Posted on 09/25/2011 1:58:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An elk drunk from eating fermented apples in southern Sweden ended its binge by making off with a family's swing set and hiding it in the woods. Hunter in hand-to-hoof battle with angry elk (12 Sep 11) Drunken elk rescued from Swede's apple tree (7 Sep 11) 'Leffe the moose man' promises elk intimacy (6 Sep 11) A homeowner from Storebro in northern Kalmar County arrived home on Wednesday night to find his garden littered with bits of apple and other signs that an elk had been partying in his back yard, the local Östran and Barometern newspapers reported.
The concerned homeowner also discovered that the children's swing set which normally sat in the yard was missing.
The man immediately called police, who contacted a local hunter to track down the inebriated elk who was thought to possibly be injured.
Drunken elk are common in Sweden during the autumn season when fermenting apples are plentiful, both on the ground and hanging from the branches of trees which many Swedes have in their yards.
While police and the hunter failed to meet up with the prank-playing elk, they did eventually find the family's swing set, propped up in a tree deep in the woods about 500 metres from their home.
I should BE so lucky.
Most likely I'll be purging the premises of unnecessary objects five hours a day. At least, that's what I was doing last week in the Master Bedroom. As a result, the bassinet has a place next to my bed, the changing table is vacant and ready for use, the floor is free of extraneous items, the two chairs in the sitting area can actually be occupied by humans, and the former occupants of those spaces did NOT wind up in a pile on the desk.
SCOOOOOORE!!!
Keep going, Daddy! You are doing great. Don’t forget to sleep - you have to store some up for the nights when you won’t get a wink.
I am expecting a grandchild this coming Spring. Beth and Sean are cautiously happy. Their first one didn’t make it.... and that 6 weeks before Sionnsar left us... At least I have something happy and positive to anticipate.
I take it the former occupants of your furniture were not catz.
Did I miss the memo that said you were expectorant?
CONGRATULATIONS!
I missed it, too, but I’m glad he’s delivered, anyway ;-).
It’s 55 degrees, right now, and my fingers are numb.
My sister is coming this morning to take me shopping...she has a zillion places to go and wants to drag me with her. I’ve been having some series low blood sugar episodes the last couple of days, so all I care about is getting some meat into my body!
We got our deposit refund. Should I send you meats instead of muffins? There’s “Omaha Steaks.”
53 outside, 69 in the house. Perfect.
No, I just haven’t been grocery shopping, yet, but today is the day! Sis is taking me to breakfast so I should be OK after that. When we get done with her shopping, she will take me to the local Walmart for my own.
It’s easier if we do it when she is bringing me home because we live so far apart. (Fifteen miles as the crow flies.)
Howdy woke up to ..........snow! Just a trace for us.
Good morning. I need to locate all the Offspring and give them some lunch, and then go to the bank.
50’s here, sunny but chillier than yesterday.
Huh. I thought it was turkey.
Huh. I thought it was turkey.
I’ve never fed watermelon to catz, so I can’t say.
Where do you live? I remember snow in New England around that time in the bygone days of my youth..... (sigh!)
Idaho
I remember a certain early October odyssey Sionnsar and I took beginning at Yosemite, then to Winnemucca, NV, then to Yellowstone, then to Utah, Arizona and home over the Sierra Nevada somewhere near Jamestown, CA. The snow started at Tioga Pass and hit Yellowstone so hard they closed the park. We were literally the last vehicle out of the park. I was pregnant with our eldest daughter.
We grow those itty-btty watermelons. Cut them in half and you have a watermelon bowl. George T will stuck his head in lap up any juice that remains after we are finished. Later I see him napping. Of course I can not say that one has anything to do with the other because he naps quite a bit. :)
Ashira Rose
b. 10/4/2011 20:14
7lb 3oz
19 1/2in
As for origin of the name:
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