For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning and Happy Friday to all of you! Before anything else today, Muffin๐บ and I๐ want to take this moment to thank you all so very much for stopping by to read all about Steve’s Country! Even though there isn’t much to write about these days. I’m staying at home and there’s not much going on around here right now. The flowers are nearly all gone, and so are the insects that are attracted by them. My gulls still come, but they are having some trouble lately. Yesterday 3 of them fell to the ground into the raspberry patch. My bird feeder isn’t very big, it’s not really meant for these big birds, but it does fit two of them if they are not pushy.
But sometimes a third tries to get on, that’s when problems happen and one gets pushed off and falls to the ground. Why don’t they just fly away instead of falling? Glad you asked. Gulls are big birds, at least these herring gulls are big, and they have long narrow wings which are great for soaring high in the air. But they need some take off room to get airborne, or they fall. Those narrow wings don’t give a lot of lift. One managed to just miss the raspberry patch and walked around to the front yard to take off. No problems there. Another one ended up right in the raspberry patch, but because the bear has made trails through the patch, that one was able to follow a trail out to the driveway and take off.
The third one wasn’t quite so lucky. It fell right in the tangled branches of the apple tree. And was stuck. Sigh. This was at 8pm, kind of late to be out with all the bears around. But I couldn’t leave my gull down there, so off I go. It’s dark down there and those raspberry plants are between 6 and 7 feet tall. Taller than me. Anyway, off I go following the trails and stand there cheering the gull while it finally jumps up on the branches and over the other side, following around the tree and into the neighbors yard where it could take off. And I came back. It was cold out there too.
The high yesterday was only 59F (15C). That’s more like a late September temperature. But it’s warming up this weekend, so they tell us anyway. But it’s a brief warm up of maybe 3 or 4 days. The chipmunks are busy, happy with their sunflower seeds and peanuts. It’s only 48F (9C) this morning, but the sun is shining brightly, the sky is brilliant blue, it’s a beautiful end of summer day! Have a wonderful day, and weekend, everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (the top featured image is Scramble from the river path. I haven’t been down there, it’s an older picture.)
ยฉ2021 Steve McLeod.
Have a great weekend you two
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Thanks so much Sheree! I hope you have a great weekend as well!
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we are still having temps in the mid to high 90s so a high close to 60 would feel nice
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Hmm, I wouldn’t mind trading temps with you for a while! Enjoy your weekend Buddy!๐๐บ๐
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Lol
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Your temperatures are similar to ours in the Far North. We had a low of 44 F last night and will have a high of 60 F with rain showers. The ground cover is yellow and red as Fall is here. Winter and the white stuff may come in September and winter begins in October. Enjoy your warmer days.
May God’s blessings pursue you all your life! ๐๐บ
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The temps we have had the last couple of days are more typical of late Aug or September, this is too early. Yes, you’re way ahead of us. We do sometimes get snow in Sept but it melts right away, but sometimes it arrives in early Oct and stays. Normally though our winter snow doesn’t arrive until early Nov. The lake here really helps to keep things milder longer here, but go about 10 miles out of town and winter can be 4 weeks earlier than us.
Do you get any sunshine in the winter? That would really affect me, even our winters with short days can be hard on me, seems worse now than it was years ago, guess it’s age.
Thanks so much, have a wonderful weekend and God bless!๐๐บ๐
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Our shortest day of daylight is 3 hours and 20 minutes. The sun goes from just over the horizon from southeast to southwest. The snow reflects light so it is never pitch black. We do have short days but the light is always increasing or decreasing. On full moon nights I used to cross country ski under the moonlight–no artificial light. Our winters are long– 8 to 9 months, so you have to embrace them! ๐โ๏ธโท
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That’s a short day. That would be hard for me, might need a sunlamp or something to help out. I used to do a lot of snowshoeing which would make hard packed trails, like a sidewalk and I would go walking on them at night, especially if it was a full moon, amazing how bright it would be. Enjoy the weekend!๐๐บ๐
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Love the squirrel ! Our favourite squirrels have not shown up for two weeks or so…we are suppose to get rather warm temperatures on Sun-Tuesday …perhaps the last โhurrahโ… enjoy your day ! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐บ
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Yes, Scramble is a nice squirrel, he won’t likely remember me by the time I get back there. Yes, that’s the same temps here too for those days, very likely our last heat for the summer/year! Have a great weekend!๐๐บโโ๐
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Glad to hear the skies are blue again. Enjoy! We are in the โunhealthyโ smoke, but got a bit of rain this morning so that helped. Looking forward to winter! โ๏ธ๐จโ๏ธ
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Our smoke has cleared away nicely, but that can change with a change of wind again. It ended up being only partly sunny today with a temp of 66F and windy, still a bit on the cool side. But we are supposed to get 3 hot days coming up and then a return to this cool again where we will likely stay. Not looking forward to winter!๐๐น๐๐๐ป
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Great post Steve! Really shouldn’t be in the berry patch so late at night!! Bear like to hide out there and snack!!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ anyway great post!
