Dewey Gets a New Garbage Can!

I think us country folks spend a bit more time contending with the issue of garbage than do our city brethren.
Spring, summer and fall you don't dare bring your garbage down to the road until the morning of pickup. To bring it down the night before risks a visit from a bear. If that occurs, you will find your trash distributed over the tri-state area. If you don't know your geography, that's Minnesota, Wisconsin and the U.P. of Michigan. And, since our garbage man come so &^^&*(*))* early in the morning, one must get up at 5:45 A.M. to drag it down the driveway.
In the winter, however, you can drag it down the night before which is exactly what I did one week ago, along with our recyclable container. When I looked out the window the next morning, only one container was visible and it wasn't the garbage can. I put on my coat, assuming it had fallen in the ditch, and went outside to retrieve it. Problem was, it wasn't there. I looked up and down the road but no garbage can. My neighbor's garbage had been picked up so I knew the truck had been by.
"Great", I thought, now I gotta call the garbage company and tell them my can had disappeared. I wondered what that was gonna cost me. Well, the nice youg lady on the phone said that this happens all the time. Seems, sometimes the forks on the truck arm aren't tight enough and the can falls into the truck. At any rate, they sent me out a new can at no charge.
It's the little things in life that are important, isn't it?
I know folks are starting to wonder about the next compilation by "The Old Norwegian" and "Real Texas Fish". Well, Mel and Dewey's Greatest Hits Volume II "The Women of Rock, Country and Whatever" is starting to take shape. As with our previous effort, this will be a collectors item for sure.....
Lastly, I finally had a chance to go ice fishing on Lake Superior for some walleye but came down with a cold and had to cancel. I'm getting withdrawl pains for some fresh fish! Thanks Uwe for the offer!

41 Years Ago......

Yeah, 41 years ago Glenda and I were married. Hard to believe it's been that long. "Life is what happens while you are making other plans" - John Lennon. I know there was more than one person that thought we'd never make it. Fortunately, I never gave a rat's a__ about what some people thought or had to say anyway.
We've lived a life. Owned three houses in the Cities, chucked it all and moved up north during my "peak earning years". Then sold that house, quit our jobs and built a home in the woods in another state. And who said I was conservative??
We held each other tight when we buried our youngest son.... We've always done what we had to do and we've always done it together.
Don't know what the future will bring but we'll hit it head on as we always have. We don't look back or second guess. It does no good anyway......
Happy Anniversary Hon!!! Love, Me

Peace on Earth

Whoops!! Sorry about that. The holiday season is over and it's back to business as usual.
After the last snowfall, it was so pretty outside I just had to go out and snap some pictures. I'm, by nature, a lousy scenery photographer but in all fairness, it's hard to capture peace and tranquility on film. I don't know why I even try.
It's still possible to walk in the woods. It's quite a workout but worth it. Deer beds are everywhere and lots of little critters making tracks in the snow. Grouse season is still open but those birds like to bury themselves in the snow and you almost have to step on them in order to get them to fly. Then they blast out of the snow like a missile shot out of a submarine. Once one recovers from the near coronary, it's time to fire the shotgun, normally in a different direction than the bird is flying. Of course, since I now normally hunt by myself, I can always claim that I never shot.....
I've become a news junkie this winter and have become extremely knowledgeable on a wide variety of subjects. Global warming, health care, war, the economy, Norwegian rights (I just threw that one in). I don't care what side of the fence you are on, or even if you like to sit on top of it. EVERY senator and representative will tell you that they only have our best interests at heart (can you spell earmarks)?
Only two things scare me, a smiling congressman and a guy who can throw a good curveball......