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I saw this on FB the other day and had to share because it’s so….. me.
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It’s probably not a good idea, the little devils are tunnelers and chewers, but you know if I did adopt one of our backyard crew…
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I would totally give him a bath.
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This is simply off the charts cute.
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And now I totally want to do it!
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❤️
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I took Lord Dudley Mountcatten out for a walk the other day.
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Or rather, I tried to… as all he wanted to do was sit.
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Granted we’d just had rain and things were a little wet, as proved by this photo of our newly completed deck I lined up and photographed.
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As this was happening, His Lordship spotted a woodchuck in the day lilies and it started squealing.
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I pivoted, climbed to the second step, took a picture and then the Tasmanian Devil I had at the end of the leash decided to wind around my legs and make a dash at the chuck. This resulted in me stumbling off the steps, getting wrapped up in the leash and falling butt first in the flowers.
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See the large depression to the left? That was me and my ever expanding posterior.
I’m not sure who scared off the woodchuck, but I’m guessing it was the sight of my giant behind coming straight at him that made him beat feet.
No worries. I picked myself up, dug around the bushes for my phone and went inside where all was well.
Until I woke up the next day with intense pain on the right side of my bad knee.
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Something’s torn or strained or pulled because walking is painful and flexing my ankle makes me grimace.
As you can see, Lord Dudley was completely unharmed.
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A buffet of carrots, green leaf lettuce and raspberries was laid this morning.
And before long there were two nibblers .
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Then there were three.
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And then things started to get interesting.
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Siblings.
Two legged or four, they rarely get along.
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I’ve always loved bugs and insects, the bigger and weirder the better. My father used to swear he found a new variety in the garden every year and I believe it’s true. Their diversity is amazing.
That being said, you know I was thrilled when I found this little beauty in my flower bed the other day.
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Now that’s a spider!
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Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this product’s Amazon pricing?
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I think we’re down to four woodchucks now.
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I haven’t seen six together for quite a while so I’m guessing momma finally booted some of their big butts out of the burrow.
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Damn.
I wish they’d had these when I was young and in love with dinosaurs.
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The other day my husband went to the woodshed to pull out his garden cart and came back in the house shortly after.
“I think one of your woodchucks is hurt” he said.
That made me drop what I was doing and rush out back to find this:
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Junior, momma chuck’s full grown offspring from last year.. the one who never left the nest, was wedged in between the cart, some wood and a few landscaping bricks.
Or was he?
I knelt down, spoke softly and determined he wasn’t stuck… just scared.
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We backed off, hid around the corner and waited for 10 minutes but he wouldn’t move.
Wanting to get on with his chores the husband slowly pulled the cart out of the shed and bam!
Junior was off like a shot to hide under the deck.
Not hurt, just antisocial.
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Work has been progressing on the deck and the other day it was finally time for Lord Dudley Mountcatten to check things out.
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He approached warily, and then took a detour.
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To the stack of unused boards
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And then to the stack of extra wood, which he promptly climbed on and knocked over scaring himself to death.
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I laughed, so he jumped back on the deck boards and gave me the evil eye.
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When he finally ascended to the half finished deck, he explored a bit…
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And plopped.
We tend to do more sitting than walking on our outdoor excursions. His Lordship does not like to waste energy unnecessarily.
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But when he’d had enough fresh air?
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He paced back and forth in front of the door….
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Not understanding why I wouldn’t jump across the divide to open it.
So instead…
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He plopped, and seemed to approve of the new decking materials.
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Now that we’re having the back deck redone, the chucks are having a hard time adjusting.
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They have a tunnel/burrow under our bedroom windows on the right and like to run under the deck on their way to the buffet.
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Only problem is….
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Right now there’s nothing to get under.
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No safety, no privacy.
The chucks are not pleased.
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When His Lordship wants to lie in the sun?
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His Lordship will find whatever sun is available.
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No matter how small.
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Cow!
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Mister Cow is happy in his new home and growing rapidly.
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Billions returns for its final season this weekend. Axe is back… and I’m totally on board.
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Pineapple margarita, just because.
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The baby chucks don’t look much like babies anymore.
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It’s getting harder to distinguish momma from the group.
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I performed a minor miracle last week and dragged my husband to the movie theater. This happens approximately once a year, so I have to choose carefully. And since I’m a history nerd? It wasn’t Barbie we went to see.
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When His Lordship is determined to look outside, no mere blind will stop him.
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We’ve been having a lot of hot summer weather lately and with that comes late afternoon thunderstorms. With late afternoon thunderstorms comes high winds. With high winds comes the possibility of power outages… and that’s what happened recently just as I was sitting down to read. Not wanting to give up my book, I grabbed a large battery operated lantern and propped it up behind me on the couch.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten was not pleased.
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Something new and strange had been added to his world.
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And had to be thoroughly investigated.
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After a full five minutes of stalking, sniffing and batting…
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His Lordship made peace with the temporary lighting device.
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River's world..... 