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The whole fam damily!

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We’ve had a lovely pair of foxes visit our backyard for years, but this season?

They brought the kids.

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While we’ve seen a kit or two every once in a while, it’s a rare thing since our back lawn is large and predominantly cover free. Momma fox is a careful parent and won’t expose her offspring to open areas unless she knows it’s safe.

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So you can imagine how our jaws dropped when 6 foxes appeared in our backyard recently.

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No, you’re not counting incorrectly… there are only five pictured.

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By the time I got over the shock and grabbed my phone… number 6 had moved over to the blueberry bushes, out of range.

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But damn, 5 foxes is still an impressive sight.

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Birdseed bandit.

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I’ve been waking up in the morning to completely empty bird feeders, which is odd because I refill them every evening. Usually this means the deer are back… but we’ve only seen one or two wandering around lately. Then last night, I flipped on the light at 10:00pm.

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Busted!

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The seed thief caught in the act.

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If you think those pudgy raccoons aren’t limber, I’ve got news for you …

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They can shimmy up and down poles as well as a squirrel and hang by two feet at will.

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Excuse the poor quality pics, I was shooting through the window.

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When Fatso finished emptying the feeders, he plopped down on the ground with the skunks.

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Who were none to happy to share and gave him their business ends.

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Cute little masked devils.

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Random tidbits.

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We’ve finally received some much needed rain and our lawn has responded accordingly.

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The grass has started to turn green… just in time for it to turn brown in the fall…. and Lord Dudley Mountcatten approves.

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Not that you’d know it by his face.

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And while the grass is busy turning green, my husband is busy turning his rubber truck mat black.

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Back to Black to be precise, which made me start singing AC/DC … and it totally went over my other half’s head.

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Fall is here and cooler temps mean summer flowers are on clearance sale, like these sweet little hibiscus I picked up for the kitchen porch. They won’t last long… but they’re damn sure pretty right now.

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Another reason to love my town. A cart full of free flowers.

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The scenic drive home.

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After our Fryeburg flea market bust and our Ebenezer’s success we decided to take the long scenic route home and cut through part of the White Mountains.

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It’s always a beautiful ride.

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Rolling hills and valleys and farms.

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And unlike our neck of the woods, very green.

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Even the corn looked happy.

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Through the woods, over the mountain, where the pictures stopped because my phone battery promptly died.

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Random tidbits.

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We’ve had some much needed, glorious rain lately and though another leak has sprung in the continuing nightmare that is our roof…. don’t ask, I’m too disgusted to talk about it ….. our once brown lawn is green again.

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With just a hint of leaves starting to turn in the background.

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I’m wondering how vibrant the autumn show will be this year due to the long summer drought. Fingers are crossed.

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So true I had to share.

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Asparamancer?

It’s official, I’ve heard everything now.

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Damariscotta Lake

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We ducked into Damariscotta Lake State Park recently for a quick picnic lunch. It was on the way to the motorcycle repair shop and we were hungry.

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Take out Italians always taste better by a body of water.

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Being after Labor Day we had the place pretty much to ourselves which was sweet.

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Bye bye tourists.

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I know we need your money, but it really is much nicer without you.

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Memories.

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Sometimes Facebook makes me cry.

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This popped up on my “memories” feed the other day and I admit it made my eyes leak.

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My mom passed 8 years ago but it’s amazing how fresh the grief still feels.

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Sadly, the lovely tulip tree we planted did not appreciate the cruel Maine winters and was dead two years later.

Mr. White, our beautiful long haired Japanese bobtail Manx is no longer with us either.

So many reasons for leaky eyes.

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