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I planted a penta and the butterflies are saying thank you.
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Yes, I’m posting more pictures.
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They’re such gorgeous little things, how can I not?
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So delicate…
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So pretty.
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Because they’re still beautiful.
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Twice the work, none of the fun.
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I lost track of the husband the other day and found him outside, in the process of moving stone.
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This is the stone veneer he had the delivery driver drop at the far end of our property instead of closer to the front porch of the house as it should have been.
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I suggested loading it in the truck and driving it over to the garage in sections to save time (not to mention his back) but as usual, he wanted to do it the hard way and moved it piece by heavy *ss piece to the barn porch so it would be off his lawn.
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While he hauled stone?
I picked up the styrofoam, cardboard and straps it was packaged in.
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And there was a lot of that.
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55 sections of stone, roughly 20 pounds each. Back and forth across the lawn… for hours, in the afternoon sun.
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Did I mention my husband is 77 years old?
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I swear the man is a marvel.
He never quits.
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Now I just have to hope the barn porch doesn’t collapse from the weight before he can move it over to the house…
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Just because they’re beautiful…
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Our backyard used to be filled with butterflies. When we moved here 20+ years ago, not a day went by without seeing a dozen flutter by.
Now?
They’re a rare sight.
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Which is why I run for my phone when one does make an appearance.
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Such delicate beauty..
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I miss them.
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Interspecies communication takes patience.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten heard something in the woodchuck burrow .
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten investigated.
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On the other end of the woodchuck burrow?
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A woodchuck.
Lord Dudley Mountcatten switched sides and waited on that end.
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Which meant a woodchuck popped up on the first side.
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So His Lordship switched sides again and waited.
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And finally, after Lord Dudley’s servant was tired of standing in the heat and about to drag him back in the house….
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Interspecies communication.
Disclaimer – no woodchucks (or cats!) were harmed in the making of this blog.
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A lakes region road trip.
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When the thermometer is reading temperatures this high?
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You ditch yard work and take a road trip west.
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To the lakes region, over the Naples causeway.
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Through Bridgton…
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Past ski slopes that look a little strange in the summer.
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To a premier pub in Lovell, Maine.
Any similarities between my husband and the pub sign mascot are purely coincidental.
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Ebenezer’s is famous for its extensive beer menu and hand blown glass taps.
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It also has a buzzard on the bar.
It’s hard to top that.
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They’ve won multiple awards and though they’re small and off the beaten path… those in the know, know.
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Belgians.
A white for the husband, a geuze boon for moi.
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I love their vintage signs.
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And their coconut shrimp with sweet Thai chili sauce.
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Some signs are prophetic.
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Good beer, beautiful lakes.
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A perfect summer day.
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Murals. Yea or nay…?
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You either love them or hate them. There’s rarely any in between.
I happen to love them, even if I don’t always understand them.
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This mural is in the old downtown area of our state capitol, Augusta. It’s undergoing a rejuvenation and this certainly brightens things up.
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The Kennebec River flows through the city and the Kennebec is full of giant sturgeon, so I understand the fish.
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The prehistoric cyborg dinosaurs?
Not so much…
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“But what do I do with it..?”
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This is Lord Dudley Mountcatten surveying his domain.
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Here’s Lord Dudley Mountcatten noticing an interloper in his domain.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten’s reaction was priceless.
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After some closer inspection?
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And a positive baby woodchuck identification…
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten was clueless.
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And looked back at me as if to say, “What am I supposed to do with that?”
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Some seriously large egrets..
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While driving in Portland the other day we saw some very large egrets by the shore.
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And when I say large?
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I mean large.
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Not sure who sculpted them or why.
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But it was an interesting sight.
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Lily for a day
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Day lilies are popping.
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And they’re such a great burst of color…
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I wish they were at least week lilies.
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Here today.
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Gone tomorrow.
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Good thing there are a plethora of buds.
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Just chucks.
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Nothing earth shattering, just a woodchuck family having a nosh.
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Carrots and broccoli are their favorites.
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And they make short work of it.
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Momma had five children…
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But we rarely see them all together anymore.
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