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Last weekend I was reading on the barn porch, enjoying the view of the neighbor’s farm…
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And of our other neighbor walking by….
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When suddenly my view changed.
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Because the husband decided it was time ( after I bugged him for 7… Yes, 7 years. ) to put up a gutter.
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I’ll spare you the four hour nightmare of angles, cutting, bracketing, ladder placement and yes a good bit of cursing as well…
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And get right to the cute stuff.
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A baby woodchuck.
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Make that two baby woodchucks. It’s summer and the little scampers are peaking out from under the barn. Totally adorable. And much more fun to watch than this…
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Especially since the gutter leaked like Hell the first time it rained.
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River's world..... 
Baby chunks 😊
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They’re seriously cute!
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poor babies!! Their much-needed afternoon nap being disturbed by cursing!!! Wonder how Mama Woodchuck will get even???
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I’m sure she’ll come up with something.
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You really are in the boonies but it looks like a great place to visit. Pretty view.
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I grew up in New Jersey and lived the military life for the last 10 years of my husband’s service…. the boondocks is right where I want to be.
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I understand. I grew up in the boondocks in the Catskills. It motivated me but I am happy in a busier area. I met my husband, unfortunately, after his service to very interesting places. I did my own service but also worked overseas in Asia, Europe and the Middle East independently. Quiet is good, especially for writers.
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20 years ago I was perfectly happy in a cul de sac neighborhood surrounded by houses and neighbors. Now? It’s skunks and woodchucks.
👍
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The area looks blissful. So diff than me – houses 20′ away, constant cars, almost no grass anywhere due to heat & water conservation. And no woodchucks!!
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Maine is a beautiful state, and we live in a small country town. I can hardly see my neighbors… and I like it that way.
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That life is sounding more amd more appealing to me!
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We’re at a point in our lives where peace and quiet are the most important things about home.
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I’m reaching that point. Up till a couple years ago, options for entertainment were important to me. That was already burning out and has been almost killed by my bad knees and the pandemic.
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We’re 50 minutes from Portland, our big city…. and that’s doable when we need more entertainment than the woodchucks.
😉
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I’m between Hollywood and The OC. I’m used to knowing I’ll have multiple options to see any concert or show. But also that tix will sell out in minutes. That’s the part of me that has burned out.
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I can’t even the last time we went to a large concert…. and you know what? That’s okay.
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Agreed! The sole concert I plan to attend this year, Gary Numan, isn’t till Oct and isn’t large.
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Wow…..your neighbors are very interesting. Of course the hubs is……the hubs of course. Well at least the baby chuckers are doing well 🦫.
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They’re very well fed.
🥴
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Men. 🙄
But baby chucks!! 😍🥰
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I can hardly wait for chapter two of the leaking gutter chronicles. Will/can hubby fix the leaks? Will hubby fall off the ladder/roof trying to fix the leaks? Will he call in reinforcements? I’ll stay tuned.
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I wish it were that exciting…
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Oh snap…all these comments are about woodchucks and scenery. None are about the leaking gutters. I guess being a guy, that is where the post drew my attention. So is he back up on the ladder trying to find the leaks?
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He is not. That will probably take another 7 years…
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I’ll admit, my mind went straight to the gutter reading this post.
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lol
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If only we didn’t have a two story house. Gutter mounting is insane. We called a gutter guy and he charged me an arm and a leg to install 40′ of gutter. It lasted three years and half of it FELL off of the house during a storm. Then I had to pay a guy to pull down the rest of it. UGH! If I really had my act together when I was in my 20’s, I would have bought a cherry picker and not a room full of useless computer equipment.
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Thankfully ours is easily accessible, but still a royal pain to install correctly.
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Baby chucks and leaky gutters. That makes a good blog name. 🙂
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Or a combination day care/old folks home.
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