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***Hoo Baby***

***Hoo Baby***

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I’ve been here on our little farm in the Swamp for over thirty years….. And I’ve lived in Florida since the early 1970’s….. But I’ve never seen a rat snake this big….. This Guy was Huge!….. Doctor Brigid and I regularly get together for coffee klatsch’ing….. Actually there’s no coffee involved…just a lot of klatch’ing….. …..and wine coolers with cheap burgundy & Mt. Dew…(hey, don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it)….. …..or maybe…

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The Way Of The DoDo

The Way Of The DoDo

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Our local friendly Winn Dixie grocery store is closed now….. There’s plywood up over all of the windows….. It’s such sadness….. All the local stores that we knew of in or near our area have closed and have been sold to the Aldi’s chain….. Remember the movie…”Because of Winn Dixie”…(and yes…we have a copy of the DVD)….. That was a great campy movie…(there was even an Irish Wolfhound-type dog in it)….. But all…

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*Not About A Colonoscopy*

*Not About A Colonoscopy*

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Well…today I could write about the colonoscopy I had yesterday….. Butt…I’d probably loose subscribers….. I guess colonoscopies are a necessity of life….. But(t) not something to talk about………….so maybe I shouldn’t(?)….. I’ve recently been wondering what drives a doctor to specialize in that “end” of health(?)…at one time I had wondered about Podiatrists and their propensities…and even Gynecologists make sense…but(t)…Proctology(?)…(i.e. Colorectal Specialists)….. …..Nope…Not so much….. However…I would like to ask………….Just What IS That…

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!!!ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!

!!!ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* My daughters and I were recently relaxing in the den….. We were enjoying a weekend afternoon of old movies….. …..and then…believe it or not….. My older daughter spotted a snake’s head peeking out from under the couch…where my younger daughter and I were relaxing….. …..!!!!!!!???!!!!!!!….. …..WHAT!!!??!!!….. …..EEWWW!!!….. Once the excessive shock wore off…(and after we were all done freezing in place)…something had to be done….. The situation did beg one to ask………….where did…

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Sabine’s Puppy Up-Date

Sabine’s Puppy Up-Date

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Sabine’s babies are growing and healthy….. They are coming up to three weeks old….. Their eyes are open….. And the little fuzz-balls are just starting to think about eating gruel and soaked kibble….. It’s that super fun messy stage…where they wear more than they actually eat….. Sabine has been a great Mom….. She has produced milk abundantly throughout….. We did pull out some special herbs from our apothecary cupboard…to help her maintain and…

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~~~Time Flies By~~~

~~~Time Flies By~~~

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** *****(As Time Goes By–by Frank Sinatra)***** My older daughter recently had her Thirty-Second Birthday….. Wow…when did more than three decades pass by?………….It was so fast….. Of course it went by…you silly old woman…you’re going to be seventy-one…do the math….. Wow….. My younger daughter’s going to be thirty-one this year too….. Wow….. Seeing the world out of my eyes…things haven’t changed that much…it seems about the same…(ish)….. I do find mirrors more frightening now…and…

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*Covid*

*Covid*

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Really?!?….. Really!?!….. Insufferable heat….. The peak of Hurricane Season….. …..and now Covid?….. I thought I was whining enough in my last post…that was just a little operetta…… Now…I’m in a full-blown aria….. The Fat Lady Is Singing!…And Complaining!….. I have a household full of sickies…we’re fortunate that it’s not the original Covid-19 whammy….. …..but it’s nasty…with it’s own unique twists….. So far…I haven’t been too bad…but I’m watching my daughters and friends in…

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Heat Complaint #563

Heat Complaint #563

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It’s the last day of July….. I think I might see a brisk zephyr somewhere over that haze-crazed humidity-dripping horizon….. Everything…(flora & fauna alike)…has that same dispirited…middle distanced…unfocused stare….. It’s that zombie-time of the year in sunny sub-tropical Florida….. …..no one wants to be here now….. Maine is looking pretty good….. Some are pining for the Yukon….. Our air conditioner has been stressed to its max…it’s been on again…off again….. …..frozen over…and icy…and…

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*Seven Decades Of Fun *

*Seven Decades Of Fun *

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I’m officially old….. I turned seventy last month….. …..the sixties are past…the seventies have begun….. …..(and I’m not talking about old rock music)…(I’m the one that’s vintage now)….. Well…I think I’ll embrace it….. There’s a lot of value in aging…gracefully…or otherwise….. I think I’ll embrace the otherwise….. I can now become “that” old lady…(honestly…it’s already happened…but now I just have a better excuse)….. Too much rock music…overly loud Sony Walkmans…multiple general anesthesia surgeries…

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~~~?Have You Heard?~~~

~~~?Have You Heard?~~~

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Maybe you haven’t heard….. …..but there’s going to be a total eclipse of the Sun today across the U.S.A….. Maybe it might have slipped by unnoticed….. But I’m here to let you know….. *****It’s going to happen today***** *****(Mark Twain and Bing Crosby and Eclipses)***** It was a surprise in the book and movie—“The Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court”—but it’s happened in a lot of books and movies. *****(from…”The Simpsons” to “2001…

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