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When the summer weather turns hot, our bird bath becomes a popular place.
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I’ve been filling it three times a day, not because the birds have an unquenchable thirst….
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But because their mad orgiastic bathing spills most of it to the ground.
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🤣
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The drought is still turning our lawn into sandpaper and killing every living thing I’ve planted… so right now? I’m liking these.
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Though I’ll have to switch ‘something green’ to ‘something brown’. I’ve got plenty of those.
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A duck popping spaceship? I like! Sign me up.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten? I always like him… though the man cave leather club chairs didn’t like his claws.. at all.
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Oh yes, that’s a tee shirt I definitely like.
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Keith.
If you don’t like him now, no worries. He’ll wait until you do.
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Have you ever stared at a twenty dollar bill?
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Thanks to me you’ll never look at one the same way again.
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You’re welcome.
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There’s always something that needs to be repaired at Casa River, and sometimes that something is the Barn Mahal porch.
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For some reason ( read – crazy Maine weather, massive frost heaves and lack of gutters ) one section of the porch lifted over the years with the result being smashed and then rotted wood under the corner post.
A cousin was called to assist… as there was heavy lifting required and yours truly sucks at that.
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I also suck at not exclaiming WTF! when I go outside to check on the repair progress.
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I doubt that set up was OSHA approved… but it did the job and supported the roof while the post was removed.
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Rotted wood.
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Please note I am not standing on the porch to take pictures.
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Rotted wood replaced….
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Corner post cut and reseated.
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With a hammer, because fine tuning was required.
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And yes, it’s a bit crooked now.
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But my bat was rehung and the roof is still over our heads… so I’m calling it good.
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A beautiful Maine summer day demands a road trip to the lakes…
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Long Lake, pictured here, is in the Sebago Lakes region of our state with the western mountains rising in the distance. The lakeside village of Naples is charming, and perfect for leisurely strolling with random stops to enjoy the views… unless you’re my husband who drove straight through on his way to a store in Windham called the Den of Antiquities.
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This is the view he prefers.
It was a great store with a converted pre Civil War era barn. Treasure was abundant.
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Like this fabulous old slot machine. Please note at $3,950 the price was not even close to fabulous.
Vintage white enamel bed pan used as a display container? Now that’s fabulous.
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I’m still hunting for vintage wooden beer or whisky crates to house my vinyl collection and thought I’d hit the motherload here..
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But in all those boxes, there wasn’t one alcohol related piece of wood in the bunch. Oh sure, I could have bought this …
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But who wants their records stashed in a giant box of rubbers?
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This crate had promise… it said it housed a dozen quarts which denotes liquid, but for the life of me I couldn’t make out the name. Google search came up empty as did all the other customers I asked. Even the owner didn’t have a clue. We shifted it every which way trying to decipher the lettering to no avail. I was struggling to understand what the hell ‘Caitus Guhs’ was when the owner had a eureka moment and figured it out.
Can you?
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Or maybe you can. I’m not judging.
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For someone who doesn’t drink coffee but lives on freshly brewed tea… this is beyond disturbing.
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Another reason I live on the opposite end of the highway from this state.
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No.
You have your Impossible Burger, you have your soy based cheese ….
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For the love of all that’s holy keep your vegan hands off my seafood!
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Well this was disturbing. I’d only been to one out of nine. I must be getting old…
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First, a recent photo of Lord Dudley Mountcatten.
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And now a few cartoons to which all people lucky enough to be owned by a cat can relate.
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I seriously need that couch.
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Lord Dudley prefers to sing at 2:00am, but the same rules apply.
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So true!
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Free streaming.
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The real life outdoor version.
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Because you can’t think of a good enough excuse not to.
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I’ll start and you guess.
1- I am the danger.
2- Valar Morghulis.
3- We were on a break.
4. – I like my money right where I can see it… hanging in my closet
5. – Let’s be careful out there.
6. – Buy land, cause God ain’t making any more of it.
Your turn.
Guess… then give me one of your own.
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I can’t honestly say I’ve ever wanted to work from home before, but then I saw this:
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Now you’re talking!
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Chief Candy Officer River has a nice ring to it don’t you think?
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Facebook… in its infinite wisdom… has posted yet another list of ridiculous products it thinks I must buy, and this time? They’ve outdone themselves.
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Do I need to remotely drive a pile of poo?
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I most assuredly do not.
Am I ancient enough to require a ladder’s assistance to sit up in bed?
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Not quite yet.
And while a recipe book of quick cook meals does have a certain appeal…
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I doubt I need a potty mouthed granny to deliver them.
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