcasting) TV station of fireworks at The National Mall in Washington, D.C. They had The Jersey Boys, Aretha Franklin and Barry Manilow to name a few, for entertainment. It was really enjoyable. (Picture courtesy of The Vicksburg Post)