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***Bugs***

***Bugs***

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Sunny sub-tropical Florida is known for its beaches…resorts…beautiful sunrises over the Atlantic…and equally gorgeous sunsets in the Gulf….. The peripheral edges of the state…(and Disney World)…are idilic vacation destinations for lots of tourists….. Those of us who live here year round…(Not at Cinderella’s castle…or in a beach cabana)…we live in the interior of the state…at various elevations…usually marginally above sea level….. …..(I think we’re at about thirty-five feet above sea level here)….. We…

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Adulthood

Adulthood

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Adulthood?….. It’s over-rated….. …..and I don’t like it….. Having a driver’s license is convenient…and being of drinking age is certainly a plus….. …..but the rest of it(?)………….you can have it….. And you’re expected to be responsible(!?!)….. Plus let’s not talk about the effects of gravity…I mean…it has its perks…(like not flying off into space)….. …..right now I really can’t think of anything else it’s good for….. But those of us who are aging…(and…

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Herbicides & Sushi

Herbicides & Sushi

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It probably sounds weird to have those two words in the same sentence….. But there was a sequence of events….. My older daughter and I are trying to dig ourselves out of this jungle…(which we call home)…that developed while our tractor was out of service & we couldn’t mow….. Our Swamp is intent on fortifying its soggy roots and growing over us….. While my daughter took on another day of bush hogging the…

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Red/Purple Hair

Red/Purple Hair

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* ~~~~~Try My Posts on SubStack/Click Here~~~~~ My youngest kid wants “Midnight Ruby” hair….. …..well okay then….. My younger daughter has always looked good sporting excessively scorching red hair….. This dye job has turned out looking more like a ruby eggplant….. “Hot Tamale” has become one of her favorite colors….. We’ve settled for Pomegranate dye in the past……….but now….. She has been hankering for something more extreme….. Who am I to stay no…..(?)….. …..(well…..I…

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>ᵥ_ᵥ< Florida's Python Challenge

>ᵥ_ᵥ< Florida's Python Challenge

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* ~~~~~Try My Posts on SubStack/Click Here~~~~~ It’s Time Again For Florida’s Annual Python Challenge….. ~~~~~Yippee!~~~~~ …..(this post almost writes itself)….. This competition has been going on since 2013…*****(Wikipedia’s Info On The Python Competition)***** *****(~~~And What’s A Scout Snake?~~~)***** *****(Click Here For More Information On Florida’s Annual Python Challenge)***** I’ve never seen a Burmese Python in the wild here…(not yet anyway)…(but our goat pasture is perfect for them)….. I’m kind of surprised they haven’t…

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~Impromptu Art~

~Impromptu Art~

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Let’s face it….. I’m a lousy patient…I was bored…I needed distraction…and I had a camera….. …..so you do what you need to in a stressful situation….. There was a lot of construction on a hospital wing right outside my window….. The workers were there from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm….. …..I had found a distraction…… There was so much stuff to watch….. Look at that ladder on the crane…the operator had to climb…

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I Have A Good Excuse

I Have A Good Excuse

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Honestly…I do have a good excuse for missing posting on my blog on Monday….. I went to the hospital on Sunday….. But I’m home today….. Tra! La!….. Long story short….. I’m home…but it has all been so eventful….. Loads of dramatic symptoms…plus an impromptu ambulance ride….. Admittance to the ER…and then luckily being under the nursing charge of my older daughter’s best friend and my adopted “daughter”….. Tests were done…bloodwork was drawn….. An…

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~~~It’s Worming Time…Tra! La!~~~

~~~It’s Worming Time…Tra! La!~~~

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Puppy worming needs to be done on a regular basis…at two weeks…four weeks…and six weeks…(and onward)….. …..it’s a necessary thing……. I don’t understand how Mother Nature works…that is…where parasites in babies are concerned……. …..not just puppies……. …..but foals…..and goat kids…..and kittens……. I wonder if baby humans need worming(?)….. I don’t remember Pyrantel Pamoate’ing my daughters (every two weeks) when they were infants….. I know we humans get pinworms…it’s true….. ………….don’t ask…………. I bet…

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**Here We Are At Year’s End**

**Here We Are At Year’s End**

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Only forty-eight hours left in 2024….. Just two days….. …..it’s been a year………….yes it has….. We’re making a come-back after Hurricane Milton….. …..it’s slow…but we’ll keep at it…we have to…we want to….. …..we will….. I’m already starting to worry about next hurricane season….. I know I shouldn’t…I have no control over it…all we can do is prepare…but….. I’ve been told (on many occasions and by many people) that I need to meditate…and do…

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