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Random bits and pieces.

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We had a frost last night which finally killed off most of my geraniums and that got me thinking about what comes next.

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I’m not quite at 168…

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But my book corner should last me through mid January.

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I wholeheartedly agree Thomas.

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A friend called the other day and said her ex had just entered into hospice care. She asked if I had any more of the small booklets I was given when my mother passed over a decade ago. Written by a hospice nurse they took the mystery out of the physicality of dying and truly helped at a difficult time in my life.

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I had one more set and was happy to share them with her daughter. Nothing about losing a loved one is easy, but knowing what to expect at the end brought me a small measure of comfort.

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Sunset… lighting up the fall foliage across the road.

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Sure was pretty.

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Even with those awful greenhouses blotting the landscape.

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Random selfie, just because.

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Book sales, thumbs and runaway greenery.

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Another library book sale, another couple of stacks of mostly unfamiliar authors.

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Two dollars each.

Life is good.

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If you fold your thumb over your palm, does it extend beyond your hand?

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I always thought being limber was a good thing but in this case it’s not. Thankfully my thumb is where it should be. But then I haven’t been what you’d call limber in years.

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My plant is trying to escape.

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Though where it thinks it’s going is anyone’s guess.

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Random stuff of very little importance.

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I love to read. And since I do a lot of it, I love a library book sale.

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Two dollars for hardcovers, $1, for paperbacks makes me feel less guilty that these two stacks will be finished in a month and a half.

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This martini is for Mark. Made with fresh watermelon puree it was utterly delightful.

Really!

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This makes me even more glad I can’t stand the stuff.

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Remember I spoke of this a while back?

A third less tourists is not good for Maine’s economy.

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The husband, examining a wagon wheel fence he saw at a yard sale. Needless to say he was disappointed the wheels were not for sale.

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This is Pia.

I’m cat sitting for a neighbor this week… and when Pia wants to be petted?

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You’d better pet.

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Best advice I’ve heard in a while.

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Lazy cats and lovable octopi.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten does not exert himself unnecessarily.

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Or at all, honestly.

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Cat life is good.

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The moon has been amazing lately, but I never manage to take decent photographs of it.

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Doesn’t stop me from trying though.

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Shout out to Grace at Just Tawkin’ for recommending this beautifully written, heartwarming, and simply wonderful book.

You’ll never think of an octopus the same way.

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Clearly they don’t know me very well…

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I received an email from Goodreads yesterday…. the app where I log and keep track of what I’m reading.

I participate in their annual challenge where you set a goal for yourself in January and hopefully reach it by December 31rst. I’ve been doing it for two years and have overshot my target number with room to spare both times.

So why did they send me this…

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When my challenge is already showing this…

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Short books?

As you can see, that’s not necessary.

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News you can’t use.

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I live for useless.

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Sadly I don’t pay extra for Apple News, so if you need to know why Fido’s poop is pointing north? You’re on your own. My algorithms already hate me, I don’t need more excrement suggestions.

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Of course she did.

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If one of them is a nice leather hobo with exterior pockets, watch out. I may be scouting you for future harvest.

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I’m not sure I want to know what Lord Dudley Mountcatten is thinking. I have enough trouble sleeping already…

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I have never felt the urge to loose my bowels upon bookstore entry..

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The bathroom is the one and only place I don’t read… so I don’t actually get it.

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Random nonsense

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I get these attaboys from WP every once in a while…

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And it always amazes me I’ve managed to come up with that much drivel. Think how interesting this blog would be if I actually wrote about something worthwhile.

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We saw the boot in downtown Freeport the other day but my husband turned a corner before I could get a picture.. so here’s a stock photo. Yes, it really exists. A giant mobile boot that travels around the country promoting L.L. Beans. Talk about the perfect job.

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I’ll never take the time to make this, but I think you should and report back. It sounds lovely.

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My husband is after me to buy a new car. But Ethel, my beloved loaded 2014 Subaru Forester, is just getting warmed up with 77,777 miles.

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Next up, the reason I will never have dementia.

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I read a book every two days. So according to the author of this study my broken down body will retain a mind sharp enough to catalog the decline.

Yay.

I think….

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Admit it, you’d eat those.

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Let’s play.

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This one will be fun.

I promise!

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I love it.

This one is right in my wheelhouse.

I’ll start….

Wind In The Pillows. (as someone married to a baked bean lover I am well acquainted with this phenomenon)

Rodeo and Juliet. (ride ‘em cowboy takes on a whole new meaning here)

Gone With The Wine. (wine, it’s always gone too soon)

Lord Of The Pies. (if there’s a lady of the pies, I humbly volunteer)

Of Lice And Men. (eww, but I had to)

The Lizard Of Oz. ( I think that’s Jim Morrison)

To Pill A Mockingbird. (I’ve pilled cats, can’t imagine birds are any easier)

A Tale Of Two Titties. ( sorry, I couldn’t resist)

The Old Man And The Pee. ( if you know, you know)

Little Souse On The Prairie (if I lived on the prairie back then I’d be soused too)

Silence of the Hams. (with pineapple and brown sugar please)

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I could keep going, but I’ll leave some for you.

Dazzle me!

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