For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Since I cannot run fast anymore, Jennifer and the cats stayed with me while Kat took the rest of the girls and ran to the house. They burst into the dining room where Maggie was calmly sitting at the dining room table having tea and reading. “Is something wrong?”, she asked the girls. “Were you screaming just now?”, asked Kat. “Oh my no, I have just been sitting here reading,” she said, “did you hear something?”
“Yes,” said Kat, “some terrible screaming and it sounded like it was coming from the house.” “Well, it certainly was not me,” she said smiling, “perhaps it was one of the birds around here, Sam says they can really screech at times.” “Oh, that makes sense,” said Kat, “we are not used to the animal life down here.” “Would you like some tea?”, she asked. “No thanks,” said Kat, “we want to continue looking around town. Sorry to have bothered you.”
“Oh, no bother at all,” said Maggie. Then the girls returned to us waiting over by the hotel. “It was not Maggie, she was sitting calmly having tea,” said Kat, “but she said it might have been one of the wild birds.” “Not a wild bird from this area,” I answered, “I checked out all the wildlife from this area before we left so I would know what everything sounded like.” “I wonder why she would have said that then?”, asked Kristina.
“I noticed something,” said Axelina, “she said that Sam told her that some of the wild birds make a terrible screeching sound.” “Hmm, that is odd,” I said. Meowr.=Not if human Maggie not can hear. We all look down at Storm. “That would explain why she never heard anything last night,” said Jennifer. “Yes, but what about Sam?”, asked Carine.
“Like the cats said, he is hiding something,” I reminded everyone, “like the fact he never told us that his wife is deaf. He is over looking at his bus right now, time for a talk. You come with me Muffin, you too Kristina, and both of you pay attention.” So off we go while the others continue looking in the buildings. “Hi Sam, did you find the battery?”, I asked. “No, and I have looked all over too,” he said, obviously not in a good mood. “How come you never told us your wife is deaf?”, I asked.
“Did she go and tell you!”, he yelled. “No, she did not need to tell us,” said Kristina, “we found out ourselves when we went in to find out if it was her screaming.” “Screaming!”, he exclaimed, “that was just one of the birds around here, nothing to be concerned about.” “Sam, you do not yell at Kristina, or any of the girls for that matter,” I said, “when I work for someone I want to know all the details about a case. And that was no bird, that was a person, you know that too, so start telling the whole truth.”
“Okay, I apologize for my outburst,” he said, “but this whole thing is getting on my nerves. I heard the scream, I have heard it before too, but usually at night, this is the first time during the day. And I just do not like telling people that Maggie is deaf.” I could tell that really got Kristina upset, understandably. I touched her arm because I could see she was going to say something. She turned and glared at me.
Muffin tapped her leg and looked up at her with eyes half closed, her warning look. Kristina settled down right away. “We need to talk some more later,” I said and we left. “Sorry Steve,” said Kristina as we left, “I should not have…” “Apology accepted,” I said smiling, “so, what did you notice?” “Oops.”, she said, “wait, he was cleaning his bus, like nothing had happened. Why did he not come and talk to us about it?” “Very good,” I said, “what about you Muffin?”
Meow,meow.=Human Sam still hide something that he not want to tell us. Me think it have to do with friends. “Good,” I said to her, “something I found odd is that no one else came running when whoever it was screamed. It was loud enough to be heard by everyone, except Maggie.” “Hmm, that is odd,” said Kristina, “unless everyone was just too scared to come out.” “Or they did not care,” I said.
Meow,meow.=Or maybe they do scream. “Wow, good one Muffin,” said Kristina. We waited on a bench outside the hotel for the others to return. It was not long and they came back, having checked several of the buildings. It was getting quite hot already and it was not even noon. “Nothing exciting so far,” said Kat, “except that each building has a cellar.”
“Possibly as a cool place to get out of this heat,” said Angel, “even the barber shop had a cellar, although we did not check it out, the possibility of poisonous spiders was enough for me to stay out.” “Hmm, it does seem odd that the barbershop had a cellar,” I said. “Did you find out anything from Sam?”, asked Kat. “Yes,” said Kristina, “he is ashamed to tell people that his wife is deaf!” I look at her. Suddenly, ‘thunk’, an arrow sticks into the post right beside me…
To Be Continued.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Well being hard of hearing is a bit embarrassing 😳 so I don’t blame them for not saying anything. I think it might be beneficial to keep the entirety of everyone there together to find out if there is an unknown person or persons there behind the strange goings on.
