ou know how you can get something in your head? You have a vision for how you want things to go.
You fantasize about a perfect situation. In your mind’s eye you play a movie where every detail unfolds exactly as it must for you to be absolutely delighted with the outcome. This is a recipe for relationship disaster. Particularly if the perfect vision involves Airedales.
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“The trailer tires are low on pressure, and we do not have an air compressor. You can run to Fleet Farm and air them up on your way out.”
I do not remember whether it was Kendal Kolpien or Mike Boldt, at Schmidt Boat Lifts and Docks, who said this to my daughter, Shannon Honl, and me as we were picking up the three kayaks and two trailers that we purchased from them in mid-March. The reason that I do not remember who said what is because my mind began to reel with panic as these words were uttered.
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No turkeys were harvested at the little cabin this spring. It was not for lack of trying. The youth who has hunted with me for three years, and who shot his first turkey last year, did not have good luck.
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“Christine, The Ruffed Grouse Society wants me to run a field tour of different properties managed with a habitat goal.
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Jane Wiley called me in the summer of 2004 and asked to have lunch. It must have been late July, as I had just flown home from Edmonton, Alberta, with my latest Airedale puppy, Nightsun Beau Soleil (Sunny). The journals of the Wisconsin Legislature show that Jane had just been appointed to the Natural Resources Board (NRB), by Gov. Jim Doyle. I had taken my seat on the board in April. She just wanted to meet, get to know each other, and discuss the confirmation process.
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Last July, I got an email from Steve Hall, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) hunter education coordinator, inviting me to participate as the keynote speaker for the 30th anniversary of the Texas Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program.
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I purchased my first utility task vehicle (UTV) in 2011. When I tell the story, retired state senator, Jerry Petrowski, gets the credit/blame. Sometime prior to my purchase, I had received a call from the senator’s office, requesting that I accompany him on a field trip to the Tigerton area.
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I am writing this from my turkey stand at the little cabin, opening day of Season B in Wisconsin. The toms gobbled early. However, only hens have come into my decoys. There is one milling around them right now. Turkey hunting has me thinking about an invitation I received earlier this year that allowed me to revisit the spot where I harvested my first turkey.
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“What kind of swans do we have?” I asked of a woman who was scanning Collins Marsh with her binoculars.
I have no idea what prompted me to go up to a total stranger and ask this question. I was attending the Northeast Wisconsin Dog Show Classic in Manitowoc in support of my friend, Janice Wavra, who was there showing her wire fox terrier, Snooty. I took my Airedale, Major, along for the ride.
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