We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:19:54 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:59:14 -0600
We are not as rural as you are at the farm but have lost several cats that have gone MIA. One, a solid white, who survived an owl or red tail used to sleep in the front yard. After she came home with blood marks on both sides she slept on the deck under a seat.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87939 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87939 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:46:55 -0600 He will see your friends Home.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87892 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87892 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:42:00 -0600 nasty.   (although...since I moved to a city, I've seen some strange acting, apparently pure coyotes--acting like dogs, basically.  The lady at the animal control building tells me it's because people feed them.)

(I'm assuming they've been seen and aren't feral dogs-- my folks have lost calves to "family pets that never leave the back yard."  Each time, she's tracked them home, and warned the owners--sometimes by the blood of their victims.  Each time, they come back and maim calves-- and they never go home again.)

May the Fallen rest in peace; the survivors will take up the guard.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87883 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87883 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:14:31 -0600 Starlight scope.

Working it.  I actually have a PVS-2, but don't have the right mount for it (I have the M16 handle mount, but my M4 has a Picatinny rail - and they weren't that good a sight, anyway, without some help in terms of light.  Plus, this is an original-configuration milsurp sight, which means it's not modded for AA batteries.

I'm looking at stepping up a generation or two.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87877 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87877 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:40:01 -0600
Starlight scope.

Just sayin'...
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It's strange how quickly you acclimatize to the death of the farm battlefield. When I arrived last year, and lost one of the first McNuggets, I was very upset. But after a few CSI-like scenes of feather wreckage caused by the coyotes and other beasts, I kind of became numb to it. On the outside, anyway.

But hey! You have the baby goats now, and that is life. Well, as long as Buffy keeps them well protected...

RG
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Anyway, a missing Soul (which pretty much covers it) formation will be flown in my mind's eye for Blue and all the rest. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87867 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/04/living_rural_li.html#comment-87867 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:12:09 -0600