Pastor Dave's Highlights

[Wehner Homestead]

@Pastor Dave these were the baby squirrels that we found for comparison. It’s illegal to raise them in IN without a permit. (I didn’t know until I tried to get info on raising them-to release.) There is a place in Columbus that is licensed to raise them if you want the info.

 

[Pastor Dave]

I can now say that the mystery baby doesn't have the length of tail as these squirrels, nor the pointy facial characteristics. The more it grows and has hair growing, the more it looks more like a cottontail. Since I didn't get any earlier pics, I can't show why I thought different earlier. It is real healthy and seems to appreciate his foster mother and siblings.

 

[Pastor Dave]

My yard is having as much difficulty figuring out whether it's Winter or Spring as I am.

 

[Bruce]

I've seen "snow lines" before but they are usually elevation related. Your yard doesn't look that steep!

 

[farmerjan]

I am thinking that the "snow lane" next to the house was one of two things....it is a gravel/stone or some thing like asphalt; Or it is in the shade due to the lower angle of the sun still this early in the year. But it sure would make it easy to draw a straight line!!!! Neat.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Bet it is the N or NE side of the house and the ground is higher against the house than the edge of the snow...for drainage away from foundation. It is quite prevalent here...in our on/if snow we get. @Bruce all ya have is elevation changes up there in the mountainous area ya live in....I can understand why ya have only seen it on an elevation change....

 

[Bruce]

When I lived in Mallett's Bay and worked in Essex Junction, there were 3 distinct "snow or frost lines". Not mountainous or anything, just rising up away from the lake.

 

[HaloRabbits]

You'll have to post a pic of the mystery baby when you get a chance!

 

[Pastor Dave]

You'll have to post a pic of the mystery baby when you get a chance!

I will! It is growing into a Cottontail bunny. It is adapting well to it's surrogate and is getting roly poly in just a week.

@Bruce, @CntryBoy777, and @farmerjan, It is definitely the North side of the house that gets no sun in the winter.

 

[Pastor Dave]

This was my views from church this am looking at the front of the parsonage which faces South, and our playground beyond the parking lot on the East side of the building.