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Another Showdown

Another Showdown

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It’s hard to tell one opossum from another opossum….. But I think this is a different one…because he (or she) was bigger…his fur was healthier and smoother…and there wasn’t a hitch in his get-along….. Regardless…the other night…I was called out of my bed and into action to protect my poultry…(yet again)….. There is definitely a repeat pattern here…it always at night…after everyone has gone to bed…and I’m always in my underwear or my…

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~The Color Of Fames~

~The Color Of Fames~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We’ve recently had our fair share of very cold weather….. I’ve willingly been burning everything that I can lay my hands on in our den fireplace….. Maple…oak…mulberry…palmetto…cypress…palm (that last one is not a good choice)….. I’m not totally sated as a latent (but controlled) pyromaniac…I’m not sure that’s even possible….. My tiny chainsaw is still rev’ing away….. I’m scaling the “Tower O’ Firewood” in the front yard….. …..(probably not the safest of choices)…but…

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*From An Acorn*

*From An Acorn*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I spotted this tiny little attempt at a sapling when I was setting up for our recent Winter Solstice celebration….. It was growing from the base of what remains of the beautiful old oak tree…the one we had to take down right after Hurricane Milton….. If you recall…Milton’s winds caused a big growing house-threatening crack at the base of the twin trucks of the huge tree….. I absolutely hated taking down that old…

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~This Year’s Winter Solstice~

~This Year’s Winter Solstice~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Of course we did a bonfire….. Of course we semi-toasted our front sides while freezing off our backsides….. I don’t know what it is about Florida’s damp cold…that seeps in and goes straight to your bones…and leaves you totally chilled & shivering for hours afterwards….. …..even with mittens…and hats…and blankets…and coats….. Thanks to Hurricane Milton (from last year)…we still have wood to burn…Lord Knows!…we still have lots and lots of wood to burn……..

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Farm Maintenance Projects

Farm Maintenance Projects

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* After having watched the neighbors recent late night fireball of a bonfire…I’ve decided…I’m not going to burn any of our remaining piles of wood that are still scattered around our property after last year’s Hurricane Season….. I decided there’s another option rather than the risk of more fires…it just too dry right now….. The meteorologist just said that compared to last year rainfall…we are 22″ less than last year…(granted we were in the…

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The Magnetism Of Gates

The Magnetism Of Gates

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** In any given pasture…there are gates….. There’s a need for gates…at least one gate….. The majority of a pasture’s fence line is made up of…well…fencing….. Pasture fencing is made to contain animals…..(hence…rolled wire fencing is called livestock fencing)….. Gates are meant for ingress and/or egress of people…and critters….. What I’ve noticed over the years is that gates have a secret magnetism all their own….. …..even though there’s far more fencing material that makes…

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The 2025 Hurricane Season

The 2025 Hurricane Season

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Yes Folks…..the official start of the 2025 Hurricane Season begins in two days….. It starts all over again on June 1st….. Yes it does…and so soon….. …..Woot…Woot….. …..(that was meant as extreme sarcasm…just in case you were wondering)….. No–I’m not excited about its arrival…No–I’m not celebrating it’s start….. …..I’m bilious….. I’m gun-shy about this coming season…I think that’s understandable….. I just can’t muster any puffed-chest bravado….. I don’t want it to start…again….. I…

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~The Back Deck~

~The Back Deck~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** We have the majority of a large deck (mostly) finished behind our porch….. It’s right outside our back door….. It’s a simple deck…made of pressure-treated boards…which are placed with a little bit wider space between each board…(so it’s easier to sweep all the Irish Wolfhound dirt and sand through the cracks)….. I love our hounds…but they are sand magnets….. They can’t help it…it just comes with the territory….. My older daughter and her…

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The Chaos Which Is Farm Life

The Chaos Which Is Farm Life

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I’d like to be talking in this post about Irish Wolfhound puppies…and posting pictures of cute little rolly-polly fuzzy jellybean-shaped puppies….. But…No….. Sabine is doing fine…and her children are all thriving….. We haven’t had to tube-feed anybody yet (which is wonderful)…because Sabine is making enough milk…and her puppies all got ample colostrum….. …..Those Are All Tremendous Pluses….. However…all of this has been over-shadowed…BY ANOTHER FENCE CUTTING(!?!)….. Ben and Acacias got out at about…

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*The Last Fire*

*The Last Fire*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** We’ve had a teensy little (cool-ish) cold snap….. I’m sad to say…this might just be the last opportunity for a fire in our fireplace…until next Fall….. …..Oh…Nooooooo….. I like roasty toasty fires so much…I don’t want the cold (cool) weather to go away until next Winter….. I’ve still got so much wood to burn from Hurricane Milton….. I have my teeny diminutive chainsaw that I stihl want to play with….. This can’t be…

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