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Maggie didn’t seem to be embarrassed, only Sam, and he shouldn’t be. Besides, it is necessary to know these things, as PI’s we will find out eventually and it would be better to know ahead of time. It just makes us wonder if he is hiding even more from us. I agree, it would be good to keep everyone together, but how? I think Sam’s friends are involved somehow but proving it won’t be easy unless we can catch them doing something. But someone else is involved too, perhaps the other couple. But for now I am going to pressure Sam a bit more. I don’t like being left in the dark about anything, that puts our lives in danger unnecessarily.🤔👩👩👩👩👩👩👩🙀🙀🙀🕵️
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That’s not a good situation being left out of the information loop.
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Especially as a PI and especially after I had explained to Sam that I needed all information, even small things about the case and about him and his wife, since perhaps someone is after Sam and Maggie and not the property.
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Yep! No fun being in the dark. Hard to see the obvious.
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Precisely! We are going to watch those other 2 couples more closely from now on. At least they too are in the hotel so that will make things easier. I hope.🤔🙄
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But who changed the board with the bullet hole?
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3 bullet holes to be exact and that is a good question. We know why Maggie didn’t hear the noise, but what about Sam? Or did he change the board? But if he did, why? We seem to be getting more questions when we need more answers.🤔😬
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Yes… more answers! But the right answer for the right question…
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Yes, most definitely!🤔
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Did you get the feeders in
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Yepper!😁
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Good Morning !
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Good morning Dusty!😁😺⛈️☔☔
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Hi! More rain and storms today?🤔
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Good guess! Yes, there is a thunderstorm right now but it’s not raining quite so hard at the moment. Lots of lightning and thunder.😬🙀⛈️⛈️
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Well I hope it passes quickly with no damage to property!😬😬 The air smells fresh I would guess?😁
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Our hydro was off for about an hour so my morning post that was late anyway, ended up being very late! I didn’t stay outside long enough to notice, just gave the birds a bit more food and ran back inside. Still raining but not as heavy now.☔😬☔⛈️🙀
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That’s good I’m glad to hear that the storms are slowing down hopefully the rain will stop now
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It is supposed to continue with storms and light rain in between until tomorrow morning. That should raise the river level some more.😬⛈️☔
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Pretty soon the river’s gonna come to you you don’t have to go to it!!
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I sure hope it doesn’t rise that much! That would be over 300 feet!😬🤔☔
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I think that’s what Noah said too😂😂😂
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He had an ark!
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True… but you’ve got time to build one for yourself!😂😂😉
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HA! I couldn’t build a toy one that would float!
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Buimd a house that floats then! I know you cane build one of those! You told me so!😂😂
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I could have before, couldn’t build a toy one now!😛😂😹
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You are building a bird house, so yes you can!😂😂😛
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That’s simply simple simplistic simplicity!😂😹
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Simple is definitely better in my world 🌎😌🤭🤭
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For me three!😂😹😂
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😂😂 I’m glad you included Muffin!😉😊😁
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Naturabobbly!😁
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I thought I heard the sound of her filing her claws!😬😲😳
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That new electric nail sharpener is quite noisy!😼😹
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🤭🤭🤭
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😮😼😼
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I’m sure she enjoys the ease of which she can sharpen them quickly😊😁😉
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I know someone who is not so thrilled.🤔🙄😹
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But all she has to do is start it up and Steve gets very compliant 😂😂😂
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Steve gets very nervous! Back in a moment or two, need to do something.
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Ok!
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I’m back! Got the feeders in, then had to feed Sir Henry, then had to feed Muffin and give her some attention and a couple other things. I was really moving fast!😁🚀
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I thought I saw a flash in the northern sky!😂😂
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Yep, that was me. Faster than a falling leaf, able to crumple a piece of paper with one hand, falling down stairs like a bolt of lightning, able to leap right over a house (from Monopoly), its Steve, the Flash!
