Jason Raven

Farm Share Week 16

The farm share season is winding down - we may only have another couple of weeks. I need to pull the pumpkins out of my own garden soon, too. I don't know when we'll get the first frost, but better safe than sorry...

On a completely unrelated note: it is time for Al Davis to let go. He's gone too far (and too far gone) for even me to forgive this time. Why fire a 33-year old head coach after just 20 games? It's not like he inherited an even AVERAGE team. The Raiders have been awful for years now.

Scout Cam Update 9/28/08

Just got back from a wet, short weekend at camp with the kids. Checked the scout camera and had a little activity during the activity, but nothing very regular or remarkable. I finally got myself a laptop last week, and it was nice to be able to check my camera right in the field. It was also nice to be able to sit in my car outside Mr. Paperback this morning and submit my fantasy football lineup using their wi-fi before going in for lunch.

At first glance, these may look like the same buck (they were visting the apple tree at the same time), but the second one has a slightly wider rack and little sticker points near the brow.

 

Farm Share Week 15

I decided to take a quick trip up to camp on Saturday at the last minute, so that ate up the better part of the weekend. The kids and I got up there late in the afternoon and left Sunday morning. I've been getting so little action on my scouting camera that I decided it was time to move it north. I'm planning on either heading up again this weekend to check it or having my dad swap the card out for me.

Scout Cam Update 9/16/08

I checked my scout camera today and was disappointed in how little action it has caught. The apple trees on our property are really desolate this year. I think that I'm going to move the camera up-country this weekend.

Farm Share Week 14

This will be even briefer than normal, because we did *nothing* this weekend and I just got home and am feeling tired and soon-to-be ill. The kids and Angela were really sick, so we just stayed around the house. They went to the doctor today and it turns out that both kids had double ear infections and bronchitis.

Farm Share 2008 Week 13

I pretty much summed up my weekend (and what felt like a good chunk of my summer!) in the last post, so I'm going straight to the veggies:

Girls just want to have fun

This past weekend was the culmination of many months of planning and stress. Finally, North Yarmouth Fun Day has come and gone! This was my first year on the North Yarmouth Events Committee, and up until Saturday I had convinced myself that it would also be my last. Once the day was over, though, I felt like I had learned a lot and would be able to help make things go much smoother the following year. I've already lined up some new activities!

Scout Cam Update 9/3/08 - part 2

I checked the camera after work and found that I had new pictures of a gnarly old buck!

Scout Cam Update 9/3/08

When I listed all of the things keeping me busy last night, I completely forgot about getting ready for archery season which starts this Saturday down around the coastal area. Since my time looks like it's going to be VERY limited this year, I finally broke down and got a digital scouting camera last week.

I just ran out to check it at lunch and got some almost-decent photos. I definitely need to tweak the placement to get better views, but I caught what looks like a doe and two fawns on the camera early this morning. This is the best of the photos that it took.

Farm Share 2008 Week 12

Between being busier than ever at work, being overwhelmed with working on North Yarmouth Fun Day, feeling pressure to produce and distribute DVDs of a Raven family old-timers chat that my Dad hosted, and the new-to-me stress of my oldest daughter starting kindergarten this week... I really needed a couple of days off! How did I choose to relax? By taking the kids to camp for the long weekend by myself. I guess that some day that will truly be a stressless experience, but at this point... oh well, we all survived.