.
One of the baby chucks is visiting daily now.
.
.
And learning the correct carrot consumption stance.
.
.
He’s a little wobbly…
.
,
And sometimes he tips over.
.
.
But practice makes perfect.
.
.
❤️
.
Snacking with mom.
Let’s play.
.
We all have favorites.
This shouldn’t be difficult.
.
.
For me, two immediately come to mind.
I’m a Jersey girl born and bred, and when I was growing up? Bruce ruled.
.
,
I still have my original vinyl from 1975. I played it endlessly, learned all the words to all the songs and can still sing along verbatim to this day. Including a perfectly timed grunt on the title track. IYKYK.
Bruce’s raspy vocals filled with angst, Clarence’s mournful horn…Thunder Road, Jungleland. I can almost smell the shore.
❤️
My second perfect album?
.
.
The year was 1992, MTV was all we watched and Clapton was mesmerizing. Stripped down acoustic guitar performances that seared right through your soul. Bluesy and heartfelt, it was a masterpiece. His tender version of Layla rocketed to the top but the lesser known songs like Before You Accuse Me and Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out still resonate. Tears in Heaven? I can still feel the pain.
❤️
Now you?
What’s your album of pure perfection…
.
A little something for dad.
.
As Father’s Day approaches, allow me to drop a suggestion for the perfect you’re the best dad! gift.
,
.
If your dad appreciates a good Scotch?
This might be it.
.
.
Because nothing is too good for dad.
.
.
Or is it…?
🤣
.
More mediocre maps.
.
If you’re traveling internationally, this first one might come in handy.
.
.
I’m not including the link to swipe. Just Google them for definitions and have fun with your future algorithms.
.
.
If you’ve ever been to Maine, you know we’re very green.
.
.
Maine is a great place to retire.
If you can afford it..
.
.
My husband would call most of them slug a beds. He’s usually up at 4:00am.
.
.
I haven’t noticed that many vinyl stores here, but maybe I’m not looking hard enough.
.
.
Ticks can be a real problem here as we’re a very wooded state. My husband is a veritable magnet for the little bastards.
.
.
No surprise ours is L. L. Bean
.
First baby sighting…
.
Just when I was getting worried we hadn’t seen any baby woodchucks?
.
.
One brave little guy followed momma out of the shed.
.
.
At first he didn’t know what to make of the carrot buffet…
.
.
And wanted mom to feed him.
.
.
But momma chuck isn’t exactly a hands paws on parent…
.
.
And let him figure it out for himself.
.
.
Before long he was happily munching alongside her.
.
News you can’t use.
.
Useless but (hopefully) entertaining. That’s my blog in a nutshell.
.
.
Say what?
.
.
I don’t call being two inches tall and looking exactly like a mouse normal for a human child, but what do I know?
.
.
Mine is clearly an extra…. for when my front two wear out from excessive rolling.
.
.
Leave it to a no nonsense Mainer. Angus King wants Medicare to pay for $12 bath mats for seniors so they won’t slip in the shower and break a hip. A simple and cheap solution, so naturally the government won’t go for it.
.
.
I know nothing about the history of the pubic wig. And I plan on keeping it that way.
.
.
I do believe I’ve found my spirit animal.
Cheers!
.
Sunset
,
No words required.
.
.
.
.
.
We even had a little pink leftover the next morning. .
.
.
😊
.
Porch furniture and a four legged pillow thief…
.
Our new barn porch furniture has arrived.
.
.
And it’s a whole lot bigger than our old ancient set.
.
.
I can’t say I’m overly thrilled to have an outdoor recliner, but my husband sure is.
.
.
You may notice that something is missing.
.
.
And by missing, I mean on a table inside the barn.
.
.
You’ll see there are five throw pillows. The set came with six. But the day after I set up the furniture and went outside to read?
There were four.
.
.
I retrieved number five from under the barn.
Number six seems to be gone for good and I’m sure Momma Chuck is to blame. She’s been on an insane search for nesting material this year and it seems our porch furniture is irresistible.
😡
.
.
So since I can’t have color contrasting pillows due to thieving critters, I’m thinking of adding a rug .
.
.
Even she won’t be able to steal that.
.
Let’s play.
.
Dust the cobwebs off your brain and tell me….
How low can you go?
.
.
Filling up the tank hurts these days. But it wasn’t always that way. I fondly recall pulling into a gas station and not paying a bit of attention to the price.
And while I remember the oil embargo of the 1970’s, I was a child and couldn’t tell you what my parents paid when the stations were open on alternating Monday and Thursday afternoons.
Newly married in the early eighties? Gas up the road from our house in North Carolina was .79 cents a gallon.
I filled my car for $11.06.
Doesn’t that sound wonderful?
Now you.
What’s the cheapest price you remember paying?
.
Meet the mayor.
.
This is Sunshine Larry, the unofficial Mayor of Bath, Maine.
.
.
Sunny was a stray cat who lived in a public park and made a lot of friends.
.
.
And even though he has a nice home with a loving family now….
.
.
Sunny still likes to wander.
.
.
And has become a bit of an internet sensation.
.
.
Sadly, I’ve never met Sunny in person.
(In feline?)
.
.
.
But I sure would like to .
.
.
Sunny is a local celebrity.
.
.
But he doesn’t let it go to his head.
.
.
❤️
.
River's world..... 