GARY'S 8OTH BIRTHDAY PARTY

My brother Gary turned 80 years old and we had a little party for him.  It was at a restaurant in Hamilton and was supposed to be a surprise but I think he had gotten wind of it.   Most of the family was there along with some of his friends.  It was fun and all had a good time.  I forgot my camera so Connie had to take pictures.  And she did a fine job!

Gary thanking everyone for coming.

Brenda, Ross, and me with the hat on.  The rest of the pictures are of the crowd.

UPDATE 31 OCTOBER 2019 - THE START OF HUNTING SEASON

Been a spell since I updated the blog so thought I had better get to it.  Not much going on except fall things such as getting everything ready for winter and hunting season starting.  Connie and I traded in the old BMW car for an F-150 pickup that is way to fancy.  I will never learn how to run all the features on this thing!  It even will parallel park itself!  We call it the "town car"!  I will have to take a picture of it and put it on the blog.  Right now it is way to dirty to do that.  We have had some snow and then it melted a little and the roads are a mess.  Consequently so is the pickup.  Now it is just cold.  Single digit cold. But warmth is predicted.

Our friends Ross and Brenda are here for hunting season and Ross got a nice fat cow opening morning.  The rest of the family has not even taken a shot.  Lots of deer around but the elk are in hiding.  We are having a mountain lion problem in our area also.  Neighbor lost 11 sheep and others over in the coal pit area have lost sheep and goats. Over on the lane I grew up on, one family has lost 9 sheep.  We had cat tracks 85 yards from our door the other morning and nephew Doug saw lots of tracks last evening when he was hunting just to the north of us.  Bear spray and pistols are being carried.

Me riding Blu - my new favorite horse to ride.  She takes care of me!

Snow on the patio.

Blu gets her name from her eyes.

Dell watching the sunset.

Snowed hard for awhile.

Cat tracks.

Brenda took the pictures below.  Thanks for sharing Brenda.

Ross with his cow.

Getting the elk cleaned.

The nephews sighting in rifles.