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I never used to be an early riser. But when you live with a man who’s gotten up at 4:00am for the past forty years sleeping in is impossible.
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Of course getting up at the crack of dawn does have its perks…
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Sunrise being one of them.
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Sometimes it seems as if our backyard is on fire.
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It’s that time of year.
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Red wing blackbirds, starlings and grackles swoop in and empty our feeders in no time flat.
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I can’t keep up.
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And aside from eating every last seed and crumb of suet I put out in record time…?
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They drive Lord Dudley Mountcatten absolutely nuts.
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Damn it.
After I finally make a decision and order our new living room furniture? This pops up.
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Now that’s a chair!
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Cross out son, insert wife…
This is my future.
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When someone doesn’t want his feet touched.
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Worst. Coffee. Mug. Ever.
The sequel…
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Our backyard herd.
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We have snow, then rain and ice and more rain.
Our lawn is white, our lawn is green.
The poor deer never know what they’re waking up to these days.
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So we put out a few bowls of grain for our resident herd.
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Placement is key.
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Put the bowls too close together like my husband did and the buck will kick you out of the way.
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Before he settles in for a nosh.
❤️
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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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We haven’t seen much of our resident deer this winter because… well, we didn’t have much of a winter in Maine this year.
But with the late season snow storm came our backyard buddies.
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I sure have missed them.
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Love to watch the young ones kick up their heels and scamper around.
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That big guy in the foreground is a buck.
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He has a nice little harem.
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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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Oh what a difference a day makes.
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The beginning of green grass and our first chuck sighting of the season.
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The next day?
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It’s back to winter.
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And one very limber local cat.
In other news…
She’s baaaaack.
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It’s the sci fi franchise that just won’t die.
And finally, a little help if you’re planning a vacation.
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Spring is here … though to be honest I’m still waiting for winter. March in Maine used to mean cold and snow but temps have been near 50 most of the month and up until last week’s snow storm we had green grass in places.
Sigh.
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It’s been damp and too warm all winter.
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Though I admit the morning fog is soothing.
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His Lordship?
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Never misses his morning coffee.
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And now that his scratchy post has been returned to its normal living room site…
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All is right with his world.
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I just hope the furniture stores don’t mind a little cat hair on their fabric samples.
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We haven’t had a lot of snow this year.
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Or last year or the year before that unfortunately … so when the pretty white fluffy stuff does fall and stick?
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I wake up early to photograph it in that lovely pinkish blue morning light.
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And while I do enjoy it…
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Our contractor who still has to replace the siding from the bedroom window replacement does not.
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Can’t say I blame him.
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