75 YEARS YOUNG

WOW, my dad is 75. If you know my dad, you would never believe him to be 75. He is a wonderful man who looks and acts much younger than his age. He is in my opinion and I'm sure others, the best man in the world. He would do anything to help others. He is a loving man who cares about everyone. He is a great example of a Christian man.

I just want to say Happy Birthday dad and I love you. You are the Best!!!

Is that a KISS or what!

While deer hunting the other day, I happened to notice these two trees that are in love. I must say, I have never seen a tree kiss another tree. Boy they sure are UGLY!

"Hey honey, want a KISS?"

TEN POINTER DOWN

Another MO rifle season is upon us. Roger, Bill D. and I went to the Princeton, MO area to hunt. I was able to harvest this 10 pointer on Saturday morning at first light. Roger shot a big 10 pointer Sunday pm. I haven't seen his yet but will get a few pictures and post.

I was able to get permission to hunt this land by sending a letter to the owner who lives in Iowa on the Mississippi River area. He was very nice and we were able to talk for about 30 minutes by phone. It is so nice to have land owners who let you hunt.

A DAY IN THE WOODS.

I love to spend time in the woods with my bow and camera. I truly love to see God's sun rise and set. Feel the wind blow on my face on a cool day and feel the warm sun shine against my face. The colors of the leaves this Fall were fantastic.

However, the thing I like the best is seeing the animals God created and watch them as they SURVIVE in the wild.

On Monday I was able to see a turkey, six deer and one bobcat. I was able to get my camera out and take a few pictures of the deer and bobcat. Even though they were less than 20 yards from me, they never were spooked by my presence. They could hear the camera click but were never alarmed. If they would have caught my scent they would have been gone instantly. I watched the bobcat chase a squirrel around the big tree and then into the hole you see in the pictures. They are extremely fast. The squirrel lived to see another sunset but I don't know how many more it will have? As the bobcat was chasing the squirrel, a few crows were flying overhead alerting all animals of the presence of danger. Yes they were making that lovely sound I am known for making on occasion. KAW, KAW, KAW -- can you hear me Judy?

Anyway just wanted to share with you more pictures. I passed on the deer as next year he will be a nice big buck. If he makes it through rifle season.

Hope all is well and say a Prayer for Nancy. She is so dear to us all.

Jim

KSU #78 LJHS #78

Like father like son! It amazes me how I see myself through my son. He tackles a lot the way I did. He seems to wrestle them down. As soon as I saw this picture of Brandon, I remembered this one of myself against Nebraska. He has been playing middle linebacker and having a blast. He is playing pretty good too I must say. (COUGH BRAG BRAG) I enjoy so much watching these young guys get better and play so hard. If only I could be coaching them. Enjoy the pictures and everyone else needs to blog once in a while.

9TH FOOTBALL TEAM

Brandon's team is 3-2 now. They seem to be playing better as the year goes on. Thought I would share a few pictures from the game tonight. They won 34-0. GO JAYS!!! Oh..B made a QB sack for 10 yard loss and guess what. I was busy taking pictures of the DB. I didn't know B had come in for the play. I was so upset with myself. So was B. I was able to zoom in on him after the play. So the picture you see above is him on the bottom. It looks like it must have been more than 10 yards.

Anyway, hope all are doing good.

PS. Deer hunted twice so far and nothing. (YET)

SUNFLOWERS

Thought I would make a new post. I came across these sunflower pictures I took back in September in KS. To all you farmers, (none) OK, Kansans, enjoy!