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A most welcome visitor.

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Looking out the kitchen window while doing dishes last week… I saw an owl.

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We hardly ever spot them so I was tickled to get a photograph, even if it was only of his back.

Then… about 10 minutes later?

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There he was!

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A beautiful barred owl perched on our back deck railing.

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Sitting pretty and letting me snap some much better pics.

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He didn’t even mind the deer showing up for dinner.

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My husband and I were like little kids at the zoo and clicked photos like mad.

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He was so beautiful!

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❤️🩷❤️

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Maps

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Let’s see how many of these we can argue with today.

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Seafood rules in Maine?

No argument there.

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This has always bothered me. If you’ve ever watched a loved one suffer a slow and painful death, you’d know how important dying with dignity is.

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Maine has high numbers, but I have not personally contributed.

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They have pasta, wine, Tiramisu and cannolis. What is there to be sad about?

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I’ve lived in Maine on and off for 32 years and have seen 4 moose. Though to be fair, the mid coast region is too far south for them.

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That’s a lot of couch potatoes!

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Our largest is Portland with about 70,000.

Which is fine with me.

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Winter critters and wet paws.

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Percy the opossum has become a daily visitor, cleaning up spilled seed under the bird feeders.

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We also caught him on the kitchen landing during a snow dusting.

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The garage door was open…

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But he headed for the barn instead.

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Mrs. Cardinal in the garage gutter.

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Our buck still hasn’t lost his rack…

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Which makes me wonder if he ever will.

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Strolls with Lord Dudley Mountcatten are severely short in the winter.

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As His Royal Highness does not enjoy the cold, wind, snow….

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Or having wet feet.

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Deer, heading back to the woods.

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News you can’t use.

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Keeping you informed, even if you don’t want to be.

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Great.

Because I need one more thing to worry about.

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White bread, cheese, lettuce and Marmite?

I had a British blog friend back in the Multiply days who used to rave about Marmite. Never having tried it, he sent me a jar with the stipulation I had to video my first bite and post my review. It’s a shame the Multiply site died… seeing me gag and spit toast back onto a plate made for riveting viewing.

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Well, if a well known YouTube channel says it… it must be true.

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Which begs the question just how desperate were human women back then? He’s not exactly a looker.

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If you’ve ever seen cedar waxwings in person, you know they’re the bad boys of the bird world.

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Makes me wonder how many of you are still clutching this mortal coil or just phoning in it from the great beyond…

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Sconces, cat litter and the moon.

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Success.

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The two new wall sconces have been installed, secured, leveled and oddly enough for DIY projects at Casa River… are fully functional!

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To be honest I’m not overly thrilled with the look as they were described to be antique bronze and look more black…

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But they’re a definite improvement over their tacky predecessors so I’m calling it good.

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Pink winter sky with full moon.

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And though these next pictures are not Lord Dudley Mountcatten?

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They could be.

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Sigh.

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Ouch.

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We live in Maine.

Maine winters are long.

And though we’re having a freakishly warm day today, they’re calling for snow this weekend.

I was hoping to eek by until spring and not order oil for our furnace but the energy sucking bastard demanded more… and man. This time it hurt.

A week ago Sunday I checked the price for our area and it was $3.55 a gallon. Purchasing 400 gallons, which doesn’t fill the tanks, would have cost $1,420. But when I called Monday… thanks to the strike on Iran… the price had risen to $4.19 and because of Middle East unrest the company wouldn’t guarantee the quote for Thursday delivery.

On Thursday, the price had risen to $4.61… an increase of $1.06 a gallon in four days… with me writing a check for $1,844.

$424 more, just like that.

Ouch.

Last night I checked prices again and saw some companies are almost $5.

Damn.

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