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I know, really didn’t like going out so late, especially down there where I can’t see!๐ฌ
Thanks so much Dusty!๐๐บ
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You’re so welcome!๐๐
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How was your day?
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Good! Yours?
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It was partly sunny, windy, high of 66F. Those were the good points.๐
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Did you go walking?? Picturing or ornathologing?
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Kinda. Yes. Not really. Might have got some better pics of those huge wasps.๐๐ท
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Ooooo… cool! When can we see them??๐๐๐ค๐ง
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When I find out what they are.๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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Get busy then!! You have a public out here that wants to know!!๐คจ๐คจ๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Do you know how many hundreds of wasp species there are out there?๐คจ I never knew how many are out there.๐ฒ I have seen things out here this summer I never knew we had.๐คช๐๐ณ I’m amazed I never saw these big things before though.๐ฌ There’s even one with a smiley face on it’s back! I haven’t seen that one though.๐ That would be a great one to find!๐๐น But I think I finally found it!๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐๐คฏ
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Yay!! Then we can see it tomorrow??๐๐
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Um, well, um, maybe, or not.๐๐
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This one?
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That’s it!๐
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I must have thought I replied to it!๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ sorry ๐
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And here I was, sitting, waiting, worried, nervous, eating my popcorn faster than ever…oops, forget that last part.๐คฏ
No problem. But there’s no popcorn left now.๐๐ฟ
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You ate it all again???๐คจ๐คจ I only wanted a few kernels!!๐๐
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Oh, well, no problem then, there’s kernels at the bottom, but Muffin licked the butter and salt off them again. Still good though, she didn’t bite them.๐๐ธ๐ฟ
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A little saliva here and there is no big deal๐๐
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That’s what Muffin always says when she licks the margarine off my potatoes.๐๐น
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Ooooooo butter on baked ir mashed potatoes ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
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Yep, it’s sooooooo good!๐๐๐
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I know!!! Maybe I’ll have a steak and baked potato cooked on the grill tomorrow!!๐๐๐
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Ooooh, good idea, I’m going to do that too, minus the baked potato.๐๐๐ธ
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That’s the best estimate part!!๐๐๐๐ or…. maybe I get some cold macaroni salad too… ohhhhhhhhh…๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Cold?? In this freezing weather?? I’m going to add my favorite ๐๐๐๐๐๐ to my meal.๐๐๐ธ๐ธ
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It was supposed to say “bestest” this new carrier has a little different spell check that just su s words without me knowing it…
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That can happen!๐๐๐
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It does happen a lot! Makes me look like I can’t spell ๐
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That’s what I always figured.๐ค๐
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Thanks!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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You’re very welcome!๐๐๐๐๐
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Absoposidoodly๐๐๐๐
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Either way steak and potatoes ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐๐
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Precisabobbly!๐๐
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Busy day for you tomorrow??
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Yep, sure is! First thing there is laundry, then there is…um…other things too. I think.
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Yep me to also…๐๐
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What do you know, two beans in a pea pod.๐๐
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Oh…. thanks for reminding me!! I got to get some radishes at the store tomorrow!!๐๐
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You should have a garden, fresh garden radishes are the best!
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I know but I don’t really have the space.. Sigh ๐
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You don’t need space, you can grow radishes in pots, same with tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, lettuce…๐
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I tried that once… ๐ฟ you’ll never guess what happened to them๐๐ go ahead take a guess!