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That sounds just like ya!!😂😂😂
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Yep, I usually don’t like to brag like that though.😁🙄😂😹
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LOL 😂😂 ya I know!!😂😂😂😂
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You forced me to do it! Oops, look at that clock! These late evenings keep getting me mixed up. Sigh. Well, good night Dusty! Will be back on the morrow with more cutting edge chatter!😁🚀🌙😴😴😹
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Ok there Steve scissor hands!!😂😂😂
Pleasant Dreams! 😴
Rest Well 😁 😊
Talk again tomorrow 😁
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😁
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GN 😴 💤
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Good Morning 😁😊 🌞 ☀️ 🌤 🌅
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Good morning Dusty!😁🌞 How’s things?🤔
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Good Afternoon!!😁 Going great! Works a little slow but that’s not a bad thing😂😂 How about you?? I really like your selection of bird pic today!😉😁
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Thanks Dusty! I’m late with the story again today, but it will be out earlier than yesterday, having a bit of writer’s block. And, because the sun came out for a bit I went out to try for some pics. Then my back gave out so I had to come in, still dealing with that, need it to settle down a bit more before writing. Glad I didn’t try going to the river, that was bad pain, enough to knock me to my knees.😬🙀
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Then you should definitely rest!😁
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That’s what I’m doing now, and eating supper.😁😋
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Yum!😋😂😂 What are you eating?🤔
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Potatoes, pork chop and half a cucumber.😁
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That sound delicious 😋 😍 I had a porkchop 🥩 😋 for lunch!
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Great minds think alike!😂😹
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Hungry ones anyway!!😂😂😹 Tell Muffin I said hi! 👋
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I will when she wakes up.😴
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Ok 😁
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She was up early this morning, heard something on the deck, likely the neighbors cat. She also heard something during the night but looked out the bedroom window that time. I think the neighbors cat basically lives outside. He did say his cat was an outside type. That’s probably why my chipmunks are disappearing.🤔😮🙄🐿️🐿️🐿️
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😲😳 That’s not right! You said you had lost his tail too, probably the cat 🐈
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Yep, Chester, Skitter, Crunchy and Coffee are all missing. Well, gotta go write for a bit, back later!
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Ok!😁😊 Talk to you then!😉
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Hey, guess what I saw on my walk today? 🐍 🐍 🐿 🐿
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Those vultures!
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Not them, although I have a feeling they weren’t far away!😂😂 I saw a Snake a rattlesnake I think 🤔 and in another place a dead squirrel. He looked like he just got tired and lay down on his belly and closed his eyes..
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Meaning he got hit by a car. Or by the rattlesnake. That’s scary having rattlers right in the city like that!🤔😬😮🙀😧
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I don’t know what happened to either of them. But they weren’t close together at all. The squirrel was pontoon the grass and didn’t appear. Injured at all. I think the snake was dead also. I didn’t get very close 😬
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Gotta watch them snakes, they play possum and when you least expect it, wham, right on the nose!!🐍
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That’s why I kept my distance 😳😲
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Very smart, those things can kill.😧
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I don’t know anything about rattlesnakes… first I’ve ever seen!! I’m not a snake person. They bother me in anyway, I just believe in live and let me stay alive!😂😂😂
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Hey, that’s very good! Are you still there or did you go to bed?🤔
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I’m here! I had some weirdo sending me messages on my Instagram 🤨
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It wasn’t me, honest!😧
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Are you sure?🤨
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Sure I’m sure I’m sure that I’m sure. I think. 🤔Besides, I was outside stalking a bear…I mean, getting the feeders in.😁🐻😬📷
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I hope you scared him away!!😂😂
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Well, he didn’t seem to be too scared, just walked slowly off up the hill. He’s big enough that he doesn’t need to run.🤔😬🐻
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Maybe he’s elderly and can’t, like me!🙄🙄
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He isn’t quite big enough to be olderly, but big enough he doesn’t need to run away. So after he went up the hill I went out and brought the feeders in, even though it was a bit early. But it was raining anyway so I think all the birds were gone for the night.🤔🐻
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Was he on your deck?
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Yep, sure was, but he didn’t find anything so he left. He knocked my garbage can over as he walked by, just deliberately hit it with his paw! Not nice at all.
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He’s upset 😡 you didn’t leave a cookie for him!!😂😂
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Yep, that’s what I figured too!🙄🐻🍪🍪
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Poor fella😔 he’s hungry..
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He needs to go looking for ants like all good bears do.
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Ants? This time of year??
