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~And The Year Begins Again~

~And The Year Begins Again~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Yesterday was the shortest day of the year….. …..the Winter Solstice….. It’s just about pitch black by 5:00pm every evening now….. Awhile ago we started this relaxed annual tradition of having a bonfire on the Winter Solstice….. …..and we’ve had one ever since…kind of on-again…off-again…but semi-planned…nonetheless….. It’s fun…it’s pleasant…it’s relaxing….. The Infamous Big Purple Cups are involved…along with mediocre bourbon and cheap wine coolers…(good hang-over material)….. …..junk food…S’mores…cookies….. …..you know…a healthy meal….. Weather-willing…lawn…

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~~~~~A Need To Bake~~~~~

~~~~~A Need To Bake~~~~~

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I’ve got a hankering to bake more….. Recently…..I got a huge (not the biggest I’ve seen) cast iron baking pan….. …..for making GIGANTIC cookies…..!!!….. There is one out there that is slightly bigger…(this one’s sixteen inches across)….. …..but I’m not sure I could lift it….. I figured that if bakeries can make super-gigantic cookies….. …..then I can too….. This big/round/cookie pan is super-dee-dooper heavy….. It requires a “Valsalva maneuver” (similar to a dead-lift in bodybuilding) to pick up that sucker……..

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***August First***

***August First***

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There are some fun things going on in the month of August… Starting with Lammas Day & Frey’s Feast on August First….. …..then the Full Sturgeon Moon on the Third… Abbey Road’s famous Beatles photo was taken fifty-one years ago on August 8th… Oops…..Betty Boop made her debut on the same day in 1930… National Honey Bee Day is August 18th… The Mona Lisa was stolen from The Louvre on August 11, 1911… It’s Paolo’s and my 43rd wedding anniversary…

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April’s Fun Days

April’s Fun Days

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April 18th is National Piñata Day… Shakespeare’s Birthday is April 23rd… Let’s not forget April Fool’s Day on April first… Earth Day is April 22nd… …..and Scrabble was trademarked on April 25th in 1950… In 1920 F. Scott Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre on April 3rd… The safety pin was patented on April 10th… Ooh…..the first soda fountain was patented on April 24th in 1833… Then there’s National Arbor Day on April 26th… There will be the Full Pink Moon on…

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~~~~~~~2020~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~2020~~~~~~~

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Here we go……. It’s the start of a new one……. Ready or not……. The meat’s in the oven…….the collards are done…….I still have to make the pumpkin pies……. …….I have to flip the calendars……. …….oops, I have to buy the calendars……. …….(guess I dropped that spinning plate)……. …….(sweat the big ones, that’s not a big one)……. I’ll get used to writing 2020 somewhere around March… Enjoy the day with friends, family, or quietly/contentedly by yourself… Tra!  La!      …

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I Think It’s Time To Do The Christmas Card…….(are we late?)

I Think It’s Time To Do The Christmas Card…….(are we late?)

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Yep…..it’s that time….. I can feel it in the air….. It’s time to put pen to paper and scratch out our annual letter….. What? It’s Late…..you say!?!…….!?! Pshaw…….I say…! One year I sent them out at Easter….. …..and recently someone reminded me that I sent them out in the summer… Maybe I should aim for next year’s  Autumnal Equinox  for our 2020 photo…..? That’s an idea…!!!… But for this year……. …..we’ve picked out a compilation of eight photos….. Paolo doesn’t…

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Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice

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It gets dark at this time of year so quickly… It’s hard to get the outside chores done in the daylight. We’re still medicating Addy twice a day with 45 capsules dissolved in water each time… It’s hard enough trying to accomplish that in the full light of day, much less while she’s jiving and diving in the dark……. …..I don’t blame her…….it really tastes BAD! I’ve gotten that stuff in my hair…in my eyes…lots of it in my mouth…

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The Holiday Sprint

The Holiday Sprint

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Maybe the Holidays should be more accurately identified as a Sprint combined with a Marathon… Today for example: Wake up. Brush multiple cats off face. Feed cats; feed hounds; feed puppies; clean puppy kennels. Go outside (take multiple deep breaths to clear my head of the morning house-fumes). Feed chickens/turkeys/rabbits/goats/pigs…….and then the horses. Check on Poppy (who had decided to opportunistically break down the already dry-rotted fence posts yesterday…….and then gorge on a compressed alfalfa block…….and then subsequently colic…….). Yesterday…

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Mission Accomplished ~~~Puppy Proofing The Christmas Tree

Mission Accomplished ~~~Puppy Proofing The Christmas Tree

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We finally got the tree up AND we got it lit! It’s not pretty…….but it’s (fairly) puppy-proof… Let the games begin!                       Tra!  La! My younger daughter and I went to our special tree farm and picked out our tree…….(we’ve been going to the same Christmas Tree Farm since my girls were in diapers.)   ***Lazy Lay Acres Christmas Tree Farm*** …..Paolo gives us ceiling height measurements ahead of time.  We…

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