tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12091067565274741772024-03-21T09:03:04.016-06:00PapaCoyote's JourneyAn accounting of some ventures in the life of grandma and grandpa for the kids, grandkids, friends and those who drop by for a visit.PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-9696884708427140562011-12-01T22:03:00.004-07:002011-12-01T22:09:03.970-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vvrS-TL48ArxRdgELleQfHdYwt3vH24E8FGZRVB_JzbIJMaNst4YKsBTTLKLJ3R6AVfbLqjVO1JDsB34TJ4KeB53jUqAIQDSH9PMlsOIUzPqV0RYcu-xgOYIBKb2f30Ssl3r2nJ1VoEa/s1600/IMG_4001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vvrS-TL48ArxRdgELleQfHdYwt3vH24E8FGZRVB_JzbIJMaNst4YKsBTTLKLJ3R6AVfbLqjVO1JDsB34TJ4KeB53jUqAIQDSH9PMlsOIUzPqV0RYcu-xgOYIBKb2f30Ssl3r2nJ1VoEa/s320/IMG_4001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681393625431816930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAAWjHx3f6l6B0TMtfub-IUrtaNR523Z_UqGAqT5lAtnqrHA_5ehyaeLjKAasFwnYi1LJyO7FYhLHghVMwSBz68AjRonFVjWsDuolYF76RzNjbAeFekgvJi-8G5TirqyfEVjO65uG9Ojh/s1600/IMG_4000.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAAWjHx3f6l6B0TMtfub-IUrtaNR523Z_UqGAqT5lAtnqrHA_5ehyaeLjKAasFwnYi1LJyO7FYhLHghVMwSBz68AjRonFVjWsDuolYF76RzNjbAeFekgvJi-8G5TirqyfEVjO65uG9Ojh/s320/IMG_4000.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681393391863824978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6kJ0ORokhBsjqnpr2DdmXLpMuCv7IsaNsLitZS06gTQzDamcnvJzRva45zRW6weVNqrfV0lmaYO8CoP2UXmz0SoMxeHvzzyvG0BkCtR9fc2bwsFOD6OSO0bIjjn8nVw-sxC-77so6Cr-/s1600/IMG_3999.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6kJ0ORokhBsjqnpr2DdmXLpMuCv7IsaNsLitZS06gTQzDamcnvJzRva45zRW6weVNqrfV0lmaYO8CoP2UXmz0SoMxeHvzzyvG0BkCtR9fc2bwsFOD6OSO0bIjjn8nVw-sxC-77so6Cr-/s320/IMG_3999.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681392391139296690" /></a><br /><br />Pile of oak leaves that I had to move outside the fence and burn. Got the job done just in time because the next day winds hit forty miles and hour. I would have had those piles of leaves all over the yard again. I sure could have used some grand kids to jump into these pile. I raked just as many leaves in the front yard the next day and got those burned just in time.PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-80164076703808453302010-08-19T19:51:00.020-06:002010-08-19T21:00:23.665-06:00Entertaining Grandson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImaZyBfBOrURXzWdxuoAqpsjjypi6Qlq1SMXjhGCtRq0CCAZ-IGmhyihBt3NZxST16ae4qO6eTSHtiLgzXfFk826hfVnDCC6tv4j8rVE68-4OYRyUZL3_gJCqaeBL-__1zfDlmk9lC6UV/s1600/IMG_1889.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImaZyBfBOrURXzWdxuoAqpsjjypi6Qlq1SMXjhGCtRq0CCAZ-IGmhyihBt3NZxST16ae4qO6eTSHtiLgzXfFk826hfVnDCC6tv4j8rVE68-4OYRyUZL3_gJCqaeBL-__1zfDlmk9lC6UV/s320/IMG_1889.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507319953793794690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK63LYWnE3IGR_g3qaI45-Zh2vReQJ1jkWLq5lu6Y8KbDHXOG2JMM07XkTBM4wKKvZBCo9aoVWEUEtuabLROQh-Bt6lEhxrKq58rExB79ssjk1XttvSBKRfbe4WwN5Z4YMPGR5p5LQbbXJ/s1600/IMG_1886.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK63LYWnE3IGR_g3qaI45-Zh2vReQJ1jkWLq5lu6Y8KbDHXOG2JMM07XkTBM4wKKvZBCo9aoVWEUEtuabLROQh-Bt6lEhxrKq58rExB79ssjk1XttvSBKRfbe4WwN5Z4YMPGR5p5LQbbXJ/s320/IMG_1886.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507317209244668066" /></a><br /><br /><br />K's parents had to make the difficult decision to "put down" Jake, the family Golden Retriever, who has been a part of the family since before K's grand entry into the family. That was hard, but they are dog-sitting a friend's dog, Lucy. Lucy is as old as K. 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTkL62wVwtrq0a-RiVjG2deFMuBT5g1B3mk1jDBlb_QIuOIdc7z7J9ROYFOAJL7sB-uKibPyeL158ne5MPpBtx7APQm1RjNX7UYKO3_cOyPibLHC420Qm7cPRPjcJ9TN3a1YGOH8u7dpS/s320/IMG_1861.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507308723177439746" /></a><br />M and K waiting to drive a car at Wahooz in Boise. J and I had a good day watching these cousins play. I played a couple rounds of mini golf with them. The kids can't beat the wiley coyote, but they played pretty well. We had fun.<br /><br />M caught six smallmouth bass. These were the two biggest that we kept. The larger one was the second bass caught. The other was the first bass. He had the first fish on in about two minutes of having dropped the worm to the bottom of the reservoir. The bigger fish pulled really hard. In fact the smaller fish gave M about all he thought he could handle. He was not so sure that he could land the bigger fish, but he kept with it and got the job done. Pretty exciting. We will have fried fish for breakfast tomorrow along with fried potatoes from the garden.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28HLnPS2FL9OfBoXAqUhKy6lGLCbCU_ezjndBJrAZffNkvVIlgmbxPKikyzOpvl-nuXAQw9M783ofqxBfcRYzOMA92-Dlgdxowh7whHqZrfPzEEvCqb7etpwgfGuvgLuTYnH3MgljU80Y/s1600/IMG_1896.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28HLnPS2FL9OfBoXAqUhKy6lGLCbCU_ezjndBJrAZffNkvVIlgmbxPKikyzOpvl-nuXAQw9M783ofqxBfcRYzOMA92-Dlgdxowh7whHqZrfPzEEvCqb7etpwgfGuvgLuTYnH3MgljU80Y/s320/IMG_1896.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507306817633870562" /></a><br /><br />Looking into Hell's Canyon from the Visitor's Center located below the Hell's Canyon Dam. We spent Thursday afternoon fishing from the docks and dodging the big jet tour boats when they came in to dock. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QgLw4d1X7I6vXFjUNfjmWCt-5-rqKpuFcXLirfMk4hLErCLvhmzAobphDy1N1HoFc_-etLJmqgyUDCeuLVN52O9X4sHZcnbexJKTgnNaMKQzr9EQM0gKQY-HcMsJsHKE7M1O_RmFRjAc/s1600/IMG_1894.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QgLw4d1X7I6vXFjUNfjmWCt-5-rqKpuFcXLirfMk4hLErCLvhmzAobphDy1N1HoFc_-etLJmqgyUDCeuLVN52O9X4sHZcnbexJKTgnNaMKQzr9EQM0gKQY-HcMsJsHKE7M1O_RmFRjAc/s320/IMG_1894.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507305580055129874" /></a>PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-3443655595147023452010-07-30T22:43:00.007-06:002010-08-01T07:17:25.200-06:00An Oklahoma Fishing ExperienceA few pictures of the Oklahoma fishing experience. Read more below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYGrgvidKCZLkBIg8-wjRyCB_hDHPJGq5SLKmOZXIEF9TzfzqSqnaR1UEZ7pUfx1gMC_4YQdCDIfAdRC6zBrRBZb1pHtZdQ492i78hi3X9G5IIjrqHCNBpK2jO6K6vUv5FnVpwsH3ezA2/s1600/IMG_1709.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYGrgvidKCZLkBIg8-wjRyCB_hDHPJGq5SLKmOZXIEF9TzfzqSqnaR1UEZ7pUfx1gMC_4YQdCDIfAdRC6zBrRBZb1pHtZdQ492i78hi3X9G5IIjrqHCNBpK2jO6K6vUv5FnVpwsH3ezA2/s320/IMG_1709.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499942793213106642" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5djDcnzoL8QSj4foCZU8Qnl9nFULE2vTdCAIwHYuAuQtyen84ZlFL6xEmYf2x7CGyhJb_m_42j15QSmdWDZOj06lEVNXUuJU2l76c_x4CNX4urhyphenhyphenukzb6F4Wjjxgwup9SOROqo6Hyrcu/s1600/IMG_1707.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5djDcnzoL8QSj4foCZU8Qnl9nFULE2vTdCAIwHYuAuQtyen84ZlFL6xEmYf2x7CGyhJb_m_42j15QSmdWDZOj06lEVNXUuJU2l76c_x4CNX4urhyphenhyphenukzb6F4Wjjxgwup9SOROqo6Hyrcu/s320/IMG_1707.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499941100130786066" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjVqv1WaHiMBsQ2B-J9rdsOp4jXkJJGT0fIUaZovwmR-G6OB1rCuL8GABQjlMg9USKhu1bijW-xAEerLCxElzcT3apNCb03P-4xOf54XA6KCip81jqNNTtKbjI7tGZSCF_kkudu-P0hbo/s1600/IMG_1701.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjVqv1WaHiMBsQ2B-J9rdsOp4jXkJJGT0fIUaZovwmR-G6OB1rCuL8GABQjlMg9USKhu1bijW-xAEerLCxElzcT3apNCb03P-4xOf54XA6KCip81jqNNTtKbjI7tGZSCF_kkudu-P0hbo/s320/IMG_1701.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499928692606860082" /></a><br />Black Bass caught with spin cast reel and rod on The Grand Lakes of the Cherokees.<br />The guide was Tony Coatney. I enjoyed my four hours with him. He is a very knowledgeable bass fisherman.<br /><br />My story. Several months before making our trip to Missouri and other states in the neighborhood, I went online looking for a bass fishing guide on the Grnd Lakes of the Cherokees in the NE corner of Oklahoma. I contacted by e-mail a Dempsey Guide service. In a few days I had a response. So a date was set. His wife did not ask for a down payment. Months went by without contact, so I called. A few days later I got a return call and the time was set for six in the morning on the 20th of July. He would pick me up at the marina at the resort I would be staying at (World Mark, or the former Shangri La). Still no requirement of a down payment which is the usual <em>modus operendi</em> of guides. Jane and I arrived at the resort and checked in the day before the fishing adventure was to begin. Since there was no marina at the World Mark Resort as there was on the Lake of the Ozarks where we stayed in Missouri the night before, I decided I had better do some scouting so that I am at the right place at six in the morning. I get information that the marina is about a half mile away. I visit there and talk with the owner of the marina. He tells me that Dempsey is not welcomed at this marina and that I should be hiring Tony. He also tells me that Dempsey is not a bass fishng guide, but a paddle fish guide. He calls Tony immediately and puts me on the phone with him. Am I feeling like I have walked into a territorial fight here? uh huh! Tony says Dempsey is not to pick up clients at this marina and that he knows he is not suppose to do so. I called Dempsey, but as usual, he doesn't pick up. I eft a message that I was canceling the trip. I arrange to go with Tony Coatney who charges $50 less and is reputed to be the best guide on the lake. He even had his own TV show for eight years I found out later. Go to his website: http://www.grandfishingwithtonycoatney.com/<br /><br />While visiting Tony's website click on his picture section and you will find a picture he took and posted of me with the bass I caught. Pretty cool!<br /><br />We started the morning fishing for sand bass. I caught a few. Hooked a big catfish that I broke off. Tony was cathing more, and bigger sand bass than I and he caught five or six nice size crappie that went about a foot long. They have to be ten inches to be legal in Oklahoma. Ha. We would hardly ever keep any here in Idaho with that rule. <br /><br />Oh, yeah. It was seriously hot in Oklahoma. Tulsa had heat indexes of 106 while we were there. A few days it was even higher. We were about an hour and half drive from Tulsa. The temps were in the mid-nineties and the humidity was in the mid to high nineties. That is some kind of hot for a Western boy. We spent a lot of time in the condo or the air conditioned car. I did tour the Cherokee Museum while there. It was a good experience. Jane passed on that adventure. <br /><br />Later, <br />Papa CoyotePapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-47983717599774693782010-07-30T20:04:00.011-06:002010-07-30T22:24:09.500-06:00Pictures of some Family Members.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG7AKotiw69bO5BC42rrkZ-9c0IxLlq_sxDh8LLO3ydI_LflAdCymlB2-onrEPsVlTOh4AvLtCiOrq4Uu_08enRYkoI6fUYmhgVKB9aNQ4HUkAU6Io7kZeoqK6M0AFChlqTm6rZtnRgWw/s1600/IMG_1426.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG7AKotiw69bO5BC42rrkZ-9c0IxLlq_sxDh8LLO3ydI_LflAdCymlB2-onrEPsVlTOh4AvLtCiOrq4Uu_08enRYkoI6fUYmhgVKB9aNQ4HUkAU6Io7kZeoqK6M0AFChlqTm6rZtnRgWw/s320/IMG_1426.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499920891936731234" /></a><br />A view of Couer d' Alene Lake. Hard to take a picture that does justice to the lake. It is big.<br /><br />The following pictures were taken at a birthday party for Uncle Bud Stockton. I am late posting these, but I guess, better than never. Several members of the family were missing due to a conflict with some graduation parties for Ashley Eachon, Doug's daughter (Doug is the sone of Marilyn Stockton Eachon and the graduation of Mariah, the daughter of Patti Hamilton, the daughter of Sylvia, the daughter of Leah, the daughter of Roy Stockton (bd 1885).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGfdc-MYRo6vrdHZSnWEVmbMjza-BQfy4ne_XYqdA1jqRkrDf9yKAv1CGnPdXP8bAz9z5LP2X43EUkH73ADC1oKmI4nuY7ZEmZ2wKZIrNmGOcVSeNat8BYAbsaVvVL6BdG4JxXOwSsRuf/s1600/IMG_1447.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGfdc-MYRo6vrdHZSnWEVmbMjza-BQfy4ne_XYqdA1jqRkrDf9yKAv1CGnPdXP8bAz9z5LP2X43EUkH73ADC1oKmI4nuY7ZEmZ2wKZIrNmGOcVSeNat8BYAbsaVvVL6BdG4JxXOwSsRuf/s320/IMG_1447.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499916265391714754" /></a><br />Robert "Robbie" Eachon, son of Marilyn Stockton Eachon, daughter of Roy and kellie Stockton, daughter of Dean "Bud" Stockton<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadJKIIrd7yJiUF4mIF_nWOhDawQJTkDcgRzNIjnzGcaNZL-Hh6Wdb723ER6-7KboifLH3aXGQcoXMERThWsmwFZdIz-bXV-tsWQv3cEjHX_VYampzTFngb5vwSIbn_jpZhtptEgEUutQi/s1600/IMG_1444.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadJKIIrd7yJiUF4mIF_nWOhDawQJTkDcgRzNIjnzGcaNZL-Hh6Wdb723ER6-7KboifLH3aXGQcoXMERThWsmwFZdIz-bXV-tsWQv3cEjHX_VYampzTFngb5vwSIbn_jpZhtptEgEUutQi/s320/IMG_1444.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499912897791180722" /></a><br />Tim Stockton, son of John and Gen<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAb2b7iLLZeiMuxk2AHm_W9g7KAdXr19TjzbmXXv2-JfKVuzy7v5eLJu46vtk-yDAhYA54E70TLtQqwKzsj7SvOoB6rZb-P466kqn__tuYbcr65DFv2SlZonLWl6N8MKND4I1Vp8KXGMLP/s1600/IMG_1440.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAb2b7iLLZeiMuxk2AHm_W9g7KAdXr19TjzbmXXv2-JfKVuzy7v5eLJu46vtk-yDAhYA54E70TLtQqwKzsj7SvOoB6rZb-P466kqn__tuYbcr65DFv2SlZonLWl6N8MKND4I1Vp8KXGMLP/s320/IMG_1440.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499910582093599826" /></a><br />Ken Stockton, son of John and Gen Stockton<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KBerkPG3p1CDczSrHjJvy6EG_uCslyf-a-MRsj6HJlj64uK3esfFV36qbCz8kJ6i99FdZ6LQkS56ICFttQkp9tC2xFdN-m44wyOMLzozs6igmwe5sAsQcsEa6YOkhDU3SXUya8MLtpqT/s1600/IMG_1442.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KBerkPG3p1CDczSrHjJvy6EG_uCslyf-a-MRsj6HJlj64uK3esfFV36qbCz8kJ6i99FdZ6LQkS56ICFttQkp9tC2xFdN-m44wyOMLzozs6igmwe5sAsQcsEa6YOkhDU3SXUya8MLtpqT/s320/IMG_1442.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499906674238672674" /></a><br />Marge, daughter of Gene Stockton, the oldest son of Roy and Gen Stockton the widow of John Stockton, son of Roy Stockton<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj24at7rigqQ7NPI0CM64HT4XDpeJhwveRkQVFc1UtREHzAbelu1lKgK7fkifjZqn7aI28efPE74FxoyjKAgdITFT5up-keuVFLA7byRvjxzLFLubhO2X5W-RgmbQ3Dfg34bUSLQWScWaB/s1600/IMG_1450.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj24at7rigqQ7NPI0CM64HT4XDpeJhwveRkQVFc1UtREHzAbelu1lKgK7fkifjZqn7aI28efPE74FxoyjKAgdITFT5up-keuVFLA7byRvjxzLFLubhO2X5W-RgmbQ3Dfg34bUSLQWScWaB/s320/IMG_1450.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499898795123709138" /></a><br /><br />Cindy Stockton Gordon and her husband. Cindy is the daughter of Frank and <br />Shirley Stockton the son of Roy Stockton.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfjJV7s75WZa_02mP62DcuaCf0C0yGyoBJOJwc4Yl4aLA5ok7zbzxZ_tkOz7R8y50qTREBsLgBmZQOPHAdpiSUdu3tlarcnxn2rWv2GAhiO831g8m3udceOn2i92QT9ZFGKQHSavp2KOq/s1600/IMG_1451.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfjJV7s75WZa_02mP62DcuaCf0C0yGyoBJOJwc4Yl4aLA5ok7zbzxZ_tkOz7R8y50qTREBsLgBmZQOPHAdpiSUdu3tlarcnxn2rWv2GAhiO831g8m3udceOn2i92QT9ZFGKQHSavp2KOq/s320/IMG_1451.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499888593969306162" /></a><br />Brenda and Dean "Bud" Stockton on Bud's 78th birthday dinner held at Templin's in Post Falls, Idaho on June 19PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-38510156038752916312010-06-29T19:59:00.016-06:002010-06-29T22:49:28.888-06:004-H Day Camp for 10-14 Year OldsThis morning the Indianhead Fly Fishers taught six young curious wannabe fly fishers how to tie a woolly bugger and how to cast with fly rod and line. A brother and sister from Spokane were visiting Grandma and Grandpa and were happy to have a chance to join in on the 4-H day camp. Thanks to Melissa for arranging this day camp for now the third year. I should have taken a close up picture of their flies, but I was busy helping one of the young tiers. Many thanks to Perry who led the class. He is truly a master tier. He also tied a beautiful Woolly Bugger for each of the campers. <br /><br />We did not have much success catching fish at the pond. Spencer had one on and lost it. That was the grand sum of our success. He was happy because he outfished his sister. He said it was his secret competition. Sorry, Spencer for letting the cat out of the bag! The trout are showing signs of stress as the pond heats up. The F and G did drop a truck load of bass and catfish in the pond. A twenty inch catfish gave quite a thrill to an older gentleman who hooked the cat. He had no idea the catfish and bass had been dumped into the pond. He was used to catching the 9-10 inch rainbows, so when the cat took off on a fifty foot run, he was flabbergasted. <br /><br />Sorry not to have pictures of the youngsters fishing. Again I was busy like all the other Indianhead Fly Fishers working with the youngsters as they learned to cast a fly rod. <br /><br />One young camper, Hunter, told me how much fun it was to learn something new and how he looked forward to finding a fly rod and reel. I told him have Mom and Dad keep a watch on Craigslist.com.