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When do you think they come out? In the winter? They hibernate in winter like the bears, then come out as soon as the snow is gone, like the bears so the bears can eat them all.🐻🐜
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I need to get a bear to eat the ants in my yard then!!😂😂
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How many would you like, they’re cheaper by the dozen!😁🐻
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I’ve got three ant hits so three will do nicely 👌 😁😊😂😂😂😂
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Okay, 3 dozen bears coming up!🐻🐻🐻🐜🐜🐜😁
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Oh good! I’ve been trying to get rid of them ants for years! They do more damage than the squirrels!!🤨
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Of course the bears will dig little holes to get at the ants.🙄
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I can fill those in after they’re done!😁
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That’s good, they may have to dig fairly deep to get all those little critters, but usually no more than 3 feet and maybe 2 feet across. Good for the lawn though, softens the soil.😁🤔
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I’m good with that! It needs a good aeration anyway!😁😁
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Good thinking, we’ll figure out the details tomorrow.
Now it is time to say good night. Good night Dusty!😁🌙😴 Have a swimmingly swell sleep! Say that group of 3 words ten times fast!😂😂😹😹
Chatter more tomorrow!😁😬
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I don’t think I could do it two times fast!😂😂
Good Night 😴 🥱
Sleep Good 😴
Talk again tomorrow 😁 😊 🤪 😂😂
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Good Morning Steve 😁 😊 🌞 ☀️ 🌤 🌅
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Good morning Dusty!😁☔☔
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The sun is still up there shining away 🌞 Feels like a retro day today!😁
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We have rain here, rain there, rain everywhere! Supposed to get another 3/4 inch today, I think we got half that in the last 3 hours. The temp has already dropped from 45 to 37.🥶 And I am looking forward? to fighting with setting up my new printer.😬 Sigh.🙄 And hopefully have some time for cleaning and doing some church paperwork.🤔
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You better keep the coffee ☕️ pot going all day today! Brrr… 37 😬🥶 yikes!
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Could get even colder yet, with frost tonight.
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Is your heat still working Oris that turned off for the season?🤔
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It is still on until June 15. But my new landlord is different with things and I think he will likely leave it on all summer if it looks like it will be a cool summer.🤔😁
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That’s a good thing!!
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Yep indeed! Well, I’m off to setup time with new printer. I hope.
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Have fun😁 talk to you later!😁😉😊
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well, not exactly fun, but it is working anyway.😰
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How about the house cleaning??🙄🙄
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Oh, um, well, uh, its like this…🙄🙄
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Good! Did you rest instead?🤨
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Yep, slept for a whole hour and just kinda took it easy today. I did do the paperwork for church though and I did do some tidying up.😁
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And a nap!!😁 Good Job! You will thank yourself tomorrow 😁😊
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I was really running on empty by this afternoon and needed that extra sleep, that’s for sure.😁
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I’m glad you took the time to rest!😉😁
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Yep, just couldn’t keep going, haven’t felt that bad in a long time.
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It is important to listen to what your body is telling you.😉
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Sometimes my listener doesn’t listen so good.🙄🙄
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I know… mine does that too… but your body will make you listen sooner than later!!🙄😏😏
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I think listening sooner might be a good plan, but it probably won’t happen any time soon.🙄😂😹
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Ha! And HA ha ha ha!!😂😂🤣🤣🤣
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!😂😹
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I needed a good laugh!😂😂
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I’ll send you a pic of me, then whenever you need a good laugh you can look at it!😂😂😹😹
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🤔🤔🙄🙄 hmmm…. alright if you insist!😁😊
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It can be used as a dartboard too!😂😂😹😹
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There’s always recycling ♻️
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Might be considered hazardous waste.😬
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It can still go through mail.
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Just don’t mention its a picture or they will fold it! Someone sent me a photo once and said on the envelope, “photo enclosed, please don’t fold” and sure enough it had been folded!!😬🙄😂😹
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Don’t worry.. I don’t have your address anyway
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Well, it’s that time again to say good night. Even though I slept today I’m still tired, guess I haven’t caught up yet. They say missing just one hour it takes 4 nights to catch up. Oh well. Good night Dusty! Sleep well and talk about chattering again tomorrow!😁😻🌙😴😴
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I’m sorry I didn’t say good night on Friday.😔
I was upset about something and thought it would be better to stay quiet. I hope you can accept my apology. 🥺 It was rude of me.😔
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I kinda figured you were upset. Apology accepted. I’m late tonight, long service.😊🌞
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That’s okay… thanks for being understanding.😔
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My pleasure.😁
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I’m trying to get better at not getting so worked up about stuff. Still a work in progress I guess..🙄🙄
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We all have to work on things.🙂
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I know.. it’s just a challenge for me on this issue.. 😔
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You’ll get there!
