Yesterday was pi day, so I made a peach pi.
From frozen peaches. It is DL's favorite.
It came out pretty good!
The girls prefer aaaaaaaapple.
Mmmmm! Aaaaapple!
They like aaaaaaaapple!
Aaaaaaaaaappple!
Mr. Orphaned Moosey Baby has been hanging around our section of the neighborhood for a couple of months now. He seems comfy and healthy and a good weight, and and has settled down since the first shock of losing his mama (she was hit by a car). The Alaska Department of Fish and Game literature suggests that a calf can survive without its mom as early as its first fall, so I hope this little guy makes it. The girls and I sometimes do extra-long runs, and sometimes do extra-short runs, to avoid him. He sees us and is not as short-tempered as he was a few weeks ago. I sure hope he makes it to summer and lives out a glorious moosey life and makes many moosey babies! I've decided to call him Ishmael. Ishmael was an outcast who became a father of great nation. So I think it's a good name for an orphaned moosey boy.
5 comments:
I hope your orphaned moosey lives up to His Big Name, and also leaves everyone alone! My grandson (12 years old) loves your pictures. We're doing a 14 day cruise /tour and will be up there May 19. He's hoping for snow but I told him not to hold his breath. He can look at your snow pictures, lol.As much as your fuzzies love apples.....would an apple tree grow up there?? Happy St. Patrick's Day to all.
@gina, I hope you have a wonderful trip!
Yes, apple trees do grow up here! But they are extremely vulnerable to being eaten by moose, rabbits, voles, squirrels, etc, etc. Fencing that would be effective against that entire size range of Interested Parties would get very expensive! It makes the $2.50/lb price for organic apples at the store seem very reasonable after all!
Please always watch out your front, back, left side, right side whenever you step outside from the car or home. As he grows, he might get too used to your backyard to leave; he also will be a young man wanting to mate; or just believes he is the owner and you are the intruder.. It is just not safe for you.
Please see if the Fisher and Game Dept can send someone to ask him to move.
@mdr, thank you for your concern, but alas, Fish and Game is not in the business of moving wild animals. He'll be gone when the snow melts and they all move deep into the wilderness to eat in peace. That is their normal pattern.
How about calling pest control company? Just kidding. Please do look front, back, left and right until you are inside the car or the cabin.
Use dryer sheets tied to trees and shrubs to startle hungry moose away. You can also use yellow caution tape or spinning pinwheels to keep the animals on their toes and threatened enough to move.
Among the more modern moose repellents may be Irish Spring soap. Some say it does the trick when chipped up and dotted around the perimeter of the garden.
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