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Random nonsense.

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My real life friends are very helpful. Knowing I’ve been looking for coffee and end tables, one of them sent me this…

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And while I’m sure His Lordship would love it?

No.

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This is a church I pass every now and then while running errands.

They have a sense of humor.

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Or try to…

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Now that’s what I call a backyard rainbow.

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This is what $150 worth of handmade gourmet candy looks like. We thought it would be a nice way to say thank you to the nursing and surgical staff for being so kind to an antsy (and sometimes unintentionally violent) patient.

*Note- I wanted to give them a healthy and attractive Edible Arrangement filled with fruit… but the damn stores have closed up shop and left the state of Maine.

Boo to that.

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Taking the cat for a walk. Or rather, a roll.

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We have almost 3 acres of carefully tended mown lawn. So naturally when I take Lord Dudley Mountcatten outside, he heads straight for the barren patch of dirt under our bird feeders.

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Yes, the bird viewing is up close and personal there…

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But the main reason is he likes to roll.

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The birds eat there. As do the woodchucks, the raccoons, the ducks, the fox and the deer.

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So many good stinky smells in which to cover himself.

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Sigh.

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Work continues… slowly.

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When my husband first started tearing down the old porch he hoped to save some of the original frame.

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Some of the original wood came off easily, some required gentle coercion.

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I’m not quite sure what went on here…

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When my husband is working a project, I find it safer not to ask.

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New framing meets old.

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In jigsaw like pieces apparently.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten has been very curious where all the noise is coming from, so I took him out for a stroll to check the progress.

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Naturally he found the old dryer vent hole and had to investigate.

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Random nonsense.

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Do you like gathering friends and family for a good old fashioned game night? Board games, card games, games of skill, games of chance … it doesn’t matter, they’re all fun.

And the best part? You can still take part even after you’re dead.

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Brilliant!

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten is a daddy’s boy. Oh, he tolerates me because I’m the opener of cans and the sifter of poop but it’s my husband he follows from room to room and sleeps with at night. This allegiance also holds sway over freshly folded laundry.

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He curls up on my husband’s.

Never mine.

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A new Sopranos series?

I’m in!

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I can honestly say I’ve never wanted to play ball more in my life.

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#1 mistake?

Eating it. 🤢

(Sorry Mark)

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Random nonsense.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten is an interactive television watcher.

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Especially when it’s a Nature documentary on birds of prey.

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Summer is coming.

You’re welcome.

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It’s been a weird, cold and wet spring. We still have temperatures dropping to 40 so while the grass is a stunning vibrant green…

Most of the trees haven’t leafed out yet.

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Not that His Lordship cares, there are still mice to hunt.

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The Orioles are still here and eating jars of grape jelly faster than I can buy them. They’re beautiful and hungry.

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A bluebird, just because.

💕

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His Lordship approves.

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It’s taken a few days of sniffing and tentative exploring but I think Lord Dudley Mountcatten has finally accepted the new furniture.

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Cats are not fond of change, much like my husband… which is why our new furniture looks a lot like our old…. but I think they’re both coming around.

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He doesn’t look stressed here.

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And before long he was assuming his favorite position with his favorite person.

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Please note that’s not me.

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The last picture?

Proof positive he’s accepted the new ottoman.

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In with the new…

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Due to scheduling conflicts we spent a day and night with a big empty space instead of a cozy living room.

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But late afternoon on the following day, the new furniture arrived.

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With my husband supervising…

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And thoroughly inspecting the merchandise.

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In case you’re wondering, it passed quality control.

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Oh, to be young and strong again. They had all 4 pieces in and set up in less than 10 minutes.

How young? We tipped them $20 each and told them to have a beer on us. They smiled, but said they couldn’t because they’re not of legal age yet.

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Ah…

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That’s better.

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It’s hard to get a picture that truly represents the colors …

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So you’ll just have to trust me that it looks nice.

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After all the trouble we had choosing fabrics, we’re pleased everything blends.

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His Lordship?

Well, that jury might still be out.

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Things I’m not buying anytime soon.

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I love our cat, but…

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He doesn’t need a 4 foot wicker giraffe.

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Stress free?

The beast sleeps 23 hours a day, how stressed can he possibly be.

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve never harbored the least bit of desire to sleep in a dog bed. Giant or otherwise.

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While this might be comfortable once I plopped, I fear my bad knee would be screaming trying to get out.

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Just… no.

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Goodwill finds I’m glad I didn’t find.

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I have a friend who’s addicted to thrifting and every time we get together she has to hit Goodwill. Over the years I’ve found some nice things there.

The following are not those things.

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I don’t know what that houseplant did to piss off this octopus, but it must have been major.

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That’s extremely disturbing.

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Even this cat was surprised.

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Oh, no.

Hell no!

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Somewhere, someone thought this was a good idea.

The mind boggles.

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