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I hope so..🙄 It hurts others and then I feel bad about that too!!😔
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Yeah, that can be tough.
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Yep..
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Nothing you did… just so you know..
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Glad to hear that, I was wondering.🤔
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Just wanted to make sure you knew it was me not you.
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I appreciate that. Just went out to get the feeders in, it certainly has cooled off a lot already.😬
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Is it trending towards a warming spell?
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Well, warmer than it has been and we might get into the low 60s this week and it should be mainly sunny until Saturday, oh, and Tuesday might be cloudy with showers.
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That’s not too bad…😁
At least you should be able to get outside most of the week!😄
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Yep, that will be nice. Today there were 2 male orioles and, and, a female showed up this morning too! And, and, I got a couple nice pics of her!! And, and, a female rose-breasted grosbeak showed up! And, and, I got a nice pic of her too!! This is getting fantastic!😁😁😁😁🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️
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That is fantastic news!! Hopefully they’ll nest nearby now and give you a new set for next year!😁
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And, and, maybe babies to photograph!! There is nice tall ash trees next door, they like tall trees for nesting, deciduous trees that is.😁📷
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Hopefully!😁😊 That would be nice! But I don’t know if you should be climbing tall trees to get pictures of baby birds!!🙄🙄🤔🤔
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Well, that wouldn’t work anyway, they build hanging nests that are completely enclosed with just a hole for an entrance. So I’ll have to wait until the babies come out, but that’s okay. I hope the rose-breasted grosbeaks nest here close by too, they are sure staying around a long time, that’s a first.😁📷
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They are a very colorful bird!😉😁
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They certainly are easy to see out there!🙂
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I liked the pics you had of them last week.
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New pics in tomorrow’s post, showing the female.😁📷
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Great!! I’m excited to see it!!😊😁
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It’ll be out around 7ish.🙂📷
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In the morning?
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Yep, I am changing my morning posts starting this week. I will only be doing 2 posts a day normally with an extra one tossed in here and there. So it will be my morning coffee post and my mystery story. Now and then I will toss in a poem or a DIY post.🙂😺
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Sounds like a good plan! 👍 I’m glad you’re keeping the mystery post and the coffee ☕️ also!😁😊
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Yep, and a couple others like the Insects post will be incorporated into the coffee post.🙂
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I like it!!😁😊
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Good Morning Steve 😁 😊
Have a great day 🌞 ☀️ 🌤 🌞
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Good morning Dusty!😁🌞😺 It has been a great day! How was yours?🤔
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It was good except for some tough news about my brother. But can’t control any of that.
So what did you do for excitement today?😁
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Sorry to hear that Dusty.
Well, sat in the sun taking pics.
Went shopping.
Went to the bank and fought with the ATM.
Fought with the neighbors dog who would not leave my chipmunks alone.
Took lots of pics, completely missed birds in some of them.
Started getting things ready to plant my flowers.
Spent time with Muffin.
Put out more oranges for the orioles.
Planted grass seed for Muffin.
Wrote todays mystery story chapter, did you like it?😁🤔
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I don’t think it’s been out long enough for me to read it yet!🤭🤭😛
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Hey, it’s been out for hours already!🤔😁
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Nice try!😂😂😂
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But it’s true!
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My screen said 33 minutes ago when I read it!! Who are you trying to kid??😂😂😂
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That’s WP time, on my clock that was and hour and 12 minutes.😛😛😛
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LOL🤣🤣🤣 Again… nice try!!😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😛😛
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It’s true, and since it went over an hour, then we have to count another full hour and that means 2 hours which is “hours”.😂😂😹😹
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You need to update your abacus 🧮 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
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Hey, those things have been accurate for decades, maybe even longer!😂😹😛😛
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Maybe it’s your software that needs updating then😳😲🤭🤭
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My software? What’s wrong with my brain?🤔
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That’s the outdated hardware 🤭🤭
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Hey, my brain isn’t hard, it’s soft and squishy.😁
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That might be the issue??😳😲🤭😂
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Hey, it’s supposed to be!
