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Henry the Hawk and a squirrel who knows how to work a pole.

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We have a new backyard visitor who is showing up every day, twice a day.

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He’s a juvenile Coopers Hawk who has discovered our backyard bird feeders.

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We’ve named him Henry and he’s quite content to hang out in the gardens and wait for a meal to fly by.

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He’s young, and his hunting skills need some fine tuning.

Honestly? He misses more often than not.

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But he’s one very chill little dude.

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In other news, we seem to have a squirrel ready for the stripper Olympics.

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I say this because his pole acrobatics are quite impressive.

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That’s a 9.5 right there.

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Atta boys, a beat up mayor and a Yankee gator.

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The WordPress attaboys had slowed for a while but then this popped up the other day.

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I highly doubt they read all my comments and picked out ten to be thoughtful.

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Those numbers don’t add up.

And yes, I’m still mad at myself for missing a day when my streak was over 1,400.

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The unofficial mayor of Bath, Maine is clearly a scrapper.

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And his recovery was front page news.

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Someday I’m going to meet him in person. Or is that in feline?

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Never let it be said broccoli doesn’t belong on pizza. With a garlic crust, Alfredo sauce, 3 cheeses and grilled chicken? Fabulous.

As was the blackberry mojito.

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I hope these are true.

Smelly Onion beats the Windy City hands down.

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You never know what will pop up in small Maine towns.

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That’s impressive carving right there.

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Pickles, rural life and backyard critters.

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I like a good kosher dill with my sandwich now and then but I don’t actively search for the them on the internet… so why does my FB algorithm kick into high pickle gear every now and then?

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I’m passing on the pickle minions.

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And flights are for beer! Or occasionally, margaritas.

No pickles required.

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Pickle slush?

Hard pass, no matter how cute the glass.

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I will not.

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Yay for me, I guess.

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You know the seafood is fresh when…

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Cow patty bingo without a cow? Where’s the fun in that…

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A few weeks ago our lawn was a lush green…

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And a veritable wildlife bonanza showed up for a nosh.

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The gang was all there.

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The sentinel.

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We have a little brick landing at the bottom of our back deck steps. My husband built it years ago without laying gravel so it heaves and shifts and separates and allows grass and weeds to fill in the cracks. This year I think portulaca has taken hold so I’m letting it grow in case it blooms.

But I digress…

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This landing had become one of our woodchuck babies preferred spots.

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The spot where he stands watch.

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Over what, I have no idea.

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But he takes his sentinel position very seriously.

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All hail Hercule.

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These keep popping up on my Facebook feed and they’re so funny I have to share.

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Pet portraits.

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Sort of.

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I really wanted to send Hercule a picture of His Lordship.

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As I’m sure he could do Dudley justice.

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But the last time I looked he had over 60,000 requests…

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So my chances of being chosen were slim.

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He does the portraits for free…

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But requests a donation to an animal shelter or the street veterinary practice he supports.

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A good cause for some (so bad it’s good) art.

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Return of the trash panda.

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Woodchucks and skunks abound at Casa River, but trash pandas come and go in irregular intervals.

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We’ll see them for a week or two and then they’ll disappear.

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This week brought a nice chubby fellow.

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Raccoons are fun to watch. They have very expressive faces and extremely dexterous paws.

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They also love water. So much, I have to provide a nightly bowl or they tip over my birdbath which still has the cracks and chips from last year’s visitors.

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Cute.

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But occasionally destructive.

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No matter.

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We welcome them all.

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So stinking cute.

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Do they stink?

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Occasionally.

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Is it an awful smell?

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Most definitely.

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But look at those little stinkers.

You have to admit they’re cute as well.

This video was taken as I was on my way out to spread their nightly snack on the ground under the bird feeders. Skunks have bad eyesight and not very good hearing so I got quite close before he realized I was there.

Pardon the wobbly section, I was trying to spread food and film at the same time.

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