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We have a herd every night.
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And they’re always a joy to watch.
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The clunk that makes them scatter in this video was a male cardinal slamming into the glass on our kitchen porch.
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Thankfully he was just dazed and flew off shortly after.
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The harem master.
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Dusted with snow during a storm.
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Sadly the little plum tree we planted two years ago is tasty.
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And loses a lot of lower branches in the winter.
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Fat shaming is wrong.
Even if it’s directed towards those of feline persuasion.
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Poor Fred.
I feel you buddy.
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Since I posted about my knee troubles two weeks ago? I’ve been inundated with ads for bamboo wraps, pain creams and Velcro braces.
But yesterday?
Things went a little south..
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For the record I won’t be wrapping myself in cabbage… no matter how blog worthy the photos might be.
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Our buck, having dinner.
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He still has his rack, which is rather odd.
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But it does make him easier to identify.
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Posted for those who have always wondered.
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After too many awful internet crock pot recipes to count, I finally found a good one. This was easy and quite tasty, though I had to leave out the red pepper flakes for my spice averse spouse. When I make it again I’m going to halve the amount of chicken, once shredded it was a little too meaty for me.
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In case you didn’t realize.
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Sunsets on snow are always pretty…
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But when the sky is on fire?
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Wow.
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It’s almost other worldly.
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A beautiful view out every window.
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Ahh..
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The Northern Lights were visible in my part of the world recently.
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And even though we had a little too much cloud cover to make them spectacular….
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This was only the second time in my life I’ve experienced them so I stood out in the cold in my pajamas taking pictures like a fool anyway.
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Pure magic.
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No matter how faint the glow.
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Have you heard of Becorns?
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I stumbled across them recently and couldn’t help but be charmed.
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A Rhode Island artist crafts these little creatures from twigs and acorns and then photographs them in nature.
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Never knowing what will happen.
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They made me smile, so I had to share.
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Our snow melted for a while this month and it made a nice background for portraits of our resident buck.
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He’s a big fella with a nice size and shape.
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Though his rack is a little squirrelly.
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It’s hard to tell if he’s an 8 or 9 pointer as his angles are all over the place.
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But I love his little white striped feet.
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And his smile of course.
We can all use more of those these days.
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The husband and I celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary recently… and there were flowers.
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We’re lucky to have a wonderful local florist just a few miles from our house.
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Or should I say I’m lucky, as the husband is rarely able to forget special occasions.
Our florist posts pictures of the arrangements she makes every week on Facebook and this recent customized request for a chef made me smile.
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How clever is that?
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As seen at the grocery store.
Makes me wonder how spicy this product has to be to warrant such a violent response.
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Enough said.
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We’ve been having a strange influx of evening gtosbeaks recently. They visit in large groups and are quite a dramatic sight.
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Cold?
Yes, it’s been cold.
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Though you wouldn’t know it by the Juncos. The snow doesn’t seem to bother them at all.
Brr!
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten can sleep anywhere at anytime.
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Even sitting up straight in the sun.
He really was sound asleep and tumbled onto the couch shortly after the picture was taken… losing all that hard won feline dignity in the process.
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As promised –
This isn’t the actual feathered roach clip photo I’d been searching for, but it’s from the same Halloween party circa 1981. By the time this was taken I’d lost the headband and tomahawk, but the clips are still there.
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We have one little visiting opossum.
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It’s so cold, and his fur is just thin hairs.
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I never understand how they can survive Maine winters, but they do.
And speaking of winter…
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This is our immediate future.
With the local news using some pretty technical meteorological terms…
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Major fluff!
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We have a nice big buck who thankfully survived hunting season this year.
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His rack is a little strange, but he’s a big impressive boy.
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When he comes to feed, his harem backs off.
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And he’ll chase off the youngsters until he eats his fill
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In the deer world, size does matter.
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I love watching our backyard squirrels.
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Like this poor fellow in the middle who was late to the show and missed a spot in the prime feeders.
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He tried to share space in the larger feeder on the left, but was immediately kicked out by his brethren.
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So an attempt was made on the covered feeder at the end.
And may I just say those are some impressive abs? To heck with a six pack, this boy has a 12.
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The lid is solid metal, too heavy for the poor squirrel to shift.
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And the bottom lip way is too small for the squirrel to perch.
A valiant attempt, but he ended up back on the ground scrounging for fallen seed.
Better luck next time little guy.
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