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Weird, not so wonderful and downright disgusting.

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Every spring Maine has a pollen problem. The trees explode with new growth and yellow powder covers everything. And since winter hung on a little longer this year? The pollen season has stretched into summer.

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This was I-295 southbound a week ago.

Not fog. Not smog….

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Pollen. Choking the air.

Makes me glad I don’t have allergies.

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It’s rare, but woodchucks do climb trees. As evidenced by this photo I took of a youngster checking out our apple tree branch.

Even rarer?

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Capturing a picture of the young woodchuck kamikaze diving off said branch.

He was fine and wandered off shortly after the drop.

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Warning – little bit of grossness ahead.

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I bought a rotisserie chicken for a chicken and dumpling casserole recipe the other day. But as I started carving it?

Eewww …

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I can honestly say I’ve never seen whatever the hell this was before.

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A big blood spot on the breast and something disgusting that looked like pumpernickel bread in the meat.

What the hell!

Was it an infection? A tumor?

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Either way, it was disgusting and completely off putting.

Needless to say we ordered pizza that night.

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I kneed relief.

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After more than four months of painfully waiting for an orthopedic appointment, I finally jumped the first hurdle on the path to knee replacement. (Not literally, because I can barely crouch to tie my damn shoes no less jump over something… but you get the idea.)

Hurdle #1 – see the physician assistant orthopedist. Gatekeeper to the great and powerful actual orthopedic surgeon.

My husband insisted on going with me to the doctor’s office this time. He never has before, but he’s been dealing with the fallout ( and yes, the incessant whining ) from my bad knee for the last 6 years as well and wanted to hear the diagnosis/plan first hand.

The ortho PA was great. Friendly but no nonsense, and after a battery of X-rays and an exam he said I was a good candidate for partial knee replacement.

At this point my husband asked me to stand up and face away from the PA.

Huh?

I did and then felt my husband touch the back of my bad knee and ask the PA why it looks like that.

Like what? He never told me anything looked weird… and I certainly can’t see it!

The PA said it looked crooked because basically the inside of my right knee had collapsed. Which makes me wonder how long I’ve looked freaky every time I wear shorts and why my beloved spouse never thought to mention it.

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Anyway, the PA set me up with an appointment with the surgeon (the good one I wanted from the beginning, so yay to that) for early August. He’s hoping they can schedule surgery quickly because I’m otherwise healthy and have no major medical problems … though I do have to get written clearance from a dentist and my primary before they’ll cut. Can you spell liability?

In case you’re interested in the medical gobbledegook? These were my official results.

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There was also this:

“Significant narrowing of the right medial compartment with sclerotic change evident on both the medial femoral condyle and the medial tibial plateau”

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Whatever the hell that means.

All I know is I’m bone on bone on the inside of my right knee and it’s hella painful. Surgery is going to suck but my mobility is so limited right now I really don’t care.

Bring on the knife.

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News you can’t use.

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You can’t use it, but read it anyway.

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Now there’s an odd couple I wouldn’t have put together.

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I knew that robin in our backyard looked too happy the other day…

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What?

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Have you priced a decent bra these days? If it can’t hold my girls for more than a year… I’m not buying it.

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I don’t see why not.

My husband had one as a pet when he was a teenager. They’re delightful.

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I think we all know the answer to that.

Not unless there’s fresh tuna involved.

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Nope.

I don’t need to know anything more about testicles than I already do.

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Flutter on by…

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten was perched on his viewing platform, totally absorbed by something.

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Thinking it must be worth a look, I stepped outside.

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And spotted a beauty.

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An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

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We used to have a lot of Monarch butterflies in our yard but they’re few and far between these days so this little guy was a welcome sight.

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So pretty.

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So delicate.

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They really are wonderful.

❤️

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Balancing broccoli is tough.

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Momma Chuck and two babies showed up for broccoli yesterday.

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The little guys look so funny trying to maneuver their veggies.

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They watch mom sit up and eat so they try to mimic her stance.

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One little fellow holds his broccoli too high…

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Which throws him off balance.

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His brother says to hell with that and just sits.

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But baby number one is determined.

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And more than a little crooked.

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More myopic maps.

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Because you love to disagree with them..

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It doesn’t surprise that Maine is number one. My in laws were priced out of their oceanfront home decades ago.

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Organic veggies? I can’t argue with that, there are 75 acres worth right across the street.

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Patrick Dempsey is a Maine boy, born and bred. He’s a bit of a hero here as he started and sponsors The Dempsey Challenge…. and participates every year to raise money for cancer on behalf of his sister. Very down to earth and pleasant guy.

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Safe?

I’ll take it.

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Naturally ours is a Stephen King novel, but I probably would have picked a different story.

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Not sure what Maine is leading.

Lobsters?

🦞🦞🦞

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A sedentary walk, stoner shampoo, baby chucks, before and afters.

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When the weather is perfect?

It’s time for walkies… with a nod to Barbara Woodhouse.

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But when you harness His Lordship? It’s more like sitties.

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And when he spots the red b*tch in a tree?

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It’s a half hour of reclinies.

On another note, WordPress continues with its sometimes pointed congratulations.

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Was that a compliment?

It’s getting hard to tell.

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Since Maine legalized marijuana use? Pot stores are everywhere…on every corner, in every little town. Rural hamlets that don’t even have a gas station will have 3 or 4 weed distributors. It’s bizarre. And with the influx of chronic suppliers I’ve noticed an increase in magic herb related products as well.

Hemp shampoo? I don’t know.

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But Grateful Dead gummies seems a good fit.

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Two baby chucks.

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Squirrel included for size reference.

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In posting about our storm door replacement, I realized I forgot to include the before and afters.

Before. ⬆️

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After.

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Before.

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After.

😊

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