Hawk 3-4-2019

On the way home from feeding, I spied this hawk eating a dead cat. The hawk didn't kill the cat. It was killed a couple of days ago I think by a car since it was in the road. Someone moved it to the grassy area off the road.

I quickly pulled off the road to a parking area across the street next to a park to snap a few pictures.

I put on my zoom lens and began taking pictures as soon as I got out of the truck then kept taking pictures walking toward the hawk to see how close I could get without causing the bird to take flight.

Getting closer

Closer still! This hawk seemed not the least bothered by my closeness.

I hated that the cat was part of the background. It was a bit unnerving too as this cat looked alot like our cat Abercrombie that passed away a few years ago.


I was thrilled to have this opportunity.



Have a good one!

Keeping "The Littles" 3-2 and 3-3

When talking about Kashton and Korin, Vanessa refers to them as "The Littles".  For Kennedy's birthday Vanessa bought tickets to a concert of a young, upcoming country artist by the name of Kane Brown that Kennedy really likes. Vanessa had planned a weekend trip to the nearest concert site which was in Bossier City, Louisiana (March 2-3).

Kashton and Korin would stay with us on Saturday and Sunday night. Neither of them had ever stayed that long. Usually just an overnight. They were so excited.

The weather that weekend was the coldest we had all winter which meant no outdoor play. We played several games and watched some TV. To change things up a bit I thought we would make cookies.

We made Snickerdoodles.

Both kids enjoyed helping with this task!

Kashton is our "lefty" in the family.

Korin putting cookies on the baking sheet.

Kashton was pretty proud of his work!

Kashton doing the finishing touches on the cookies before putting them in the oven.

On Sunday night I made "He-Man" soup. It's very hearty with lots of potatoes, carrots and ground beef. I usually fix cornbread with it. Kashton didn't know what cornbread was! So I let him help me make that and he asked to lick the bowl. Seems he likes it too!

Of course they had the cookies they made for dessert!

After dinner they got ready for bed and we played a matching game. Kashton is counting all the matches he got! He's really good at this game.

Korin and I get a selfie!

Me and Kashton!

And one of all of us!


The kids did really well. We had a great time and made some great memories.


Have a good one!