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Momma chuck and one baby snacking on some carrots is a sweet sight.
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But when she turned around?
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All I could think of was that awful song from the 90’s… Baby Got Back.
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Even when another young chuck showed up.
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Yup.
Momma got back.
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I had a good chuckle at some local Maine events recently.
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Whoopie pies are a thing up here. They come in numerous flavors, everyone makes them and everyone loves them. (Except my husband, for reasons I’ve never understood. They’re delightful) And while a wine pairing with whoopies might seem strange to some, it’s perfectly logical to us.
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Cocktails? Yes.
Fried bugs? No.
I’d have to be very, very happy to reach for those.
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Can’t believe I missed this one!
Maine has very few rabbits left in the wild and there are none in my area. I would totally have eaten pastries and cuddled bunnies!
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One of the baby chucks is visiting daily now.
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And learning the correct carrot consumption stance.
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He’s a little wobbly…
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And sometimes he tips over.
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But practice makes perfect.
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❤️
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Just when I was getting worried we hadn’t seen any baby woodchucks?
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One brave little guy followed momma out of the shed.
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At first he didn’t know what to make of the carrot buffet…
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And wanted mom to feed him.
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But momma chuck isn’t exactly a hands paws on parent…
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And let him figure it out for himself.
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Before long he was happily munching alongside her.
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No words required.
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We even had a little pink leftover the next morning. .
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😊
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Our new barn porch furniture has arrived.
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And it’s a whole lot bigger than our old ancient set.
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I can’t say I’m overly thrilled to have an outdoor recliner, but my husband sure is.
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You may notice that something is missing.
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And by missing, I mean on a table inside the barn.
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You’ll see there are five throw pillows. The set came with six. But the day after I set up the furniture and went outside to read?
There were four.
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I retrieved number five from under the barn.
Number six seems to be gone for good and I’m sure Momma Chuck is to blame. She’s been on an insane search for nesting material this year and it seems our porch furniture is irresistible.
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So since I can’t have color contrasting pillows due to thieving critters, I’m thinking of adding a rug .
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Even she won’t be able to steal that.
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This is Sunshine Larry, the unofficial Mayor of Bath, Maine.
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Sunny was a stray cat who lived in a public park and made a lot of friends.
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And even though he has a nice home with a loving family now….
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Sunny still likes to wander.
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And has become a bit of an internet sensation.
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Sadly, I’ve never met Sunny in person.
(In feline?)
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But I sure would like to .
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Sunny is a local celebrity.
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But he doesn’t let it go to his head.
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❤️
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Every once in a while we have a strange bird drop by the feeders.
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We’re not near the beach, though our property does back up on a large river.
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But this wayward traveler spotted the woodchuck buffet and decided to munch.
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You really don’t want to encourage a seagull.
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Before long one will become twelve and your backyard will resemble a landfill, with a dozen squawking birds fighting (and pooping) everywhere.
So after a few quick pics for blogging purposes, I went outside and shoo’d him off.
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Or so I thought.
Because when I turned around to go inside…
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He’d taken up a recon position.
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Seagulls don’t play.
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This first one is slightly exaggerated, but not by much.
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And by the looks of things in the backyard?
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I think there are baby woodchucks in our future.
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Remember the days of mixed tapes?
I stumbled across a few of my old ones and had a flashback of sitting on the floor by the stereo manically timing the recording sessions.
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Some of the songs are questionable, (Richard Marx? 😳) but I’ll stand by the Fleetwood Mac and Neil Young.
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A lesson I learned early in childhood that still holds true today.
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Worst. Coffee. Advertisement.
Ever.
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One of these squirrels is doing it wrong.
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But he was steadfast.
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And made it work.
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They’re determined little fellows.
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