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You forgot to water them and they dried out. Shame on you.๐คจ๐คญ๐คญ
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Yep exactly!! How did you know??๐๐๐ค๐ค
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One of those things.๐คฃ๐คฃ
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I have to get me one of those things!๐๐๐
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Good Morning ๐๐
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Good afternoon!๐ You slept late today.๐ How’s the weather?๐ค๐ It’s already warmer than it was yesterday, quite nice out there.๐๐๐บ
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YeH, same here, going to try and take my friend out on the pontoon this afternoon. How about you?
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Wish I could join you on the lake. That’s what I need, a great big boat, that would keep me safe from the bears.๐โต๐ค๐ป
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Well the border is open now if you have been vaccinated ๐๐๐
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Right, forget it. Enjoy the afternoon though!๐๐
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Just about ready to come back in. You have a good one 2. I will let you know when I’m in.๐๐
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Okay, I’m here.
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Alrighty… sit outside today did you??๐ค๐ค๐๐๐
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I was definitely outside quite a bit today, cleaning up my plants a bit, and the deck, tossing stuff out, walking on the driveway, and a few this and that’s!๐๐๐ท๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐
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Plants frosted already??๐ฅถ๐ฅถ yikes it is cold there!!๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ
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Ha and Ha! A horrible infestation of spider mites killed off most everything. Even spraying didn’t help, although I think I saved the geraniums and a dahlia. We’ll see. It got up to 81 today.๐๐
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Very nice!! It was a very nice day here also.. low 80’s a little breeze and no clouds at all. I am keeping my friend company today while his wife went to family get together.
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Same here, sunny, light breeze. That’s nice of you. If you don’t have time to talk right now, that’s fine, I’ll be here later too.
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She should be home soon.. but I can still chat.
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I’m back again.
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I didn’t know you had left..๐๐๐
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Oh, good, in that case forget that reply.๐ณ๐
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Forget what??๐ค๐ค
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That’s the way.๐
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I hope so!! Been going the wrong direction long enough
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Oh, did you fall off the pontoon?
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No!! Why did you ask that? I had to push us off the shore line though!!๐๐
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That’s what you meant by going the wrong direction.๐๐
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No.. doing things wrong is what I meant! Do you remember Wrong Way Feldman? From Gilligan’s Island??
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How could I forget him? The best pilot the world never saw!๐๐
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That’s the one!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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I thought so.๐๐
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I think that was my favorite episode!!๐๐๐
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2 episodes, but who’s counting?๐๐
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Ok two episodes๐๐
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I knew you’d remember.๐
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I do remember
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I didn’t know you were a pilot?๐ค๐ซ
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Why would I be a pilot??
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You were comparing yourself to Wrongway Feldman.
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Only in that I go the wrong g direction alot ๐ฌ๐ฌ
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Oh, I get it.๐
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I’m glad you agree with me!!๐๐
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Why not? I can’t remember what we’re talking about anyway.๐ค๐๐๐
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That’s probably for the best.. don’t ya think??๐ค๐ค๐๐
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Unless we were talking about my intelligence. I’m not trying to brag or anything, but my teacher one time said I was very intelligent, but she was having a hard time finding out where.
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That can take a whole lifetime for some! I guess that’s you then..๐๐๐
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One time she had this question on the board, 0+0=, and she asked me for the answer. I said 2. She said it’s 0. But I said there’s 2 0s so the answer has to be 2. She sat down, put her head on the desk and kept repeating, “why me?”
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But how can a zero have a value greater than zero?? I don’t get it๐ค๐ค๐๐
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The question said nothing about value, just 0+0, so if you have 1 zero and you add another 0 then you have 2 zeros, so the answer is 2.๐๐
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Huh! Go figure!!๐๐๐
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Yep, and to prove how intelligent I was she wouldn’t let me answer any more questions. Guess she wanted the others to have a chance too.๐๐๐๐๐๐
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It would surely seem that way!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Yep, didn’t want to embarrass the other kids.๐
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That was very thoughtful!!๐๐๐
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Yep, she said she couldn’t take it anymore.๐๐
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It wasn’t fair that’s why!
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She said that a lot whenever she looked at me.๐๐
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Now how can you not agree with her??? ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ
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Exactly!
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Yer sirri
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Although I would like to be one even though I’m not one it would sure be handy to be one but I’m not so I can’t be.. but that doesn’t answer why you thought I would be when clearly I’m not but would lime to be.. See??๐ค๐๐ง
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What do lime’s have to do with being a pilot?๐ค๐
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Keeps you awake โฐ
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They do?
