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    Did you know? (I didn't)

    There are so many things that we don't know. Like in the movie, "we don't even know that we don't know" Did you know that Peter Weller.... the actor that portrayed ROBOCOP has a PHD in Italian Art? or Did you know for example that there are pictures, actual pictures of some of the guys that...
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    Feeding a newbie

    It's only 50F and I'm surprised he's eating but he's young so he probably came out early. I won't feed them anymore as I'm getting ready to leave this house but it's still pretty cool to see him come out and over to eat.
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    Which one of these is you?

    base premise; I am selling my home Kerry is coming over this morning and we have to go look at plants to re-landscape my gardens. I have the typical never-cared for azaleas lining the front, overgrown rodo's on the side....junk. We have fun with this stuff b/c we are so different so we...
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    Lack of foresight?

    I bought a Larson full view front storm door to replace my Larson full view front storm door that was 17 years old, at least. I actually bought this during Covid but it arrived without the hardware kit including the lockset but I knew I could flip my old one over. Lowes let me keep the door for...
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    New day, new rant of Nature shows

    OK, we've recently reviewed the "assembling stock footage" and telling a false story around it rant of nature shows. Todays gripe is less angry.... a question in fact. I notice that on Roku nature shows, there are roughly 14,000 shows labeled "Season 1, Episode 1' WHY? I assume they are all...
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    Hold up right there Sparky!

    This weekend we worked at my house Saturday and our painters even showed up! My house is getting the the point of looking too good to sell, but the guy up the street is "coming soon" at 3 times what I paid for my home! Yeah, this is an easy decision. Then we came back to the Nook for Sat...
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    "High Efficiency" results in a decision

    As Kerry and I get my home ready for sale we are faced with a very interesting byproduct of the newer appliance regulations. Kerry's home has a 5yr old set of High Efficiency large front loading fully computerized LG machines. These are very high-end machines with more options and cycles than...
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    The "thing" that gets to me.

    We all have the 1 thing in life that we detest unlike anything else. No, not talking about your ex, I'm talking about the thing that others do that just p*sees you off. For me it's The presumptive nature of people. ( me included). Why do we do it? Why do we always think we are right? Do we...
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    Outdated.....dumpster food

    We have been putting in one heck of a week at my house as we ready it for sale...maybe. My grandson has been coming....we cleaned out the "Room that was destined to keep me from ever moving" ...according to all 3 of my kids! LOL We banged it! He got the shed today while I sorted stuff and we got...
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    An old treasure makes for a really interesting dilemma!

    Cleaning and packing the back-back room of my home yesterday with my Grandson-20. The room is 34x15 and houses motorcycle part, car parts, and as I'm learning....countless other treasures as we sift through the crush. You would not believe how many NOS parts I have for H1s and H2's. I had...
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    The best of FL is from the air!

    After you land it quickly goes downhill. Every bit of natural beauty has been bought up and a huge price tag affixed, ungodly traffic, nonexistent dinner reservations and houses packaged into Profit Centers called "communities" while they pay an extra 550 a month for HOA fees so bad people don't...
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    Who here hates to make their bed?

    I got home to the Nook late this morning. I was beat so I made some coffee then took a 2 hr nap.....guess I was really tired. Last night I slept at the other house.............. I know I'm not alone am I when I state, I HATE making my Bed! Hate it, hate it hate it almost as much as the...
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    Death of the Scott Key Bridge

    Huge bridge that makes up the bottom of the Baltimore Beltway collapses after being struck by a cargo ship! The bridge looks to be full of Emergency workers as the structure collapses This is bad....
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    When you think its going badly...

    See? It's not so bad once you put things in perspective!
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    The boy named Matilda is getting big

    When we were picking stuff up at my house Saturday, we grabbed the scale so I could weigh her up! He is getting big! He started at 9gm's 3.75 years ago! I pulled her pen up, put it in the truck and brought it over Sat. She spent the night outside....from 75 indoors to 41 this morning. I...
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    So honey, how old is this cereal?

    Emptying my cereal cabinet Saturday as I slowly get my home ready for sale. "The raisin bran, Capt Crunch and Fruit Loops are current, how old are the Kix?" I dunno I think I bought those 2-3 yrs ago, they may be expired. Really? They Expired 14 years ago! LOL.....guess I don't like Kix.
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    Quick ramble-Enjoying Spring, in depth

    You know that if you work one or two jobs that your interaction with Nature over the next few months will be a series of 1 or 2 hr snapshots of Spring as you go through your days. You may get some "yard days" in but that is the sterilized version of nature isn't it? I did the same for...
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    WTH was that? A prolapse?

    I'm not really sure what I saw yesterday.....in the morning while Kerry was making her lunch for work Matilda was up. He was half into his water bowl with his rear legs fully extended while crouching in front. I hadn't seen this move before.....and something was extending down behind...
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    Got to post this...

    Matilda is in her Winter home with her friends, courtesy of Pam on each end, above. The center was a covid-lockdown painting by Kerry...when she was stuck in Florida.
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    Pileated woodpecker @ Chester River Md

    I got his pic this morning! We had seen him a couple of times in the past week. It's the 1st one of these that I have ever seen in Maryland since I got here in 1963. Not great lighting as the sun was gone and it was drizzling on and off..... As always, if you right-click and Open in new tab...
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