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Random snippets

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Cow!

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Mister Cow is happy in his new home and growing rapidly.

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https://youtu.be/hm4tSDlBqyU

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Billions returns for its final season this weekend. Axe is back… and I’m totally on board.

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Pineapple margarita, just because.

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The baby chucks don’t look much like babies anymore.

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It’s getting harder to distinguish momma from the group.

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I performed a minor miracle last week and dragged my husband to the movie theater. This happens approximately once a year, so I have to choose carefully. And since I’m a history nerd? It wasn’t Barbie we went to see.

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When His Lordship is determined to look outside, no mere blind will stop him.

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Deck replacement… day 3 did not go well either.

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While we really like our contractor, I have to admit he’s not the fastest worker we’ve ever seen. His motto is do it once, do it right… which is great in theory… but I have a feeling it’s going to be hard on the check book.

After three days of work….

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We have perfectly level framing (which was already there, he just sanded the boards) …

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And rubber sealant tape.

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And one loose laid picture frame board.

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And rain.

Yes, we had that as well.

It rained so hard the contractor gave up and left, which was fine. Until we realized he didn’t take down his tent.

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An hour later tent drainage surgery had to be performed.

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And there was a lot to drain.

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Water is heavy.

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Which is why the husband performed the surgery and I documented the procedure.

Three days.

16 billable hours at $55 and hour.

$880… for prep work and some rubber tape. This is going to be one very expensive deck.

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No searching required.

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*Note to reader: For optimum pleasure this blog should be read with Marshall Tucker’s ‘Searching for a Rainbow’ playing in the background. *

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Rain? Oh, we’ve had rain.

Almost every day for a month and a half.

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And aside from making our lawn green, lush and almost impossible to keep mowed… there are rainbows.

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Which really isn’t a bad trade off .

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Deck replacement… day 2 did not go well.

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The new composite boards were stacked and ready.

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The contractor set up a tent to beat the heat of the baking sun.

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He started work on the framing.

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And then my husband went out to talk.

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And talk, and talk, and talk.

At the $55 an hour we’re paying this guy, I could do with a little more work and a lot less talk so I hauled the husband inside and got him busy organizing some of his old magazines and newspapers.

Bad idea. Very bad.

Because as soon as he found some interesting ones?

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He took them out to show the contractor.

And then he talked, and talked, and talked.

Jesus wept…we’ll have to remortgage the house before this is through.

And if Jesus weeping wasn’t bad enough?

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The heavens decided to weep that afternoon as well.

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Torrential rain, heavy downpours and big mud puddles.

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Left us with very little progress.

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But there is a great big tool trailer parked on the lawn.

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That’s a plus, right?

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Untouched color.

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Nine years ago… gosh, has it been that long?.. when my mother died, a friend gave me a memorial rose bush to plant in her honor.

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It’s struggled to hang on over the years… through droughts and floods and yes, woodchucks. But when it blooms? It really is fabulous.

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These are untouched iPhone photos.

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The colors really are this bright.

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The variations of shades knock me out every time.

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I think my mother would approve.

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Lord Dudley does not approve.

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We’ve been having a lot of hot summer weather lately and with that comes late afternoon thunderstorms. With late afternoon thunderstorms comes high winds. With high winds comes the possibility of power outages… and that’s what happened recently just as I was sitting down to read. Not wanting to give up my book, I grabbed a large battery operated lantern and propped it up behind me on the couch.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten was not pleased.

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Something new and strange had been added to his world.

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And had to be thoroughly investigated.

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After a full five minutes of stalking, sniffing and batting…

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His Lordship made peace with the temporary lighting device.

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As seen in Maine.

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For those of you not lucky enough to live in my beautiful state, here’s a peek at what you might see on any given day.

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Lobster. It’s everywhere.

Even at the gas station.

When you live on an island like I did, you party near the water on beaches, near the water on piers, and sometimes…

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On the water itself.

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These are pictures from a friend of mine who’s in a local band.

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The concert was staged on a float….

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Which means concert goers had to float as well.

And finally… I doubt there’s anything more iconic about Maine than a traditional lobster bake. If you’ve never attended one, you should. There’s nothing quite like it.

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The food… lobster, clams, potatoes, corn, onions and eggs are all covered with seaweed and burlap and set to steam over a wood fire.

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Clams and potatoes are wrapped in tinfoil.

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It’s a slow process but well worth the wait.

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Just don’t forget the butter.

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Is nothing sacred?

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Wild critters.

We love them, but damn.

This is our little kitchen porch, which is really just a covered landing.

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In the corner there’s a stand on which I place potted plants every year. It’s usually well balanced with one begonia on the top and one begonia on the bottom. Until the woodchucks discovered the bottom flower and started nibbling…

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Bottom flower was then moved to the middle shelf and middle shelf decorations were moved to the bottom.

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Which was fine…

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Until a chipmunk found the bird’s nest and decided he needed to deconstruct it.

And if that’s not bad enough?

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Something has started using our man cave/Barn Mahal porch as a toilet.

WTH?

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Around the house.

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A few glimpses into my world.

Thankfully we didn’t get much of that awful smoke from Canada’s wildfires… but one night the sunset did look a little hazy.

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Bad air quality makes for beautiful pictures.

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Beer number two from Wisconsin was tasted and thoroughly enjoyed.

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Weird Hat Band from Young Blood brewery sounded absolutely bizarre… a pastry sour with peach, basil, graham cracker and vanilla… but wow. It worked. In a delightfully weird way.

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Lord Mountcatten reclining on the new driveway. He’s still hesitant to walk it’s length, but has no qualms about napping on it.

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The husband, weed whacking the ditch from Hell.

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We are currently waiting for the state DOT man to make his second visit and final pronouncement on the future of said ditch.

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Meanwhile.. here’s the husband, caught in the act of throwing a large chunk of tar into the neighbor’s field.

Bad husband.

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One of these things is not like the other….

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We have a plethora of birds who visit our feeders.

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Flocks of starlings that devour suet and peanut nuggets in mere hours.

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We have cardinals and gold finches and rose breasted grosbeaks, orioles and sparrows and mourning doves.

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We also have a duck.

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A female mallard to be more precise, who comes early morning and late afternoon.

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I often wonder what the other birds think of her.

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And if they wonder why her bath is on the ground.

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