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Ever eat one??๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ
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Why would I do that? They taste terrible.๐ค๐ณ๐ฌ๐คฏ
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Yep! And make it hard to sleep!๐๐๐
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Why do they make it hard to sleep?๐ค๐ค
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Do you sleep when your belly hurts??๐๐ค
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I have, yes. Why? I sleep when my back hurts too. Or my head. But not my neck, that keeps me awake.๐ค๐ณ๐คฏ๐คฏ
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Ugh…. okay!! You’re the exception in this case also!! No wonder you’re called exceptional! ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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My teacher used to say that too. When I told my parents they were very happy.
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I can understand that!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Aww, thanks!
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You’re Welcome! Cause I’m Thank You!!
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Good thinking. I think.๐คฏ๐คฏ
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Plus we’re balanced!๐
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We are?๐คช๐คช
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You said so! I think?๐ค๐
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I said our welcomes and thank yous were balanced, I didn’t say we were.๐๐
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How are you feeling today?? Stomach and back feeling better?๐
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Stomach fine,๐ back terrible.๐
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Not able to walk much huh?
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Not much is right, but I think it was too much anyway. Pain is getting worse.
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Why for??
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Wish I knew. Sometimes it just happens. Time for more pills.
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Which ones are you taking?๐๐
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T3’s right now.
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Never heard of them๐ค๐ค pain meds?
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Yep, Tylenol 3, has codeine in it.
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Ah I see.. okay I know what you mean๐๐๐
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I’ll be back in a few minutes.๐
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I am home now.๐๐
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Me too!๐
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Excellent ๐๐
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Thank you.๐๐
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Of course !! You’re Welcome!!๐
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Earl the squirrel here is out playing in the street! He’s not being very smart
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Hey, stop throwing the acorns onto the street!๐คจ
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Just cleaning the yard๐๐ I can’t help it he’s not so smart!๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. Just remember, he has friends!๐คจ๐คจ
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Ha! He chases the other squirrel here around the yard all day!! He like Slim! Not very friendly๐คจ๐คจ
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Maybe he’s a she…๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Ya so?? I didn’t know Bears were so sensitive about gender assignment…๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ
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We’re talking about your squirrel here.๐๐ Bears are big enough to be sensitive about anything they want.๐ฌ๐ป
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Oh… I didn’t realize we had switched species ๐ณ
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You did it by talking about your squirrel chasing your other squirrel around all day when you’re not home to see it.๐๐๐
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I’m not going to do this! It can only end badly for me!!๐
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More like Duck!!
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Are you wearing your glasses?
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Nope ๐๐
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Thought so.
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Do you have a point?๐คจ
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What kind of point? I have a needle, it has a sharp point. A pencil point. A….oops…๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
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Hmmmm….๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ
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What? What?๐ฒ๐ฒ
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You said oooopppss
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Oh, it was almost dark and my door was still open. You should have reminded me so I didn’t have to run with a sore back.๐ณ๐ณ
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You should have remembered so didn’t need to forget to remind you!
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Can I be expected to remember everything?๐คฏ๐คฏ
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It sure seems like that!๐ฒ
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Sigh. I didn’t get much sleep last night, so time for bed. Good night Dusty! Talking more tomorrow!๐๐๐ด๐ด
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Good Night!๐ด๐ด
I will be waiting!๐๐
Sleep Well!
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Thanks. You too.
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Are you able to chat tonight?? If you can’t it’s okay maybe tomorrow then?
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You must have been out on the lake again!
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No I was at home all afternoon
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I thought you would be out enjoying another nice day. I was outside most of the afternoon.
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Hey!! That’s terrific! Get some good pictures?
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Um, not really. I tried to get a white-faced hornet, but he didn’t like the idea. I might have gotten a giant bumble bee, but I haven’t checked the pics yet. I’m quite certain they didn’t turn out though.
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There’s always a chance they did until you know they didn’t ๐๐
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My thoughts not exactly.๐ค๐
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That makes sense! Cause they were my thoughts which because I thought them makes them different than yours when you think them! I think I’m pretty sure about!๐๐๐
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Good thing one of us is.๐ค๐ค
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And I thank you for doing g that!๐๐
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Thank you.
