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Our backyard visitors occasionally drop by our kitchen porch because it’s covered… and it offers a sheltered respite from the winter wind.
They also leave their calling cards.
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Bird tracks.
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Mammal tracks.
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And look!
Godzilla dropped by as well…
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Please answer this often asked question… what’s in your wallet?
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My total is $120, but I can’t say I’m that ashamed.
How full is your wallet?
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It’s that time again.
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There’s a statistic I never gave much thought.
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4th safest?
I’ll take it.
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All over safety?
New England rocks.
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Dark purple for the win.
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I’ve never bought a lottery ticket in my life.
Ever. Not one.
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I’m tempted to visit our town office and ask for a permit just to flip people out.
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They say there’s not much corn here, yet we see fields of it all the time.
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And not a 40 in the bunch?
I don’t think my husband ever worked under 50 in his life.
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Our backyard herd is growing.
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We started with two, then five…
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Now there are ten, sometimes eleven.
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*Note to self- buy more deer grain*
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The first useless news of the new year!
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And I thought my bunions made shoe shopping difficult.
Damn.
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Spiritual funghi.
Who knew?
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I, Robot.
We’re almost there.
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I’m guessing through a haze of marijuana smoke, but I could be wrong.
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It may be a new year, but my useless news is right on track.
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What?
You didn’t think I’d include the list…
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Ouch!
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They say the third time’s a charm, but after two different rammings by passing vehicles that damaged our mailbox and forced my husband to make repairs to the box and the post…. the town snow plow finished the job by completely obliterating our mailbox and sending it sailing into the void on Christmas Eve.
Here’s a picture of the husband valiantly searching for it next to the empty post…
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We had no idea where it was, or how far away it travelled. Which meant another replacement.
This isn’t a fun project even in nice weather, but in deep snow, 7 degree temperatures and a brisk wind?
It’s hellish.
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Especially when you didn’t realize the mounting hardware and post adapter required weren’t included until you started the job.
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Temporary solution?
Bungee cords.
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The day after Christmas my DIY husband decided he could mount the box without the post adapter it needed.
I disagreed vehemently but was ignored…. and out came the sawzall. After removing the offending rear part? He came inside when he realized he’d broken the door off.
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This stupid mailbox cost $100… but the door was only held on by a tiny bit of glue on the little hinge strip seen above.
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We tried every glue we had in the house but nothing held… and since my husband cut a piece of the metal off the back, it’s not like we could return the box to the store.
Solution?
Screw it.
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Literally and figuratively.
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Then file down the pointy screws so the mailman doesn’t slash his wrist open when he delivers mail.
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It’s not pretty, but it works.
Until the next big snow storm.
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As you know Casa River recently entered the modern world of high speed internet and can now stream at will.
All hail technology!
So the minute after we were hooked up?
I installed Netflix, because I felt deprived for years and that’s where a lot of good shows live.
First on my list to binge?
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Peaky fockin’ Blinders .
That was a wild Irish ride and I loved every (admittedly violent) minute of it.
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Then I watched season one of Wednesday, which I was really looking forward to. Charles Addams was a client of my father’s back in his Wall Street days so that darkly twisted family has always been a personal favorite. (Did you know it was originally a cartoon?)
Jenna Ortega is good in the title role, and I did enjoy Thing, but I have to say I found it to be a bit too teenage-y /young adult for my taste. Parts of it are wonderfully quirky but as I’m watching season two… I feel my interest waning.
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This was a decent did he do it or did he not mystery. Well acted and cast. Where good people can be bad and bad people can be good.
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I had to try Stranger Things. There’s been so much hype about the show over the years I knew I was missing something amazing.
Then I watched season one and thought, really? Okay, sure….the kids are cute. But again, it was too young adult /teenage-y to seriously hold my interest. If you tell me future seasons are better I might continue, but only if I trust you.
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I started this… and though it feels like you’re back in the Peaky Blinders universe… I don’t find the characters nearly as compelling as the Shelby clan and may not continue watching.
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The husband and I had an epic two season binge of this marvelously disturbing peek behind the curtain of our nations capitol on New Years Eve. Machinations and manipulations abound in this tight political thriller whose motto should be trust no one!
But now to the point of my post…
I already put Better Call Saul, and Orange is the New Black on my list.
So my question is…
Do you have any other recommendations for this late to the show but now newbie Netflix subscriber?
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Because it’s Friday and I’m a creature of habit.
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I’ll start…
“Four peanuts Karen.
I only asked for four peanuts!”
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Now you.
Caption this photo.
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As we say goodbye to 2025 and turn the corner on another crazy 12 months, let me wish all my WordPress friends and loyal readers a very…
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I don’t make new year’s resolutions as I’m tired of disappointing myself by not eating healthier, losing weight or being nicer to idiots, but I will drop this slightly motivational picture …
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Because hope springs eternal.
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Christmas was quiet here at Casa River…
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But it was also gloriously white.
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And may I just give a shout out to whoever invented snow blowers…
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Best winter device, ever.
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Yardstick deployment #2.
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And while the husband was out blowing snow?
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I was enjoying a good book, a cup of tea and the annual homemade rosemary shortbread gift from our neighbor. Delicious!
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After clearing the driveway, the husband ran out of creamer so we drove to the grocery store.
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It was a beautiful ride…
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Until we cruised around a corner and clipped a hanging power line.
Smack! Right on my side of the windshield of the husband’s new car.
Thankfully, it… and we … and the car…were okay. But I called the power company to report the danger.
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They got right on it, as we saw on our way home.
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Winter driving is beautiful, but it can be hazardous too.
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