The Cabins on Brushy at Smith Lake

We have a family of red fox 🦊

Beautiful morning at the cabin

The weather was good for the turkey this past Sunday.

A big city New York lawyer went duck hunting in rural Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing.
The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going in to retrieve it."
The old farmer replied. "This is my property, and you are not coming over here."
The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the U.S. and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we do things in Texas. We settle small disagreements like this with the Texas Three Kick Rule."
The lawyer asked, "What is the Texas Three Kick Rule?"
The farmer replied, "Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the city feller. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the lawyer's shin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick landed square on the man's nose. The barrister was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said, "Okay, you old coot, now it's my turn!"
The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the duck." 🤠

Looking like a stand off this morning between the deer and the turkeys.

These bucks have quit coming out in the daylight hours for the time being, they know that deer season has just opened.

The deer fed all night with this cold weather moving in.

The wildlife is out feeding on this cold morning at the Cabins.

We had a visitor yesterday afternoon, a young red fox came walking up while we were sitting on the porch talking. This is a great time of year to enjoy the cabins, great weather a camp fire feels good and the leave’s are looking good.

Nice night for fire

Frosty morning in the hills of Winston County from the porch of The Cabins on Brushy at Smith Lake. It’s the peaceful season on the lake with a good fire.