Friday, November 2, 2007

Gracie The Hunter


First my apologies for my delinquency in keeping the blog updated. I see my last post was two weeks ago -- time flys when you are having fun. Well in my case when you are working, shuffling kids around and going out of town on the weekend.

Last weekend Bill and Gracie ventured up North past Lake Mille Lacs to do some grouse hunting. This northern pilgrimage has been a tradition since Bill and I met (and before I was even in the picture). The group of players has changed and it seems the boys have mellowed in their antics -- I used to accuse Bill of the hunting part being a cover for a guys gone wild weekend. In fact I don't think I was too far from the truth at one time but it doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Hunting and relaxing now seem to be the agenda.

Our neighbor has a wonderful cabin that Bill and his friends use. The first day of hunting was too warm and Gracie got really tired out and Bill frustrated with the lack of bird sightings. Things looked up and as you can see from the photo Bill was able to shoot a couple birds. Gracie happily retrieved his targets. I am not sure if Gracie has yet totally recovered as she has sure put in a lot of time on the couch in the basement this week!

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