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We have a few nice bucks visiting this fall.
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Sometimes with a companion skunk.
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As long as stinky doesn’t get too close the buck doesn’t seem to mind.
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It’s hunting season so I’m always worried about these guys, even though our property and our neighbors is posted.
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A deer’s home range is usually one square mile and while our neighbor’s properties on both sides are 4 times bigger than ours… that still leaves us about 600 acres short of a safe from bullets zone.
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Every year the town of Damarriscotta, Maine has a pumpkin festival.
Every year I tell my husband we’re going to attend.
And every year like clockwork?
I forget. And have to enjoy it vicariously through other people’s photos.
So here they are, some of the wonderfully inventive and creative pumpkins I missed.
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Did I mention there’s also a pumpkin regatta where crazy Mainers dress in costumes and try to paddle large hollowed out gourds down the river?
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Yup.
It’s a thing.
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And I missed it.
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Again.
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Because you can’t give me a valid reason why you shouldn’t.
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It’s eight for me.
How adventurous are you?
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It’s autumn in New England and that’s a beautiful thing. Turning leaves, apple picking, pumpkins…
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Sadly not everyone gets to experience it.
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I can’t think of one entirely vegan or vegetarian restaurant in Maine, but clearly they exist.
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Sad to see we’re leading the way, but not surprising.
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We love our libraries in Maine and some of them are drop dead gorgeous.
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I’ll take least violent crime. Yay us.
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Someone had way too much time on their hands.
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Ugh. Allen’s Coffee Brandy was the bane of my existence when I was a teenage delinquent. Cheap, disgustingly sweet and at every party I ever attended.
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We have anywhere from two to six raccoons show up nightly now.
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I think this is the same family that discovered our buffet when they were babies.
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We’ve watched them grow up…
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And, out.
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As they are a wee bit rotund these days.
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❤️
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We attended a dual retirement party recently. A husband and wife were calling it quits at the same time and their kids threw them a celebration.
At a brewery.
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It was like old home week for my husband as he had worked with M. at the FAA.
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Yes, my guy is a 22 year Marine and the recent retiree did 20 years in the Navy…
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So deep conversations ensued.
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But my guy did that pretty much all afternoon.
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And into the evening.
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I’d never been to retirement party at a brewery before but it was laid back and quite fun.
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No boring speeches. No power point presentations of careers. No stuffy presentations of plaques or watches.
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Just friends, family and co workers getting together for a good time.
We went home with a wood fired pizza because they were floating in it.
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And stayed well after the official end time.
But the best part about a brewery retirement party?
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Wrist bands for unlimited free beer for every guest.
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Your number one source for stupid headlines.
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Did she have to?
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Ugh.
She did.
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I didn’t think it was possible to eat that many beans, but okay.
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I wish the media would stop saying things like this. They’re not unrecognizable, they’re older. It happens to all of us who reach a certain age. Things sag, they wrinkle. Get over it.
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I’ve been married to a Marine for 41 years. I’m well versed in the meaning of Snafu.
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The skunks beat the fox.
Now the raccoons are beating the skunks.
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It’s first come first serve at River’s critter buffet.
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Though the deer are lucky… as no one else wants their grain.
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Three deer and three raccoons.
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All are welcome.
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But I really enjoy watching these little devils tussle and push each other out of the way for the best spots.
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I grew up in New Jersey and had many Italian friends. These Italian friends had Italian mothers who cooked. Boy howdy, did they ever. So when I saw this list the other day I knew I would do pretty well…
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Though I do have a tendency to make my bruschetta a soft middle consonant instead of hard.
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It’s bush hogging season in the country and when the man comes to do our neighbor’s field …
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We have him do our back half acre to the woods as well.
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Our backyard leaves have turned, but like the rest of the state not vibrantly.
Are you thinking about moving? Maybe into a slightly larger home?
If so, I’ve got your back.
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And if the high cost seems out of reach, just know it’s the house where Dark Shadows was filmed years ago. Walking the halls with Barnabas Collins? You can’t put a price on that.
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Am I the only one who does this? You’re driving down the road when you hear a song you want to add to your iPod so you take a picture of the radio for future reference?
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Considering no one uses iPods anymore, I’m going to guess yes.
I’m the only dinosaur who does this.
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I’ve long considered myself a tree hugging liberal without ever giving much thought to actually hugging a tree.
Until I read this..
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Who knew?
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You might even enjoy it.
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Name this a cappella group.
I’ll go first…
The Cameltones.
The King Tut Trio.
Cameltonix.
The Abu Dhabi Transfer.
The Cameltoes. (Yes, I went there.)
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Now you.
Name the group.
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