<br /><br />If you click on a picture you will enlarge the picture.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC8huCvpAdUc7CGDci5dnJgW3tZzI01CyOrYNchZDDq9hzy3ze5GvF9MEGy7fNzYeUXF_cs-gMuZKZUdnSpuYiYC0SXSgCmbYTg4EkcI1hyaAcjCmdSgkheey9WNVnmglTGv1KSuquihb/s1600/IMG_1452.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC8huCvpAdUc7CGDci5dnJgW3tZzI01CyOrYNchZDDq9hzy3ze5GvF9MEGy7fNzYeUXF_cs-gMuZKZUdnSpuYiYC0SXSgCmbYTg4EkcI1hyaAcjCmdSgkheey9WNVnmglTGv1KSuquihb/s320/IMG_1452.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488418151379933314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p4rj_Rbt8GqlSRqH4Sb3Sr5hR64N14Ciy2ycEAO5GaGKh99uahAANi3d0o-TfLqY5z7YfAFj6HfxLXji9PHI4sjUbwIGckUJTQdimEF84NVQEjq6YJjCHEpkD2DhpWZm5tirllKL7XQD/s1600/IMG_1453.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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Kids and fathers had a great time. I think the moms were enjoying themseleves as well. After all they are an integral part of this father gig. Thanks to all for making the day so much fun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jM81c7qGqLHlnVmuxRMhkG2lUGTcMK7zCc3_IfKXN2waeZ1dqf54lGp3VAsRUMasdrZug8WV5zwFpCq7i0-T5ktMBRQyhJFBauJxkOwMhXeZOtQK9J7uJOvS2JeJRGE8cJMh5eKoiLa9/s1600/IMG_1418.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jM81c7qGqLHlnVmuxRMhkG2lUGTcMK7zCc3_IfKXN2waeZ1dqf54lGp3VAsRUMasdrZug8WV5zwFpCq7i0-T5ktMBRQyhJFBauJxkOwMhXeZOtQK9J7uJOvS2JeJRGE8cJMh5eKoiLa9/s400/IMG_1418.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488045151161291922" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKM5x5UAs_UoR8jAdnvtXbUF9-tO9W5gQNBWDorbUTXgiXWi8S4yMvNTvrhOtxl1JMtZ8f2ou933jWn5fBkVKblhw1Vk6hLV-gFGTyW3Rav-B-kkgiCr_W8H8wntoSNiAjB6qp7rrdh-Pt/s1600/IMG_1414.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKM5x5UAs_UoR8jAdnvtXbUF9-tO9W5gQNBWDorbUTXgiXWi8S4yMvNTvrhOtxl1JMtZ8f2ou933jWn5fBkVKblhw1Vk6hLV-gFGTyW3Rav-B-kkgiCr_W8H8wntoSNiAjB6qp7rrdh-Pt/s400/IMG_1414.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488043578684648706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21k6JEU7QbW70dJf-_QmaO8WgLkonLpo0mGV9dgZukS0cSkOLmPxo7mDdmTFd1OQ0Wj-GBXfyfa8e8-seKJ9A19wQddhHd6-pQQe7JXRpLeOWnesxgUMPQKUmmSbtHA399w49IGBR0nr_/s1600/IMG_1409.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21k6JEU7QbW70dJf-_QmaO8WgLkonLpo0mGV9dgZukS0cSkOLmPxo7mDdmTFd1OQ0Wj-GBXfyfa8e8-seKJ9A19wQddhHd6-pQQe7JXRpLeOWnesxgUMPQKUmmSbtHA399w49IGBR0nr_/s400/IMG_1409.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488042950994821714" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccRiB3h2DUwPMAvXGg-glWgtK_WzqbRO6QSIx66rNGAimJcblA-rY9O7ZDSKf9zb65n7oHMd2ZRRMQwizTovOdfQf7yky7oBGWu3nh4mnVhwvMPesZffSnRQu1YXil1kM2H9jYsj9Vxsi/s1600/IMG_1410.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccRiB3h2DUwPMAvXGg-glWgtK_WzqbRO6QSIx66rNGAimJcblA-rY9O7ZDSKf9zb65n7oHMd2ZRRMQwizTovOdfQf7yky7oBGWu3nh4mnVhwvMPesZffSnRQu1YXil1kM2H9jYsj9Vxsi/s400/IMG_1410.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488041442635590626" /></a><br />Sometimes one has to experience modern technology, e.g., the digital camera from a kids point of view to truly understand the importance of the invention. Remember standing in front of the mirror making faces when you were a kid? Digital pictures makes the experience even better. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KBP-o4QjgkOz37nUxu7-gX242NMO8QJa91igps31lkgmBqjD8TExLB6Wc2dMUsFGdA1o_L3r7Z9qwC_zUrgNbAIr6q6w383DtN6eO5222BSeQLQl_ersmfHFlMroATbEt1MWrL4xY-Y0/s1600/IMG_1386.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KBP-o4QjgkOz37nUxu7-gX242NMO8QJa91igps31lkgmBqjD8TExLB6Wc2dMUsFGdA1o_L3r7Z9qwC_zUrgNbAIr6q6w383DtN6eO5222BSeQLQl_ersmfHFlMroATbEt1MWrL4xY-Y0/s400/IMG_1386.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488040218106445458" /></a><br />What is for dinner??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj443t8rM3cei9Y8nCrx3fb6He6G6PGKK-XDI_xa6vaERGx-SYObNTOedLkP5cWTGQPapzLOXNon7V9OKxugNOctel6Uh0wVdZopqypUxzYfRQcMqtTpJ6g3eHYEoHDXfjs-eXthZcVQmFX/s1600/IMG_1407.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj443t8rM3cei9Y8nCrx3fb6He6G6PGKK-XDI_xa6vaERGx-SYObNTOedLkP5cWTGQPapzLOXNon7V9OKxugNOctel6Uh0wVdZopqypUxzYfRQcMqtTpJ6g3eHYEoHDXfjs-eXthZcVQmFX/s400/IMG_1407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488037816038732706" /></a><br />Brother and sister<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSycDQlMLbbkCtFZfz8_NQ0vPEIILZrazoIEZ9NGBwvgrveNf4ynsxKPpyLKaTOv8uDfKk5tujh3HIFRRCLSMlNdaWqTUFAHestv_W-ize7B8dbxss1ZViUHbtfcHgE1RNZey2HtbXB38Q/s1600/IMG_1404.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSycDQlMLbbkCtFZfz8_NQ0vPEIILZrazoIEZ9NGBwvgrveNf4ynsxKPpyLKaTOv8uDfKk5tujh3HIFRRCLSMlNdaWqTUFAHestv_W-ize7B8dbxss1ZViUHbtfcHgE1RNZey2HtbXB38Q/s400/IMG_1404.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488036492477269090" /></a><br />What wonder this rain! Why do these silly grown ups run in from the rain when the rain is sooooo delightful.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWpGItRGCIij8HejnpxMsUOx3Ds_Sk4ztgytUZGKloLxkrF43B_DKK9-jL2p1cC5fzF1KUZLLRegWXxs0SDKl3lSYZEU1Jadp3S2P0tpe3NbLyNC36HkAr_lmnpvmNht4o3l39-aghpDY/s1600/IMG_1387.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWpGItRGCIij8HejnpxMsUOx3Ds_Sk4ztgytUZGKloLxkrF43B_DKK9-jL2p1cC5fzF1KUZLLRegWXxs0SDKl3lSYZEU1Jadp3S2P0tpe3NbLyNC36HkAr_lmnpvmNht4o3l39-aghpDY/s400/IMG_1387.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488035236257829874" /></a><br />Contemplating the days gone by?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuW6olcxp-BIB2IM4zR9mOQ06I0krGpYFxO08qmnq0VDc8c806aakoDWPu3-f58dYcHNg_K6RNqafixJKh6PBQ3eCk1liimAbuLNTYYD_a6G0vbrr1G1ViuOkXQxLp952Ju0QKcOWfdYR/s1600/IMG_1399.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuW6olcxp-BIB2IM4zR9mOQ06I0krGpYFxO08qmnq0VDc8c806aakoDWPu3-f58dYcHNg_K6RNqafixJKh6PBQ3eCk1liimAbuLNTYYD_a6G0vbrr1G1ViuOkXQxLp952Ju0QKcOWfdYR/s400/IMG_1399.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488032465738378994" /></a><br /><br />Roasting some hot dogs and pocket pizzas over a campfire.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDU1PJjnxcI5tYi-LB5V8eHMltIOr0wU2SgmBno4j2VkglENA_Q3F9aDPLYwV9F-4635W1pNN34gfGLzy2w_gv4H5rt-qVnVX2GwNz6tT4fYzHco6mqpCEgJLWisgsMtnyqEVu-HDNvwf/s1600/IMG_1391.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDU1PJjnxcI5tYi-LB5V8eHMltIOr0wU2SgmBno4j2VkglENA_Q3F9aDPLYwV9F-4635W1pNN34gfGLzy2w_gv4H5rt-qVnVX2GwNz6tT4fYzHco6mqpCEgJLWisgsMtnyqEVu-HDNvwf/s400/IMG_1391.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488030704458704002" /></a><br />The two Papa's on Fathers' Day checking out the fire.PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-48023528049546639282010-06-20T10:11:00.003-06:002010-06-20T10:47:50.873-06:00Thoughts on the Perfect Engineer<strong>Happy Father's Day! 2010</strong><br /><br />If our legacy is what we leave to our children and grandchildren, then what will be our legacy?<br /><br />I am thinking American society here, not individually. <br /><br />And how can the sum of the parts, ................?<br /><br />Reading Troutbirder's latest entry inspired me to go through some pictures taken this spring while on a Oyster mushroom hunt and write about nature's wonderful engineer. Native American people held the beaver in high regard for his wisdom and work ethic. Duh! Oh, yeah, most native people did not differentiate between people and animals. They are all part of the whole and have their importance in the Big Picture. Some how our people have not comprehended such a basic concept of survival.<br /><br />You can visit Troutbirder at (http://baron-troutbirder.blogspot.com/)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4suSj6hHIR9D1dGjDQJgHCzyvHcKQ0q6cogKHesh0YB4LjFCBlSnGEQWfdW27nUOv6QfAwKWAslbcba9MjNJHBakbe_66Mq8BzXhQL5UU6OaYHVinYYO38FgIw4EG3WfiDaRYPxvOFcn/s1600/IMG_0766.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4suSj6hHIR9D1dGjDQJgHCzyvHcKQ0q6cogKHesh0YB4LjFCBlSnGEQWfdW27nUOv6QfAwKWAslbcba9MjNJHBakbe_66Mq8BzXhQL5UU6OaYHVinYYO38FgIw4EG3WfiDaRYPxvOFcn/s400/IMG_0766.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484891563848170898" /></a><br /><br />This is some of the damage done by our local beaver or beavers. I have yet to see them at work. They have placed a dam on the slough that runs near our house. These poplar trees that have been chopped down are up to sixteen inches in diameter. A few winters ago I was exploring through this area and realized that there were several trees partially chewed through. Evidently, a beaver has to spend a few days cutting down a tree. I had recently read a book about a fly fishermen who was attacked by a beaver and suffered some life threatening cuts to the leg by the beaver's razor-sharp teeth so I was a bit edgy thinking of a sudden attack by the local beaver whose territory I was sloshing through. Then I hear a rustle that increased in loudness. Geez! I thought I was under attack. But, it was only one of those partially cut through trees falling. The branches brushed against me as the tree crashed to the ground. Wow. That was close. So when prowling through a beaver's territory on a windy day, BEWARE!<br /><br />Mari Sandoz in her book about the history of the beaver trapping and trading industry tells of a beaver dam reported in Canada to have been over 2500 feet long. Now, that is some serious engineering and a lot of steady work. Maybe even teamwork. They are a marvel. <br /><br />Incidently, if anyone is interested in Mari Sandoz' book on this subject see (http://www.amazon.com/Beaver-Men-Spearheads-Empire-Bison/dp/0803258844/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277051506&sr=1-10). I have to say that she is not the very best of writers so reading through the book can be a bit of a struggle sometimes, but the information is well worth the effort. <br /><br />Hope all you fathers have a wonderful day. Enjoy your families. My wife cooked a wonderful breakfast. The day is starting well.<br /><br />Yeeeeoooooowww,<br />Papa Coyote loves you allPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-52701014081316556062010-06-14T22:39:00.009-06:002010-06-15T10:40:50.702-06:00Strange Find by Bryan<STRONG>Ever see a fish that looks like this?</STRONG> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMQTFySTqEy48zH2bEYcrcD5gwRY3CIqT7i8zSCrFA_bQF7B5WhLHepaWq-eRINR-_QzHtZsD5B9HR8qZYCg-XASLmWFjEk_evshlYtqmXQyJtQBoQTOkVdULSv4QcNwb920U-vyHOE8G/s1600/IMG_1153.JPG"><IMG style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482863924085142466 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMQTFySTqEy48zH2bEYcrcD5gwRY3CIqT7i8zSCrFA_bQF7B5WhLHepaWq-eRINR-_QzHtZsD5B9HR8qZYCg-XASLmWFjEk_evshlYtqmXQyJtQBoQTOkVdULSv4QcNwb920U-vyHOE8G/s400/IMG_1153.JPG"></A> The fish at Bryan's feet was frantically trying to get out of the lake. There was a pretty heavy duty thunderstorm creeping over the Owyhee Mtns. toward us at the time. Seems as though this is standard behavior for these fish when the baromoter takes a sudden plunge; hence the name Oriental Weather Fish. Some people like to keep these fish in their aquarium because they forecast storms. They are of the loach family. <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoI-3ObxcA5IG06u3FoiNR8hYvB-mhCMPuYgkLGRCY6eBld3DzE9pLX-bBlI409aPJF3lLFa8nR1IhrGtjCb5nsmhnxHNxihTBYoM6gMN2gyb6PBKw4EjWnJGWpBEv8nW-t2Jq2sZ-qpoD/s1600/IMG_1149.JPG"><IMG style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482861214709531042 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoI-3ObxcA5IG06u3FoiNR8hYvB-mhCMPuYgkLGRCY6eBld3DzE9pLX-bBlI409aPJF3lLFa8nR1IhrGtjCb5nsmhnxHNxihTBYoM6gMN2gyb6PBKw4EjWnJGWpBEv8nW-t2Jq2sZ-qpoD/s400/IMG_1149.JPG"></A> Bryan and I were fishing on the shores of Halverson Lake (http://www.canyonco.org/parks.aspx?id=846) when Bryan looked down and saw this weird looking fish. He was thinking that he may have seen his first Snake Fish. We collected it and I brought it home to identify. I called Mark Sands, our area conservation officer, and started to describe it. He finished the description. I asked him if he wanted to see it, but he said no. He knew what it was but could not think of the name off hand. He called the state office first thing the next morning to get the name. He said that Charlie Daniels had found one in the drainage ditch across the street from his house four years ago. They are now throughout the lower Snake River valley. They most likely have been dumped by owners of aquariums who are moving and have no one to give their fish to so they dump them in some nearby body of water. These fish manage to survive and can grow to 20 inches. They are natives of Asia and Africa. The Idaho F and G is not too worried about them because they don't compete for food with our popular game fish. In fact they probably provide a meal for bass. The loach is an edible fish, but then so is the carp. I talked to Charlie about his finding of the fish. He said that he put it in a jar and took it to a regional public meeting held by the Fish and Game. Turns out that he was the only citizen to attend the public meeting. His fish caused quite a concern at that time because our fisherery people had not seen an Oriental Weather Fish in Idaho waters yet. <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuG8f9nRR5q_0f2WFkjm7LDQJQLx2-iXjwKkYLIM8T8i0YegKO5spoj9oTewv_v95QQGTzcn-G3c7270JrHdfd4hBho4IRw8JIVHWBmqXKnxaxQdtpMAgM2sXu43N6Q7kSNFDhaECalGd6/s1600/IMG_1147.JPG"><IMG style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482857957322763890 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuG8f9nRR5q_0f2WFkjm7LDQJQLx2-iXjwKkYLIM8T8i0YegKO5spoj9oTewv_v95QQGTzcn-G3c7270JrHdfd4hBho4IRw8JIVHWBmqXKnxaxQdtpMAgM2sXu43N6Q7kSNFDhaECalGd6/s400/IMG_1147.JPG"></A><br /><br />For information Google "dojo loach" or "Oriental Weather Fish"<br />http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/loaches/DojoLoach.phpPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-57191828312328148132010-06-13T11:22:00.017-06:002010-06-13T12:49:20.864-06:00Barbara and Millie's Birthday CelebrationWe spent the afternoon at Barb's celebrating Millie and Barb's birthday. Just before we got there Millie's ten year old son had his fingernail partially torn off. That resulted in a trip to the local Doc in the Box, but William did well with the injury. Halibut, Bryan's salmon that he caught in the Boise River, steamed clams and hamburgers were had for dinner. Lisa and I even managed to beat Chris and Jason at a game of Corn Hole. I think the underdogs got lucky. I left immediately after claiming victory scuttling any chances of a rematch. 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She had to take several breaks from the kiddie swimming pool for a handful of grapes.<br /><br />I did a pretty poor job of getting pictures of all the participants. My apologies if I have offended anyone. I was tired that afternoon and not functioning on all four cylinders.<br /><br />Got to go and see what I can do about cleaning up the pond. Truly a yucky job. Oh, and smelly, too.<br /><br />Papa Coyote LUAPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-17261819418743810502010-06-12T23:30:00.008-06:002010-06-13T00:24:17.704-06:00Busy Saturday at the Community Pond for Free Fishing Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuNghVdu_Ioyf4BpVu7cSjqx0GjT6gFRwf_L0wAUfcwET0vPLES44aKR5uWY0NUiskyNrDBADBYQnUIiq9BSXuL7gdQeYRc9SJiGszrl1psxO1V1s4NQfViRJsC4MvcnPYrY0PueBOKLx/s1600/IMG_1369.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuNghVdu_Ioyf4BpVu7cSjqx0GjT6gFRwf_L0wAUfcwET0vPLES44aKR5uWY0NUiskyNrDBADBYQnUIiq9BSXuL7gdQeYRc9SJiGszrl1psxO1V1s4NQfViRJsC4MvcnPYrY0PueBOKLx/s400/IMG_1369.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482138615166761106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VRCFWxGWtMz1Oh1GtK3Thg0-CAXX0E_KCDsIFizQz5yCi-tBl8uAFt-mbO3oK9tWt8MVn6OvRQfwfSmxrPg7c-TxmxKMP063HbauLPDWKLWLB09sQGplFjghbYKPgEd-sQoEBd6Llv-9/s1600/IMG_1368.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VRCFWxGWtMz1Oh1GtK3Thg0-CAXX0E_KCDsIFizQz5yCi-tBl8uAFt-mbO3oK9tWt8MVn6OvRQfwfSmxrPg7c-TxmxKMP063HbauLPDWKLWLB09sQGplFjghbYKPgEd-sQoEBd6Llv-9/s400/IMG_1368.