Out Foxed Yet Again

 I absolutely love this time of year.  There's no drone from the air conditioning unit as dollar signs fly through my head.  Only the cool October air, which means I have to turn on Jon's heater.  It's a heat lamp (no light) for an aquarium, like what you would use to keep your snake warm.  For not emitting light, it sure draws a lot of power.  I can instantly tell when Jon's cold ... he shivers ... so it's time to turn it on.  

In the next couple of days, I'll be testing out how long the batteries in the rig will last when I have his heating pad plugged in.  Hopefully the result is "long enough".

I hate to admit it, but I've been outfoxed yet again ... completely skunked in the egg department.  Once again the egg has mysteriously disappeared.  Here's a closeup in-your-face kind of short video ... wait for it.

I've never EVER seen a fox in this country (even out on the ranch) in the daylight.  Here's a couple of cute pictures so you can see what they look like.  There's a dark black ribbon running down their tail which makes it easier to identify each one.

All I know is they are really cute and slink around like .... well, like a fox!  Not to be outfoxed, I noted the time on the last egg disappearance.  I was determined to see what had snatched the eggs.  I strategically located one right in front of the big window on the RV.  

At 7:20 I was sitting with my camera ready.  There was a bit of movement ... remember, it's pitch dark outside ... and wait ..... something just ran off.  Are you kidding me?  I switched on my flashlight for a quick look see.  YUP ... that was the tail of a fox.  He actually came out from under the RV, tried to snatch the egg and ran off into the corral in less than one second.

The camera has a 1 second delay which cannot be changed.  So THAT'S why I haven't been able to film them.  He dropped the egg and it broke, so I waited patiently for him to come back.  You cannot see these guys in the dark at all.  I guess I need my night vision goggles.  Too bad I don't have any.  

I watched the slight blurry movements in the dark as he lapped up the broken egg, eating the shell and all.  Maybe, just maybe, when he came back, the camera tripped.  I'll check it out this morning.

In the meantime, I've been trying to get this quilt finished up and off my wall.  As you can see, it takes up the entire space and then some.  I couldn't force myself to drive all the way to the quilt shop to find out whether or not to cut off those teeth you see on the right side.  I just whacked them off and carried on.  

I'm sewing the strips together, then will sew the entire thing together, add two borders and I'll be done.

Dinner was quick, easy and vegetarian.  I think that's a first in this house, only because I didn't have any meat thawed out.  Really, it doesn't matter WHAT you put sweet corn on, it's GOOD!!

I only had one OH CRAP incident that of course involved the Government.  Who else would steal from you!  I decided I would't pay for that post office box any more and have gone paperless on absolutely everything.  That's pretty hard for an accountant to do.  I even talked to the guy at the post office who said I had until the 10th of November to decide.

What do I get yesterday in my email box?  The #$&@#$# post office charged my credit card $400 ... yes my friends ... $400 for one year.  I tried to get it reversed or refunded, but they refused.  The credit card company was no help.  So now I'm paying this ridiculous amount to get maybe one or two letters and a boxful of advertising crap.  Nancy is NOT a happy camper!!!  I'm not going to give up ... I'm determined to get a refund!

In other news ..... IT'S BINGO NIGHT!!!!!  And I'm supposed to bring some chicken pot pie soup for a friend who sends me these crazy recipes.  THIS is going to be interesting, to say the least!!