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You’re Welcome! Gotta keep it balanced! Right?๐๐
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Are you making fun of me?๐ค๐
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No! Of course not. I just like to make sure I don’t miss a chance to say you’re Welcome! Or to say Thank You
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That makes nickels.๐๐
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I could be rich some day if I keep it up!!๐๐๐๐
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Now that’s thinking!๐๐๐๐
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I try!!๐๐
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Maybe you should try harder.
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That hurt๐๐๐๐
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Why? If your thinking is so good now just think what your thinking would be thinking if you tried even harder with your thinking about thinking that would put your thinking right on par with Einstein, or William Tell, or even Timothy Bobble!
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At least you didn’t say Timothy Leary!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Who’s he?
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Try a Google search๐
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Huh, all that work. I’ll pass. I have to be up early in the morning, so time for bed. Good night Dusty! Back tomorrow!๐๐๐ด๐ด
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He was an intellectual hippie way back in the day!๐๐๐๐๐
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Is that possible?๐ค๐
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That was the question!!๐๐
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That’s why I put a question mark at the end.๐๐๐๐
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I never was bo good at punctuation ๐๐๐๐
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And here I thought it was spelling.๐ค๐๐๐๐
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Aren’t they the same?? You have to do both when righting!๐คช๐คช
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How did you pass English class?๐ค๐คฏ๐คฏ๐๐
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I’m American!!๐๐ Not English!
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What do you know, and yet you drink tea.๐๐๐น๐น
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How many did you drink this morning?๐ค๐ค๐๐๐๐
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Didn’t have time for my coffee this morning. Monday’s are tough that way!๐ณ๐ณโ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐คฏ๐คฏ
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Get your groceries purchased??๐
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Groceries?๐ณ Rats, knew I forgot something. Muffin, the chipmunks and birds will be happy though, got their food!๐๐๐น๐น๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Your feet will thank you later!๐๐๐๐
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So true, so true! I had to go to 3 stores before I found peanuts! I was starting to get anxious๐ณ since I was down to the last package๐ฌ and that only lasts 2 days,๐ maybe 3 if I also use sunflower seeds.๐ค I did buy a big bag of sunflower seeds too.๐๐
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Better let the critters know the rent is going up so they have to share with you..๐๐๐๐
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Yep, that’s true, peanuts and sunflower seeds on my cereal!๐๐
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๐ yummy ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Healthy too!๐๐๐
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All you need is a little Deer milk on that and you’ve got a balanced breakfast๐๐๐
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Deer milk?? Steve faints.๐คช๐
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LOL ๐ ๐ ๐คฃ ๐น ๐ All natural!!๐๐๐๐๐
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What milk isn’t?๐ค
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LOL ๐ ๐ Good Point!!
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I kinda thought so.๐๐
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I was thinking about the visual of you in the yard milking the doe!!๐๐
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Now that’s a vivid imagination.๐คฏ๐คฏ
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Thank You!!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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How odd.๐ค I mean, you’re welcome.๐๐
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Keep in mind… I learned it all from you!!๐๐๐
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How could you, I don’t do milking๐
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Are you sure??๐๐๐ค๐ค I was certain it was you that taught me..๐๐๐
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You must have been thinking of the squirrels.
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Squirrels milking deer?? Could be!! ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Squirrels are ingenious creatures. What did you think about today’s chapter?๐ค
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Ohhhhh….๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ya got me again!! BRB!
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I’ll BRB too!
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IAB๐
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Me2.
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Nice!๐๐
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Oh BTW whe I am thinking of it.. Thank You for waking me up this morning ๐๐๐๐ด๐ด
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Did I do that? How silly of me, so sorry.๐ฌ
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No worries here!! I was over sleeling..๐ฌ๐ฌ so it was a good thing! Thanks!