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482136929320844738" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xDKbT2dC9bjSo6GXCET8DsqHdjo5kP7iSQne1BMxdzt3hXuJF_g0qjiEI5Aa0YjMRIXrNmTUmi04jrO8oTIDe0LfgCNjnPxMh83fQai4SC2tpJiKKuPmC9uzf91eri9tF4BH6TdSbZOS/s1600/IMG_1367.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xDKbT2dC9bjSo6GXCET8DsqHdjo5kP7iSQne1BMxdzt3hXuJF_g0qjiEI5Aa0YjMRIXrNmTUmi04jrO8oTIDe0LfgCNjnPxMh83fQai4SC2tpJiKKuPmC9uzf91eri9tF4BH6TdSbZOS/s400/IMG_1367.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482135297511021090" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAc5zyT6DA8PZ_b8sOxXQ8UQc04MyPCQLyla0CewbXyPFE-8GEb5CUS9QmWIvvcimGcYJRnyn1nbTpGwvzMxa3mRVZVLQezAblR-qDqX0Wpz3JVoNk_S4yFumeBeFuHXEjt5lbOx2xOydk/s1600/IMG_1366.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAc5zyT6DA8PZ_b8sOxXQ8UQc04MyPCQLyla0CewbXyPFE-8GEb5CUS9QmWIvvcimGcYJRnyn1nbTpGwvzMxa3mRVZVLQezAblR-qDqX0Wpz3JVoNk_S4yFumeBeFuHXEjt5lbOx2xOydk/s400/IMG_1366.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482133120147500242" /></a><br />Nathan came over to learn and to practice on four separate occasions. His ten year-old brother, Ryan, tried once and did quite well, then Dad decided to have a go after watching a couple hours of lessons. Dad did real well. Dad decided to send the boys to the 4-H day camp on June 29th so that they can learn to tie flies and cast. The Indianhead Fly Fishers will provide the instruction to ten boys and girls between the ages of ten and fourteen. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykc-bO_K2lTlLw2JQcmF883rzaEwMdiSijVQTDWsrGbCBARR4J83zNtTuNakn-NxekEqBr3kIwocKvXBvvU3IQdOGuC6CpgqqaJRX5tLjjJdLnnbgm8XlbTsw7InA2cs2YWwDQ5D1EXCZ/s1600/IMG_1365.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykc-bO_K2lTlLw2JQcmF883rzaEwMdiSijVQTDWsrGbCBARR4J83zNtTuNakn-NxekEqBr3kIwocKvXBvvU3IQdOGuC6CpgqqaJRX5tLjjJdLnnbgm8XlbTsw7InA2cs2YWwDQ5D1EXCZ/s400/IMG_1365.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482131603929200322" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwvgi4SO75AMIEDl-8pLFGkxU040HoPbbUnSxWx5OL5TBr4qv2BVKyujEpPpQ5yvMalFQltstotoiO_0zXmAhAuoCganWhhWq9pKYedH3xH4M8ebNjtKVqjEayrGDJPPpNdWmeapHDnNg/s1600/IMG_1363.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwvgi4SO75AMIEDl-8pLFGkxU040HoPbbUnSxWx5OL5TBr4qv2BVKyujEpPpQ5yvMalFQltstotoiO_0zXmAhAuoCganWhhWq9pKYedH3xH4M8ebNjtKVqjEayrGDJPPpNdWmeapHDnNg/s400/IMG_1363.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482129168329334562" /></a><br /><br />The Indianhead Fly Fishers assisted the Idaho Fish and Game who brought their trailer of rod, reels, tackle and bait to the pond so that families could enjoy and learn fishing. The pond was stocked earlier in the week. Families were having a great time on a beautiful 75 degree day with a mild breeze. Perfect!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIXeqNsL_yaBxfzM-yrf1koYfW_dg34UMWThTP0CEyYsE5Y-wH7MHuQ27ZZTUsIbMo5mqhxXTgf6INWkckmBgxhmQfpehrUAb_dAXZj_UkwdvbzJmW277KF3muoOcClWpJjRWRCqkHyMl/s1600/IMG_1361.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIXeqNsL_yaBxfzM-yrf1koYfW_dg34UMWThTP0CEyYsE5Y-wH7MHuQ27ZZTUsIbMo5mqhxXTgf6INWkckmBgxhmQfpehrUAb_dAXZj_UkwdvbzJmW277KF3muoOcClWpJjRWRCqkHyMl/s400/IMG_1361.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482127331402984242" /></a><br />Saw this little guy when I was out looking for morel mushrooms. Since the Middle Fork of the Weiser River road was closed due to the flooding last weekend, the mushroom hunt failed. Bummer. I think it is time to turn my attention and efforts to fishingPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-59872962498507039892010-06-10T08:06:00.021-06:002010-06-10T11:11:19.605-06:00Hanging out in with the granddaughters and their Mommy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3LkOLnwej9L3TrhYGX9bqgTlsliFcc2T8_So3cdBTnA2RjuUk8HhORlYjre6lUGZ-0vwe64PKgg4sk9JZZkWohn8tJZUqdeytsMJm5QJXAbbefMwleHCLMiYIjEtbNy5S0aSFcrNUoEj/s1600/IMG_1307.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3LkOLnwej9L3TrhYGX9bqgTlsliFcc2T8_So3cdBTnA2RjuUk8HhORlYjre6lUGZ-0vwe64PKgg4sk9JZZkWohn8tJZUqdeytsMJm5QJXAbbefMwleHCLMiYIjEtbNy5S0aSFcrNUoEj/s400/IMG_1307.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481150740591263394" /></a><br />L looking into the pond. She is about to lead me on the mushroom tour of her property. She knows I like to find and try to id mushrooms so she has all the mushrooms located before my arrival. She is a great mushroom scout. We found several varieties. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGF-GrXTdIJ4hgHuDpXt29H5JfaHmsK3E04-A5ybQMqQqQh83HC-6Cm1-4cGnwjtSb380hC-lnR5CnBoS1DmQuQEpvwiaAxCsKxdNVQ54lmox5BkCwYB4nB1ojA9uzgKBnn1MKABXiWqj/s1600/IMG_1358.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGF-GrXTdIJ4hgHuDpXt29H5JfaHmsK3E04-A5ybQMqQqQh83HC-6Cm1-4cGnwjtSb380hC-lnR5CnBoS1DmQuQEpvwiaAxCsKxdNVQ54lmox5BkCwYB4nB1ojA9uzgKBnn1MKABXiWqj/s400/IMG_1358.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481147803277308306" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyvlHoRusLkKhXrvQSpR7WxMCw6yyCQx0yF4aTd2vVRXLKwSgOyU4HYIDIY1Qo9BJ4wmij1jevWEc06FUx1CiUEs4pFL-G91RupBCJknEYs_UgY6DnCNoZi-9BYVFEEAhr7hAGLSq-3xB/s1600/IMG_1285.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyvlHoRusLkKhXrvQSpR7WxMCw6yyCQx0yF4aTd2vVRXLKwSgOyU4HYIDIY1Qo9BJ4wmij1jevWEc06FUx1CiUEs4pFL-G91RupBCJknEYs_UgY6DnCNoZi-9BYVFEEAhr7hAGLSq-3xB/s400/IMG_1285.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481154205527838674" /></a><br /><br />D and H and the girls built two garden boxes last Sunday. J and I spent the day helping H and the girls build the raised strawberry bed. D and H chose redwood lumber which looks very pretty now, but it will weather to gray in a year. But, redwood will weather very well and should give them a lifetime of use. They will eventually build some more boxes in the future, but for now strawberries, tomatoes and possibly herbs are planned. H has started many types of tomatoes and Alpine strawberries from seed and the plants are ready to be planted. Our neighbor Susan bought 8 tomato plants from L who plans to put the money in her piggy bank. Last month she tapped into her bank (she is a fanatic saver skimming whatever pennies she can find to put into her bank) to buy with the help of Mom and Dad a bicycle which she rides around with the aid of training wheels. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZszvkN1mIodPewH3AMX07MVsjglZaCdfI_vn1bsoDevj2xEaf5USW3H9l4qqvIIVbDbyXcJCC1AvCfrxsE2AFvrODkBE6u-Y1lmezLYngPuCTMi9RKo8jR3qIw0LJW8m8qw0q54BtzHb/s1600/IMG_1286.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZszvkN1mIodPewH3AMX07MVsjglZaCdfI_vn1bsoDevj2xEaf5USW3H9l4qqvIIVbDbyXcJCC1AvCfrxsE2AFvrODkBE6u-Y1lmezLYngPuCTMi9RKo8jR3qIw0LJW8m8qw0q54BtzHb/s400/IMG_1286.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481156584853236594" /></a><br /><br />Above you can see my scout checking the amanitas. Very poisonous. May be the <em>Amanita ocreata </em>or the Death Angel. It has the volva and veil on the stipend are apparent in the picture below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb21N3vcg0WkLN9WWAeNwsaEV1icGI1FhiYRHYGNTRKjGaLdStVfnNgSI9dk3GLJvbuVF49bxkY2FlA6kUyww7nqI-mHYTdHpcRzDr-k3eKJF2OfhLpMCb_yL5NNlJ32TI2vu5Obf-OsO/s1600/IMG_1288.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb21N3vcg0WkLN9WWAeNwsaEV1icGI1FhiYRHYGNTRKjGaLdStVfnNgSI9dk3GLJvbuVF49bxkY2FlA6kUyww7nqI-mHYTdHpcRzDr-k3eKJF2OfhLpMCb_yL5NNlJ32TI2vu5Obf-OsO/s400/IMG_1288.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481160907890200706" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0RUWssN-3VkHNqqAW-Td21DjedCCaECfDaiHH8rTvajpWIygGXxC2e6Vv6qEElPmQdCqHXo7Zw4TMstpkPT4YOt8o_55J6R4zIBzpnebwgqka7jODIlm_Tf_CiXxCRUnug-FmMIfN-Ic/s1600/IMG_1294.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0RUWssN-3VkHNqqAW-Td21DjedCCaECfDaiHH8rTvajpWIygGXxC2e6Vv6qEElPmQdCqHXo7Zw4TMstpkPT4YOt8o_55J6R4zIBzpnebwgqka7jODIlm_Tf_CiXxCRUnug-FmMIfN-Ic/s400/IMG_1294.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481168172643691762" /></a><br />Checking out a huge flush of Coprinus. I have not identified these yet, but there are hundreds here along with polypores attached to the rounds of cottonwood trunk.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyfqSyvU3pRwvYSgGnvGIQYR9x2-IifbYgNgddVpnvwBhYRPTB3fjngOd9hxwrJKANdK0uTq-svfC4qwI2cROzDmyiNB4Wr-IOVZk-oURu13F0B16cdxgc6Ssh_rtZSiSli5MgdRscavo/s1600/IMG_1313.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyfqSyvU3pRwvYSgGnvGIQYR9x2-IifbYgNgddVpnvwBhYRPTB3fjngOd9hxwrJKANdK0uTq-svfC4qwI2cROzDmyiNB4Wr-IOVZk-oURu13F0B16cdxgc6Ssh_rtZSiSli5MgdRscavo/s400/IMG_1313.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481170372165659586" /></a><br />Grandma helping the girls get some water in the swimming pool. We have not had but a few, very few, days of 80 this year and it did get into the 70's on this day. So the little one just plopped right down in the pool diaper, pajamas and all. Grandma got the clothes off and she was a happy camper. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6dRhg8guNbqdj6J0KtdwesgsmBrJwT3ciIomPPO1VPzF23Vvb0pESFKPgeWJYNVNvVkqVUyxGKhyPoQ7sVl3CrVKTCOjy5VxHLvA_YPG8gq3l5s7E4Bw8oraGho9TlmfTg4oE6Sjg-Fr/s1600/IMG_1310.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6dRhg8guNbqdj6J0KtdwesgsmBrJwT3ciIomPPO1VPzF23Vvb0pESFKPgeWJYNVNvVkqVUyxGKhyPoQ7sVl3CrVKTCOjy5VxHLvA_YPG8gq3l5s7E4Bw8oraGho9TlmfTg4oE6Sjg-Fr/s400/IMG_1310.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481172740006316098" /></a><br />G checking out the water before sitting in the pool. She might be checking for spiders. The girls can find the most minute spiders. L and I took a picture of a tiny green spider with my macro lens, but then I inadvertently deleted it. Bummer, it was a great picture that I would have liked to have posted.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhr6Ga-Sp_Gx8ToFVVAwJL97hreT0bI7UqjC1IIoj8MV9ByM5c4zhA9Rfq2rcRCieTkKUaubkXqoaABO0SjmHu096AvXVbyu_wWdTW0Mr9R-imSqcVMbxMQ0vEq0UoyCW9zXlhz_J7q-L/s1600/IMG_1317.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhr6Ga-Sp_Gx8ToFVVAwJL97hreT0bI7UqjC1IIoj8MV9ByM5c4zhA9Rfq2rcRCieTkKUaubkXqoaABO0SjmHu096AvXVbyu_wWdTW0Mr9R-imSqcVMbxMQ0vEq0UoyCW9zXlhz_J7q-L/s400/IMG_1317.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481174815252979522" /></a><br />Helping Mom transplant some seedlings to sell to Susan.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi2FES6SQRJPMrM2Dz5dE1EUGkaMIoYmNm_C4y4VuSZsBiAyNLLHG8jJEaMMyq6sCkSXM5uGoh9wWWKP5qwcbNI4nINawWvmpJM5XA8JHxAedV8ko4EnDa3V3iuFzhuJt8q2TF9H59k6v/s1600/IMG_1321.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi2FES6SQRJPMrM2Dz5dE1EUGkaMIoYmNm_C4y4VuSZsBiAyNLLHG8jJEaMMyq6sCkSXM5uGoh9wWWKP5qwcbNI4nINawWvmpJM5XA8JHxAedV8ko4EnDa3V3iuFzhuJt8q2TF9H59k6v/s400/IMG_1321.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481176234355887666" /></a><br />One of the best parts of transplanting seedlings is that you get to get your hands dirty!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jnv9hbdgRiph9XLop7cuxvFinwgmCohBxtgFiTLmvPFhdvt1mvjSGS-kdnAuoAbRx73ecN8OVfuL9XnN3WOU_tTgj-OZwR0qps78Y_-4xjfRjmmjUM-GhsZ6DdBpeICxYnoVv9VOLiOA/s1600/IMG_1327.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jnv9hbdgRiph9XLop7cuxvFinwgmCohBxtgFiTLmvPFhdvt1mvjSGS-kdnAuoAbRx73ecN8OVfuL9XnN3WOU_tTgj-OZwR0qps78Y_-4xjfRjmmjUM-GhsZ6DdBpeICxYnoVv9VOLiOA/s400/IMG_1327.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481177648731612498" /></a><br />Working hard at printing the names of the tomatoes on the popsicle sticks so Susan will know the name of her tomatoes. This is pretty hard work and takes a great amount of concentration when one is only four and writing on little popsicle sticks. She stuck with it and got it done. When L and I drove to Home Depot to buy some lumber and supplies for making the raised strawberry bed box she was telling me the importance of having a list when one went shopping. (We had a list that her Mom had given us of what she needed at Home Depot) I agreed and asked her if she made a list when she went to the grocery store. I was just kidding and was surprise when she told me that she did. She was pretty firm about that answer, so I am thinking okay, whatever. At dinner that night I found that she did indeed make the grocery lists when she and her Mom went shopping. Her Mom would spell out the item and L would write it down on the list. The current list was posted on the refrig and J commented about H's nice printing, but was told, no, that was L's printing. Wow! L really does make a list when she goes to the grocery store.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDkPtVyQEEB5fTSRUOL6mMKz60a_d89NCxuk3DFQkEKquiPwLyHh2iJAN8WU4Iel0hO3kRBNpsL1dwWJvrCrikDJ9vASt774j6inx0D5PIDcAnVWyuTG0VhRpsZ-E2J9n6kmyApJYvWDx/s1600/IMG_1350.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDkPtVyQEEB5fTSRUOL6mMKz60a_d89NCxuk3DFQkEKquiPwLyHh2iJAN8WU4Iel0hO3kRBNpsL1dwWJvrCrikDJ9vASt774j6inx0D5PIDcAnVWyuTG0VhRpsZ-E2J9n6kmyApJYvWDx/s400/IMG_1350.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481181072551193746" /></a><br />Enjoying a Rocky Road ice cream cone after dinner and a hard day of mushroom guiding and building.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXiHWVNQhiVmoBGyVzAIzfBypqzDIp4fvcp7ePHskK0AYCbLWOUOMf1OBcU0Fqc380DS_hoS29__YaxCxLTmWqDEoYLv2Z1Z0Yc0954h5A7k4ssZR0xHPyvDSWLlGceucs20ZzDI5uwhp/s1600/IMG_1351.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXiHWVNQhiVmoBGyVzAIzfBypqzDIp4fvcp7ePHskK0AYCbLWOUOMf1OBcU0Fqc380DS_hoS29__YaxCxLTmWqDEoYLv2Z1Z0Yc0954h5A7k4ssZR0xHPyvDSWLlGceucs20ZzDI5uwhp/s400/IMG_1351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481182860566617426" /></a><br />How about an ice cream cone for this cutie? If you overlook the fully clothed plop into the swimming pool, she has been a real good girl today. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmwtXe8HsZdildHkIJttlp9vso_tIz94cNKPnhfWl4Z9hSytxhrHBgFTSbVa3-zceRN30FU9A7HiShSl4wBN2tL8LsHGnK3NgBbOYYChdeJA1YieAiPkxVksZliWZM4KD1KgPLZaMocA8/s1600/IMG_1347.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmwtXe8HsZdildHkIJttlp9vso_tIz94cNKPnhfWl4Z9hSytxhrHBgFTSbVa3-zceRN30FU9A7HiShSl4wBN2tL8LsHGnK3NgBbOYYChdeJA1YieAiPkxVksZliWZM4KD1KgPLZaMocA8/s400/IMG_1347.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481184559534969810" /></a><br />No, this is not racoon vomit. This is another form of a fungi known as slime mold. It really is slimey--just touch it. No smell. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSXws6NVbLq9sSNgaI7y_knXl3LKh0vwwJ_ouYH9IJbEF6bWykFSxWt3Zd7YvuDcEs2CQbbVrjoQYazqvnc7BeC9WINCwPO1oMbPfPjlAvLT5AzHPBtPiskyoY37SHnrdDfNO8k2aSGDr/s1600/IMG_1291.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSXws6NVbLq9sSNgaI7y_knXl3LKh0vwwJ_ouYH9IJbEF6bWykFSxWt3Zd7YvuDcEs2CQbbVrjoQYazqvnc7BeC9WINCwPO1oMbPfPjlAvLT5AzHPBtPiskyoY37SHnrdDfNO8k2aSGDr/s400/IMG_1291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481187109067666706" /></a><br />Studying an <em>Agaricus</em>. <em>Agaricus campesteris</em> has flushed out all over the Weiser golf course after the recent rains. <em>Agaricus campesteris</em> is the better tasting wild version of the white mushroom sold so prevelantly in the super markets.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFMqP4as6HU0btDcYuSju4J_LPVpSDjmP10VztFFRQJDz2z0aHrDSj0X9PQ5PJLoOhcwxvSQ19cEMs99cJ5Gip7siIdqEBmzz7YohJOpSVOKnIQPAX7DsawSdKnq6WGtMe4z9qEFK6e-O/s1600/IMG_1331.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFMqP4as6HU0btDcYuSju4J_LPVpSDjmP10VztFFRQJDz2z0aHrDSj0X9PQ5PJLoOhcwxvSQ19cEMs99cJ5Gip7siIdqEBmzz7YohJOpSVOKnIQPAX7DsawSdKnq6WGtMe4z9qEFK6e-O/s400/IMG_1331.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481189146404997602" /></a><br /><br /><br />Papa Coyote has to go call some wood working pals to try to solve a wood working problem.<br /><br />See you all later,<br />Papa CoyotePapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-9773501305134266752010-06-04T10:21:00.011-06:002010-06-04T11:56:44.251-06:00Visitng the Oregon grandchildrenAll the Oregon grandkids are doing well and so are Mom and Dad. M has only a few days of school left and is looking forward to the summer vacation. He enjoys Scouts and is looking forward to Scout camp and another campout with the family in late June. He will spend a few weeks in August with grandma and grandpa. Lots of fishing and camping and maybe some huckleberry picking if they are still on. We have had a very cool spring--only 14 of the last 65 days have been above normal temperature and we already have surpassed our average annual rainfall. We are at about eleven inches. You Midwesterners are probably laughing, but we think we are drowning. <br /><br />Thinking of Midwesterners---I see the Twins now must be the worst team in baseball. They dropped 3 of 4 to the Mariners and the Mariners really are bad this year, at least to date. Maybe they are going to start scoring some runs and earning some of the millions they are paid each month. I can only hope. Sorry, Troutbirder. I don't know how the Twins could lose 3 of 4---hmmmm, maybe something to do with a blown call at second that went in the Mariners favor? Could be. I can tell you that the Mariners have had far too many blown calls go against them so far this year. Speaking of blown calls. Did anybody see the perfect blown call at first in Detroit? Wow! Tough to umpire in the era of instant replay!!!!