A pair of Mallard ducks have returned to our pond for the fourth year in a row! They sure have a battle ahead of them with all the predators lurking in the woods. We tried raising a couple domestic ducks a few years ago...Aff and Lack...but unfortunately, one day after they got big and started spending more time on the pond, all we could find was a few feathers. The chickens...Elvis and Priscilla... had a better survival rate...after a night hawk or owl tried to make off with one, we found them a safer home. Of course, Elvis probably wound up in the new owners soup kettle unless they truly enjoyed his early morning serenades. He was a handsome rooster.
We watched a coyote stroll across the meadow this morning. I don't care what anyone says, they are lovely creatures.
A couple days ago there was a passel of turkeys in our yard...so many we couldn't count them. They sure are destructive buggers.
Did I mention the two bobcats we say a while back? One was in the meadow and the other next to our garden fence, both on the same day.
Unless Gypsy and Cleo happen to be looking out the window, they remain pretty oblivious of what critter is passing through.
About Us
- Gale and Kandis Palmanteer
- We are co-authors of Ghost Dance. My husband, Gale, is writing the sequel to Ghost Dance called the Amulet. I have finished a fantasy for children titled Saving Terrene Glebe and a mystery called the Underwood Murders. We live in the mountains about 90 miles north of Spokane. We have been married 28 years,have 4 grown kids,6 grandchildren,two dogs...Gypsy and Cleo, and a lazy cat erroneously named Torpedo. Learn more about Ghost Dance at Amazon.com or Google Ghost Dance by Palmanteer. You'll be able to read excerpts from the book and other readers comments, too.
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