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The snow is getting deeper but our lone little opossum is still visiting.
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When he gets scared or spots us in the window he runs for the woodshed.
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Climbing what must look like Mount Everest to a marsupial.
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He prefers melting snow that reveals grass and a few puddles from which to drink.
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Yes, they’re good to have around.
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And though they’re pretty humble looking creatures…
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We like Percy and wish him the best.
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I’ve never been to Canada but am well acquainted with their geese.
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Seriously, these birds don’t play.
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We love the noisy little devils and see them often in our part of Maine.
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Because honestly, who needs ICE when you have geese?
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A photo of our local ice fishing camp at sunset.
I have no desire to sit on a stool in a frozen shack and stare at a hole in the ice waiting for tiny, oily smelt to swim by, but it’s hard to argue with the optics.
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Okay, I admit it. My husband came home from the “gift store” … aka the dump… with a treasure.
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A brand new Star Wars Death Star cheese cutting set that we’re going to give to a friend who’s obsessed with the movies.
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$86 at Macy’s and the husband got it for free.
He was grinning from ear to ear…. while I was horrified at the dangerous precedent this is going to set.
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We have one little opossum on our property.
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During the spring, summer and fall… we occasionally see him at night but never during daylight hours.
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Winters are tough in Maine and with thick snow cover, food is hard to find.
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So now… every once in a while in the late afternoon?
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The little fellow makes his way under our bird feeders for some fallen treats.
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We’ve been having some pretty spectacular skies lately.
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And I’ve always thought the sunsets over snow really make the colors pop.
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This is our eastern facing backyard so the pretty pink is a reflection of the actually setting out front.
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Less dramatic, more muted.
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But still lovely.
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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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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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