<br /><br />Here is G enjoying a climb.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2PbLbUxtZNftLJtGlPhmTN6uwAJw10TsiQJxDHg8cS_2kCmGUHfRfD4Rbc73PRhqBt7UjG0JZLWt7pxtSHIx5iJ60cUSLLkcYlFPxoRGMU5YAf4dLELQ2uFy6P-jCjW9Xt0HjXf76fBW/s1600/IMG_1258.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2PbLbUxtZNftLJtGlPhmTN6uwAJw10TsiQJxDHg8cS_2kCmGUHfRfD4Rbc73PRhqBt7UjG0JZLWt7pxtSHIx5iJ60cUSLLkcYlFPxoRGMU5YAf4dLELQ2uFy6P-jCjW9Xt0HjXf76fBW/s400/IMG_1258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478974105712973186" /></a><br /><br /><br />Even the two year old climbs--and does he ever climb. He scares parents of the the other kids. They are afraid they are going to see him fall and suffer a terrible injury and they probably think he is a horrific example for their own child. Some child development specialists say children don't learn risk assessment until they are about six or seven, but both E and G have an acute sense of risk assessment from the age of two. E just does what he knows he can do and doesn't even try stuff that he knows he can't do. He is incredibly strong, fast and has an unusual sense of balance. A cute little eleven year old girl said he was adorable and played with him for half an hour, then lost her interest when he filled his diapers with a smelly load. She could not believe he was in diapers. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Zo_Spwcu_l7QsQalW7riF_pJcSV278ayIjiCtjvyh7XsVuAYbb0KV-wFPvZB1wtpHM-jcWMdEQCDtSEcGmFWiIoSQTaie1LlcPOJFZXBDG9z4cAf9aSnDMYSEQEOtG5aVUbAIfQ61wl0/s1600/IMG_1252.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Zo_Spwcu_l7QsQalW7riF_pJcSV278ayIjiCtjvyh7XsVuAYbb0KV-wFPvZB1wtpHM-jcWMdEQCDtSEcGmFWiIoSQTaie1LlcPOJFZXBDG9z4cAf9aSnDMYSEQEOtG5aVUbAIfQ61wl0/s400/IMG_1252.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478970842559319058" /></a><br /><br /><br />Even the thirteen month old is into climbing. They all climb except the oldest.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yrfsV0MWtK6OLgNoPLgrdysBTDMpgeSQtbjrBBZKgpbocL81e81sY5e1j_cZbPW01EEQ8x0n4Trr43UKOCxK_LpDQGs80-tuNdBCKBbRv4Mc0A9cHzruDDBnVgFnRTV9LPTDfPLaj9wc/s1600/IMG_1257.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yrfsV0MWtK6OLgNoPLgrdysBTDMpgeSQtbjrBBZKgpbocL81e81sY5e1j_cZbPW01EEQ8x0n4Trr43UKOCxK_LpDQGs80-tuNdBCKBbRv4Mc0A9cHzruDDBnVgFnRTV9LPTDfPLaj9wc/s400/IMG_1257.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478969070099304610" /></a><br /><br /><br />Nice kids playground in Wilsonville, OR. Wilsonville is the home of several large hitech companies in the Silicon Forest.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwbjiVmcTco3tvIL3_ENSvAjqrXm7mQGkdVp9EpNBwfmYwWi_aTsFFYsVyMn1cAv3adU7IwcazLFf3AeYIa2_nll0Xq6V-oTzZihLsp-WUOGaF2qTif2PUeeSEd6i7zdF3eTNV9XYKZxe/s1600/IMG_1249.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwbjiVmcTco3tvIL3_ENSvAjqrXm7mQGkdVp9EpNBwfmYwWi_aTsFFYsVyMn1cAv3adU7IwcazLFf3AeYIa2_nll0Xq6V-oTzZihLsp-WUOGaF2qTif2PUeeSEd6i7zdF3eTNV9XYKZxe/s400/IMG_1249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478966514234305042" /></a><br /><br /><br />When the shoes come off, you know the kid is serious about playing--IN THE SAND! Even dumped a handful in his hair and when you have hair like E, that is not good. Pick him up and turn him upside down, and the sand runs out. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYbdeoWxgawIS7q40ZIZ98WLJYD87wGIp6eeSUuNA3QFwpY9seEhT8n8Xemg5V_T4Jl4CbsP2mssfcIU2UOjaKrmXJp-69PqyEALROFWxthTE3nvKMJ8vgg_vxDbJTlhrgKZrMKT6-a4X/s1600/IMG_1242.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYbdeoWxgawIS7q40ZIZ98WLJYD87wGIp6eeSUuNA3QFwpY9seEhT8n8Xemg5V_T4Jl4CbsP2mssfcIU2UOjaKrmXJp-69PqyEALROFWxthTE3nvKMJ8vgg_vxDbJTlhrgKZrMKT6-a4X/s400/IMG_1242.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478964536622930626" /></a><br /><br /><br />A picture of the 4'x8' boxes R is building for their garden. There will be eight of these. I managed to build two boxes and the end pieces for three more after the deluge of rain on Wednesday. It can rain pretty hard in Western Oregon. But, we seemed to have brought the rain east with us on our return trip. The rivers are raging, there are warnings not to travel north on highway 95 from Weiser unless the need is great. I was up this morning at 6 to head out to McCall for SIMA's spring mushroom foray, but with the flooding, rock slides and threats of more, I am home doing this and tying flies. I need to tie several chironomids, damsels, prince nymphs, pheasant tail nymphs, humpies and several versions of caddis nymphs and adults. Whew! Overwhelming.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9Appk_1kSWk3ANGBN-ckZ5uGntCSJJwFXuA_f758Q4Tx6Rt4k_PhnDHTuIeI_SiW1TUZl4_4-S46kWJ17mD6YNbq_awNbD1BLOEtyzUBWkkvi2qA_mjm5WzX0qxbolVYL0UCDmND9aov/s1600/IMG_1226.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9Appk_1kSWk3ANGBN-ckZ5uGntCSJJwFXuA_f758Q4Tx6Rt4k_PhnDHTuIeI_SiW1TUZl4_4-S46kWJ17mD6YNbq_awNbD1BLOEtyzUBWkkvi2qA_mjm5WzX0qxbolVYL0UCDmND9aov/s400/IMG_1226.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478961725517438626" /></a><br /><br /><br />Best face of the week. Also a great carpenter's helper. I got a lot of work done for the kids with this five year old's good work. He soaped the deck screws and handed them to me so that we could move right along making the raised garden beds.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJNmMNoXUBL1GOm5THE1AKW5C68DJR2rBOq0niLkUHV5RH422QL0KCcrGDGPA_hHBviDrgiHb8f92JIOLJROrtUI4RA6SFZ_d0IunfREnezyu57VE15PXR3ma44x9woRx_519E-sj0EZR/s1600/IMG_1269.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJNmMNoXUBL1GOm5THE1AKW5C68DJR2rBOq0niLkUHV5RH422QL0KCcrGDGPA_hHBviDrgiHb8f92JIOLJROrtUI4RA6SFZ_d0IunfREnezyu57VE15PXR3ma44x9woRx_519E-sj0EZR/s400/IMG_1269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478959471410194162" /></a><br /><br /><br />She is pretty happy with herself since she got a taste of mom's strawberry yogurt smoothie.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOIefMn34YSr3HfQJ-XGoGfC87cMOvMmdqS-Q0tAZwDPis2OiOuXTAXSmMPUrWQR-Gc0Qm0CYqeOm0UuKpuJr8cNdJNynOyzaIxMUTQLBWBbe90YIJimnFM5nhZLzFbbz0ER0pvke7HeB/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOIefMn34YSr3HfQJ-XGoGfC87cMOvMmdqS-Q0tAZwDPis2OiOuXTAXSmMPUrWQR-Gc0Qm0CYqeOm0UuKpuJr8cNdJNynOyzaIxMUTQLBWBbe90YIJimnFM5nhZLzFbbz0ER0pvke7HeB/s400/IMG_1231.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478957861241290818" /></a><br /><br /><br />Another face. Seems like my grandchildren make really funny faces.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_uyCeQ3ZHn7Di7YRJYaI665haBA5nq013O9SuhChVeYVcqsE4V2y18yesfPLVF2GJE4Yxx7dklOSDeZzGUCRDpueZsnec-Vb6Yvl-LAw8teqRyB4aGaUEcxcQ8sH-Ryb0ATyYvQTHAsj/s1600/IMG_1246.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_uyCeQ3ZHn7Di7YRJYaI665haBA5nq013O9SuhChVeYVcqsE4V2y18yesfPLVF2GJE4Yxx7dklOSDeZzGUCRDpueZsnec-Vb6Yvl-LAw8teqRyB4aGaUEcxcQ8sH-Ryb0ATyYvQTHAsj/s400/IMG_1246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478956266417647442" /></a><br /><br />Got to go tie some flies.<br />Love you all,<br />Papa CoyotePapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-71391777577636023332010-05-30T19:32:00.019-06:002010-05-30T22:01:01.887-06:00Busy MayMay has been really busy with the last meeting of the Indianhead Fly Fishers before the summer break. I have been doing a lot of work getting ready for the Smithsonian traveling exhibit hosted by Fruitland. <br />And I have been working in as much time as possible looking for morels. Sometimes I have threatened to retire from retirement in order to get some relaxing time.<br /><br /><br />Karen and Bob looking over the 100 morels we found on Saturday. We were suppose to be fishing on Oxbow Reservoir for smallmouth bass, but as we sat in Buckey's in Cambridge eating breakfast we decided it was too cold for fishing. I suggested a morel hunt. Karen and Bob had never done a morel hunt and were game. Bob found the first two. They decided it was a real good day and took 67 morels home. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQ2sI51364Zi1cC1zcqL5GMzGu6inQzSDh02sEEFZ7KxfIsUTOMYvho4YQZDoOVCXAYy65d0iUTG5aAA9dPxWOWR546fBbdAbn1j8R_JnPNpjbt_iWA3MqX9LBlaXd_c2TOOAh8hJFe0T/s1600/IMG_1179.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQ2sI51364Zi1cC1zcqL5GMzGu6inQzSDh02sEEFZ7KxfIsUTOMYvho4YQZDoOVCXAYy65d0iUTG5aAA9dPxWOWR546fBbdAbn1j8R_JnPNpjbt_iWA3MqX9LBlaXd_c2TOOAh8hJFe0T/s400/IMG_1179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477277637845677218" /></a><br /><br /><br />We found some oyster mushrooms on Saturday and then again on Wednesday. I just ate the last find tonight.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfo-n2vfwD9Su45yX0xtHSmfCdOkUVN_y_UmHGvyKFqypGC9qVcCoIZUJ4TwTtClfc66xsdE7PAolGsnk3v_CVVMtEj6-OiXpeHpy0tmit9CcJzjULbzDZ7T0bT0BR-cCda0pgUAc6EWA/s1600/IMG_1160.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfo-n2vfwD9Su45yX0xtHSmfCdOkUVN_y_UmHGvyKFqypGC9qVcCoIZUJ4TwTtClfc66xsdE7PAolGsnk3v_CVVMtEj6-OiXpeHpy0tmit9CcJzjULbzDZ7T0bT0BR-cCda0pgUAc6EWA/s400/IMG_1160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477275352098575602" /></a><br /><br /><br />Debbie and Jim and I collected 137 morels this past Sunday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZt6J4IE-dqnAZUi0KskSaNZUHzvE48y4sYn85IU5OI62HAjrsZF67c-Nifcl-8ZHuSSkOZGOUfijdK7bTe45x_K6RYfRnVfqgQqG4wMUQsZia6FGkez8XNfKXX3o2ZQ5P23c7pMctaBoX/s1600/IMG_1180.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZt6J4IE-dqnAZUi0KskSaNZUHzvE48y4sYn85IU5OI62HAjrsZF67c-Nifcl-8ZHuSSkOZGOUfijdK7bTe45x_K6RYfRnVfqgQqG4wMUQsZia6FGkez8XNfKXX3o2ZQ5P23c7pMctaBoX/s400/IMG_1180.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477273658240465858" /></a><br /><br /><br />One hundred mushrooms.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ym2aoCaSwKS9VOSv0FetVJeRWOcWGhSXFzX34xdxdTD_tquc1eju5eSe1jmQUnGnpERLhIkGx9V6UIJX71_vQdiLMgO2zmQbRIr6HI_4FyazQLQEKlBcQEbpdUJPfHJD6BZw0fCb6C6s/s1600/IMG_1204.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ym2aoCaSwKS9VOSv0FetVJeRWOcWGhSXFzX34xdxdTD_tquc1eju5eSe1jmQUnGnpERLhIkGx9V6UIJX71_vQdiLMgO2zmQbRIr6HI_4FyazQLQEKlBcQEbpdUJPfHJD6BZw0fCb6C6s/s400/IMG_1204.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477271252934156418" /></a><br /><br /><br />Mushroom hunter taking a hiatus to Italy at the highth of the morel season. Tsk! Tsk!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AuV8QQ79qoV31gCGzQD4SAwexp-X7jaK14T77GuVYUZx0Gdy0toMu8hnopRixrjq-GJ9un1sI48THEKMPN4qPOVXdGf6wpZPmbv5QqkhjFlqd5TxrA5-KNyIGexbnF08UKePzXqkohOJ/s1600/IMG_1202.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AuV8QQ79qoV31gCGzQD4SAwexp-X7jaK14T77GuVYUZx0Gdy0toMu8hnopRixrjq-GJ9un1sI48THEKMPN4qPOVXdGf6wpZPmbv5QqkhjFlqd5TxrA5-KNyIGexbnF08UKePzXqkohOJ/s400/IMG_1202.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477269641043643634" /></a><br /><br /><br />First time I have seen a tree frog. Reta gave a scream when she almost stepped on it and it jumped to this hole for cover.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoR3Q8PJzs7nplddF6G8i1ur9CPkkNRzcX_FCZb4PopbDs-7HhmVKz-NFsesRGu_DcoIWYZZ_oBgKIbLea1ivBBHpd6KHPQorTTCXnTcEH4p2R8jAxWJyCcxeiX3S9BrddOlrUVsnUIHw/s1600/IMG_1203.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoR3Q8PJzs7nplddF6G8i1ur9CPkkNRzcX_FCZb4PopbDs-7HhmVKz-NFsesRGu_DcoIWYZZ_oBgKIbLea1ivBBHpd6KHPQorTTCXnTcEH4p2R8jAxWJyCcxeiX3S9BrddOlrUVsnUIHw/s400/IMG_1203.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477266196496342098" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiIriqchUuErSI95wkVeYZTVUQglcObel_-wQxRJlXYRYluoNNZWUcX4SydNzbjSJ7OBoQXMiV6jex3hOTubXIxpIScHlrxAsZ_FfBx0P99eH_5o7mDsin9g-Y5b7_9gc2lIlHNUTSuuI/s1600/IMG_1204.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiIriqchUuErSI95wkVeYZTVUQglcObel_-wQxRJlXYRYluoNNZWUcX4SydNzbjSJ7OBoQXMiV6jex3hOTubXIxpIScHlrxAsZ_FfBx0P99eH_5o7mDsin9g-Y5b7_9gc2lIlHNUTSuuI/s400/IMG_1204.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477265166897837138" /></a><br /><br /><br />Some morels. We brought home 100 morels or 3 pounds and 12 ounces.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGXRQCun2QCGPUZ-x7A5j2rfZvZIVP31BZxOLUjcpOs4KY8OiqHrFmuelzMiwX3NfC1SI2BAfqBaq2pmXEecMGXUSML3zXkXTB5Uaqx-jFQOgPSYn_jMgHcZfGrvkorImNWASSGK8KmkU/s1600/IMG_1192.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGXRQCun2QCGPUZ-x7A5j2rfZvZIVP31BZxOLUjcpOs4KY8OiqHrFmuelzMiwX3NfC1SI2BAfqBaq2pmXEecMGXUSML3zXkXTB5Uaqx-jFQOgPSYn_jMgHcZfGrvkorImNWASSGK8KmkU/s400/IMG_1192.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477263188170342962" /></a><br /><br /><br />We found several of these in a patch of 54 morels in an area about 10 feet by 15 feet. Quite a find since we had been walking for hours up and down some steep hillsides finding only groups of from one to about five or so.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8dZnsaQsQpsuWqjnlrqZJoduPbGpbuBRt78ZnQ4_oUBB0pQdSd6TXsza4u-O71b-avYdcmjCls8cXAdskrF3zrx3W390Y-FSGv3G6sTowH2TDAk4lC9hHHat-6LYbJoyY1BW-DYIhMS_/s1600/IMG_1198.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8dZnsaQsQpsuWqjnlrqZJoduPbGpbuBRt78ZnQ4_oUBB0pQdSd6TXsza4u-O71b-avYdcmjCls8cXAdskrF3zrx3W390Y-FSGv3G6sTowH2TDAk4lC9hHHat-6LYbJoyY1BW-DYIhMS_/s400/IMG_1198.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477259869540632882" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here is a picture of a boy catching a seven inch trout that would have been planted last year. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtByuuWa9ZJocodDg2HyIC58crdsET9k3jMpU_EqTlCCYil-yT3DFK_wNZR_qlvwRbZiCJPcSFxaQ5tkpXZV__bEhAg1_N-CbGmpSvJANlt0p0gou8UnElk4jtqWMGZwxcOiTY4tYQX9lR/s1600/IMG_1216.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtByuuWa9ZJocodDg2HyIC58crdsET9k3jMpU_EqTlCCYil-yT3DFK_wNZR_qlvwRbZiCJPcSFxaQ5tkpXZV__bEhAg1_N-CbGmpSvJANlt0p0gou8UnElk4jtqWMGZwxcOiTY4tYQX9lR/s400/IMG_1216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477258218849374530" /></a><br /><br /><br />The fish are brought from Bend, OR. Most of the fingerling were dumped into the Owyhee River--about 30,000. The rest--about 7,000 were put into a net impoundment at Bully Cr. Res to be held overnight until, Ray, Al Sillonis of the Indianhead Fly Fishers in Weiser, ID and me showed up to dip them out and into a tank mounted on the pickup. We started this job at 8 in the morning and ended at 6 pm. It was a long day on some really rough roads that sometimes were only a faintest of traces across the desert. Since it had rained in the past few days, we were concerned about being able to make this trip in what can become Eastern Oregon gumbo, but we did find.<br /><br />Here is Ray making notes on the condition of the reservoir. The water temperature was 61. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGYOSo5mZ4Wr1oA7vYPZyPhHFSdiJQBBt_IK5fSYB3Ed8omJXpPohTDtyb__MzSHxZyz3-pvjUNzi3jqqNUdc7g5a3tScHlnKqW02-XiDjjiFQKzuRXVAEepL3GAOXBa8qpyFZa64KZgr/s1600/IMG_1207.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGYOSo5mZ4Wr1oA7vYPZyPhHFSdiJQBBt_IK5fSYB3Ed8omJXpPohTDtyb__MzSHxZyz3-pvjUNzi3jqqNUdc7g5a3tScHlnKqW02-XiDjjiFQKzuRXVAEepL3GAOXBa8qpyFZa64KZgr/s400/IMG_1207.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477254607133357106" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here you see the first lake we stocked. Most of these lakes except for Littlefield can be fly fished from the shore and cover all the water. Pretty small.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3uvtqhi6T5JfBhfDVeD-IdshicZ7fVXLd5gHsQInrKHIwIxMdAxIjiV40HLYCAWk43gAqDc7rirO0zPXGejO0u1pBpTXv5w0PCgl6ugmogSPgJFYFyrRRLL4In-KhDplw4Y0_6zVWMs_/s1600/IMG_1208.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3uvtqhi6T5JfBhfDVeD-IdshicZ7fVXLd5gHsQInrKHIwIxMdAxIjiV40HLYCAWk43gAqDc7rirO0zPXGejO0u1pBpTXv5w0PCgl6ugmogSPgJFYFyrRRLL4In-KhDplw4Y0_6zVWMs_/s400/IMG_1208.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477252031131820066" /></a><br /><br /><br />This typical of the desert reservoirs that I helped Ray Perkins, Eastern Oregon Fish Biologist, stock on Friday. We stocked seven with 7,000 rainbow fingerlings. Only one of the seven can be found on a BLM map. These are very remote, but some people find them and the fishing can be spectacular. