Boelus News

As of Friday morning, the river flows are down again. The South Loup River is at 208 cfs and the Middle Loup River near St. Paul is at 1,000 cfs. I saw four families of geese one morning walking from our smaller pond to the larger one. I think I counted fifteen babies, of all different sizes. I didn’t know we had that many.

Moses was not as busy this week. He went to the groomer, the vet, and a funeral in Aurora.

Shawn had the air boat out and did a fishing trip with Paul Rasmussen. We had fried catfish for supper, so it was a successful trip. We went out in the evening and saw a beaver and two river otters. River otters are graceful as they dive into the river. They live in most areas of North America, except for deserts, living in abandoned beaver dens or holes in the riverbank with access to the water. They mate in winter or early spring, and the female will have one to three pups. The pups are helpless, and the female takes care of them. At two months old, she kicks them out of the den into the water, and they learn to swim quickly. The life span of a river otters is eight to nine years; they are twenty- six to forty-two inches in length and can reach up to thirty pounds. They eat mostly frogs, fish, and insects, they have webbed feet for swimming, and they can close their nostrils to keep water out during long dives. Their tail consists of about forty percent of their weight. They can live where it is very cold, because their metabolism is high and produces heat, which means, they must eat more than other mammals of similar size.

As I think of our soldiers this week, this Bible verse seems to fit. 1 Peter 5:6-7: “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”