Foxes in the Field

One day last week, my Mom, my Aunt and I were visiting in our living room, and my Aunt was looking out the window and saw two foxes. They seem to have made themselves a home in the side of the hill on the edge of our field. I've been watching them and trying to get a good picture, but since they are so far away, and my camera lense is only so big, this was the best I could do. You can click on the photos to make them larger, but the quality isn't perfect. I bought a lense doubler today, so next time they are out, I'll see if I can do better. I tried going out and walking a little closer, but they got frightened and ran away. These shots were taken out my window - just don't tell Ralph I had the window open!

Ralph and Marvin

This is a picture I pulled up for Ralph today of him and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. For those of you who don't know boxing, Marv was a big time boxer back in the day, and hubby did some boxing locally back in his day. (This is where you hear the Boss sing "Glory Days" for hubby). Ha ha! Anyway, Ralph met Marvin last year when our fence company, Allenfarm Fence Company, did some fence work for him. After the work was done, Mrs. Hagler brought out a tray of goodies for them to munch while they talked boxing. Before Ralph and crew left, Marv posed with him for a few photos.

I didn't take the photos, but whoever did used my camera! LOL

Tagged Again!

It's a good thing I have photos stored in several places, because I've been tagged, yet again! This time Kimmy tagged me! I went to another photo storage area to get this 6th folder, 6th photo. It is was taken last July at my family reunion.

For the last 80+ years, (I can't remember now, exactly how many) my family has held a reunion every July. The two ladies in the photo (Ida on the left, Angie on the right were also at the very first reunion, as little girls. The first reunion was held to celebrate their grandparents' 35th Wedding Anniversary. Every year since, we bake beans in the ground and make coffee on the grill. Each family who comes brings food to share and we eat and visit and talk family history. When everyone is done eating, we have a meeting and determine who is : Oldest, youngest, traveled the most miles to attend and we make plans and a date for next year's gathering. When all of the "business" is done, we hold a "Scotch Auction" where wrapped surprises are bid on and purchased without first knowing what is inside. It's always good for a few laughs when some of the "treasures" are discovered. Just for fun, I scanned in a copy of the photo from the very first reunion.

Since I have been tagged so often, I'll leave it up to all of you, if you want to continue with the game. Thanks for thinking of me, Kimmy! Here's how to play:

Here are the instructions:

1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.

2. Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder.

3. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture.

4. Tag 6 other people that you know or don’t know to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog or an e-mail letting them know you chose them.

Since it was such a grey, gloomy day here in Central Maine today, I thought I'd post some fun spring pictures from last year. I took these on one of my morning walks. At the end of our street is a turn-about, and one of the neighbors has a beautiful creeping phlox garden up by the street. I now call it "The Bunny Garden". This particular morning, there was about 4 or 5 of them popping and hopping all over. It was so funny! I was able to take a few pictures before they hopped away. When I got home, I found this black duck wandering in my back field. I had never seen a black duck before, and thought he was funny. I think he was looking for our neighbor's pond, but like most men, wouldn't ask for directions!