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ssRdBlTs2uth59JWY65x4VsZ9Abv5AK_vBdTUN7LPpJg86vpbib0jmt0RsLe225B4ygGuETQHNTMfPukhA4fabl3BmB05B4dmZcSMLbVZLbHoOnm3CjNCJeXq6wMwEl2bDElLiaZwqrF/s1600/IMG_1213.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ssRdBlTs2uth59JWY65x4VsZ9Abv5AK_vBdTUN7LPpJg86vpbib0jmt0RsLe225B4ygGuETQHNTMfPukhA4fabl3BmB05B4dmZcSMLbVZLbHoOnm3CjNCJeXq6wMwEl2bDElLiaZwqrF/s400/IMG_1213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477249231811064690" /></a><br /><br /><br />Lots of these clumps of sweet pea. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldO5fgcLfpf95J7d_QSo9tdPCpM3MeWdp5Pi42YO_F-Xpq2oyJMGhqowtSzkASHxDLBJ30LQ47PvlsFPYZDAikgXdjwTChVpwcdHAaLjJWMLSnDwHan19-43vUmz0p3FKAoSbTOoa2T63/s1600/IMG_1211.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldO5fgcLfpf95J7d_QSo9tdPCpM3MeWdp5Pi42YO_F-Xpq2oyJMGhqowtSzkASHxDLBJ30LQ47PvlsFPYZDAikgXdjwTChVpwcdHAaLjJWMLSnDwHan19-43vUmz0p3FKAoSbTOoa2T63/s400/IMG_1211.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477247669918602498" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Eastern Oregon desert has been well watered by Mother Nature this spring so there are a profusion of wild flowers for our viewing pleasure. I was somewhat surprised to see an occaisional Indian Paint brush in bloom. We were at about 4200 feet in elevation. We saw lots of lupine, phlox and clumps of sweeet pea. I was surprise not to see arrowleaf balsamroot which is in bloom throughout the desert of SW Idaho right now. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLEoVmzASxGJo-0CQUU2VsHr6X5HYmFTUUKjBsACjdAwUOFcm965R_P_-ake6GkiY38AbzWaCwT0Zert9J4g0ZZ7kEzQYc9qNV17nUv1xXHwCQMF2vfLEwKo9RzCjsW4Q4-_pIEs3ST5p/s1600/IMG_1219.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLEoVmzASxGJo-0CQUU2VsHr6X5HYmFTUUKjBsACjdAwUOFcm965R_P_-ake6GkiY38AbzWaCwT0Zert9J4g0ZZ7kEzQYc9qNV17nUv1xXHwCQMF2vfLEwKo9RzCjsW4Q4-_pIEs3ST5p/s400/IMG_1219.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477243603410943746" /></a>PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-86649293731309863522010-04-24T21:43:00.011-06:002010-04-24T22:46:15.640-06:00Visiting with the Idaho GranddaughtersLife has really been busy for both J and me. We have not done any traveling of late, but with J's business and my scrolling, fly tying, fishing, gardening and looking for mushrooms the grass has not been growing under our feet. Thinking of grass, yeah, did have to mow the lawn once already and probably will do so tomorrow. I have more pictures of recent activities so will get those on the blog soon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiVc7LPXHp53jSMpQX9SxVAHoa5pkNQmfv6cy7t9F6I07aCsW7c6vfOP9u4Ncl1s3r06MF7f5ULYtsAvUTgr-oDgngjDhROA8z23MCGzk_fG4FqzurcK2MKJMMtp7U_E2qXyMddTEzjtt/s1600/IMG_0951.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiVc7LPXHp53jSMpQX9SxVAHoa5pkNQmfv6cy7t9F6I07aCsW7c6vfOP9u4Ncl1s3r06MF7f5ULYtsAvUTgr-oDgngjDhROA8z23MCGzk_fG4FqzurcK2MKJMMtp7U_E2qXyMddTEzjtt/s400/IMG_0951.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463931139972078818" /></a><br /><br />This little girl loves to dance and show her happiness. She is a delight.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDa29TR4jN6GRnHe7ptvzpchgUY2Di5Vi9TwKIb3bSceX4ovffc_Ww3Ux1qw4HTMhRRlWKuUg9yWxAKikbidxyW00QHI2nL78yucuJPOmkZkrNYbfgYoxwBPTVqkZ7agmIB5qXvc7Y50A/s1600/IMG_0966.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDa29TR4jN6GRnHe7ptvzpchgUY2Di5Vi9TwKIb3bSceX4ovffc_Ww3Ux1qw4HTMhRRlWKuUg9yWxAKikbidxyW00QHI2nL78yucuJPOmkZkrNYbfgYoxwBPTVqkZ7agmIB5qXvc7Y50A/s400/IMG_0966.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463929761320955410" /></a><br /><br />We had a great dinner cooked up by or son and daugher-in-law. Here is the grill master.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7sXlQuMxn8ajdgcaqigFjVh7-xA34LJfghtobr7ze0jPZG5V8F_5dqJbVItOeBkIRa-GsPcdQKEIWK0VLc4vPhUE65J5TvNYM7tjgHnyIXna5uRkstXGaK9NtKpOzYWwksxW6qpEPsET/s1600/IMG_0957.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7sXlQuMxn8ajdgcaqigFjVh7-xA34LJfghtobr7ze0jPZG5V8F_5dqJbVItOeBkIRa-GsPcdQKEIWK0VLc4vPhUE65J5TvNYM7tjgHnyIXna5uRkstXGaK9NtKpOzYWwksxW6qpEPsET/s400/IMG_0957.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463927633848537282" /></a><br /><br /><br />Grandma loves watching her Grandchildren.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSurTlV_WNyIrVs9kv4LZYDyrJgNppQl7mrp48Py7MiORvHmE7lVGA3TpP20zKF-R1zh7vc-CfgKF9rlM7cd-wxOVx_a0Tzhg3CQCmtxve1MJUG174E_YqCnbbCZq4mFTwiTSY3Tzzqkq/s1600/IMG_0955.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSurTlV_WNyIrVs9kv4LZYDyrJgNppQl7mrp48Py7MiORvHmE7lVGA3TpP20zKF-R1zh7vc-CfgKF9rlM7cd-wxOVx_a0Tzhg3CQCmtxve1MJUG174E_YqCnbbCZq4mFTwiTSY3Tzzqkq/s400/IMG_0955.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463926525135011362" /></a><br /><br />Put a puzzle in front of the girl and she gets a puzzled look on her face. She put the puzzle together four times. I learned a few things about four year olds and how they go about solving a puzzle that I will put to use in making the next puzzle. I also got some ideas from the scroll saw club meeting about making a better state puzzle. Really, I learned a lot from those experienced scrollers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjloWPHiZi7xdsUt54DADzbMOmW6OVTnETdq_zCowT2cvrV6AtBjYBL6DwUdJx2d0f0WXoXF9kTKT7_3c7jB1FtVYNIFKL-B35kBfXL3n3v9bkKJa0FpWnhrCNaUiZv95ZAi7UqEsTLqq/s1600/IMG_0962.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjloWPHiZi7xdsUt54DADzbMOmW6OVTnETdq_zCowT2cvrV6AtBjYBL6DwUdJx2d0f0WXoXF9kTKT7_3c7jB1FtVYNIFKL-B35kBfXL3n3v9bkKJa0FpWnhrCNaUiZv95ZAi7UqEsTLqq/s400/IMG_0962.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463924310297283506" /></a><br /><br />Playing with Daddy is the highlight of any one year old's day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnKaIJolIyr5dsWno9Bqs7xYJdSoTLYZRkhSwC9c7KKOQ7pLkYv76020MNXrdoKM5HUsqFIBehOguSngfX9GLYLG6gsDRI8rk1VzIU9Dt31ewKAf_p6mXdhYCpNzpVQGLLqVeT_Lw_4TY/s1600/IMG_0959.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnKaIJolIyr5dsWno9Bqs7xYJdSoTLYZRkhSwC9c7KKOQ7pLkYv76020MNXrdoKM5HUsqFIBehOguSngfX9GLYLG6gsDRI8rk1VzIU9Dt31ewKAf_p6mXdhYCpNzpVQGLLqVeT_Lw_4TY/s400/IMG_0959.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463921852974207042" /></a><br /><br />Catch her unaware of the camera and one can get a normal face. Pretty cute thinks this Grandpa.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xxOw5ffz5Ca6RtfMVGiVo-QQaawksxQiPQksUVJ96TqK8jN6HH_6YFxNdvVYKMm6Vi4ehPwDKvaMUVrEQwq_uyQvVjXnUTWALnhEa8mtOC90PbWz8xmCURIt6faWlvOgaRJlRSfPwFOM/s1600/IMG_0961.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xxOw5ffz5Ca6RtfMVGiVo-QQaawksxQiPQksUVJ96TqK8jN6HH_6YFxNdvVYKMm6Vi4ehPwDKvaMUVrEQwq_uyQvVjXnUTWALnhEa8mtOC90PbWz8xmCURIt6faWlvOgaRJlRSfPwFOM/s400/IMG_0961.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463920275373178610" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAEkSl4eR5cI6GwN1TK5oq0efWXj9FrinaORj_TDL35SkSO-Y-2h-pMKTjtJSbnkOd8XdZW0yTu78sRWf14BpYT24mawaRoOmclAoHZBUhdCpKRoiSfd6leSqtJLbxqaKrM7-VAfijYH1/s1600/IMG_0960.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAEkSl4eR5cI6GwN1TK5oq0efWXj9FrinaORj_TDL35SkSO-Y-2h-pMKTjtJSbnkOd8XdZW0yTu78sRWf14BpYT24mawaRoOmclAoHZBUhdCpKRoiSfd6leSqtJLbxqaKrM7-VAfijYH1/s400/IMG_0960.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463918313262390498" /></a><br />The youngest likes to make faces into the camera. Even though she is only one, she likes to see the monitor of the camera to see her picture after I take it.PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-29766286637284365462010-04-08T18:10:00.006-06:002010-04-08T19:03:32.066-06:00Puzzle and mushroom huntSpent part of the week making an Oregon puzzle. Also planted a row of potatoes, two rows of snow peas, a row of beans (may lose them to frost, but taking a chance), a row of spinach and have already planted lettuce. I have radish seed and carrot seed to put in, but the day turned cold and very windy. Forecast is for light wind and temps in the 50's so will probably try my luck on the Owyhee River tomorrow. We had planned to do that today, but decided the wind was too much. <br /><br />The levy's passed in both Fruitland and Weiser. I think that is good. Fruitland's money from the State will be $1.2 million less than last year so the $475,000 approved by the voters will help. The Governor crowed after the session how the legislature held the line and did the right thing by not raising taxes and cutting budgets. Well, how can it be argued that the legislature did not raise taxes when all they did was to pass the buck on to the school boards and the school district patrons to raise the taxes? Am I not to regurgitate when the legislators campaign this fall about how THEY held the line and did not raise our taxes? Hah! <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKv3Wc-XL0vCjhZGOJH50T94mabktowjBw4nEqC9gpeZ018LVp-PeDJwHKQSiOB1CkjpHBUwPg7Bz_GfnkIpOxyl23FHXcPVXk581SoLN-kmaQaWbXpBc4P8ExkIHVnFcQ3CHyfi_AZg7/s1600/IMG_0911.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKv3Wc-XL0vCjhZGOJH50T94mabktowjBw4nEqC9gpeZ018LVp-PeDJwHKQSiOB1CkjpHBUwPg7Bz_GfnkIpOxyl23FHXcPVXk581SoLN-kmaQaWbXpBc4P8ExkIHVnFcQ3CHyfi_AZg7/s400/IMG_0911.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457933992360641842" /></a><br />Here are the mushroom hunters in action. Still too much snow in the forests where we are likely to find morels. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pTzzmLClmLey-3sNp6EFLWWKArBO0GGBnEeTkU1bq7SF7yzu3Mp8jrgqFYmYNlWLQCuj2s4tFxq6t6t87esh_KsRIqQYvtykZudrHb0hQFz5G9jBB5BhylVUNCbPiJCpwOMKpojv-n-B/s1600/IMG_0911.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pTzzmLClmLey-3sNp6EFLWWKArBO0GGBnEeTkU1bq7SF7yzu3Mp8jrgqFYmYNlWLQCuj2s4tFxq6t6t87esh_KsRIqQYvtykZudrHb0hQFz5G9jBB5BhylVUNCbPiJCpwOMKpojv-n-B/s400/IMG_0911.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457931953338066114" /></a><br /><br />But we found this<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrorpF7_uGz2uOFvx_cIKglWbD3tlo80yiGMHyz-aXVZWY9ElpR5gF8Jt8wK8lR2TrjlTodAQbWyXnk-oN0Cugwhck6pVT_iN9LHDn514o8t65YTmwC-3FS1xMA1RPLp04zh6LYaskUUB5/s1600/Morel+Mushroom.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrorpF7_uGz2uOFvx_cIKglWbD3tlo80yiGMHyz-aXVZWY9ElpR5gF8Jt8wK8lR2TrjlTodAQbWyXnk-oN0Cugwhck6pVT_iN9LHDn514o8t65YTmwC-3FS1xMA1RPLp04zh6LYaskUUB5/s400/Morel+Mushroom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457928225376996498" /></a><br /><br />We were looking for this but did not find it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJB3E16Urj2Ku5aeKLEPPAHzHIE8aMkg6Nm7_5PoLOQxLTa5EdgHHlXlEFrLYdI6gCHwkB97NGi6MxmvbCpvRV0kfX_Fks3LCYTC5XiYGqanuPd2DaQU9jOdhVRMuyqo56YmuSo8VguZU/s1600/IMG_0923.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJB3E16Urj2Ku5aeKLEPPAHzHIE8aMkg6Nm7_5PoLOQxLTa5EdgHHlXlEFrLYdI6gCHwkB97NGi6MxmvbCpvRV0kfX_Fks3LCYTC5XiYGqanuPd2DaQU9jOdhVRMuyqo56YmuSo8VguZU/s400/IMG_0923.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457925319929440242" /></a><br /><br />Finished another puzzle. Michael is in the 5th grade in an Oregon grade school so maybe he should know his counties in Oregon. I know much more about Oregon counties now than I did a few days ago. <br /><br />Got to go tie some flies and see how the Cubs are faring agaist the Braves. Hope the Twins slap another big loss on the Angels. The Mariners appear to have another anemic offensive team. Could be a long season. Maybe Cliff Lee and Eric Bedard will hit top form by mid-season, then the losses will be 1-0. <br /><br />Papa Coyote moving on,PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-60700420855835180112010-04-01T20:21:00.008-06:002010-04-01T21:23:11.219-06:00Resume posting on April Fool's DayPictured below are some of the puzzles I have been scrolling. Read blog for explanation.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGegoe7NyqvG1J6Jxh2yKQeTC2CcetM_GQrXvj20PrS6Cvyf2ebnp0IA4FBmghc8SubzaeZTrSsHBT0yjCZncqTKmCe6WCqh7gqTTupCKBFQVTS93Ym-ywlpT0E5wWATn8xjIHUHBmDDvL/s1600/IMG_0808.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGegoe7NyqvG1J6Jxh2yKQeTC2CcetM_GQrXvj20PrS6Cvyf2ebnp0IA4FBmghc8SubzaeZTrSsHBT0yjCZncqTKmCe6WCqh7gqTTupCKBFQVTS93Ym-ywlpT0E5wWATn8xjIHUHBmDDvL/s400/IMG_0808.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455370822743993906" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmiHFN8NjvA-OKyBrwqYMJQont4fu2oDjrNeldYphkaDY6ac7tgil01nWW8ydc55LeDB7lvWiz51nM6bgjGpIXVXBOQJADIKEBr_IrFh1inSNgYr67eQm9pDa-BFTvugEw5rTbOaMuQfo/s1600/IMG_0812.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 379px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmiHFN8NjvA-OKyBrwqYMJQont4fu2oDjrNeldYphkaDY6ac7tgil01nWW8ydc55LeDB7lvWiz51nM6bgjGpIXVXBOQJADIKEBr_IrFh1inSNgYr67eQm9pDa-BFTvugEw5rTbOaMuQfo/s400/IMG_0812.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455369561362485138" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00LUaQ1vD-Q98VRuNMRLmlUTpctewU4_rt_Wr7YD_HopTrX-4-nTbVmXvp0xPHZL3PZb8e71ohSlML32MN7LcFcSDACDHjgfYwbuM7LJYvgWQ3gjlAJVeFHWHVGalqWykYW46gnd59o_m/s1600/IMG_0810.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00LUaQ1vD-Q98VRuNMRLmlUTpctewU4_rt_Wr7YD_HopTrX-4-nTbVmXvp0xPHZL3PZb8e71ohSlML32MN7LcFcSDACDHjgfYwbuM7LJYvgWQ3gjlAJVeFHWHVGalqWykYW46gnd59o_m/s400/IMG_0810.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455368875089200242" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqn_6PgsPaC-PeDTXV0cEVrgjWHW7KVgbjAQO-2LDEEfZvNwSMcjdrF4wfZs9qxCfNEiIhGukJ0SoCmU8MJ-fobNWpUgEbyKzLG8j2qsEBSjGVc7XhE5tG9KthxBZIiGEGrlVtW1eXV6TI/s1600/IMG_0814.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqn_6PgsPaC-PeDTXV0cEVrgjWHW7KVgbjAQO-2LDEEfZvNwSMcjdrF4wfZs9qxCfNEiIhGukJ0SoCmU8MJ-fobNWpUgEbyKzLG8j2qsEBSjGVc7XhE5tG9KthxBZIiGEGrlVtW1eXV6TI/s400/IMG_0814.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455367355902764354" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is the puzzle with the letters put in place. I added dowels dyed red in the holes of the letter like the "a" and "o", etc. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ5at7CLidA15ZPnNAITexyZ_NCXOcsIaBLQwQZL8XB1kYEp6kMc_hsS43vifv4Un_UPjVs0ANbC1khA4JEEfPpv8yWW50vfFALhn7dp7MZn5EprQbJMe8EiBTzgQKEYp3tPUclkwFhAH/s1600/IMG_0902.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ5at7CLidA15ZPnNAITexyZ_NCXOcsIaBLQwQZL8XB1kYEp6kMc_hsS43vifv4Un_UPjVs0ANbC1khA4JEEfPpv8yWW50vfFALhn7dp7MZn5EprQbJMe8EiBTzgQKEYp3tPUclkwFhAH/s400/IMG_0902.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455365435283388610" /></a><br /><br /><br />Below is the latest puzzle. This took about sixteen hours to complete.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCPA3fstHQF3FWUjFxGUj3su4VylXnzEPPejbnsrWdY35p46qW1HIMHWYC7rUwf1i32ZTRdkH53cV5sHcEHvEaKdtItqM-ZhiBfDjvQ08LX142uouQ5ZpycEobAhbU3ZqpVKPWGUCsWMH/s1600/IMG_0900.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCPA3fstHQF3FWUjFxGUj3su4VylXnzEPPejbnsrWdY35p46qW1HIMHWYC7rUwf1i32ZTRdkH53cV5sHcEHvEaKdtItqM-ZhiBfDjvQ08LX142uouQ5ZpycEobAhbU3ZqpVKPWGUCsWMH/s400/IMG_0900.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455364024208781650" /></a><br /><br /><br />Resuming posting after two months hiatus on April's Fool's Day is rather ominous. Kind of like the snow Mother Nature laid on us today for a few hours before noon. Only about a half inch accumulated and it was gone by the noon hour. <br /><br />So what have I been doing that would cause me not to post for two months? Well, for one I bought a scroll saw and have been trying to learn to have the steady hands needed to become an adequate scroller. So far, I have been sticking with puzzles because the interlocking pieces are forgiving. I would like to graduate to making bowls and baskets and then intarsia, but having just scrolled a piece of red oak last night, I can see I will be making puzzles for a while longer. That hard wood definitely is more challenging than the the pine that I started with (the finished pieces break too easily) and the poplar which works pretty well, but lacks the grain definition to make really beautiful pieces. While scrolling takes time, the sanding and finishing takes a lot of time. Yesterday I finished an apple alphabet puzzle that took about sixteen hours to complete. I intend to make a couple more because as I complete a puzzle I immediatedly have inspirations how I can make some modifications and have an even better finished product. Look at the pictures to see what you think of these two puzzles?