"Tibo's Trailcam Highlights" are from the last couple of weeks. Not much new, but the blind can be seen in the upper right corner starting with the second shot. The turkeys are coming every day, sometimes twice...there may be two separate groups. Squirrels abound; the first shot shows the squirrel I've dubbed the Black Pig. Lots of coons at night, but the pictures are too dark to tell much. One of the Uvalde cams (with a flash) was deployed Friday night - we'll see if that delivers any more info.
The only other shots from the property shows a fall surprise - random spider lillies (naked ladies). I say random because they're showing up all over, although there is a good concentration of them around the azalea under which the copperhead sought ill-advised refuge.
On to Illinois to meet Bea...
Wish I had that much hair. We were also able to attend her baptism at a really old church in Champaign. It was a beautiful edifice (and ceremony to match).
Of course, that's not all we did in IL. We continued with our furniture rationalization plan, grilled white tail backstraps and watched LSU football, and let Maggie enjoy a little "gran time".
We really enjoyed visiting with Chris, Gabby and the newest set of Thibodeaux sisters.
We got a chance to visit the fabled Curtis Orchard one afternoon and had a really great time. I got a sack of fresh apples and we picked out some pumpkins for the pending Halloween festivities. (I think the goats had been fed by hand more than once).
This was a real pumpkin patch...the selection was hard, and the variety was also amazing. There were a couple of specimens that looked like they would make a good witch-o-lantern. Maggie was very involved in the search and selection.
Although I bought a bag of pre-picked apples, they would also let you pick your own. Too bad we didn't have enough time to do that...they had a bumper crop of several varieties.
On our last day in IL, we went out to a county park. The hardwoods were numerous and varied. I'll bet it will be gorgeous in a few weeks when the colors change. Anyway, after a short picnic, we did a little hiking and tried out some fishing. Again, Maggie was eager to participate.
She especially enjoyed the reeling part.
Anyway, we had a great trip and look forward to their Christmas visit down south.
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