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Hi!😁
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There you are! How’s your toes?
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Better! Tender still.. but much easier walking today.😁😁😂😂
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That’s good. If you had an aloe vera plant that would be good to put on them now and clear them up quickly.😁😺
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Hmm… I might have to go shopping and find one…🤔🤔
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They really are good, I use mine all the time.😊
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Yeah, you snap off a small piece and rub it on the injured area right?
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Yep, that’s right, great for cuts, takes away bruises almost right away, clears up mosquito bites…😁
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Yeah, it’s an amazing plant. At least the soreness on the big blister is gone now.😊😁
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Try hitting your toe with a hammer, the soreness will come back.🙄🤕
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Of that I have no doubt!!😂😂😂
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Glad to help out!
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Thank You!😁
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Hey I found my missing debit card today!!🙄 It was right where I lost it!😂😂😂 Go figure🙄🙄🤭🤭 I’m glad I don’t have to cancel it…😬😬
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Good for you! I knew you could find it even though I didn’t know it was lost, but I still knew you could do it! Have you ever noticed that we always tend to find things in the last place we look?🤔🙄
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It is absolutely amazing how that happens!!😳😲
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Yep, it could have to do with the fact that’s when we stop looking. Maybe I will have to test that theory next time.🤔🙄
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You know, that never occurred to me! I stop right where I find it!😲😳Wow!🤯
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Aha! That’s what most people do, takes brains to keep going after you find something. Now if only I could find the brains, I left them lying around here somewhere.🤔🙄🕵️
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Ya might try dusting??🙄🙄
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Then I would never find it.😬😬🙀
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Sorry😬😬😬 You could ask Muffin to use her tail..😉😁😸
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Oh sure, then she’ll start rolling it around on the floor and getting it all dirty.😬😁
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She’s allowed to have a little fun!!😉😁😊😂😂
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Not with my software!
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It might tickle your a little but it’s fun!!😁😊😹😹
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For who??🤔😬😬
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It could be fun for you too??🤭🤭 Aaaaachoooooo!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
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As they say in the old country, “never sneeze when you are standing next to a pool, you might create a tsunami!”😂😂😹😹
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LOL 😂 There’s a joke about sneezing that I just remembered… but this is a family blog… so…😬😬😂😂
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Thank you for remembering. Oh, my neighbors are having a bonfire this evening, it smells so nice.😁🌞🔥
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Hey… that sounds like fun! I might need to have one on my vacation!!😁
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That’s a good idea, but make sure it is not inside the tent!😬🔥
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Oh… 😬 good point! Let me write that down!!😳
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And make sure you pin it to the roof of the tent!
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What if it rains 🌧 the tent might leak and out out the fire!
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That’s where the fire should be, out out! Speaking of out, I need to get the feeders in. Then it’s time for bed. So…
Good night Dusty!😁🌞
Have a sleep in the well! I mean, sleep in the swell! I mean, swell in the sleep! I mean, have a sleep swell!😂😹😴😴
Chatter again tomorrow!😁😁🔥
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I’ll have a swell 😴💤
You too!😂😂
Good Night Mr PI 😉🥱😴
Talk again tomorrow!
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How was your day? Still cold?
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Beautiful, sunny, warm, 57, got lots of pictures this afternoon and, they’re back, they really are!! I just heard them!😁😁😁😁
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The doves?🤔
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Nope, the nighthawks! Going to be a cool night for them though. They eat insects, not a lot of those around right now. I love those nighthawks, another sound of summer for me!😁😁
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Nice!! I’ll need to Google that and hear what they sound like. 🤔
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Check out a site called Allaboutbirds.com
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Thanks! I’ll do that!!😁
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Oops, that’s Allaboutbirds.org😬
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Ok!😁
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Dopey was on my bird feeder again, he must think he’s a catbird!🙄🙄
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One has to go where the food is!!😂😂
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Everyone likes sunflower seeds!😂😹
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I would think so!!😂😂
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Except me, I have never liked them but they are one of the top snacks in N. America. Peanuts are still #1.😂😹
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Yeah, I’m not a sunflower seed person either. I’m not big on salty things. Just enough for flavor..🤔
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You can get unsalted sunflower seeds, but they have no taste really. Peanuts are better, unsalted ones of course. I like my stuff plain.🙂
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I’m kinda that way myself. Although I do like salted peanuts!!😋
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OH NO, not you!!😂😂😹😹
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Yeah… me!!🙄🙄🤭🤭
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Well, gotta go, early shopping in the early morning so early bed, which won’t be so early but it’s supposed to be early so I need to learn to watch the clock early so I can sleep early which won’t likely happen early. Sigh.
