Volume 6 , Issue 45

Duchess' SW Corner

Oakie tells me that some of you missed last week's newsletter and were wondering if your email program or ISP had screwed up again. We are here to tell you that your ISP/Email program did NOT screw up.

We usually take off around Thanksgiving or Christmas. We know it is neither of those holidays yet, but with adjusting back to standard time, ghost & goblins and post election blues. We hope this hasn't inconvenienced anyone too much, but we are trying something new out here this weekend -- changing the day we send this newsletter to the wire. Hope Saturday evenings appeal to Y'all.

This week Oakie has been in NW Oklahoma helping count, tag, sort, move horses to greener pastures before the wet weather pours out here in NW Oklahoma. After this we hope things get settled back down and into any easier rhythm for us all. Thanks for you patience and understanding.

Daylight/Standard Time Adjustments -- We lost an hour in the Spring. By the time we got our body used to those new times, we found ourselves trying to get readjusted again in the Fall. Does that affect this Pug? Woof. I don't know! I do notice that the deer come down an hour earlier in the evening to graze in the yard.

Speaking of Deer Shots... this photo was taken in the early morning hours in SW Colorado in the pasture north and east of our house. While the deer were grazing in the pasture, the higher elevations of the mountains near our house were getting a slight dusting on the upper half of the mountain in the background of this photograph. Click on the smaller image to see the bigger picture.

Duchess' Deer Drive -- Whew! Was Oakie ever cross and pissed-off with me last week! It all began when I made my evening woof at the front door. That is Oakie's cue to open the door for me. Well! Oakie let me out one evening last week when I was doing the scratching, woofing thing at the door. You see, that evening I was already in third-gear while standing at the door. When the door was open, I made a mad dash, woofing towards the deer grazing a hundred yards or so in front of me. Boy howdy! How those deer did bounce and scamper off yonder to the trees in the lower pasture with this Scoutin' Woofin' Pug on their furry white tails. Can you just about imagine this small little pug (barely two-years-old) driving these huge wild, graceful creatures?

Can you guess who was scurrying and cussing behind me in her stocking feet? Yep! Oakie was talking "Bad Dog" to me all the way out and back. I ran as fast to the house as I ran out of the house after the deer. The next evening I tried the same thing, BUT got a stunned, jerked response after I had scouted about 6-feet out the door. Oakie had hooked this dang old, thin-line, 6-foot, wirey link of some sort onto my collar and off I went, at least until I was jerked back in a choking, woofing flip causing my frontside to halt abruptly and my backside to jump ahead. Whoa! What the heck!

The deer still come around at dawn and evening hours, but this Pug has to watch them from inside the house, on the stool, in front of the window. Oakie doesn't let me out that much anymore unless there is an all-clear of outside wildlife. Darn-it! I guess I blew that privilege, huh?!

Veterans Day, Nov. 11 -- "If you forget my death, then I have died in vain" -- Have you forgotten? Have they died in vain? We haven't forgotten and do NOT want you to forget either! So... this Veterans Day this last Thursday we are saluting -- remembering ALL Veterans/Soldiers that have given their lives in past and present Wars. Even the "Unknown Soldier."

We have started a list of Soldiers who have died in the Iraq War. May they always be remembered and rest in peace. May their memories be kept alive for the sacrifices that they have made. May their deaths be remembered, nor be in vain. The names keep growing every hour, every day, every week. YOU can help by clicking on the "Comments" link at - OkieLegacy Soapbox - In Memory of Veterans - to add the soldiers names that you know. Thanks for helping us all remember our Veterans/Soldiers of ALL the Wars on this past Veterans Day (11 Nov. 2004)! Do you have a Veteran's story, poem? We would love for you to leave your Veteran's stories and poems in the "Comments" section under the above posting... It can be for WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, or the present War in Iraq. Thanks for helping us keep the Veterans Memories alive. They ALL deserve our honor and respect for the sacrifices that they have made for us ALL! Don't let their deaths be forgotten, nor let their deaths be in vain! Thanks!

The Gleaners painting by Millet.

Oakie found this great print of a famous oil painting done by a French painter, Jean François Millet, born Oct. 4, 1814, died Jan. 20, 1875. Millet was a French painter noted for his depictions of peasant life. In 1857 he painted The Gleaners. This somewhat faded print that Oakie's Grandmother had is only about 8-inches by 6-inches or so. On the back of >The Gleaners print is written in pencil "The Gleaners - m2302." What do you suppose the m2302 means?

P.W. Camp 126 -- Where was it located? Tennessee? Nebraska? We received an email from a gentlemen looking for information concerning P.W. Camp 126. This person found an decoish aluminum ashtray at a flea-market in Tennessee. The ashtray has a camel and a palm tree (or something) on it. It also has "NORTH AFRICA" on it. On the underside it says P.W. Camp 126 and on the one side is engraved M/Sgt H.R.Smith, U.S.Army. Does this ring a bell with anyone out there? Maybe you might know of someone out there can help shed some light on P.W. Camp 126. Was it in Tennessee or neighboring State?

See Y'all next Saturday evening with more Okie Legacies! ~~ Linda "Okie" & Duchess ~~   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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