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My pickle algorithm seems to be ramping up again and along with disgusting recipes for pickle soup and pickle cupcakes I saw this…
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I was unaware Pittsburgh was pickle crazy before reading this article.
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But I must say, they seem to have embraced the briny green spear with a disturbing enthusiasm.
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Why do I get these ads?
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After my recent medical fiasco?
That made me snort.
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I’m middle ground least common.
How about you?
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My new garden bed is starting to fill in…
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But I wish the woodchucks hadn’t eaten all my mid summer blooms. So much for strategically timed planting.
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The geraniums are doing well.
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I was a bit late getting these in due to my mystery illness, but they’re flourishing now.
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Our Japanese Spirea surprised me this year by branching off in white on the right side.
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It’s always been solid pink…
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But not anymore.
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Close up of its fuzzy blooms.
The bees love it.
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And yes, that’s one entirely too chill red squirrel.
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Because playing is more fun than working.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten?
Please.
The Royals do not work.
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They are worshiped and served.
How about your pet?
What’s their human equivalent job….
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My husband went to Lowe’s for some weed wacker string the other day.
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So of course he came home with a new $800 battery operated lawn mower.
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Oh, it’s fancy.
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Multi speed self propelled motor, dual blades, telescopic adjustable handle…
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So fancy it took him 15 minutes to figure out how to start it.
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There’s so much extra tech… it came with three instruction manuals.
And neon green mulching blades.
And a detachable cell phone carrier.
It even has a cup holder.
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I told him it looked like a Tesla.
He was not amused.
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There was a learning curve and it took him a little while to get used to it. But then he was off and running…
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To he honest, I don’t think he loves it as much as he thought he would.
Not that he’d ever admit it.
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And no, He doesn’t push mow our whole back lawn. Just around the house, garden beds, barn and tighter spaces.
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Remember when I posted this the other day?
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When I said it was crazy to see circles in this collection of what is clearly blocks?
Well, thanks to two blog friends..
I saw them.
I didn’t at first, even after one friend said to look in between the rectangles.
Nope. Didn’t see them.
Then another friend emailed me this color enhanced version.
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Yup.
Clearly a circle.
So I went back numerous times and focused on the space in between two rectangles and I stared.
Then I squinted…
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And bam!
There really are circles. Call it an optical illusion or my brain playing tricks, because as soon as I stopped squinting they disappeared.
But I saw them.
And after a few more tries, I saw them without squinting.
Try it…
And Mark, I expect you to be honest.
Watermelon really is delightful.
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As you know, we have always had a resident red squirrel menace.
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I’m sure this isn’t the original terror from years ago, but one of her numerous demon offspring.
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She teases the cat, poops on the patio furniture…
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Shreds the deck posts, excavates passages through the woodshed walls, chews holes in the man cave/Barn Mahal, burrows into the house eaves and builds nests everywhere to continue her accursed family.
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I know this because…
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We’re knee deep in the destructive little bastards right now.
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Not good!
Not good at all….
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Let’s explore…
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I’m surprised Maine is on the higher side of this. Must be the northern half…
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That’s beyond disturbing.
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This is even more so.
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People do love to live near the water.
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I’m surprised more states in my area aren’t green. New Englanders are traditionally frugal.
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I blame Maine’s rate on the lobster. Who wants to eat it without a pound of melted butter…
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I’m hoping to run out of these. But it won’t be today…
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I’ve heard of wardrobe malfunctions… but dental is a new one.
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No thank you. At this stage in my reading glasses for everything life … I need bigger, not smaller.
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I call foul on this one.
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Yes, because everyone goes to McDonald’s for the oatmeal.
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Water.
Come on!
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I know I’m not visiting Florida anytime soon.
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No, they haven’t fixed the issues that cause it. They’re just switching to black… which, when you think about it, is more death like.
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Evolving into… what?
*gulp*
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Take a look at this image and tell me if you see rectangles or circles.
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Like that extremely annoying blue or gold dress, I can’t understand how anyone could possibly see circles here, but apparently they do.
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This explanation seems bizarre to me.
I don’t live near teepees, but I can still distinguish one from an igloo.
The human brain is a strange piece of work.
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I’m a little behind posting these pics because things were blooming while I was sick.
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The peonies were lovely…
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But I didn’t manage a photo before the daylilies took over.
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Just a few fading blossoms.
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Still pretty…
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But less dramatic than they should be.
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