Good night Dusty! Sleeping well and back with more chatter tomorrow!😁😺🌙😴😴🐻
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Good Night Steve!😁
Thanks for the chatter tonight!😊
Sleep Well 🥱 😴 💤
Pleasant Dreams 😴 🥱 😴
Talk to you tomorrow!😁
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That’s ok. I’ll send you one back.😁
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Then I might not be able to sleep.🙄😂😹
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Yeah, no kidding
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Hard to sleep when laughing. I sometimes wake up laughing about something funny from the day!😂😂😹😹
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I’m glad you can find things to laugh at.
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I like to laugh, I can find stuff to laugh at, mostly things I do!😂😹
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Good luck with the printer 🖨 👍 😂
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Thanks. I am really not looking forward to it!🤔😬
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They’re reasonably easy to setup.😉😁
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Yep, as I mentioned in my morning post, what takes normal people 5 minutes, takes me 2 hours!😂😂😹😹
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I haven’t been able to get to reading it just yet but I will! As long as you get the cartridges in properly it’s pretty much plug it in and turn it on!
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Not quite plug it in and turn on, took 40 minutes! There is a lot to do with these new machines.😂😹
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Does it work?🤔🙄🤭
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Yep, and it only took me two tries to get it working too!😁
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That’s a record time almost!!😂
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It was so easy before, then I really could just plug in and use right away. It set up by itself. I can’t see how this is an improvement. Plus it won’t work without an internet connection.
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Unfortunately that’s the way everything is moving. The last one I bought orders it own replacement cartridges 🤔🤔
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This one does too, but I opted out of that idea. I just can’t see ink cartridges coming in the mail when it’s -40, the ink will freeze solid and be no good.🙄🙄
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That’s true! That’s would be a problem!
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Yep, the idea is nice, but not this far north.
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There’s alot of things that don’t work that far north! Me included!😂😂😂
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Yeah, me too included too!🙄🤪🤯
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We are kind of a pair!🙄🙄
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For me that results in the shape anyway!😂😹🍐
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Again… we are kind of a pair!😂😂🤣🤣
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It used to be the other way around but something happened along the way, somewhere, sometime. I think turning 40 is when it happened, but that was so long ago it’s hard to remember!😂😂😹😹
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I know…🙄🙄 I spoke with the neighbor about the camera. He uses it to keep an eye on his cars. Also he spots fox and other animals on it.
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He parks his cars in front of your apartment?🤔🙄
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No, but it is in the cameras view.
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I wouldn’t like that one at all.😬😬📷
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Not much I can do about it.
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At night sneak over with a marker and draw a grumpy face on the lens!😂😹 It is still not legal to aim a camera at someone’s house, he would be required to make sure it doesn’t do that. At least up here.🙄
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What does it matter?
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People like their privacy and that is an invasion of privacy which is not legal. I never take pics aiming towards someone’s house, just a courtesy measure too.😁📷
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Privacy…. huh
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Are you there yet?🤔🙄😁
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I am here somewhere.
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You must have had another busy day? I’ve been watching but haven’t seen today’s chapter yet. Were you able to write it today?
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Yes, it is sitting here, just haven’t posted it yet. Actually I started it earlier, then stopped and just finished it now. I hope its okay, I have been in so much pain today it has been hard to think.🤔🤯🙄
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I’m sure it will great!. Take break and I’ll go read it, and let you know when I’m back.😁
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I have to post it first, it will be out in a couple minutes.
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Oh! That’s why I can’t see it yet?😂😂🤪🤪
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You should be able to see it now!😂😹
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Yep! I watched load.😁 Thx!😉😊
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😁😁
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Yikes ! Someone shooting at you with an arrow ? 😲 watch out ! That is not a friendly arrow ! 🕵️♂️👩😕😼😼😼
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Yep, Mike certainly discovered that was not a nice thing to do! I really think he shot that intentionally! He must be mixed up in this case somehow.🤔👩👩👩👩👩👩👩😼😼😼🕵️
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