Friggie Died

My renter called me about 8AM and told me that Friggie was lying out on the hillside behind the house and she looked to be dead. I went out there and she was peacefully lying on her side like she was asleep. I had let her out the night before about 10:30. It was a cool night and they all wanted out to go hunting. Any, I went over her body completely and there was not a mark on her. No sign of blood or stress or anything. I assume she died of natural causes--maybe a heart attack or stroke when she was climbing up the hill. I called Erik and he and W.T. disposed of the body.

Feb. 28 Weather Report, Soddy-Daisy,TN

after viewing the family weather reports: snow ass deep to a giraffe in Michigan,dust storm from Hell or Texas, here is my weather report from S.D. Sunny, temperature high 74 degrees, birds singing, crocus blooming, daffodils blooming, trees swelling with the blush of new buds. Spent a good part of the day in the hammock watching the vultures, hawks, and yes even an eagle circling. Bought some onion sets and plants for my renter/indentured servant to set out. It is a hard life if one doesn't weaken. Momma O's birthday would have been today. She would have been 88. If I live as long as she did I have about 22 years to go. If I'm going to be rich and famous I guess I better get out of the hammock and get busy. Keep on chugging and flying dear siblings.

winter wanderings

O.K> Here goes. The day after it snowed, W.T. and I went to the Dollar Store aSale Creek to pick up a few things. Then he decided he wanted to go up on the mountain there at Bakewell where we used to cut firewood. I was driving , the roads were clear, and the truck thermometer said it was 38 degrees outside. Wehad an uneventful drive up the crooked, narrow road up the mountain however; when we got up on the mountain into Hiwassee Land Co.'s pine plantation and on a gravel road the road was icy and the temperature was 29 degrees. I drove out safely but I don't plan any trips up on the mountain until Spring.