<br /><br /><br />I have purchased a few books with patterns from Woodcraft and get other patterns online. I take the books down to a local copy shop to get copies of the patterns in the book. The patterns usually have to be increased in size. Sometimes I take a finished puzzle so the lady who owns the shop can see what becomes from these patterns she copies for me. I have had three offers to buy my puzzles from customers in the shop. I tell them that the time it takes to make the puzzles precludes even the thought of trying to sell them. But, I am having second thoughts. I could never recoup my hours even at a dollar an hour, but I might be able to charge enough to cover the cost of materials and be able to buy materials to make two more just like the one I sold. Hmmmm. Might think about that for awhile.<br /><br />I also have been tying a lot of flies, attending seminars about fly fishing and will even be attending the Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo in Boise tomorrow and Jane and I will attend the banquet Saturday night. I also have been reading quite a bit about flies and fly fishing. Right now I am reading Gary LaFontaine's book about caddis flies. Pretty good. Unfortunately the author is deceased--Lou Gehrig's disease.<br /><br />And, I have been reading quite a bit and have been doing research for an endeavor my son is involved with and research on the Native Americans of this area because I have to prepare a display for Fruitland on the Native Americans of this area for this fall when the traveling Smithsonian display called Journeys comes to Fruitland for six weeks. <br /><br />The presidency of the Indianhead Fly Fishing Club in Weiser and membership in the Southern Idaho Mycological Association is also keeping me busy. Reta and I have to scout out the Mann's Creek drainage Monday through Wednesday of next week to determine if there is going to be a flush of morel mushroom large enough to warrant our members who are mostly from Boise to come out for the weekend of the tenth. <br /><br />Oh, yeah, there is a Powwow in Boise on the tenth and eleventh. Guess I will just make the eleventh this year. So, yeah, things are really busy. Good thing I am retired because I really don't have any time to be working. <br /><br />More about flies and visits with the grandkids in Newberg on the next posting.<br /><br />Yippeee, Yeooooowwww,<br />Papa Coyote is backPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-49394546407036160892010-02-01T12:21:00.001-07:002010-02-01T12:24:27.595-07:00Oooops!I posted some pictures for the family, but by mistake I put them on my mushroom blog. So, if you would like to see some old pictures of the family, go to http://papacoyote--funguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/collection-of-old-and-recent-pictures.htmlPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-46677579900090433422010-01-30T16:06:00.020-07:002010-01-30T19:22:06.194-07:00She Turns Four!!A birthday party for a special little princess.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcpAhOfa3NUK-6wFHApiirIAWMxqXpWG7jid0tVXMmSCojcryK7D5WM3grmQsnmJ46jtXGI6_NdVoCYBe9c9Uon5Tc8wd32iAQnb-BzHZZSOrUpp62PaG6e7O9cv7jB867acyNewoe_S1/s1600-h/IMG_0698.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcpAhOfa3NUK-6wFHApiirIAWMxqXpWG7jid0tVXMmSCojcryK7D5WM3grmQsnmJ46jtXGI6_NdVoCYBe9c9Uon5Tc8wd32iAQnb-BzHZZSOrUpp62PaG6e7O9cv7jB867acyNewoe_S1/s200/IMG_0698.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432722857668325202" /></a><br />Grandma and grandpa Omas looking on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMTzCbeBS3lr2hoYDjuj2y9Bamfn_R7j7s1zNGNllDnf8qC8InvEby_yRKJRhhNLdmDf5OW0mPitNS-k_lQwReJajLgcnq0BeWGEXLmIht5PBldQn0ZyQuQtQRLQRGJd0lRDvhNfpbLzE/s1600-h/IMG_0740.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMTzCbeBS3lr2hoYDjuj2y9Bamfn_R7j7s1zNGNllDnf8qC8InvEby_yRKJRhhNLdmDf5OW0mPitNS-k_lQwReJajLgcnq0BeWGEXLmIht5PBldQn0ZyQuQtQRLQRGJd0lRDvhNfpbLzE/s200/IMG_0740.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432721304374343314" /></a><br />Playing a hand game with the king.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0yK30iGnrR4uhbQ8WlJ1hdu_O4pcbZJizAixHoppkvuSM33T2ypDNw1JiXwrOhWCzUuYv588nQxwgc2K0B75N-zMfeynOM3g07qZxZQ_Ms7PXwlOGhLIyprDhZLPy-o8Wdg_TjyLWeH8/s1600-h/IMG_0726.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0yK30iGnrR4uhbQ8WlJ1hdu_O4pcbZJizAixHoppkvuSM33T2ypDNw1JiXwrOhWCzUuYv588nQxwgc2K0B75N-zMfeynOM3g07qZxZQ_Ms7PXwlOGhLIyprDhZLPy-o8Wdg_TjyLWeH8/s200/IMG_0726.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432715768304906194" /></a><br />A gift from the prince to the princess<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKSCgwx2RlPR9ACUYzCzpKdxtphyPJv32ySc9jk17uZYsegJTTQBtTSJZhVE44f08Cmd00ckWMGGt5B0LFMrYw9jbze-TFEQHS-56O9EON44wi7YFwLN9wX5L4o5eujPd0vSWhjOZm-xc/s1600-h/IMG_0720.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKSCgwx2RlPR9ACUYzCzpKdxtphyPJv32ySc9jk17uZYsegJTTQBtTSJZhVE44f08Cmd00ckWMGGt5B0LFMrYw9jbze-TFEQHS-56O9EON44wi7YFwLN9wX5L4o5eujPd0vSWhjOZm-xc/s200/IMG_0720.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432714328687759122" /></a><br />Time for the birthday girl to open her presents.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-ILn3ni9CHN87_wxR0LA1BIV2lLrKo-QFe29ty75yyv9y608s1E0-tSytn_E0Zybpv7EUyi8SlPTlfnaQkRh7NyMA4OXnJFjBuY6I4Cg6U_ao2AmL2WNlewn-9sXGacMe3P0sBOF_OG1/s1600-h/IMG_0716.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-ILn3ni9CHN87_wxR0LA1BIV2lLrKo-QFe29ty75yyv9y608s1E0-tSytn_E0Zybpv7EUyi8SlPTlfnaQkRh7NyMA4OXnJFjBuY6I4Cg6U_ao2AmL2WNlewn-9sXGacMe3P0sBOF_OG1/s200/IMG_0716.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432705881547762082" /></a><br />Serious cake and ice cream eating taking place here.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuZZD_br3LHuAKyiQ7hO_7i8cqI6DsgPH6BQiRo_FroFhzOtc2FJ5j-bAjYAzX23eoyX4ivkAisayv-RokWBKMOqeseYOgxmvuxII0x0DzyHen5fo8Yw7iPJLU8BQif1nfDvXhwSiJl0T/s1600-h/IMG_0713.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuZZD_br3LHuAKyiQ7hO_7i8cqI6DsgPH6BQiRo_FroFhzOtc2FJ5j-bAjYAzX23eoyX4ivkAisayv-RokWBKMOqeseYOgxmvuxII0x0DzyHen5fo8Yw7iPJLU8BQif1nfDvXhwSiJl0T/s200/IMG_0713.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432704401949560754" /></a><br />This young princess is a veteran of many fine parties,<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVSHGbMBGuOpss0_MzYdNT57-Cxs9AYBfTNeV3-3h-qsMWLjMFvr6p-aiZYOtt4s7OTswHdXmFsSczi2UV1V1bGRtJFdk4Dcg05FQ9-4Q93XeC0vczXwvk5JnnVjqjT1n_o7bKxJUvdTg/s1600-h/IMG_0710.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVSHGbMBGuOpss0_MzYdNT57-Cxs9AYBfTNeV3-3h-qsMWLjMFvr6p-aiZYOtt4s7OTswHdXmFsSczi2UV1V1bGRtJFdk4Dcg05FQ9-4Q93XeC0vczXwvk5JnnVjqjT1n_o7bKxJUvdTg/s200/IMG_0710.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432703129469140850" /></a><br />Whoever came up with the idea of a birthday party and cake and ice cream should be knighted. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiqkj56v5vQ55jCRvDAW5of274CTgJTSFYI1fD-ZmdxiK0RDxDKlBX98-i_bwnOElNrVVOW4rFHIm9TX3p5j18gQmDyf-7YowRaN69dLZgSRDvyPwlOlYgLzfwscKmVURm8G4qT3l8F_s/s1600-h/IMG_0708.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiqkj56v5vQ55jCRvDAW5of274CTgJTSFYI1fD-ZmdxiK0RDxDKlBX98-i_bwnOElNrVVOW4rFHIm9TX3p5j18gQmDyf-7YowRaN69dLZgSRDvyPwlOlYgLzfwscKmVURm8G4qT3l8F_s/s200/IMG_0708.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432701491836773586" /></a><br />The King and princes join in celebrating.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErNoTtFxrRCxoUx8ZINx6J4rSyvdCmrP_v3sAAxy58NlyYxBtliI8XIx8d6HoQwctl-BDhIUpj_8HT2eGZ7OEcKrhnsRAfKRmZEDgjcVEHqdbRZvdqVnVZJ-fllKwM_2_XqYajBCOu-oY/s1600-h/IMG_0705.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErNoTtFxrRCxoUx8ZINx6J4rSyvdCmrP_v3sAAxy58NlyYxBtliI8XIx8d6HoQwctl-BDhIUpj_8HT2eGZ7OEcKrhnsRAfKRmZEDgjcVEHqdbRZvdqVnVZJ-fllKwM_2_XqYajBCOu-oY/s200/IMG_0705.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432699330264482578" /></a><br />The Queen Mother said let them have cake and the Prince is getting down on that cake and ice cream.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqP8U7RfVWZ0kL821OVYHKGgm6F0qXFND5dyCvLYA6YoElq5r7SvDcOCeuIglsCaghHhUE34OW8bg1cGXcDfzmjAOw6fDVSWWiT5Y3VOJMAbz3wsR7usXSTsG633cESygK53CwFqEwxX-6/s1600-h/IMG_0699_1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqP8U7RfVWZ0kL821OVYHKGgm6F0qXFND5dyCvLYA6YoElq5r7SvDcOCeuIglsCaghHhUE34OW8bg1cGXcDfzmjAOw6fDVSWWiT5Y3VOJMAbz3wsR7usXSTsG633cESygK53CwFqEwxX-6/s200/IMG_0699_1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432697668476675170" /></a><br />Gathering to divide the spoils.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8eF1mobLFm3q7QN-VqUfBK6kYqjpRP1tYJj16Ii62_SI1z1q5dXUPmUwvan_ZitGZ7H9-mOhf2Ha61SWM99zK58hN4J02Nj78kM942SKb2AAbpvA3IGWXki-LxIG4d_tqLqjgRbpTOa5/s1600-h/IMG_0696.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8eF1mobLFm3q7QN-VqUfBK6kYqjpRP1tYJj16Ii62_SI1z1q5dXUPmUwvan_ZitGZ7H9-mOhf2Ha61SWM99zK58hN4J02Nj78kM942SKb2AAbpvA3IGWXki-LxIG4d_tqLqjgRbpTOa5/s200/IMG_0696.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432696075916998226" /></a><br />Pretty big candles for a little princess to blow out all at once.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0em_O4LxgdyVGybs8MgRS3qfpMnfcsMD8SpnSze4E-cqfngRkqyff67uh2NQsR0pvwZ2yfcXgWbfYXvF50rZRwW1oeUVQPCa8zpv5aa554-a1AxJxXQO1GH089gHUPJEkkamNp2Ajn0Te/s1600-h/IMG_0694.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0em_O4LxgdyVGybs8MgRS3qfpMnfcsMD8SpnSze4E-cqfngRkqyff67uh2NQsR0pvwZ2yfcXgWbfYXvF50rZRwW1oeUVQPCa8zpv5aa554-a1AxJxXQO1GH089gHUPJEkkamNp2Ajn0Te/s200/IMG_0694.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432693312009094898" /></a><br />Gathering around the table for a sing-a-long.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtEgH7AJmOINy3yXh2Vs0BeX5mUZTf5zBOtLoFFmvRhcdqVrRi5GplUzDtn-NEbjX0p62jnnGS85Bl07rwMdgxX91Wfzy6EZG2RkFuX9rVum8dnkErllQ9bEINHpIne1c0ElQ00Dut6Nm/s1600-h/IMG_0686.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtEgH7AJmOINy3yXh2Vs0BeX5mUZTf5zBOtLoFFmvRhcdqVrRi5GplUzDtn-NEbjX0p62jnnGS85Bl07rwMdgxX91Wfzy6EZG2RkFuX9rVum8dnkErllQ9bEINHpIne1c0ElQ00Dut6Nm/s200/IMG_0686.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432691222059821618" /></a><br /><br />I can be a princess, too.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYO9Dk2Q4Z9Zne6BGYpHQELjmpulRn-8QqrjqlLUTpYzVyN0lE6weG1HoopopNgsDns8Owz2x-If_jkfjJ2gYslYOglg3G2YqGKsWpuL5DijWHjkuRu0tBVuAQ2L2t0Ols2K-pksVvK_a/s1600-h/IMG_0687.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYO9Dk2Q4Z9Zne6BGYpHQELjmpulRn-8QqrjqlLUTpYzVyN0lE6weG1HoopopNgsDns8Owz2x-If_jkfjJ2gYslYOglg3G2YqGKsWpuL5DijWHjkuRu0tBVuAQ2L2t0Ols2K-pksVvK_a/s200/IMG_0687.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432689852544787378" /></a><br />Words of advice from one princess to another.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yz_qy9cZ8QZIbBQJHvHWqrySGnOATVRKxyEpx37oEi9zCL4Dx84mM9hJuxAg8zFkiiR7nq2pzgfWm2x3pcxJh-C9NOoHdLQw-_aMBdmhepAPibCZMBYgsXBPeKcrLlTMlOPJFGXSfy2p/s1600-h/IMG_0673.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yz_qy9cZ8QZIbBQJHvHWqrySGnOATVRKxyEpx37oEi9zCL4Dx84mM9hJuxAg8zFkiiR7nq2pzgfWm2x3pcxJh-C9NOoHdLQw-_aMBdmhepAPibCZMBYgsXBPeKcrLlTMlOPJFGXSfy2p/s200/IMG_0673.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432688295913711666" /></a><br />Just enough time before the party to practice a few dance moves.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5G7cs7OJwp-U96mxwlNbVl9ZEe_rjjm8thFYcu1TMD6BVaF5eKEV1KYwz9FEcvHL1pLptZSsSK5VXQ3VJpsDUhFL5t_Aje8kz96IBcMOXW7xZz2RQyLvlO3L1nsviFD4YLQeq97Ri9Kg/s1600-h/IMG_0667.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5G7cs7OJwp-U96mxwlNbVl9ZEe_rjjm8thFYcu1TMD6BVaF5eKEV1KYwz9FEcvHL1pLptZSsSK5VXQ3VJpsDUhFL5t_Aje8kz96IBcMOXW7xZz2RQyLvlO3L1nsviFD4YLQeq97Ri9Kg/s200/IMG_0667.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432685585607385858" /></a><br />Granddaughter points out the pictures that grandpa needs to pay attention to.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavo_k0t3LjkH6oOM4I8nTl0NnRb9CNs1cGn9Sf6_roV8DHApQpsug5WDJr4fdZfvWm-hVdBaCK7efdOi_3223Vcq-NZnQuTIQANTGUalj8uMTiur8FCQ4Hnd0kIedgK3KOTekihuyQmHC/s1600-h/IMG_0663.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavo_k0t3LjkH6oOM4I8nTl0NnRb9CNs1cGn9Sf6_roV8DHApQpsug5WDJr4fdZfvWm-hVdBaCK7efdOi_3223Vcq-NZnQuTIQANTGUalj8uMTiur8FCQ4Hnd0kIedgK3KOTekihuyQmHC/s200/IMG_0663.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432680824989241874" /></a><br />Baby sister gets a present, too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzlcNVaO5gGMl-dTCbNll_B32U7_fB6qsYkw4duJrCtmoJwaqjytpjzKvq5s0MkHwe3WdNcXQBtFQUOM_8u9nKhUriXCRa50WDfH37Q4Re3RTiMKSWBOfE-hhcPQqPqvdc_yHJaJNkTTd/s1600-h/IMG_0658.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzlcNVaO5gGMl-dTCbNll_B32U7_fB6qsYkw4duJrCtmoJwaqjytpjzKvq5s0MkHwe3WdNcXQBtFQUOM_8u9nKhUriXCRa50WDfH37Q4Re3RTiMKSWBOfE-hhcPQqPqvdc_yHJaJNkTTd/s200/IMG_0658.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432678681427207842" /></a><br />Mom made a beautiful cake. The theme of the party was princesses and princes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrWpkO94pycYdFgZMS9hdG8VKPuGt1RHm5RajEGj7hgxZr8zInhilsiMU_fVpSXHDewG8Kjb9ay4HkXNHJAeV-uzJGI_ljRRNsBZVjZkHJh6Xwdu3eKGBpnrzf8Qv7Nf2vH-QbYdqt5t9/s1600-h/IMG_0655.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrWpkO94pycYdFgZMS9hdG8VKPuGt1RHm5RajEGj7hgxZr8zInhilsiMU_fVpSXHDewG8Kjb9ay4HkXNHJAeV-uzJGI_ljRRNsBZVjZkHJh6Xwdu3eKGBpnrzf8Qv7Nf2vH-QbYdqt5t9/s200/IMG_0655.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432677343582685922" /></a><br />Dad helps out by unloading and loading the dishwasher.<br /><br />The oldest grandaughter turned four and Mom and Dad put on a great birthday party. The kids gathered at the other grandma and grandpas house for and afternoon kids' party, then the adults and kids gathered at Mom and Dad's house Sunday night for a party of family members. Then the kids did a slumber party for the grand finale. Granddaughter had a great time and of course she liked the presents and very respectfully thanked each person for their gift. Pretty sweet of her.PapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-5776364978327343572010-01-19T22:15:00.004-07:002010-01-20T00:07:50.655-07:00It has been awhile since I have posted. I caught a cold a few days after Christmas which settled into my chest. When I was a three year old I was sick with whooping cough for several weeks. I remember that cough well. One really does whoop when one coughs with whooping cough. I have heard older people say how much they suffered listening to their child cough when they had whooping cough. I can feel for them, but, as one who had whooping cough, the parents' torment is nothing compared to surviving whooping cough. Not all of us who had it survived. Today some people talk about not having their child immunized. They might be right, but if I did nothing else, I think I would at least have my child vaccinated for whooping cough and polio. I write the foregoing because many of us who had whooping cough have problems as adults with a cold that settles into the lungs. I coughed for weeks and still have some nights when I get little sleep because of the lingering cough. Last weekend over a three day period I was coughing so hard that I passed out four times. My wife grounded me from driving. Probably a good idea. I don't think anybody wants a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup barreling down the highway with a driver behind the wheel who is unconscious. I know I would not. But I am feeling better so hope to get out and maybe do something interesting enough to make blogging worthwhile. <br /><br />For those of you who are my age you may remember your childhood when we caught every childhood disease imaginable. Remember measles? We could catch the German measles, also known as the hard measles or the black measles. Those measles could put one down for a couple weeks. Or one might catch the red measles also known as the three day measles. I had both of those. I know I had the red measles at least three times. Remember the mumps? Now those were bad. I caught the mumps on one side of my throat during the 3rd grade and missed a week. Went back to school for a few days just long enough to make up my missed work after school and then came down with the mumps on both sides of the throat. I think we referred to that as the double mumps. I was out of school for two weeks over that and the school was talking about holding me back for a year because of all the class time I had missed. I spent several days after school making up work. Looking back on that I now realized how many days that poor teacher had to stay after school while I finished assignments. I am sure I did not appreciate her doing that at the time and probably did not even think to thank her, but now I understand the sacrifice she made. Thank you, Mrs. Silvera. I was fortunate to have had the mumps after the Major League Baseball