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The Pie Siblings

The Pie Siblings

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I realized I haven’t given an update on Killian’s last litter….. The puppies have gone on and started their new lives with their new owners….. Remember we give temporary litter names to the puppies…they aren’t anything permanent….. It’s just a temporary name that we can call them…until they get their forever names with their new families….. Quite often the litter names are established during a sleep-deprived/punchy-state in the midst of feeding and caring…

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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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~We Call It Home~

~We Call It Home~

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Home is where the heart is….. …..so………….I guess our heart is in the swamp(?)….. We do reside up-close & personal with a steamy humid bog…and with it comes a few swamp challenges….. We have a good friend who lives around the corner….. She’s lived in “the neighborhood” a few years longer than us…she’s quite the environmentalist and holistic naturalist….. …..(however…on the rare occasion…I have been able to corrupt her into appreciating a good…

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***House Arrest***

***House Arrest***

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** …..This is………….my Whining-Post….. I’m not a good patient….. …..I don’t believe I even try to be….. Recently I’ve been expected to sit on the couch…and behave….. …..(because of the blood thinners…and until “they” can figure things out)….. …..(and because I really can’t catch my breath anyway)….. I’m trying to be compliant………….(up to a point)….. …..(but this is unrealistic)….. It’s been carrying on for too long….. My stomach is welty & bruised & overly-colorful…from…

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To Be Honest—I Don’t Want To Be Honest

To Be Honest—I Don’t Want To Be Honest

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I guess I’ve been in denial….. …..or maybe it’s more of a visualization of what I intend as my reality….. I was hoping I’d be riding by now….. …..but I’m not…(sigh)….. Why?…because of a condition called Refractory Blood Pressure and what looks like an on-going irregular heart beat…(premature ventricular & arterial contractions)….. But…yippee…it does seem that the atrial fibrillations are gone now (woot woot!)….. It took a while…the ablation for the A-fib (see…I’m…

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~~~The Smooth-Coated Terriers~~~

~~~The Smooth-Coated Terriers~~~

*******Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel******* Like I said earlier…..I raised my two daughters like they were puppies….. To this day…..I refer to them as my smooth-coated terriers….. …..(those of you who have had terriers know what I mean)….. …..(terriers are only different from us because of their lack of opposable-thumbs)….. …..(they’re smarter than a lot of people I’ve met)….. I think my kiddos turned out pretty okay….. I didn’t resort to books or guru…

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And Now…..The Croissant

And Now…..The Croissant

…..and for my next feat….. …..I will attempt the flaky croissant….. …..it’s not just any dough….. …..it’s the flaky/wonderful/puffiness of that incredible European biscuit….. …..the Croissant….. ~~~The History Of The Croissant~~~ …..it comes in regular…..cheesy…..and herbal….. …..or my personal favorite….. …..THE CHOCOLATE CROISSANT….. …..you see….. …..I know this lady…..she’s a baker….. …..she bought one of our Irish Wolfhound puppies last year….. …..she owns her own bakery….. …..and she said she’d teach me how to make flaked pastries….. I’m going to…

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