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Miscellaneous drivel.

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Cupboards are boring.

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I would.

I really would…

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Beer plus Girl Scout cookies?

I’m in.

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And speaking of beer, we dropped into a new small batch brewery to try a flight recently.

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The beer was quite good. Traditional German style Pilsners, dunkels and gose. Veteran owned and run, so you know my husband found someone to talk to… which made us late for our dinner reservation.

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Our first chuck of the season lost a little fur during hibernation.

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In an odd circular patch.

I was a bit worried…

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But it seems to be growing back nicely.

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I saw this on FB the other day and had to chuckle.

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Then I saw this answer and positively snorted.

JD gets makeup tips from raccoons.

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Yes, my pickle algorithm is alive and well.

Sigh.

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Deer me.

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Our herd was back again for their nightly snack.

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This time with the funky antlered buck.

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His horns were oddly shaped all year… and now that’s he losing them, they’re even odder.

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He’s the leader of the group and doesn’t like it when the kids beat him to the food bowl.

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A well placed kick scatters the youngsters.

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And he has the bowl to himself.

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For a little while anyway.

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First of the season.

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Look who’s back!

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I spotted our first woodchuck yesterday.

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And immediately tossed out some lettuce and broccoli to welcome the little guy back.

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I’m saying little guy but it might be a girl. I only know it doesn’t look like our old momma chuck of years past.

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She’s been around for a long time and sadly, I think it’s time for the next generation to take over.

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We’re doomed.

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As many of you know, we’ve battled a certain red squirrel in the past.

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She’s chewed holes in our barn, our garage and our wood shed.

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She’s gnawed her way into the eaves of our home and given birth to a large brood we physically had to evict. She attacked my husband when he was cleaning gutters and built a nest in his truck engine, destroying wires that required it to be towed to the repair shop. I could go on, but I think you get the gist.

She’s a menace.

So the other day… when I saw she had a friend?

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I was concerned, but before I could fully process the horror? I saw this…

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Four!

There are now four red menaces in residence.

We’re doomed.

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This and that.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten has developed a disturbing fondness for Al Roker…

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Should I be worried?

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Has the revolution begun? And why did no one tell me…

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I love Cards Against Humanity and Beth Dutton.

I may have to own this.

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Not my photograph, but it was posted by someone in Maine.

If that squirrel isn’t silently saying ‘hold my beer’ ? I’ll eat my hat.

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Bacon is life.

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Let there be snow.

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We’ve been having a number of small snow storms lately, 2-3 inches at a time, and thanks to some cold temperatures…

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It finally looks like winter in ye old state of Maine.

I enjoy the change of seasons and while winter can be challenging, it can be beautiful as well.

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Especially when our backyard visitors show up for a nosh.

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We usually see them in the evening, but the other morning these two showed up for breakfast.

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My husband was out front shoveling the driveway…

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And the minute they spotted him?

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Nothing but fluffy white butts.

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That’s one bad *ss otter.

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I was going to include this article in my weekly useless news series, but this little fellow is so awful I figured he deserved his own post .

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Look at that face.

He doesn’t even care.

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Damn Ollie.

You’re one twisted little dude.

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There’s frustrated…

And then there’s Ollie level frustrated.

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve never done that to my teddy bear.

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There must be starfish in Washington.

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I love animals and enjoy learning quirky facts about their remarkable lives.

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Not exactly subtle, but it sure beats yo yo dieting and spending hours getting ready for that first date.

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This doesn’t surprise me at all. AI has a long way to go when it comes to simple tasks.

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Brainless? Seems like there’s a whole lotta of seawater being pumped through Washington these days.

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Owls rock.

We rescued an injured barn owl years ago and took him to an avian shelter for treatment. I rode in a car for an hour with an owl on my lap! It was a once in a lifetime experience.

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