Made for birthing Deer

Living in the bitteroot valley area of Missoula Montana we come in contact with lots of wildlife.Often deer would be walking in the street or through a yard and eating whatever tasted good to them. All photos below were taken in our yard ..

  Our house is in the middle of a small subdivision, on the same two block area as a public school on one end and a mega church on the other. Almost daily we would see deer walking by in our front yard.

About twelve years ago it was a very snowy winter and the deer were prowling thru our yard for food. They would go along tree lines and fences in the back yard to find anything green to eat. We don't have a very large lot only 80'x150' but I have planted a lot of trees and one apple tree which they love. Many of the apples that had bad spots in them I would save and throw out to the deer in the winter for food.
Since deer are creatures of habit they would leave and wander around for a bit and then always come back. Almost daily I would go out on the back deck and there would be at least one and many times three or four laying under a tall bush. There are three flowering trees in a triangle shaped area just off the deck where they like to bed down. It gives them shelter in the winter and shade in the summer.

The first time I saw one in the yard I tried to scare it away, but not for long, the next morning it was back and laying beside her was a baby fawn. Yearly since that time we have had several fawn born in our back yard. On two occasions they had twins, I think they feel safe in a meadow like area with some tall grass and trees around. Our lot was bare when we built our home and planted all the trees and shrubs. I love doing the landscape work at our home, and I never thought it would turn out to be a haven for the deer population.

Earl Baldwin

Passing of time

It has bee a little more than 3years since my last post, and I had a lapse of memory as to what sites I had online. Going back and cleaning a lot of junk mail and programs from my computer I found some blogs and websites that have been dormant since 2013. Many of my programs that I had purchased were still active even tho I haven't used them. This blog is one . It has been a challenge because I had downloaded all kinds of free articles and  low cost programs, searching for anything that would make me money. I even bought websites that I had no idea how to manage them, so they just expired and disappeared, and now this is what I have been working on the last few weeks. I am sure many others have done the same thing and can relate.

As life would have it I have found myself staying at home and being a caregiver for my spouse, due to an auto accident.  Therefore I am having much more time to be online. Still searching for that one  product that I feel is right for me. I have found several successful people who are mentoring me  in my personal and computer skills, which is another reason why I am cleaning the junk off my computer. I am realizing how important it is to have a master mind group to guide me so I don;t repeat the same process over again.
Her is To Our Successes
Earl Baldwin

Young at heart

Being a senior of 70 years and feeling young at heart and in fairly good health, I decided I needed to get a part-time job.
So I went looking! I am not a people person and I thought if I could find something at night I wouldn't have to be around a lot of other people.

 I applied for a job as a night watchman for a guard service. Since I am a senior citizen and not as productive as I used to be, I thought this would be a good fit for me. I went through the interview process and waited a few days to hear If I got the position. I finally decided to call and was told they had decided on one of the other applicants. This was a little disappointing for me because it sounded so good and was definitely something I could of handled with ease.
I continued my job search and it was not too long after that disappointment that I found another night time position cleaning carpets at the mall. I was assigned to a crew of 3 including myself. This is perfect for me I thought. It was 6 hours a night,4 nights a week.  I was adjusting to my sleep pattern and able to get a lot of other things done during my days off. This new job was working out real well for me.

A few weeks later my wife happened to mention to me that her friends husband was the person who got the guard position that I wanted so bad. She said that they had hired 3 people at the time of the interviews, and that one of them had just quit. They are now looking for  a replacement to use as a fill-in when needed. She said I should give him a call and just see if it would be something you could do.

 I called and said I was interested but, that I had another job and did not want this to conflict with it. They assured me they would work with my schedule if I wanted the job. I accepted the position and since I had already gone through the interview process I was hired that same day. My new schedule showed me working on the days I was off from my other job at the mall, and  I was surprised at the amount of hours they gave me but thought I could handle it.

Last weekend I did 34 hours of guard  duty with 6 hours of sleep, and am feeling very tired and worn out. I finally got a day off and was able to catch up on my rest and regain some of my lost energy, After a day and nights sleep I am feeling young at heart again, but my body is telling me to remember my age. I have the mindset to work that hard and hours but, my body can't keep up. I worked the night watchman's job for 3 months and then had to quit.

No matter what each day brings I will simply keep working and living to the best of my ability.

Earl Baldwin