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Oh, sleeling isn’t a good thing for sure!๐ฒ๐คฏ You’re welcome.๐
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Stop it!๐คจ๐คญ ๐
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How can I stop it when I don’t know what it is?๐ค๐ Speaking of the cats, do you think they will stay and wait for help or will they try to find their way out and get lost in the forest?๐ค๐ฒ๐๐
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Sleeping ๐ด ๐ค that’s what I was trying to spell
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Oh, that’s the it that you wanted me to stop it but how can I stop it when it is something we need?๐ค๐๐ณ
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Stop pointing out my misspellings….๐๐
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I’m sorry you can’t spell.๐ No, wait, I’m sorry that spelling is so hard.๐ Nope, I’m sorry that your spelling is terrible.๐๐ No, not right either.๐ณ I’m sorry.๐
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Apology accepted ๐๐๐๐๐
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Glad that’s over. I mean, thank you.๐
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Phank you!๐๐
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You’re welcome! Do you realize I have asked you 3 questions now and you haven’t answered any of them? Guess I just don’t count anymore. Who cares if Steve asks questions, his questions aren’t important anyway.๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฟ๐ฟ
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Now you can’t say that I didn’t answer you. You just need to be patient!๐๐๐๐๐
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Right.๐
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Which ones didn’t I answer?
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AHA! Couldn’t find them, could you?
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The ones you say I didn’t answer! ๐คจ๐
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And you couldn’t find! Oh well, maybe tomorrow you will want to answer my questions. Sniiiiiifffff.๐๐ Now I have to head off to bed. Good night Dusty! More chattering tomorrow!๐๐๐๐ด๐ด
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I’ll reread everything if I need to!๐๐๐๐
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Good Night Steve! Sleep Great!! TTYT๐๐๐
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Hey! Do you know what I figured out on Saturday when I was on the lake??๐ค๐ค
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That it was nice out there?๐ค
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Well besides that! We have ring billed gulls here!
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Are you sure that’s what they are?
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I’m pretty sure! They have a black ring around their beeks
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Very good! That’s them.
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Thank you!!๐๐
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You’re welcome. I’m actually surprised you have them there on such a small lake.๐ค๐
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We have a quite a few of them here
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Nice, I wonder how long they have been around there. They started showing up here in the 1970s with just a rare sighting or two, by the early 80s there were thousands of them.
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It’s been the last 10 years or so.
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Guess they are spreading out, looking for more territory.
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Yep it would seem. Lake Mille Lacs is about an hour north of here and it’s a good sized lake so maybe from there
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Good Night ๐ด ๐ฅฑ
Sleep Well!๐๐๐
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You too.
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Thank You๐๐๐๐
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Good morning Dusty!๐๐ Or are you still sleeping?๐ค๐ด Hey, you should be on your way to work by now!๐ณ
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Hey….Who are you ??My boss??๐๐๐ I’ll get there when I get there!๐๐๐๐๐
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I think that was Muffin, do you want me to show her your reply?๐ค๐ณ๐๐
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Nope! I’m up and on my way!!๐๐
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Good thinking!๐๐ I’m on my way to shop, talk later!๐
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Alrighty!! Buy some extra Popcorn ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ have a great day!!๐
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Yep! You too!๐๐โโ
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Will do!๐๐
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Did you go away?
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Nope right here. Just got this
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The bear was out here a little while ago.
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Did you chase him away?
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Oh yes, I went out there with my little 4 inch water gun and started blasting away at him and he ran off in terror.๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Well that was easy then!!๐๐๐
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If you believe that, I have some great beach front property for sale in New Mexico.
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And you never told me about earlier?? That’s what I’ve been looking for!!๐
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This would be just perfect. The property is 100 feet by 200 feet with a 500 foot beach right in front.
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That’s kinda odd shaped isn’t it??๐ค๐ค๐๐
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Why would you say that?๐ค๐คจ
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100 x 200 x 500? Is the 500 the height?๐
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The 500 is the beach right in front of the property.๐
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So it’s pie shaped then?๐๐ค
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No, it’s 100ft wide, 200ft deep with a 500ft wide beach along the full length of the 100ft wide front section. Get it?
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Sounds like I should snap it up!!
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That’s for sure, before another windstorm comes along and you lose have your beach.
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How much will it cost me??๐ค๐ค
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Only $1 per square foot for the property. $100 per square foot for the sand, I mean, beach.
