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A little bit of this, a whole lot of nothing important.
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I feel you Biggie.
I really do.
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I am woefully out of touch, as proved by this public service announcement from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Could there be anything more revolting?
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Holy Hell.
That’s going to give me nightmares.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten is not happy with the constant remodeling noise, but his curiosity gene is strong enough to warrant a quick exploration of the project when my husband takes a break.
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Checking out the missing siding.
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Walking balance beam.
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Attacking a clamp.
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And looking in the window he usually looks out are all on the menu.
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As is using the new pea gravel for a litter box.
Though we probably won’t share that part with my husband.
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Oh, those damn birdies.
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Every morning dozens of starlings gather on our bedroom roof, run back and forth, drink water out of the gutters and generally drive His Lordship crazy.
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If only those pesky humans would open the door.
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Peonies are the best.
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There, I said it.
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I’ll take a peony bouquet over roses any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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They’re full and vibrant and smell heaven sent.
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We have two large bushes near our back deck and they never disappoint.
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They’re too high for woodchuck bubblers.
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For which I’m quite thankful.
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His Lordship enjoys them as well.
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Though that might just have been the sun.
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Every morning when my husband sits down, he has an audience.
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He’s none too patiently watched as he drinks his first cup of coffee and feels the pressure to finish.
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Because when there are only a few drops left?
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It must be offered to His Lordship..
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Who has developed an obsession with licking the cup.
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Cats.
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Our little chucklets really love the back deck.
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And when I hear them scrambling across it I have to sit back and watch.
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It’s like their private playground.
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Tag, hide and seek…
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The grill cover is fun to duck under.
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The railings?
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A perfect back yard viewing platform.
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Did I mention Lord Dudley Mountcatten enjoys watching them too?
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Even when he has to duck under a blind to do it.
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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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Living in Maine, we often visit our western neighbor. It’s a wonderful state filled with quirky people, cows, natural beauty and maple syrup.
And now?
They have this:
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Bravo Vermont.
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See?
Delightfully quirky.
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Clearly Max needed more cerebral stimulation than he was receiving at home.
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Congratulations Max.
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Pardon me, Dr. Max.
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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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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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