Category: October 2011
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It is a “Dandy” Lion
Until Next Year October 31, 2011 Today, I scrambled around getting my chores done and sorting out my thoughts. My mind raced a hundred miles an hour. I saw something in the lawn. It was this last yellow dandelion. He bloomed proudly in spite of several frosts these last…
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Colonoscopy
The “Prep” is the worst part! October 29, 2011 As I age I have been getting to do all sorts of things that folks just don’t talk about. There is that whole prostrate check thing and most recently a colonoscopy. I understand the necessity of both tests and…
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The Nurse and the Quilt
Adornment October 28, 2011 I have done a few crazy things in my life and last Tuesday I did another. A man told me once never tattoo a gal’s name on your body. No names for me! Do you think a nurse wrapped in a quilt will make…
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An Imposter Among Us
See the deer? October 25, 2011 The other day I was out taking pictures and I snapped this one of the sheep. If you look real close, right over the white ewe in the foreground, there is a deer behind her, only its head is visible. …
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Are you picking on me?
Ears with the ends picked by birds October 24, 2011 If you click on the picture above, you will see the damage done to the end of a few ears of the drying corn. The birds feast on the corn that grew out of the husk. The large…
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Frost
End of the growing season 2011 October 23, 2011 The clouds cleared out-of-the-way enough for us to get our first frost of the season. That is the end of the growing season for this year. What a season it has been. You can see the extent of my…
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What’s Up
King watching television October 22, 2011 King has discovered the TV. I think he thinks the people should come out and pet him. He watches it close, especially anything with an animal on it. He looks like a professor to me. New things make many people…
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Giving the Raspberries
King October 20, 2011 King got another puppy shot today. He is growing well. He now weighs 54 pounds. He grew 15 pounds in just a month. He continues to be a well-mannered dog and good companion to yours truly. He is just playing with Connie, giving her the raspberries,…
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Sun in the Fall
Looking northwest October 18, 2011 The sun was shining today. We are in between two storm fronts. The rain will move in tonight, but it is good to see the sun. Our summer seemed short due to the rainy spring and rainy late summer. The poor folks in…
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You guys cold?
Piggies looking for a blanket October 17, 2011 All this recent wet weather has been rough, but now a cold front has moved in…making us wimps want a blanket 😮 The damp cold has me wearing a hooded sweatshirt for half of the day. The piglets burrow down in the…
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