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Orange in da house!

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Okay, technically…. outside the house.

 

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But I spotted a few of these beauties the other day…

 

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And realized it was time to get the Baltimore Oriole feeder out.

20 minutes later…. after tearing the utility  (read – I don’t know where else to put all this crap)  closet apart, I remembered a raccoon had broken last year’s feeder trying to drink the nectar and I never replaced it.

 

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May in Maine means Orioles.

It also means there’s not a feeder to be had within 500 miles. We northerners are starved for color after a long white winter and take our bird feeding seriously.

Jeff Bezos to the rescue.

 

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Good thing I don’t use Alexa.

 

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2 days later Amazon Prime came through with an interesting new triple threat feeder.

 

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A flat dish for nectar.

 

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Spikes for holding orange halves.

 

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And 4 reservoirs for grape jelly.

I’d never done the jelly before, but Holy Hell!  They love it.

Welch’s….

 

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Giving birds diabetes since 1923.

 

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Oh dear…. more deer.

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Since the little darlings have been raiding my bird feeders of late, I thought I’d put out more deer feed and a few chopped apples for them as a treat.

Apparently this went over quite well.

 

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So well…

They called in the cavalry.

 

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Note to self –

 

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Buy more feed.

This is better than cable.

 

 

Well, almost.

 

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Yes.

There really is a Game of Thrones meme for every subject.

 

(Disclaimer- this post was scheduled incorrectly and is appearing 2 weeks later than planned, hence the brown lawn. )

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That’s just rude.

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It’s finally spring in Maine.

The temperatures are warming, the grass is greening and the deer in our backyard are spoiled rotten brats.

 

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We put out a few bowls of grain and chopped apples in the late afternoon and enjoy watching them stroll leisurely up from the woods.

 

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Yes, I’m talking about you.

So imagine my surprise the other day as I was taking pictures…..

And this one stuck his tongue out at me.

 

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How’s that for appreciation?

 

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Yeah, you.

 

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Hey now…

 

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Cut it out!

 

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Don’t give me that look.

 

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Cheeky little bugger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Air mail for bird nerds.

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I love living in the country….

Because you never know who will drop by.

Or deliver the mail.

 

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The other day?

 

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It was this little beauty.

 

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An American Kestrel.

We have many birds of prey fly over head…. Bald Eagles, Red Tail Hawks, Golden Eagles, Ospreys .

 

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We have a Sharp Shinned Hawk who plucks mourning doves off our bird feeders.

 

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Yes, even the ones in disguise.

We have a Barred Owl who perches on our deck railing waiting for mice to scurry by.

 

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But this Kestrel is the first one I’ve seen on our property in the 18 years we’ve lived here.

For bird lovers like us?

It’s a beautiful thing.

 

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Pink sky at night….

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Sailor’s delight.

Pink sky in morning….

Sailors take warning.

 

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Our backyard sky Sunday morning.

 

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Uh oh.

 

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Our weather has been wacky lately.

Bright sun and 55 degrees one day….

Cold, snow and bitter wind the next.

 

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Oh well..

We’ll get there eventually.

 

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But not today….

 

 

Me, shoveling Tuesday morning…..

And not really enjoying April.

Come on spring!

 

 

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Nothing blooming here but snowflakes…

But that doesn’t mean I can’t import a little now and then.

 As for the upcoming holiday?

 

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Woodstock revisited.

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I posted about the 50th anniversary Woodstock concert the other day…

Peace, love…. and no thanks.

How my husband went to the original, and left.

How I was toddling around the backyard waiting to grow up and deride him mercilessly for it.

This Woodstock anniversary concert will never capture the spirit of the first.

It can’t.

Those days are gone, and so are the hippies.

To be honest, there isn’t much peace and brotherhood left either.

So if you experienced the original or like me, just wished you’d been old enough to….

Here’s an article I found that sums it up pretty well:

 

 

33 Pictures That Show How Insanely Cool The Original Woodstock Was

Woodstock ’94 was fine, whatever.

 

No offense but it wasn't memorable. My brother said Green Day performed there or something.

 

No offense but it wasn’t memorable. My brother said Green Day performed there or something.

Woodstock ’99 was a gross shit-show disaster.

 

 At the time, MTV said, and I quote:

“The air smelled of burning garbage, as well as urine and feces.”

 

 

And with news that Woodstock is coming back for the 50th anniversary this year,

 

 

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I thought it was fitting to revisit the original Woodstock.

 

1. The first Woodstock took place over 3 days in August 1969.

 

 

2. 50,000 people were expected…but nearly 1 million showed up.

 

3. People were sleeping in cemeteries.

 

4. But, somehow, SOMEHOW, it didn’t devolve into a Fyre Fest shit storm.

 

I mean, to be honest, there was 1 toilet per 833 people. Also, two people died. One got ran over by a tractor, the other was a drug overdose, sooo yeah.

 

I mean, to be honest, there was 1 toilet per 833 people. Also, two people died. One got ran over by a tractor, the other was a drug overdose, sooo yeah.

5. Everyone was naked, and also pretty hot.

 

6. Naked…and hot.

 

7. There were hippies on poles.

 

8. Hippies on cars.

 

9. Hippies making hot dogs.

 

 

10. Hippies strung out under umbrellas.

 

11. Hippies sleeping on cars.

 

12. Hippies feeding babies watermelon.

 

13. Hippies cleaning up trash.

 

14. Just so many hippies.

 

15. Everyone looked like they worked at Urban Outfitters.

 

16. *Glares at you while you shop*

 

17. Everyone looked like what the people who go to Coachella aspire to look like…

 

 

18. …except these people didn’t go for new content for their Instagrams.

 

19. Vanessa Hudgens wishes

20. Shia LaBeouf could only hope.

 

21. There were weed stands.

 

22. There were dirty toe rings.

 

23. Cool hats.

 

24. Jeans for $5.

 

25. Have I mentioned all the hot naked people?

 

 

26. Volunteers were making food for everyone.

 

 

 

27. This man put a chair on his head.

 

 

28. She got stuck in mud.

 

 

29. In an impressive display of teamwork and grace, these people balanced cardboard on their heads.

 

30. A woman that literally could be from 2019.

 

31. Basically, this might be the only time in history a music festival was cool.

 

32. The one, the only, the legendary: Woodstock ’69.

 

 

 

33. Instagram ruins everything.

 

The End.