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It’s that time of year.
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Red wing blackbirds, starlings and grackles swoop in and empty our feeders in no time flat.
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I can’t keep up.
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And aside from eating every last seed and crumb of suet I put out in record time…?
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They drive Lord Dudley Mountcatten absolutely nuts.
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Damn it.
After I finally make a decision and order our new living room furniture? This pops up.
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Now that’s a chair!
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Cross out son, insert wife…
This is my future.
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When someone doesn’t want his feet touched.
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Worst. Coffee. Mug. Ever.
The sequel…
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Our backyard herd.
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This one will be fun.
I promise!
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I love it.
This one is right in my wheelhouse.
I’ll start….
Wind In The Pillows. (as someone married to a baked bean lover I am well acquainted with this phenomenon)
Rodeo and Juliet. (ride ‘em cowboy takes on a whole new meaning here)
Gone With The Wine. (wine, it’s always gone too soon)
Lord Of The Pies. (if there’s a lady of the pies, I humbly volunteer)
Of Lice And Men. (eww, but I had to)
The Lizard Of Oz. ( I think that’s Jim Morrison)
To Pill A Mockingbird. (I’ve pilled cats, can’t imagine birds are any easier)
A Tale Of Two Titties. ( sorry, I couldn’t resist)
The Old Man And The Pee. ( if you know, you know)
Little Souse On The Prairie (if I lived on the prairie back then I’d be soused too)
Silence of the Hams. (with pineapple and brown sugar please)
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I could keep going, but I’ll leave some for you.
Dazzle me!
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Remember when I found that weirdly wonderful tropical beer at the Great Lost Bear a while back? After numerous fruitless (no pun intended) attempts to locate it for sale… I went to the source.
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Barreled Souls brewing in Saco. They’re a small batch brewery tucked away in the basement of a lawyers office. The days and hours their tasting room is open are limited… so we were standing tall at noon on a Saturday ready for some serious day drinking.
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23 plus on tap made for ample tasting.
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Known for their bizarre fruited sours and gose, we happily sampled.
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And then sampled a bit more.
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This brewery ages its beers in whisky barrels, rum barrels, wine barrels and even tequila barrels which makes for some very distinctive flavors.
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I was thrilled to discover I could order a keg of Little Havana for the man cave/Barn Mahal and the husband went with a 4 pack of Le Tigre.
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At $17 for a four pack it’s not cheap, but what is these days?
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I have no idea who this is but she keeps popping up on my news feed, screaming for attention.
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Macaroni and cheese hair?
Check.
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Slutty mermaid?
Check.
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Assless pants with a horse tail?
Check.
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And because a girl has to accessorize, a horse purse to match. .. though it looks more like a dog to me.
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Don’t have anything clean to wear?
No problem, just slip on a garment bag.
And then…
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She wore an outfit made from condoms.
As one does…
WTH?
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We have snow, then rain and ice and more rain.
Our lawn is white, our lawn is green.
The poor deer never know what they’re waking up to these days.
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So we put out a few bowls of grain for our resident herd.
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Placement is key.
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Put the bowls too close together like my husband did and the buck will kick you out of the way.
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Before he settles in for a nosh.
❤️
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A friend of mine took this picture at Old Orchard Beach last week after a bizarre mass wash up of clams.
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Was it the storm?
The earthquake?
The (then future) eclipse?
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I don’t know.
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But they were all still alive and I’m guessing lots of local residents had chowder that night.
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The long awaited solar eclipse was a low key event as Casa River. Yes, we could have driven up north and seen the totality… but the traffic was nuts and the crowds were insane so we settled for 95% on the barn porch.
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I went out half an hour early with a book and a beer.
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I was ready.
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The man cave/Barn Mahal porch proved an excellent viewing platform.
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Though my attempts at photographing the event were less so.
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But it was an awesome sight and we enjoyed the experience.
And while we didn’t have totality darkness, the change in light and temperature was enough to flip out our resident woodchucks who were scurrying all over the place.
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When they see or hear us, they usually hide.
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But not during the eclipse.
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They were looking for shelter and didn’t give us a second thought.
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So how about you?
Did your eclipse viewing include befuddled wildlife….
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A few more winter pics, because it’s already melted and I didn’t have a chance to post them.
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Pink sky in morning…
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I swear this spring robin is saying WTF!
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Not yet little plants.
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We have a small Amish population scattered across our state and every once in a while we see them.
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😊
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I’m usually up early in the morning and often see the moon go down.
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It’s beautiful in the winter….
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Bouncing off the white snow, against a blue sky.
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So I brave the cold and trot out front in my pajamas for a few nice photos.
To find I’m not the only one with that idea.
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We have large open spaces around our property and people often stop for Kodak moment.
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Good thing he was facing the other way. No one needs a picture of me at 5:00am wearing penguin pj’s.
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