season was underway so that I could listen to the Game of the Day broadcasted on the Mutual Radio Network while laying in bed. When one has the mumps, one just wants to lay in bed. TV was just beginning broadcasts at the time in Spokane. I still think the radio entertainment was superior to the entertainment we get on TV today. <br /><br />I never had polio, but were our parents ever worried! When I was a kid, we played hard outside all day long during the summer. Sometimes I would have terrible leg pains (not cramps) from playing so hard. Grandparents referred to those pains as growing pains. I don't know what they were all about, but I just know they were terribly painful. Mom and Dad would come into my bedroom and massage my legs for sometimes hours. I know now they were terribly worried that I was catching polio. In the heat of the day, parents would call us kids in for quiet playing because the theory circulated that if a kid got too exhausted from heat and exercise, he/she was more susceptible to catching polio. We put a lot jigsaw puzzles together and played a lot of rummy. And we read a lot. Kids don't read as much as we used to. Hey, what could one do. If the baseball game was not on the soap operas were and, well, I just wasn't into the soaps like my grandmother. When I lived in Valpo we played a lot of workup--a baseball game. Or sometimes we divided into teams and made hitting into one of the outfields an automatic out because we might only have five or six kids on a team. We had one kid who had crippled legs, but he could stand with his leg braces. He had a good arm and he pitched for both sides. He was pretty good and he liked doing that. That way he could play baseball with the guys. Worked real well. <br /><br />Oh, yeah, about everybody got chickenpox. Ouch. I hated the itchy sores left. My next door neighbor lady, Mrs. Fisher, had her grandson live with her for a year while his dad and mom worked in the oil fields in Saudi Arabia. This was in 1949 or 1950. Arthur got scarlet fever. I still am not sure what that was all about, but I know he was a real sick kid for a long time. He missed a whole year of school and had to repeat the grade. Seems like there was always Pink Eye going around. I think we dabbed a solution of borax water with a cotton ball in our eyes. Maybe it was something other than borax, I am not sure right now. I will have to ponder that for awhile. I know I had pink eys a few times. Oh, how could I forget ring worm. Had that at least once. <br /><br />When I was in the sixth grade in Valparaiso, there was an outbreak of diptheria in a neighboring town and several kids died. Wow. Things happened fast. There was a rumor that we all were going to get shots and before we could forget about the scare of that rumor lo and behold a nurse shows up at school and everybody got a diptheria shot. Forget about parental consent and all that bull roar. We were lined up and shot. Even the wimps had to stand there and take it like a man or woman as the case may be. They did at least afford us the comfort of not being shot in front of our classmeates. We were taken to the cloak room (remember how they smelled like wet wool in the winter?) adjacent to the classroom and shot in solitude. Thinking of shots we all got vaccinations for tuberculosis.<br /><br />The vaccination was something that was even inflicted upon us as teachers early in my career. I was standing in front of my history class in Payette when the school nurse came in and said I needed a vaccination. I protested that I had been vaccinated as a kid, but my protest was of no concern to the nurse. She said raise your sleeve (I was wearing a shortsleeve shirt) and she vaccinated me right in front of the class. I thought that was a little wierd.<br /><br />When I was a little guy I had a lot of ear aches. Mom or Dad would put warm oil in my ear and then stuff a wad of cotton into my ear. We had hot water bottles in those days rather than heating pads and I often had to lay on the hot water bottle to bring relief to my ear. And side aches. Remember those? We were so active outside that we would have a lactic acid build up (didn't know the cause for side aches until I took a health class my freshman year in high school). All the kids in my neighborhood suffered from side aches. We just knew that we got them when we ran for too long or too hard. I wonder if kids today ever get side aches? <br /><br />Moms have always fretted over their children's health. I was fed every morning what my Mom and her eight siblings were fed--one quarter of a cake of yeast (actually not bad), one tablespoon of blackstrap molasses (the sulfur had not been extracted and therein lay the health factor) and one tablespoon of cod liver oil. Gag. I started with yeast to coat my throat and ended with the molasses to hide the flavor of the cod liver oil. I cana tell you that blackstrap molasses did not taste all that good. All of that and I cannot say I benefitted in the least. I still caught about every childhood disease known to kids and lots of colds to boot. Oh, yeah, they allowed me to drink coffee when I was five for a year and then after I was thoroughly loving my cup of coffee in the morning decided that the coffee would stunt my growth. They must have been right. So they started me on Ovaltine. I must say it was a poor alternative, but there was a neat decoder a kid could send for to use in connection with a favorite radio program sponsored by Ovaltine. Funny thing is that to this day I now cannot stand the taste of coffee. Go figure. <br /><br />I remember getting a cold and cough when I was a little kid and Dad would rub camphorated (sp?) oil on my chest. That seemed to really help. Smelled good. Sometimes Dad would make a mustard plaster and put on my chest. My God! but that would burn. Was suppose to loosen up the phlegm. Worked. I often wonder what his recipe was. <br /><br />I always dreaded getting a really sore throat. I can remember my Mom and Dad on a couple occasions going to the local doctor and having their throats painted with iodine. I can't even imagine. Do you remember getting a cut and having iodine put on it? Geez, that hurt worse than the cut, by far. When my Mom had to have her tonsils removed, Dad walked (we did not have a car) her to the doctor and she sat in his chair at the office and without anathesia of any kind the doctor reached into her throat and cut out the tonsils. Dad walked her home and it took her a couple weeks to heal. The doctor's office was only a block and a half from our house. His office was just in the front of his home. Kind of like a big enclosed purch. Oh, he did make home visits. I remember him answering a call several times to our home. He carried a black case just like in the movies.<br /><br />I think I have covered all the childhood diseases that most of us caught as kids. I am glad there were immunizations for my children so they didn't have to suffer through some of what us old timers had to deal with. But, we survived okay somewhat worse for the experience. <br /><br />I used to get canker sores when I was a little kid in Spokane. They hurt so bad. Dad had the answer for them. Old time remedy. Alum powder. My God, that hurt. I think the alum powder burned the canker sore so badly that it cauterized the sore. It worked, but oh, geez, that hurt. Thinking about that for some reason reminds me of brushing our teeth. We pored a little baking soda and some salt in the palm of our hand, wet the took brush, dabbed it into the mixture and then brushed our teeth. I remember one day Mom brought home a can of Colgate powdered toothpaste. Man, did we ever think we were uptown. <br /><br />Maybe I will post again some of my childhood memories. I think I am unusual in one sense. I have very clear memories of some parts of my childhood dating back to when I was eight months old. At a later time, I will post some of those memories.<br /><br />Oh, one quick memory of losing the first tooth. My sister tied a string to a very loose tooth that I was afraid to pull out. It was just barely hanging. She convinced me that the easiest way to deal with the problem was to tie a string around the tooth, then to the door knob and then slam the door. My God, I was dumb. I actually agree to that. It did work, and she was right. It didn't hurt and the next morning I will be darned but she was right again when a dime showed up under my pillow in place of the tooth I had put there. That was in the good old days of Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny! Oh, by the way, a dime could buy a kid a lot of stuff in those days. A package of Twinkies was only 7 cents and bubble gum with a baseball card or an African animal or native person cost only a penny. And a haircut 75 cents, but I never had to pay for those.<br /><br />Love you all,<br />Papa CoyotePapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-15723748504570982532010-01-06T21:22:00.008-07:002010-01-07T10:17:42.494-07:00What If<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0nd9l40Njy6rw7nzG3ls1AmAl8_A6HaHW4vugfQIuD7oBauWfTg6xJEXAYlbR2ZcRnpMbdbxHzYUGkggF-6oRyU1-EtOBBk5E83ElCDG6ANz-UkuHyJCpm49YStRJ55N54CH2hXhkfwU/s1600-h/kissing+through+masks+in+Mexico.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423856621899085618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0nd9l40Njy6rw7nzG3ls1AmAl8_A6HaHW4vugfQIuD7oBauWfTg6xJEXAYlbR2ZcRnpMbdbxHzYUGkggF-6oRyU1-EtOBBk5E83ElCDG6ANz-UkuHyJCpm49YStRJ55N54CH2hXhkfwU/s200/kissing+through+masks+in+Mexico.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>Could it really come to this?</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79HJxhhj7E2jMYpojXiS6ZtFOuFExvbwmZPkJc2R5SGLGbROFBn_izZe-0V-gzbPCZa01G5-p0AgcodtyjBg-5IZXkFWpuYiHDa-rgpA-nekHFvmHLeV4pxD6Zn94rthJDfDCXU5CBHJQ/s1600-h/Coyote+holds+help+sign.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423854447545047938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79HJxhhj7E2jMYpojXiS6ZtFOuFExvbwmZPkJc2R5SGLGbROFBn_izZe-0V-gzbPCZa01G5-p0AgcodtyjBg-5IZXkFWpuYiHDa-rgpA-nekHFvmHLeV4pxD6Zn94rthJDfDCXU5CBHJQ/s200/Coyote+holds+help+sign.jpg" /></a><br />Ohhhh, me, oh my. I hate these winter colds. I seem to get one or two a year. Sometimes I can get to the sauna early enough to kill the virus, but not this time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxNgXnpbqPkVlyfnrqKLjacwEx5vnx3L5XuSQhJ5ntj8BIs_vmHJBlOhpDd21EN87fXVQUkCGUhslCAammVURn3WcuXVzHBK05hYkHnYSFdLZ7V-GS6FKR-3APPSr4wnpZezBV80zMK6L/s1600-h/kleenexsm.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 170px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423851636172482274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxNgXnpbqPkVlyfnrqKLjacwEx5vnx3L5XuSQhJ5ntj8BIs_vmHJBlOhpDd21EN87fXVQUkCGUhslCAammVURn3WcuXVzHBK05hYkHnYSFdLZ7V-GS6FKR-3APPSr4wnpZezBV80zMK6L/s200/kleenexsm.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I finally gave in and went to the "Doc in the Box" and got a prescription of codeine-laced cough syrup and Azithromycin. At least I am not coughing as much. Maybe I will get some sleep. I can tell you sleepless in the coyote's den is not nearly as sexy as sleepless in Seattle.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DVQhWt87TJ8bBqIw6gDyjodNDGWTKX8VskCy6LUSYLyMoppLlR3hs2350ee6dlaWX6p7jttHsquNsnwlM_rhMgz28baauE3oG6zxTwuxHvmq3eZBmixeyBEbiI3H0PqZhaN0gKTr-85X/s1600-h/coyote+pups.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423857152756794466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DVQhWt87TJ8bBqIw6gDyjodNDGWTKX8VskCy6LUSYLyMoppLlR3hs2350ee6dlaWX6p7jttHsquNsnwlM_rhMgz28baauE3oG6zxTwuxHvmq3eZBmixeyBEbiI3H0PqZhaN0gKTr-85X/s200/coyote+pups.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After we had spent all those hours decorating and cleaning the house. J had spent all those hours converting her production facility back to living and sleeping rooms in the basement for our daughter's family, <strong>What if</strong> I had said, upon seeing the two littlest granddaughters with runny noses, "Nope can't come in. Go back home. You will cause grandma and grandpa to get sick." Never crossed my mind really. We were so pleased to have all the family under one roof for a few days and nights. Well, grandma would still have me running the ridges behind the house looking for a meal. That scenario equates to Papa is in the dog house. I would be in so much trouble. Well, at least kicked out of the house. Now grandma and grandpa do have colds, but we will recover. The doctor did tell me to get lots of rest. I told grandma that she was under the same orders, but she does not respond well to orders. I do and I am resting.<br /><br />Love you all,<br />Papa CoyotePapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-6879245402907264352010-01-03T20:14:00.022-07:002010-01-08T20:04:08.120-07:00The Family Christmas Dinner<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZTqHRl4VdVttuvDTYhudsfE4ePm0L3-Xm0tQQCPuVXM1cDyFPSQe5I1VFhHBNP5HOUq5d8RAZMZrXHL_lo84lV5d1iL-2Qm5j3Rw9yvE8VhZ_2_8PbRVXZjlwpiQMLMHawT_JetBOA3M/s1600-h/IMG_0530.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZTqHRl4VdVttuvDTYhudsfE4ePm0L3-Xm0tQQCPuVXM1cDyFPSQe5I1VFhHBNP5HOUq5d8RAZMZrXHL_lo84lV5d1iL-2Qm5j3Rw9yvE8VhZ_2_8PbRVXZjlwpiQMLMHawT_JetBOA3M/s320/IMG_0530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422765349345977426" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5y0Y0Z8VZHxIXjiIvsZshnasfagujKfHDo3FtEX65KLX6VtQ7rfJYZoOv8DGTpFamSrTvaaR9We5kDrJjQwA-Iyb-xF1MpdDnjK3YaOa58QWkni0WhpQjVXKiZcKDSzdMTaRvcXBwCUI/s1600-h/IMG_0534.JPG"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVnfWwY4rfNjQ4uFsut5yrp_aDI2Wgi8h03fUzCZh32T2FSsr_1iLhcZ7B4zIjx_YtTo3OUlEtDQ594jT2UgJonvliRUnUQnTiYjV11IJ2Q9L7UhO5b4ZTB_yYFaFQThmZa8jam-Y0SAV/s320/IMG_0470.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422735621898640434" /></a><br />After days of decorating and cooking---well, of course, you understand, MamaCoyote gets all of that credit. Papa tries to lend a paw when appropriate, but, well, I just am not much of a decorator. We had twenty-eight family members coming for dinner and dad gum it all, MamaCoyote was in full enteraining mode. Having eleven kids eleven and under made the day all the more exciting. We even had three nursing mothers in the house all nursing babies several times a day. I could never see what all the fuss is about with mothers nursing in public because there just is nothing to see unless one would rush in and jerk up a blouse or sweater. If one were to do that, then he/she should be arrested. As I type this I am hacking and coughing. I started coming down with a miserable cold the day we left for McCall for some rest and relaxation. Well, that is about all I did. Rest, and well, can't say much for the relaxation part. First time in all the years that we have gone to McCall that I did not XC ski, but did get a couple books read and many FB games watched. Yearn for the old days when there were only four bowl games and they were all played on New Year's Day. What was for dinner? Lots!! Everybody brings some part of the dinner so you know how that goes. Lots of tasty stuff. MamaCoyote cooked a huge prime rib to perfection and included roasted chicken and ham. We had squash pie which we call pumpkin pie. Psst: Don't tell John. No one had a chance of going home hungry.<br /><br />Until next time,<br />PapaCoyote loves you allPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-6052884313409381222009-12-29T20:36:00.014-07:002009-12-30T10:58:25.885-07:00Catching Up on the Holiday Family GatheringsJ and I had three family gatherings for Christmas. I will have pictures of the big family dinner held at our place the 19th in the next blog. The following pictures are from the 25th and 27th. Daughter and her family came Christmas day and stayed through the 29th. They had planned to leave son-in-law's family a day earlier, but the two-year old had the flu so bad they had to take him to the hospital for an IV. He was very listless through the 26th, but when he recovered on the 27th, he was definitely on the go and we could harldy keep him full. He was making up for a huge fuel deficit and he was doing it in a hurry. Son and his family arrived the 27th, so we had another round of present openings. The six grand kids liked this multiple Christmas days with the various grandparents because they got to open presents on three days. J and I immensely enjoyed having both families home with their six children aged 8 months to eleven years. Makes for a very busy household, but lots of fun interaction with grandkids who don't see each other but at the most twice a year. Sure fun to watch the 8 month old and the 14 month old interact. <br /><br />Well, the grandparents are pretty tired. We will be relaxing for the next few days.