Won the flip

[dirttoys]

I won the coin flip this year to pick the Christmas picture!! Sadly my wife, dog, cats, and deer did not make it):

Actually I was inspired by another thread on here to take a picture of the place. It is fun to see everyone's little slice of heaven.

Best,

ed

 

[Jstpssng]

Nice place.

 

[mike0000]

Tractor, skid steer and an excavator,
Bastar&

Beautiful place and nice equipment!

Merry Christmas!

Mike

 

[dirttoys]

Nice place.

Thank you, I keep telling my wife, "someday it will look like someone lives here"

Best,

ed

 

[dirttoys]

Tractor, skid steer and an excavator,
Bastar&

Beautiful place and nice equipment!

Merry Christmas!

Mike

Thank you, spend 50% of my time using and 50% working on the equipment. It is fun to read the threads here of people with new stuff, that way I know when I buy a 2021 tractor in 20 years what to expect

Best,

ed

 

[scaredychicken]

WOW, right on the Lake, Beautiful place

 

[two_bit_score]

Very nice place!

 

[DieselBound]

What the heck are you doing operating a camera when those machines are sitting there idle!

I'm just jealous of anyone whose property doesn't double as a lake (20" of rain last month- pushing over 95" for the year). I have to wait to use big toys

 

[scaredychicken]

here are a few misc photos, (not today) ... we have about 6 inches of snow now

 

[DieselBound]

And a partridge in a...

Have a picture of our visiting mountain quail on our deck railing but it was taken through the window blinds and it takes too much squinting to figure it out. Would have been perfect to be on top here, but had to make do with a chicken as stand-in. For the life of me I don't know why all the critters have to hang around the house: they've got a feeder and a pond elsewhere!

Here's a more spirit-of-the-season pic from last year:

 

[scaredychicken]

I love it DieselBound. I love your area, been that way years ago - moved to the Shuswap from Abbotsford BC 20 yrs ago. For various reasons, I don't like Winter much, but what do you do ? Moving into a winter area was not my idea, but we love it here. cheers from the North

 

[oosik]

Light fog and misty snow. Out across my little lake. Mallards are busting thru the surran wrap thin ice - down on the far end.

 

[Thomas]

Looks peaceful enjoy Ed.

 

[two_bit_score]

@DieselBound it looks like you have a little bit of New Orleans on your deck for Christmas! Nice!

 

[dirttoys]

Looks peaceful enjoy Ed.

We do, thank you! It is peaceful most of the time. About 2 months ago I woke up at two am to what I thought was a helicopter or UFO landing outside my bedroom door. Went out and it was three drunk hillbillies on a gosh darn real life swamp air boat with a generator and several hundred thousand candle power lights bow shooting carp in the cove. Not sure who surprised who more, but, certainly something I will never forget........... Wife was out of town seeing family, if she were here and I was gone, I'd say 75% chance we would have moved by now.

Best,

ed

 

[DieselBound]

2021 version: (wife built the boxes- I arranged and filled )

 

[DieselBound]

I love it DieselBound. I love your area, been that way years ago - moved to the Shuswap from Abbotsford BC 20 yrs ago. For various reasons, I don't like Winter much, but what do you do ? Moving into a winter area was not my idea, but we love it here. cheers from the North

Anywhere you go there are always parts of the year that aren't meant for postcards! We rang up over 20" of rain last month. Looks like we'll hit another 100" year. And I was looking to escape to somewhere where it rained about 21" per year: went from about 36" to 100" - went the wrong direction! Food, Shelter and Water. No problem addressing the Water part!