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A few weeks ago we had two young woodchucks fighting over food
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Now?
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Momma chuck is back and the fighting is over.
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Matter of fact, since she’s arrived there’s no one to left to fight.
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The teenagers have left the building…
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And momma reigns supreme.
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Excuse the noise of my dryer tumbling in the background.
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Being of Scottish ancestry I hate to admit it, but the Irish know a thing or two about pubs.
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We recently discovered O’Reilly’s Cure in Scarborough and will definitely be going back.
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It’s upscale…
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And to Hell with the Guinness…
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Their cocktail list is da bomb.
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The Basil Ruby was divine and paired nicely with my delicious crab cake appetizer.
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And the apple cider margarita?
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Lovely, even with its sticky brown sugar rim.
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Husband’s baked haddock, garlic mashed and veggie medley was tasty…
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And my chicken pot (biscuit) pie was a scrumptious thick, creamy delight.
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And yes, they snuck that annoying ‘kitchen wellness fee’ I detest on the bill (it bothers me because I doubt the kitchen staff ever see the money) but the food and drinks were so good we’ll return despite the annoyance.
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Because it beats working, that’s why.
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I recently read this book.
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It was a little too Jurassic Park adjacent for me, but the scientific basis for the novel is valid and quite terrifying.
The Colossal Biosciences https://colossal.com/ company really is five years away from de-extincting a wooly mammoth and the ethical can of worms that opens will be epic. When that process is nailed down? It would theoretically be possible to resurrect Neanderthals as well. A race of hominid that was taller and stronger than us, with a larger brain, better hearing, better sight, an inability to feel empathy and a propensity for violence. Forget the AI robots destroying us, the Neanderthals will do it for then.
On that cheerful note, my last Google search was for the Indricotherium.
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A giant hornless rhino that lived in the Eocene Epoch, 56 to 33 million years ago.
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He weighed 15 to 20 tons and stood 24 foot tall.
Yes, once a dinosaur geek, always a dinosaur geek.
So what’s the last thing you were searching for?
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There are times when I’m glad I’m woefully out of touch.
This is one of them.
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I had no idea.
Did you?
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That’s him.
A perfectly ordinary looking fellow who… since I’m not on Tik Tok… was completely unknown to me.
If only it had stayed that way.
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Holy heliotrope Batman!
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Nope.
I’m not thanking her… and I’m not doing any further research on this over endowed individual either.
If anything, I’ll probably have nightmares.
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Remember my perfect carpet? The expensive Karastan I chose on day one…
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The salesperson from the store where I found it (they have exclusive rights to the brand and none of the other places we’ve tried can sell it) has been staying in touch after giving us an installation estimate. When I finally told them my husband balked at the price and was looking around for something comparable but cheaper, they wanted to help and said they would check their inventory.
I received this message a week ago.. but didn’t tell my husband until he’d had his fill of fruitless floor shopping.
I’m evil that way.
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To be honest I didn’t think carpet was something you could barter… but you live and you learn.
And save $500 apparently.
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Installation in 8 weeks.
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I read this the other day and have to admit I was a little jealous.
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Yes, it’s true… there is such a disorder. Something to do with fungi and bacteria in the gut turning carbs into alcohol.
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And he works in a brewery?
That kind of symmetry is rare.
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Are you as sick of hearing about new AI applications as I am of posting them? Every day it seems like some tech firm is introducing another thing we don’t need.
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Sorry, but I don’t need to see Mona rapping Gin and Juice or Straight Outta Compton. Not now, not ever.
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My dreams are trippy enough, no artificial help necessary.
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Because there aren’t enough bloggers who think they’re poets.. we need a camera?
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“Home becomes this placid batter”?
Is that cake.. or baseball.
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While I’d love to query Dali on those melting clocks and disembodied eyes … I’ll pass on the computer generated version.
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Due to scheduling conflicts we spent a day and night with a big empty space instead of a cozy living room.
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But late afternoon on the following day, the new furniture arrived.
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With my husband supervising…
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And thoroughly inspecting the merchandise.
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In case you’re wondering, it passed quality control.
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Oh, to be young and strong again. They had all 4 pieces in and set up in less than 10 minutes.
How young? We tipped them $20 each and told them to have a beer on us. They smiled, but said they couldn’t because they’re not of legal age yet.
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Ah…
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That’s better.
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It’s hard to get a picture that truly represents the colors …
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So you’ll just have to trust me that it looks nice.
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After all the trouble we had choosing fabrics, we’re pleased everything blends.
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His Lordship?
Well, that jury might still be out.
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It isn’t often we see a Pileated woodpecker at Casa River…
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But this big guy flew in the other day and had a nosh on the suet nugget cage.
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Pileateds usually stay in the woods and rarely venture into our wide open back yard.
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Good thing I had my phone camera handy.
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One last cuddle on the old chair.
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One last before picture…
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After that, our farming neighbor and his field hands carried the old furniture out the door and over to his house.
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It’s funny because we gave him the living room set we had before this one as well.
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It was a tight fit…
And made my husband wish our back door was just a little wider.
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One large scratch on the paint later…
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Empty echoing space.
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River's world..... 