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After an odd winter disappearing act, the deer are back.
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And they are just the sweetest things.
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We’ve had herds for two decades now…
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But it never gets old.
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Living where we do has some drawbacks.
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But this isn’t one of them.
❤️
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It’s something silly today that should make you smile.
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I’ll go first.
The Chattanooga Chonks…
Or maybe The Dixie Mouse Mafia?
Now you.
Name that gang!
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The husband and I visited an indoor flea market housed in an old mill recently.
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No, that’s not a rifle.
It’s an antique vacuum cleaner.
Sigh.
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A definite pass right there.
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After browsing, we dropped in to our local pub for lunch where I tried a very strange beer.
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Have you ever had a half frozen, smoothie sour ale?
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It was utterly bizarre. But tasty.
Thick and creamy are not usually adjectives I use to describe beer… but it’s a whole new world when it comes to brewing these days.
And yes, my patty melt was divine as well.
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I don’t know if this is true.
But I certainly hope so.
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Yes, I tried another Facebook recipe the other day.
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And yes…
I was disappointed.
Again.
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Spring is just around the corner and though the temps are still cool in Maine, 90% of our snow is gone.
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Of course that doesn’t stop His Royal Highness from finding the one batch left in a shady corner and getting stuck in the middle of it.
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And since the snow has melted?
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten was rolling.
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In some stinky fallen bird seed and loving every messy minute of it.
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Needless to say he got a thorough brushing and wipe down before re-entering the house.
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Eggs.
It literally hurts to buy them these days. $9.09 for a dozen, $12.75 for 18.
Damn.
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The husband and I took full advantage of this primo parking spot at the grocery store the other day. Hell, with what they’re charging for eggs they should offer valet service too.
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Easter is coming.
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You’re welcome.
( hollow out eggs and mix filling with above ingredients )
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We all the know the United States Post Office doesn’t turn a profit these days and relies on tax payer funds to operate. Since it performs an important public service? I’m not complaining.
We live in digital world where people pay their bills online and communicate through email or text. Gone are the days of postcards, hand written letters and the like.
I admit to missing that… but that’s another blog entirely.
Last week I drove to our local post office and mailed a box of books to North Carolina. Since all that was in the box were books, the clerk told me it would cost $9.59 instead of the normal $28.65. This started a conversation on how expensive it’s become to mail things which led to me uttering a statement I was told in no uncertain terms is completely and utterly wrong.
I said, “It’s a good thing Amazon ships their packages with the USPS, it’s probably the only thing keeping them afloat these days.”
Which is when the postal clerk gave me an extremely dirty look.
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She pointed to the box I brought in and told me if Amazon was shipping a $28 package they would pay the post office roughly a dollar for shipping.
What?
When I asked how that was possible she said the U.S. government signed a contract with Amazon when it first started shipping books back in 1994. Since it was mostly envelopes, the rate was low but… are you ready? Though the contract was renewed in 2013, the price wasn’t raised…. and we all know Amazon ships a lot more than books these days.
So basically, tax payers are subsidizing Jeff Bezos.
The third richest man in the world.
Anyone else see something wrong with that?
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Look who’s back!
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I spotted our first woodchuck yesterday.
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And immediately tossed out some lettuce and broccoli to welcome the little guy back.
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I’m saying little guy but it might be a girl. I only know it doesn’t look like our old momma chuck of years past.
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She’s been around for a long time and sadly, I think it’s time for the next generation to take over.
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As you know, we have a few antiques and collectibles in the man cave/Barn Mahal.
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These WWII posters greet you on entry.
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But we know how old they are and how much they’re worth.
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We have a dedicated WWII corner with ration books and various ephemera as well.
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We could take the old Victorian stereoscopic viewer and cards.
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Or the quite large handmade model biplane.
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The husband has all kinds of oddities…
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From left to right –
Montamower, vacuum cleaner, wagon wheel jack.
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And a table of assorted torture devices tools… but are they Antique Roadshow worthy?
I don’t know.
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To all my friends who need a little green in their day…
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It’s a terrible time to be out of Midori.
But I can always be Irish tomorrow…
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Because all the other news is insane these days.
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Note to self – do not ask a Great White to say cheese.
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I don’t know why it’s a thing, but I do know it’s one of the myriad reasons I’m not on Tik Tok.
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At this point I don’t think that qualifies as news.
Or anything new for that matter.
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Is she surprised? Even the best birth control is only 98% effective.
Do the math.
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I so need this emoji.
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A completely reasonable response.
Ice cream theft should not be tolerated.
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A rare photo of Lord Dudley Mountcatten walking in the snow a few weeks ago.
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That winter stroll lasted all of two minutes. His Lordship does not like cold feet. 🥶
If you’re a vinyl collector like me, you’ve flipped through endless stacks of records in flea markets and antique stores looking for an elusive LP. More often than not what you find is Herb Alpert. Specifically, the Whipped Cream album. Seriously, it’s everywhere.
If you can relate to that frustration, this next bit is for you.
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Lord Dudley likes to watch television. And the other night he came running into the living when he heard a bald eagle screech.
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To say he was fascinated is an understatement.
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No. Just… no.
I love my margaritas but refuse to add beets.
Blech!
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Misspellings annoy me. Which is why I joined a funny group on Facebook called the Grammar Police where people share photos of grammatical blunders.
I posted this recently.
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It was immediately removed.
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I thought it was funny.
Apparently, they didn’t.
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