Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all and Happy 2009........Happy Birthday to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Peace to all........

Luke 2
The Birth of Jesus 1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3And everyone went to his own town to register.
4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
The Shepherds and the Angels

8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ[a] the Lord. 12This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
13Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."
16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Buck Fever

Well it's "buck fever" time in the Delta and the boys around here can do nothing but walk, talk and dream about hunting. I have to admit I've already enjoyed my share of venison this fall and it's only December. I've already consumed summer sausage, venison balls made from tenderloin, bacon hamburgers (that were divine) and good 'ol tenderized fried hind quarter simmered in brown gravy and served with rice, biscuits and bbq green beans.....Now that's a hunter's buffet.

It started with my stepson Jake bagging his "first deer" on the youth weekend in Yazoo County. Mississippi gives the kids 15yrs and younger a head start on gun season for white tail deer by letting them hunt a week earlier than the official "opening day" where all ages can bust out the shotguns and rifles and hit the woods looking for that "wall trophy" but usually settling for some "meat for the table". He dropped her with one shot (as his father told me, busting with pride) from 120 yards !!! Then comes the Southern ritual of "bloodying" the hunter after his first bag..........

The next outing he got a spike buck (again dropped him, this time at 200 yards with the "big rifle") but that only gave him Buck Fever more than ever !!!! But it did give our freezer plenty of venison to start out the winter. Yazoo has a fine venison meat processor in town that does an excellent and diverse array of sausages, steaks, burger meats, and even hot tamales !!! and is very reasonable and runs a very clean outfit !!! (Milner's Processing, 662-746-6472)...... But back to the Buck Fever.............this big one was out chasing several does this thick foggy morning (12/18/08)and gave "Hunter" the wall trophy he had been waiting for, I got some first hand pictures when they brought him to the beer shop for all the guys to "ooh" and "aah" over, drool is probably what they were really doing .....and it has been the talk of the town today !!!! 17" spread, 22 points....