Okay. So we didn't actually celebrate Christmas in My Corner of the Ozarks. But our son, Brad, who was born in Illinois, attended school in Illinois, and lives in Africa claims to be "from the Missouri Ozarks". So I will claim that our family gathering west of Chicago was an "Ozarks Christmas".
My Corner of the Ozarks
Occasional musings from Mountain View, Missouri, from Larry David.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Our Ozarks Christmas, 2023
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Our Weather
If you don't like our weather, just wait until tomorrow...
We were traveling in January when we heard that My Corner of the Ozarks got eleven inches of snow. This is Cousin Nina's photo:
When we got home, we found that many tree limbs were broken by the heavy snow.
Saturday, November 5, 2022
From a Family of Poachers
I'm a retired wildlife biologist and an ethical hunter, but I descended from a family of poachers.
Pictured above are my two primary hunting mentors, Uncle Al and my dad. They were both avid quail hunters during the 1950s and 1960s. But both took up wild turkey hunting in the 1970s. Here they enjoyed an Illinois goose hunting trip.
Poaching and the Ten Commandments - reposted
Here’s a challenge for you: how many of the Ten Commandments are violated when a person poaches a deer?
Thursday, November 3, 2022
My Corner of the Ozarks: Hall of Fame Illinoisans
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
It Has Been a Long Time
It has been a long time since I posted anything from My Corner of the Ozarks. From February to November. Maybe it was a slow time for us. I did not get a wild turkey in the spring season or in the fall season. We took only one very very short float trip. I didn't play much golf. I must really be getting old.
But... in August we did have most of our grandchildren in My Corner of the Ozarks for our annual Camp David. Two days of Camp David were at Bunker Hill Retreat on the Jack's Fork River along with the David Family Reunion.
This was not the first time we had Camp David at Bunker Hill. We were there in 2015, 2017, and 2018. (See Sept. 1, 2014 blog)
Haven't they really grown up? But they are still "cute".
We were also blessed to have the parents with us for a whole week along with their children (our grands). But we missed Brad and family from Kenya. Maybe next time.
The David Family Reunion also happened at the same time at Bunker Hill. This is a photo of "some" of my cousins at Bunker Hill. Jack's Fork River bluff is in the background.
Friday, February 4, 2022
Four inches in My Corner of the Ozarks
Is there any news in My Corner of the Ozarks? Yep. Four inches of snow. We are "crippled".
No school. No Awana Wednesday night. No mail in my "snowed in" mail box.
The worst part is the layer of ice under the snow. Roads and sidewalks are very slick.
At 15 degrees this morning, it is not going away soon.
I'm just glad this is a rare event in My Corner of the Ozarks.