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I haven’t had a chance to make these yet, but they sound perfect for summer…
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The life of a Maine lobsterman is hard… and often lonely. As evidenced by this picture taken of my husband’s nephew.
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I had to smile at this news item.
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What do you want to bet that chuck wasn’t injured, just craving a beer?
And speaking of chucks…
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Thankfully this one is still too short to nibble on my day lilies.
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How wonderful is this? Free bouquets.
I love my town.
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Though we have not yet driven on our beautiful new driveway, we are walking on it.
Or rather, we humans are walking on it. Lord Dudley Mountcatten remains skeptical.
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Taking him out for a walk has meant strolling around the house on the grass and then watching him plant himself on the kitchen landing.
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Where he sits and stares.
Until yesterday…
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When he finally decided to investigate.
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Momma chuck was watching from the barn porch…
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As his Royal highness took to the tar.
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Not yet a fan of the new black expanse, His Lordship returned to the backyard and his favorite woodchuck burrow.
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This is a tunnel that runs under our bedroom bay window and I wish I was quicker with the camera because a baby chuck stuck his head out, spotted Dudley and let out a true whistle pig screech.
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As far as kitty entertainment goes, squealing woodchuck beats new driveway any old day.
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We’ve been having a stretch of extremely (for Maine) hot and humid weather.
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And when it’s this oppressive, I always worry if our resident critters can find water.
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No doubt they can…
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But I feel better if I make the search a bit easier.
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😊
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What have you got to lose but time….
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I’ll start…
Hoppopotomos.
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I don’t want that big guy hopping on me. No sir.
Ontootor.
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Do they toot? I don’t know, but that bushy tail would be a very effective toot disbursement tool.
Chomponzoo.
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Those are some serious chompers, for sure.
Your turn..
O something.
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Momma chuck is a good mother and protective of her brood.
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I’ve seen her chase off a fox, a deer and a turkey.
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Every evening the littles gather to nibble under the bird feeders.
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And momma is right there keeping a close watch on the surrounding area.
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Mess with momma at your peril.
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You have been warned.
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😳
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Because nonsense is everywhere I look.
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I have no desire to cuddle fake bread, but if that was real? Pass the butter baby!
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Fox and chucks are still munching happily together. Guess this is what happens when you lay out an ample backyard buffet.
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I’ve been getting hundreds of junk emails lately. Somehow, someone got my address and has been flooding me with spam. ‘Stuck poop’ is an interesting enough subject line but the fact that the word ‘solder’ is in the sender’s address?
Priceless.
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This is what’s left of the pretty yellow deer proof flower I planted out back. The deer may not like it, but clearly the woodchucks did .
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Ditto that for coneflower leaves.
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I had to dig up the phlox, lupine and mallow due to voracious woodchuck appetites….
So now they’re all crowding my deck table in pots.
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The neighbor I was cat sitting for returned from vacation and brought me a thank you gift from the Wisconsin Dells.
A bag of local beer! She knows I like sours and brought me a variety to try. Some of them are wonderfully bizarre. The lime green can? A pastry sour with peach, basil, graham cracker and vanilla.
Cheers!
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The fact that you can’t use it is what makes it worth reading.
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I think canine love is in direct proportion to the biscuit level of a Milkbone box.
Full box? Adoration
Box almost empty? Derision.
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Is it? This almost makes me afraid to open the pantry door.
(In case you’re wondering? It’s coffee. )
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Of course it was, it’s Florida.
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And let’s face it, that beats Ron DeSantis any day of the week and twice on Sunday’s.
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To be honest, I’d prefer to talk with the donkey.
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Take a break from all the nastiness in the world and read this article I stumbled on the other day.
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The headline was enough to make me smile.
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Please don’t comment on the incorrect translation, just feel the love.
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I admit I choked up at this point.
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We all need a Corchito in our lives.
❤️
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The little nibblers are on the move and nibbling everything.
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They love carrots and lettuce and broccoli and apples.
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They also love our back deck.
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Unfortunately they love it a little too much.
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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Too much!
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I’ve been cat sitting for our neighbors this week.
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They live one door over and down behind us near the river. They’re also the neighbors who had their driveway redone the same time we did. It’s an absolute joy to ride down there now.
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Pia greets me at the door upon arrival. She never used to, but has come realize I am the bringer of food when mom is away… so I am tolerated now.
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And even allowed to pet her on occasion.
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As long as the food bowls remain full that is.
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River's world..... 