David, Can I have my very own .38 for my Birthday? Pretty Please!

Cynthia, the only good use of a gun is for target shooting. David and I both love to go the shooting range. We both have .22 rifles and it's fun to bet who can get the best hits. We use to set out at a friends and shoot cans also. I always won...and my friend would have us doing it for hours....he hated that I could out shoot him.

I don't remember being allowed to shoot guns within my family. I was My Dad's only child and he did not want me to have anything to do with guns. My Mom carried a .38 though. Funny, she never used it to kill the rattles snake we encountered coming to and from town....but a broom stick. She would pin the snake down close to the neck and cut the head off. Ugh....we moved to town when I was four and my Father went to work for United Concrete Pipe. We left the ranch for good. I don't think he ever looked back.

It was very hard work for both my parents. My mom cooked for 12 men and her family. I cannot imagine cooking three meals a day for 12 men and my family. I digress...sorry. Shooting beer cans is the best fun ever!

Cynthia, I will take the photo. I can't believe the weekend is here already. We will be working all weekend...but will give it a try. I so agree that shooting beer cans is the best. Thanks for coming in on my post. David liked it...I knew he would!

Hey, Bryant, good advice for sure. I would want to be completely comfortable with my gun. We have a new team. Going to blog about it this weekend. David is getting his license so that he can partner with Bo Spaulding on ranch and land. In that I love to go along for the ride, I want that .38 just to feel safe while out in the bush. Seldom would you need it, however our business will involve wilderness areas. Believe me we will also have a shotgun along for the ride.

We are so excited about this team and how much fun it is going to be. We all love the land and nature and so we are having some kind of fun!

I think that learning to shoot the .38 will be the complete best part. I love target shooting. I'll have to bring along my .22 for some fun as well!

Tell TLW, she inspired this whole thing! Love ya both tons!

Myrl, one would hope that the only use of the gun is at target practice. The other good thing is to know how to use it and be comfortable with it. Safety precautions must always be a part of having a gun and life in general.

We are pilots and have done some inter coastal cruising and so you learn that it is always critical to become knowledgeable about the "how to" of the endeavor. We always advocate....safety first. We had an airplane crash in Palo Alto the other day where a plane hit power lines on take off. It was this last cold spell and we both are guessing that it was ice on the leading edge of the wing. Even the most experienced pilot cannot overcome the weather. One would think that any experienced pilot would not take off in O dark hours on a rainy and icy day.

My first husband never had any interest in guns. He was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. You know he knew how to use a gun...but he never cared about target shooting. Maybe he got that out of the way in the Army!

Thanks for the visit Mryl and sharing gun stories. I really like it!

Teri, thanks for stopping by and giving me a good wish! Always nice to hear from you.

Lynda, she was indeed. I have never forgotten how scared I was when she would get out of the car to kill a snake. It happened quite a few times. One time she ran over a snake by accident and it some how went up into the engine compartment. She got out and looked and looked for that snake.

She had to come home and tell my Dad and my Dad found the snake in the engine compartment down low. The snake was pretty will done....but could still bite. My Mom got a lecture about running over snakes. I don't think I would have given her a lecture....at all, however I would not have wanted to look for that snake either!

Hey Charlie...you are giving me new information. David has a bow that was hand-made for him. He gets out in the back yard now and again. But I think are talking new stuff and we don't know much about it. I would guess that there a beauty of craftsmanship in this art as well.