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Now understand where the squirrels get their negotiation skills from!๐คจ๐คจ
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Where else can you get property that cheap?๐ค๐ค
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I’m not sure yet… but I can keep looking๐
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Okay, the beach might be a bit expensive, but if you wait until after the next windstorm I can let you have it for just 25 cents a square foot.๐
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I don’t have that much sense!!๐คช๐คช๐คช๐๐๐๐
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Not even a smirk??? C’mon I worked on that one for awhile!!๐๐
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I just figured it would be better to keep my mouth closed!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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So what changed your mind??๐คจ๐คจ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Pressure.๐๐๐น๐น
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Ah hug!!๐๐๐๐๐๐ GN
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It was nice to spend the afternoon with him.. thank you for being patient this evening..๐
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No problem, and I’m not even a doctor.๐๐
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Well you are a great patient even if you’re not a Doctor!๐๐๐
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I am thanking you so much!๐๐๐
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Did you meet buster the bear today??
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Buster? Who’s he?๐ค
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The new bear in the berry patch!
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Oh, him/her. Can’t call him Buster if he’s a she, can we? No, not today.๐ณ๐ป
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We could call her Betty!๐๐
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But what if she’s a he, can’t call him Betty.๐
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Then we call him Buster! I think I called him a he earlier?๐ค๐ค๐๐
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But what if he’s a she? We can’t call her Buster.๐๐๐คจ
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What would you call her then?๐ค๐
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Scary.๐ณ๐ป
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That’s not a very feminine name for her๐ฌ
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But it’s gender neutral.
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You can call a bear chicken if you want, I’m sure not going to do that!!๐ณ๐ณ๐ป
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Yes!! But can you call a Chicken A BEAR ๐ป ๐ปโโ ๐ค
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Only after it’s been plucked.
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Good Point!!๐๐
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Thank you.๐
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Thank you!!
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You’re welcome.
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I thought I was thank you?๐ฒ๐คฏ
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I said it first, then you did, but no one said welcome, so I did. Had to balance things.๐
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Good thinking!๐ค๐ค๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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Really?๐คฏ๐คฏ
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I don’t tell everyone that! Just you!!๐๐
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Wow, that really makes me something, right?๐ฒ๐ค๐
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Absoposalutely you are something!!๐๐๐คญ
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Coooooooooooool! Thanks Dusty!!!!๐๐๐
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Yeppadidley ๐๐
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The fires settle down a little bit now with the cooler weather? Smokes gone around here.
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Yep, they have slowed down for a bit, but still active. No smoke here either, nice change.
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Good to hear that! I can finally sleep with the windows open again. I sleep so much better that way!!
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I had my windows open anyway, now it’s too cold to have them open. Sigh.๐๐
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It will be that way here soon enough!! Sigh ๐
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You have it so nice down there in tropical MN.๐ณ
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Yeah yeah right…๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ
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Glad you agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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That’s another thing I need to dig out…
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You’re doing some digging? Kind of late to dig a garden now, although it will be ready for spring that way.
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No silly!! I need to find my long underwear so I don’t freeze before I leave..
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Are you going somewhere?
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Yes if all goes well…
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I need one of those wells…
Good night Dusty, talking more tomorrow!๐๐๐๐ด๐ด
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Good Night Sleepy Steve!!๐ด๐ด๐ด I’ll check in with you in the morning!!
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My aopolgies!! The waiting must have been torturous??๐ฌ๐ฌ
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Yes, it was! But the popcorn helped.๐๐
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Did you have any soda with it??
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Yes, would you like some?๐ค Oh wait, it’s all gone, forget that last question.๐
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Geezz…. you’re sure not in the sharing mood today!!๐
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I was going to, but you stayed away and I got worried and ate everything in sight.๐
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I’m with Dusty!
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I really didn’t want to be, but I had to rescue my gull. It was a rather nervous experience though, kind of dark under there.๐ณ
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I can imagine; I am sure the gull is grateful…
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Yep, still coming, so that’s a good thing.
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Thatโs interesting how the gulls are fallingโฆluckily all 3 managed to take off, with some little help ๐
Have a lovely weekend you two ๐ปโ๏ธ and stay away from bears!
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Yes, it happened 2 other times this summer, but then having 3 in one day! It’s getting harder all the time to stay away from those bears, unless I lock the doors and stay inside!๐ณ๐ป๐๐๐น๐น
Thanks Ribana, enjoy your weekend!๐๐ป๐ป๐
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Ahhh RATS! I was hoping to finally be balanced!๐๐๐
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Actually, I have good balance. Except when I fall down.๐ณ๐ณ
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I wish I did!!๐
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