<br /><br />Daughter flew home with the 8 month old and her husband drove home today with the three boys. The guys hit snow at Hood River and encountered snow covered roads on I-5 and 205. Lots of wrecks and so things really got tangled up. So far they have been able to avoid any fender benders of their own. The girls were delayed an hour in their flight out of Boise because of icy conditions in Portland and then had to circle Portland for an hour when they did get there. So the family at this writing is dining at the Red Robin and waiting for the roads to hopefully clear before trying to head home south of Portland. Meanwhile we are experiencing 20 degree weather and dry conditions. Kind of nice for a winter day.<br /><br />p.s. They arrived home 11:30 pm PDT. They pulled off I-5 so mom could nurse the baby. They were on U.S. 99 and asked a policeman if getting back on I-5 would be the quickest way home. He told them to stay on 99 since they could pull off into a parking lot when the kids needed attention. Good advice. They talked to one woman who had started home from work in Portland at 5:00 and 10:30 she was still an hour or more from home. Seems as though there were a lot of abandoned rigs on the freeway and only one lane had moving traffic. Maybe the long stalls caused people to run out of gas. I don't know. Wow. What a trip home to see moms and dads.<br /><br /><br /><br />Until next time,<br />Love you all,<br />Papa Coyote<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgENCTaFUz87PauG0fPWBJ_BZCx8zJ4oD0U-gp4ee8YGzP6uWIidagWycz1OAS6coB0dHObEUc71J66BRVNaeGhLn103X7JqGfnzVWn6tCWgGenTOkqzqFDX2MTNqLHobXAHRt2iqrgmy/s1600-h/IMG_0560.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgENCTaFUz87PauG0fPWBJ_BZCx8zJ4oD0U-gp4ee8YGzP6uWIidagWycz1OAS6coB0dHObEUc71J66BRVNaeGhLn103X7JqGfnzVWn6tCWgGenTOkqzqFDX2MTNqLHobXAHRt2iqrgmy/s320/IMG_0560.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420892200777659634" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGehvLSLYs4OUd06i88shZl-M2SMMa8TsY6D2QMAQD5WdGIq_fCG-d43tztPVDrmA33xjEAsq9wHi81s-Jdo2llQHK3RsgYQmtxsHATnZQyKBMFycYvzpW60w9W6cT436wan6nqMgnAuO/s1600-h/IMG_0559.JPG"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPHfAjTqkFb8ZXgrPEPORcL-z16AlhDrqs2njC9ZxucBF-HGwccUKgR3Vf0al2XmNPoSzhh24TcZIyatnobKqQdCAjvSZQhyphenhyphen0wb2nGu2sEzM9cULFPzwU2Rdw36XG0-X-iodbK_msM5wA/s320/IMG_0482.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413096479298882946" /></a><br /><br />Ahhh, summer time. The river is frozen over in many places where the water runs still and deep at this writing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3xShd5lBnURz67gHe7mVqHEoOeUqp61w3_lDjVcLu7kNibcm8HMws6DeRd4tkImrlgsxfchfMbOz4PlEcxmGETjJFLla_rLc7mT2dH8x-uw_AFz_wPcHGbTt902_A-vzps5tWDkAnfWj/s1600-h/IMG_0446.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3xShd5lBnURz67gHe7mVqHEoOeUqp61w3_lDjVcLu7kNibcm8HMws6DeRd4tkImrlgsxfchfMbOz4PlEcxmGETjJFLla_rLc7mT2dH8x-uw_AFz_wPcHGbTt902_A-vzps5tWDkAnfWj/s320/IMG_0446.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413092320064096482" /></a>Ray Perkins to the left<br /><br />I talked to Ray tonight at the Indianhead Fly Fishers Christmas party. He completed the count yesterday. Told me that I should have come along with my camera because he fell into the river. He has been on my case all year after I fell into the river last year. That river is cold. Ray took the temperature near the "Rock Garden" and found the water to be flowing at 31 degrees. Yup. That would be cold. The fish are not now active, so fishermen, wait for a warming trend. Temperature is predicted to be below zero in SW Idaho and Eastern Oregon tonight. <br /><br />The redd count this year for the seven designated sample areas is 1504 redds. Last year the count was 995, the year before 961. The increase from last year is 51%. That is statistically significant, duh. Ray does not know the cause for such an increase, but there are a lot of fish eggs awaiting to hatch next April. One conclusion that might be drawn is that the brown population is large and very healthy at this time. Barring a major gully washer flood there should be a zillion little browns in the water next spring---lots of food for the big browns. There is not likely to be a flood on the Owyhee this spring because predictions call for below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures. Judging by the temperature at the time I am typing this, we are going to have some pretty warm winter weather this winter to balance out what we are having right now. <br /><br /><em><strong>PLEASE BE AN ETHICAL FISHERMAN AND DO NOT WALK IN THE RIFFLES WHERE THE REDDS ARE LOCATED. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU MUST WALK IN THE RIFFLES, DO NOT WALK ON THE GRAVEL HUMPS--THAT IS WHERE THE EGGS LIE.</strong></em><br /><br />Until next time,<br />May all your trails be gently downhilll,<br />PapaCoyotePapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-3312066063544410112009-12-04T21:17:00.013-07:002009-12-07T21:26:42.454-07:00Annual Redd Count on the Owyhee River in Eastern OregonYou may view any picture in much larger format by clicking once on the picture. Click on the return button to return to the blog.<br /><br />The members of the Indianhead Fly Fishers organization of Weiser, ID helped Ray Perkins make his annual count of the redds in the Owyhee River. We have helped him make this count for the last four years. It is a unique opportunity to learn about taking scientific data and talk about fish in the Owyhee River with the man that I call the "Father of Owyhee Brown Trout". Ray made the decision to plant the Owyhee with brown trout about twenty years ago. He has been the only manager of this fishery that is now recognized as a world class trout river. Brown trout in excess of 20 inches can regularly be caught. The biggest brown trout caught in the river was thirty-seven and one-half inches. Wouldn't you know it, the lucky fisherman was a ten year old girl. She did have to release the fish because the brown trout fishery on the Owyhee is catch and release. <br /><br />Are there a lot of browns in this river? Well, for the last four years the redd count has been holding at about 950. This year, with one of the seven stretches of the river that is counted every year yet to be counted, the count will probably exceed 1250. That is a lot of fish. We see a lot of fish, big fish, when we walk the river making the count. <br /><br />Not only are there a lot of fish, but this river might possibly be the most food laden river in the U.S. Ray has counted, now I don't know how fish scientist do this, 26,000 aquatic insects to the square meter in the river. The river is alive with all kinds of scuds, mayflies, caddises, stone flies and more. The river is so rich with food for the trout that the fisherman had better have exactly what the fish is looking for or he will be skunked. That being said, fishermen show up in large numbers all year long and from all over the U.S. and even the world. We are so lucky to have such a great fishing opportunity so close by. <br /><br />There are rainbows in the river, too. The Oregon Fish and Game started stocking the river in 1938 with RB. Last year our IFF members helped Ray stock 113,000 RB into the river. That was a lot of fun and am I glad I helped him do that. The only fish I caught on the Owyhee this year was a six inch RB. I helped put him there:} It takes the big browns about three minutes to figure out that fingerling RB are being planted and then we can see dozens of big fish close in for the kill. As we dump a net full of four inch fish into the water the browns are at our feet chomping and swallowing on the offering. I guess 113,000 fish planted will mean that some will escape to provide enjoyment to fishermen at a later time.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZarQwLLe2ozf6_ViuKuPIXejUqm5igc5o50u0uuRpNfkPhQyted52Kil1TfpUoe3ccNPiy-X3vu8atRBh3CQAW2b0zCaWsz09jKOkHQvdVtKr2GB2vpF04DDALZbC2efwMx7x0EpfHmqe/s1600-h/IMG_0445.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZarQwLLe2ozf6_ViuKuPIXejUqm5igc5o50u0uuRpNfkPhQyted52Kil1TfpUoe3ccNPiy-X3vu8atRBh3CQAW2b0zCaWsz09jKOkHQvdVtKr2GB2vpF04DDALZbC2efwMx7x0EpfHmqe/s320/IMG_0445.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411621144325922962" /></a><br />Just getting into the river and starting to get their "river legs". <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkchOeTcSIqAAWr7c8PxXgXHMCIHF-NgzuX0g6S3VLaLxo3rfaaeDKKG-s1zaV10chbgd5smg7jpDVl2bqrMmtDkjKnid3u7A_Fmf97KCx-UROGnhyphenhyphen36brn91UQDXvxN-FkWbVHcSk1d8_/s1600-h/IMG_0447.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkchOeTcSIqAAWr7c8PxXgXHMCIHF-NgzuX0g6S3VLaLxo3rfaaeDKKG-s1zaV10chbgd5smg7jpDVl2bqrMmtDkjKnid3u7A_Fmf97KCx-UROGnhyphenhyphen36brn91UQDXvxN-FkWbVHcSk1d8_/s320/IMG_0447.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411618108768974770" /></a><br />Ray explains to the boys what we are looking for and not to walk on the gravel piles as that is where the eggs are to be found. The fish know to build their redds (a Swedish word for fish nest) in areas of the river where the water will flow through the gravel pile thus bringing oxygen to the eggs. The eggs will hatch in April. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pnUe_GWX0Upvde4RIr11-I-0VVy89y5NaXtS3D28OqzbFKZA3YgTi-yONo0t0xJXEBSfQLkQ1CCyf6a6EmYz08KhCKoIB_sYownTFuNqDkOrWmeNq1xQ9g3OACpu83Ljb0_9VHYenQoM/s1600-h/IMG_0448.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pnUe_GWX0Upvde4RIr11-I-0VVy89y5NaXtS3D28OqzbFKZA3YgTi-yONo0t0xJXEBSfQLkQ1CCyf6a6EmYz08KhCKoIB_sYownTFuNqDkOrWmeNq1xQ9g3OACpu83Ljb0_9VHYenQoM/s320/IMG_0448.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411616205218304962" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcLAN3PMNdrf7z9T2X7ENKLPvf5xxR-qzKm9T0gN9QO7HEvJ8DrkNyzIhBS_EPrakXPJUAcFbbP7TTxbSaiSeVv2iq9nKcFuWXFAfF9i3Uc1YEpq7ixD8Z5e5thDh1e11P4xnp37QDqtr/s1600-h/IMG_0451.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcLAN3PMNdrf7z9T2X7ENKLPvf5xxR-qzKm9T0gN9QO7HEvJ8DrkNyzIhBS_EPrakXPJUAcFbbP7TTxbSaiSeVv2iq9nKcFuWXFAfF9i3Uc1YEpq7ixD8Z5e5thDh1e11P4xnp37QDqtr/s320/IMG_0451.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411612389637869314" /></a><br />Ray counting redds. The power these fish generate to move rocks out of the way and pile up gravel up 18 inhes high in which they lay their eggs is just incredible. That is why it is considered unethical to fish the riffles and runs of rivers in the fall in which brown trout inhabit. They are pretty well tuckered out from the effort of spawning. Counting the redds can be a little tricky because brown trout will build a redd where another has previous dug out a redd. So we can find five, six or even more redds in one place. We make a good guess as to how many redds when we find a depression three feet long and seven feet wide and a pile of gravel that is as big and a foot and a half high. Ray refers to the brown trout's sex life as European groupies. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBpT0Nc3oQeXmlf7qXtzd93IvBQmk3g-VOkbNkJ6juaSYhuNG4yW3N_yKdTUKMDGvkr1QCJovWuxrywHnDHtWZHvNqPKy4ShqcOVsaA-x7FA4BykViY_rfNs7nZm38nTIaZjdHHnrXPuV/s1600-h/IMG_0454.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBpT0Nc3oQeXmlf7qXtzd93IvBQmk3g-VOkbNkJ6juaSYhuNG4yW3N_yKdTUKMDGvkr1QCJovWuxrywHnDHtWZHvNqPKy4ShqcOVsaA-x7FA4BykViY_rfNs7nZm38nTIaZjdHHnrXPuV/s320/IMG_0454.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411610539404451202" /></a><br />This panoramic shot of the crew working their way up the river counting redds well illustrates the exotic nature of the Owyhee River. This area receives about 11 inches of precipitation annually. Thus very few trees. I think the area is beautiful with the multi-colored rock formations. There is a dam about five miles upstream from where I took this picture.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho001IjPEwOEsS1pe8cMaCqSgDOpg59Z0RtUO6JBWHcvYvwoI43VOA2GmCdEdlo-xGbP8Lpg2vFbe3RIrJrdOIekQhPrZup0Pp9u6RBdQxMlqWUBo2bQUJseNX9H_LMTiVGrbt771jvwX1/s1600-h/IMG_0456.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho001IjPEwOEsS1pe8cMaCqSgDOpg59Z0RtUO6JBWHcvYvwoI43VOA2GmCdEdlo-xGbP8Lpg2vFbe3RIrJrdOIekQhPrZup0Pp9u6RBdQxMlqWUBo2bQUJseNX9H_LMTiVGrbt771jvwX1/s320/IMG_0456.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411607976198280866" /></a><br />Ray Perkins leads Dave, his grandson, Colin, and Collin's buddy Jake up the river counting redds. Redds are found in the riffles not the pools so when we walk the river, we can skip the pools. It is a lot easier walking on dry land than up the river against the current.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cdwJPb0GWoQjVlf76sQl35U4HlIyR39_U8EYrFzv3iEC_QKI7eJKGw8grg71gRiysiKerJh86gY5LRsBOOW31scBjF7q6ROPIW0OgyZhcQrh3QM79x7DAF8nB3Gt38X_SxxZIEZ_jrNk/s1600-h/IMG_0457.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cdwJPb0GWoQjVlf76sQl35U4HlIyR39_U8EYrFzv3iEC_QKI7eJKGw8grg71gRiysiKerJh86gY5LRsBOOW31scBjF7q6ROPIW0OgyZhcQrh3QM79x7DAF8nB3Gt38X_SxxZIEZ_jrNk/s320/IMG_0457.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411604820248172370" /></a><br />Before I try to explain why Colin had his shirt off allow me to preface the explanation with the fact that when the picture was taken the air temperature was seventeen degrees. There was no wind and not a cloud in the sky, so it was pretty pleasant if one is dressed for the occaision. Now why did Colin have his shirt off? Hey, he is a fifth grader and such actions of all fifth grade boys are usually not explained by rationale understood by the grandfather generation. But Colin and his Jake had a good time helping to count the brown trout redds and seeing some seriously big fish swim by and even between their legs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1St4hOUAsRr_BTNbEa5P3HJolGW0Wq2-NGXC_xDEiaga5t9g6BDY9HCnyovQ2qVbMhhc7ZQXiXcd4QCJHUng2SV_RHVOVXdNdpxNQz123dbq_YQFPf2vdynZsiGHn63Fbmoqie_CJRkhs/s1600-h/IMG_0458.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1St4hOUAsRr_BTNbEa5P3HJolGW0Wq2-NGXC_xDEiaga5t9g6BDY9HCnyovQ2qVbMhhc7ZQXiXcd4QCJHUng2SV_RHVOVXdNdpxNQz123dbq_YQFPf2vdynZsiGHn63Fbmoqie_CJRkhs/s320/IMG_0458.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411602146744049170" /></a><br />Near the end of the redd count we were buzzed by two military jets. Anybody know what kind this is? They made two passes over us, but I doubt they had us on their mind. <br /><br />So, if you want to fish the Owyhee this time of the year, you might consider fishing the stetch of the river close to the dam. The water is warmer there. In the afternoon about 1:30 a hatch of midges will come off and you might have to tie on a zebra midge pattern size #28. I can't even see that fly, but oh, well. Sometimes a BWO hatch will occurr so be prepared. Fortunately, a big honkin <br />Woolly Worm or Zonker will work and I can see to tie those on.<br /><br />Time to say good bye, <br />Papa Coyote Loves You AllPapaCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10867884848939787252noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209106756527474177.post-26466138025178570382009-11-26T21:46:00.016-07:002009-11-26T23:09:18.456-07:00Thankful for a Wonderful and Healthy FamilyWe met a J's nieces house for a Thanksgiving Dinner and a visit with J's side of the family. J was up at six this morning to put the 21# turkey in the roaster. She prepared fresh cranberry sauce, gravy and stuffing to take into Boise for the dinner. Everybody who attended brought something to round out the dinner. Nephew John brought the usual rolls that the school cooks in Jerome bake, but he also brought his new girlfriend. We, of course, gave her the old routine that we were sorry for her having hooked up with John. John had warned her that she would probably hear the likes. <br /><br />We are thankful that Bryan, who had suffered a stroke six weeks ago, was able to come home for the day. He has about a week more of physical therapy at the convalescent center and then will be home. He has gone from not being able to walk, to using a walker, to using a cane. I think he is just about ready for a fishing trip. Jody, had half of a thyroid removed last Friday and was in attendance and looking very well. This has been a rough stretch for the family. We are again blessed with several small children at the family gatherings. We had a spell there when all the little kids had grown up and had not yet married or had started families. It is a joy to have the little ones to play with and watch. <br /><br />Here are some pictures that I took. 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