The Pumpkin Flu

There's a new flu going around and it's called the Pumpkin Flu and it is sweeping the country. It appears in October, peaking on Halloween. The major symptom is throwing-up and and it's quite nasty. Before you purchase your pumpkin, check it for the Pumpkin Flu in a two step process. Here's how. Take the pumpkin in both hands and raise it to your ear and shake it. Do you hear a sloshing noise? If not, good. Next, firmly grasp the pumpkin's stem and give it a good pull. If it remains firm, then the pumpkin is flu free. 


Here's a picture of the Pumpkin flu.

If you have already purchased a pumpkin with pumpkin flu, you will know it. The only cure is to stick a candle in it and put it out on Halloween! Spread the word about the pumpkin flu and have your friends come here and read about the pumpkin flu.

 

Hope you enjoy the fish net cartoon !

"Get away from the big screen and get on a big stream!"

Who Dunnit Mystery Solved

Who Dunnit UP-DATE!

About a week ago a couple of dead animals were found in the ten acre woods drive. We have four cats and the question has been who dunnit? Please read the full post called "Who Dunnit Mystery" below for the full story or find it in the Sept. posts. Anyway, we now have a chief suspect and it is.................................

Mr. Spot Nose is believed to be connected to these murders. Mr. Spot Nose has been seen many times in the last week in the meadow across the road during the early morning and late evening.

Here is a picture of Mr. Spot Nose. Be on the look out. 

Wives if your husband..............

 

Hope you enjoyed my cartoon.

Life is short, get away from the big screen and get on a big stream!

Party on the patio with three baby raccoons!

Have you ever wondered what happens on your patio at night when you are all curled up in bed, was there a party going on that you weren’t invited too? Well, I haven’t thought much about it either, until I noticed a flash of something running across the patio when I turned the light on to let the cat out. What was it? I’m not sure, but I decided to find out just what happens on the patio after hours.  I set up critter cam, my night, motion camera and placed a small amount of cat food near. Here’s what happened!

8:38pm and first out is a possum looking for the all you can eat buffet.

9:19pm our cat drops by looking for action.

10:38pm a cat tail.

4:51am three baby raccoons partying on the patio

5:03am the bouncer drops by and asks the raccoons to leave.

5:25am and the cleaning folks come by to tidy things up.

 

What happens on your patio when you are a sleep?

 

 

 

Fish Suit

Oh, looks like little Johnny is an artist!

 

I couldn't resist doing this cartoon of these waders hanging on the wall and little Johnny's artwork all over his dad's fish suit, as little Johnny calls them. Looks like that's a permanent marker in Johnny's hand. Hmm, wonder what daddy's reaction will be? Remember: Life is short, get away from the big screen and get on a big stream!  



Thought my cartoon of this bass fit with the last post about the piranha. Enjoy!!

Piranhas in Percy Priest?

I fish in this locate lake and this has been in the news lately.

SMYRNA, Tenn.- A local fisherman's startling catch at Percy Priest Lake has people talking and wondering how and if an exotic fish from South America could end up in Smyrna. Bill Haynes says there is no doubt what bit his bait Saturday is a Piranha; Native to Amazon, this one somehow ended up in a Tennessee lake and Haynes says it was likely at the hands of irresponsible pet owner. He's been fishing his entire life and said even this took him by surprise, "You know what you're fishing for, but that doesn't mean you know what you are going to catch," he said. Never was that more true than what he reeled in Saturday night from his boat on Percy Priest Lake.

The Piranha exotic fish is known for its sharp teeth, sensationalized in Hollywood for its killer instinct and quick bite. And seeing it next to a Tennessee catfish in the catch bin shocked many eople docked at Percy Priest. Haynes said the fish tried to snap at him Saturday night and even ate the 15 blue carp that were also caught. "If you get them stirred up, they will probably bite you back. I know he was trying last night," he said. Haynes took a closer look at the teeth on the fish, many of which were broken off but growing back in. Bill believes this fish came from the Amazon to an aquarium before finding a home in Percy Priest. "People get them in their aquariums and they get tired of them or they get too big and they don't want to kill them, so they bring them here and turn them loose, and it's against the law," he said. What puzzles Bill even more than seeing a Piranha next to a catfish, is that they both took a bite of the same local bait. "This dumb fish bit a hot dog," he said.

Now Old Man Bill's got all of Dock C talking and watching the water for what exotic pet they might catch next. "I'm not getting in that water. If you see me in it, it's because I fell in not because I jumped in!" he said. A biologist from the TWRA is coming to take a look at the fish on Monday morning and confirm what species it is. This is not the first report of a Piranha being caught in Percy Priest Lake; a similar catch was made by a woman last year. It is uncertain if they are affecting the local habitat.