The Hunting Times

Kinda cliche right?  But does anyone not have this memory?  To you, I am truly sorry for you have missed out on one of the most cherished memories you can have.  Oh what fun it was to "help" grandma bake her cookies! Well, two of our grandkids called yesterday and asked Grandma if they could come over and help her bake cookies.  What does Grandma say but "Of course!"  So Will and Hadley walked this way. The result?  Well, cookies did get made, but I think that wasn't all...fun & great memories, with the bonus at the end of getting to eat the result of all your hard work....well, maybe not that hard.   Look at the smile on Will's face - and the flour in his hair. Will decided that a flour fight was in order and threw more than what was used for baking. The red item if the foreground is a cookie cutter in the shape of an airplane. Any 4-YO MUST have airplane cookies!  Y'all know that.     And here is Miss Hadley...

So our successful deer season from last fall has finally come to the bit where we process the venison into edible bits.  To date, all we have done is hunt the deer, shoot the deer, tag them, gut them, remove the hides, take the meat off the bones, and cut it into strips that will fit into the grinder.  Yes, this took several hours to complete.  It was stored in the freezer until yesterday, February 29, 2020.  We took this "extra day" to almost complete the cycle.  All that remains now is to Eat the Deer. We met up at 6 am.  Delayed only slightly by RePhil, but that's to be expected.  We landed at Rob's place for breakfast at 7:45.  He had prepared biscuits, gravy, and hash browns, which we ate with Rob and his Dad Bob.  We then proceeded to the garage to process venison. We had a crew of 5 (down one man, Nick, who was at the semi-state robotics meet with his high school team).  Attending was Davey, RePhil, Eric, Alex, and myself....