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Can you see him?

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No, it hasn’t snowed again… but I realized I forgot to post these photos after our last storm so bear with me.

Can you see him?

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How about now?

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That’s our resident Coopers Hawk sitting in the apple tree waiting for lunch to fly by.

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The speed at which he snatched a dove out of the air astounded me … as I had my phone camera pointed right at him when it happened and still didn’t manage to catch the shot.

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Here’s a blurry pic of him sitting on top of his lunch for a split second before he flew away to eat in peace.

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April showers result…

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We’ve had nothing but rain and gloomy skies for weeks… so when the sun finally put in an appearance?

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We were rewarded.

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This was a strange rainbow as it was quite low on the horizon…

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But it certainly didn’t dim the beauty.

And since I was standing at the open back door to take pictures, I asked the husband to keep watch over His Lordship so he didn’t slip past me to freedom.

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You can guess how that went.

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Though it did provide me with a nice photo of my two favorite men under a rainbow.

❤️

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Eclipsing 2024… with woodchucks.

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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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Neither snow, nor rain…

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My husband may not be a mailman, but his version of that age old creed says nothing will come between him and his television. Not even the ripping Maine N’or Easter with 50 mph winds and heavy wet snow that pummeled us yesterday leaving half our state without power.

Thankfully we never lost electricity… but when my spouse lost the satellite signal?

Out he went.

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Digging in the shed for a ladder.

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Trudging across the back lawn…

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To knock the wet snow off the dish.

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Reception restored, he trudged back in the house…

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Only to return an hour later for more sweeping.

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What can I say?

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The man really likes his tv.

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