Right outside our back door ....

RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR BACK DOOR (MAYBE 25-30 FEET) FROM OUR HOUSE THIS MORNING AS NORMAN WAS GOING TO WORK

WAS ONE OF THESE TWO CRITTERS.. IT LET OUT A YELL (FROM HADES) AND NORMAN SAID, "WHAT WAS THAT" WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW.. SOUNDED LIKE A DEMON TO ME! BUT THEN WE BOTH SPOTTED IT.. HE SAID HAND ME THE 22..  "IT WAS AFTER THE CHICKENS" SCARY! JUST THE NOISE IT MADE.. SEND CHILLS UP YOUR SPINE.. WELL.. WE STILL AREN'T SURE WHICH ONE OF THESE BELOW IT WAS BUT A MATURE GREY FOX (BY THE SOUND CLIP) WAS THE CLOSEST WE COULD FIGURE.. AS YOU CAN SEE THE FOX IN THIS FIRST PICTURE AND THE COYOTE LOOKS VERY MUCH A LIKE.. IT WAS OLDER.. LARGE AND LOUD! IT WAS EVEN A LITTLE DEEPER THAN THE SOUNDCLIP, BUT IT WAS THE BEST GUESS.. WE THOUGHT IT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN A COYOTE.. BUT NONE OF THE SOUND CLIPS SOUNDED ANYTHING LIKE IT.. NOTHING EVEN CLOSE! ANYWAY, IT WAS SCARY... EVEN THE CHICKENS  FELL SILENT WHEN IT YELLED OUT! THEY STAYED SILENT THE WHOLE TIME NORMAN HAD HIS GUN LOOKING FOR IT TOO.. HE SHOT.. BUT NO WAY OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT.. I HOPE IT WONDERED OFF TO SCARED TO COME BACK.. BUT I WON'T HOLD MY BREATH AT THAT THOUGHT.. BUT, IT DON'T HURT TO WISH! 

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I TOLD ABIGAIL TODAY WHEN SHE RODE HOME WITH ME THAT SHE IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BE WAY OUT AT HER SWING SET WITHOUT ONE OF US WITH HER.. DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES.. ALSO, WE DIDN'T LET THE CATS OUT TODAY.. AND HOMERJOE SEEMED TO SENSE SOMETHING, HE WAS REALLY CAUTIOUS OUTSIDE.. THEY SAY THAT ANIMALS KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT BY WATCHING THE PEOPLE.. WHO KNOWS?

BUT, I DO KNOW HE'S A VERY SMART, PRECIOUS LITTLE FELLA (*.*)

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SEEMS LIKE WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH ANIMALS LATELY.. A GROUNDHOG (WE FIGURE) HAS ATE ALL OF OUR CUCUMBER PLANTS, AND SOME OF OUR CABBAGE PLANTS AGAIN THIS YEAR.. "THEY REALLY ENJOY OUR GARDEN"  THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE DEER ARE EATING THE TOPS OF THE TOMATO PLANTS AGAIN.. UGGG.. WE NEED A 24 FOOT HIGH FENCE.. LOL WHAT DO YOU DO.. IF YOU DON'T TRY, YOU WON'T HAVE ANYTHING, AND TRYING.. YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH LOTS OF CRITTERS.. THE BAD THING IS, LIKE WITH THE CUCUMBERS (AND OUR BEANS LAST YEAR) THEY DEVOURED THEM AND THERE WAS NO "SHARING" TO IT! I REALLY WISH I KNEW A SAFE WAY TO KEEP THEM OUT.. IT'S SO AGGRAVATING! SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO JUST LAUGH (TO KEEP FROM LOOSING YOUR COOL) AND OTHER TIMES YOU JUST WANT TO UP AND CRY.. BUT THEN, WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO.. THE ANIMALS DON'T CARE ANYWAY! LOL

< BY THE WAY, THIS ONE IS A WOLF! (AND I WOULD SAY BY THE PICTURE OF IT, A "MATURE" WOLF AT THAT.. LOL ... JUST LIKE MANY OF US ARE GETTING TO BE!

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UGGG, WHEN THAT ALARM WENT OFF THISNORMAN RAN BY THE HOSPITAL  WHEN HE GOT OFF TODAY TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH HIS MOM. HE SAID THEY TOOK HER OUT OF THE ICU TODAY AND HE THOUGHT SHE WAS FEELING SOME BETTER.. KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS.. WHAT A COMBINATION SHE POSSIBLY HAS.. PNEUMONIA AND CONGESTIVE HEART PROBLEMS .. "GOD BLESS"

 MORNING, WE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS MORNING. NEITHER OF US HAD SLEPT MUCH ALL NIGHT.. MAKES FOR A LONG DAY THE NEXT DAY...   I STOPPED BY AND PICKED UP ABIGAIL UP AFTER WORK TODAY.. SHE'LL SPEND THE EVENING AND NIGHT AND RIDE BACK HOME AS I GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING

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 PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY.. SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR JAKE AND FRANCES TOO.. PRAYERS FOR MRS TERRY .. PRAYING FOR EVAN AND ALL THE CHILDREN WITH EB, CANCER AND EVERY OTHER DREADFUL DISEASES.. AND THEIR FAMILIES...PRAYING FOR EVERYONE WITH NASTY OLE CANCER.. SUCH A DREADFUL THING.. GOD COMFORT, HEAL AND BLESS EACH AND GRANT INNER PEACE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE NEEDING A JOB AND (OR) THE WANT AND WILL TO WORK! UNSPOKEN PRAYERS FOR JENNA AND BETTY JO AND HER FAMILY.. PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND GOD'S GUIDANCE UPON IT.. PRAYING FOR ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS AND THEIR SAFE AND QUICK RETURN HOME AND THEIR PEACE OF MINDS AND SOULS AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES.. PRAYING FOR ALL THE "UNSPOKEN REQUEST, AND NEEDS" .. (and asking that you'll pray with us about ours) PRAYING ALSO FOR THE FOLKS AT "THE RETIREMENT HOME" AND NORMAN'S CO-WORKER, HE SEEMS TO MISS A GOOD BIT OF WORK? .. AND THANKING GOD FOR ALL HIS GOODNESS, HIS LOVE, GRACE, MERCIES, GUIDANCE, AND BLESSINGS.. THANK YOU GOD IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN..