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***Hoo Baby***

***Hoo Baby***

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*******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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*Perusing & Pursuing The Pigs*

*Perusing & Pursuing The Pigs*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Remember the pink bench that we put out in the pig pasture (a.k.a. the goat pasture–a.k.a. the swamp)…so that we could sit and watch the pigs?….. …..It has already come in handy….. *****Sound the Alarms!***** *****The Pigs Got Out!***** *****It’s A Pig Stampede!***** Well…really what happened…was my older daughter hadn’t locked the chain around Beau’s and Ginger’s gate…and they pushed it open…and walked out….. And then they quietly grazed for the afternoon on…

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~Our Predacious Swamp~

~Our Predacious Swamp~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* First………….here’s a little up-date….. …..No Snakes have been found in our house (or my lingerie drawer)….. …..No Snakes have been found in or around Doctor Brigid’s car….. …..No identifiable carcass smells have wafted up in the good doctor’s car…or from under our couch….. …..so that’s a Win–Win?–(Right?)….. There was an instance two days ago…when Danny (my younger daughter’s Papillon)…started barking his face off at something that was under her bed….. I thought that…

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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 On-Going Saga Of Ben

The On-Going Saga Of Ben

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Ben has still not returned home….. And we continue to look for him….. But we have some Good News to report….. We got an early morning (4:45am) call yesterday from the night shift Security officer on the Wellfields….. He had just seen Ben…heading West on one of their access maintenance roads!….. Because I was raised on a small farm (just like my daughters have been)…we’re used to being galvanized into action…at all hours…

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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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~Our Back Yard~

~Our Back Yard~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We can do a lot of exploring here during the dry season….. …..which is happening right now….. I’ve heard the meteorologists say that we were below average in rain accumulation this last rainy season…it’s hard to tell from where I stand….. …..because…I stand (and live) in a swamp….. I’ve been told I need to walk…and get some exercise…and build my stamina back up…after all the cardiac ablations….. I think they might have meant…

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Communing With Pascal

Communing With Pascal

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  *******Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel******* I don’t talk to people much….. …..(and it’s out of choice)….. I fit in with animals better than I do with people…..always have….. However…..now with this COVID-19 pandemic….. …..(plus being encouraged by ALL the powers-that-be NOT to talk to people)….. …..being anti-social has become the encouraged-norm….. And…..we all know….. …..I’ve NEVER gone against the system OR the encouraged-norm….. …..never ever…..(not once)….. I have no problem chatting with animals……..

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***Errant Terriers***

***Errant Terriers***

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Oooooooohhhhh…..Terriers….. They are in a category all their own….. …..all their very own….. My older daughter’s Jack Russell is typical where “Terriers” are concerned….. …..he warrants a clothesline & a chain snapped to his harness whenever he goes outside….. …..otherwise he gnaws through it….. …..and after he’s finished gnawing through it….. …..he wanders…..and roams…..and vagabonds…..or basically just runs away….. …..things to do…..people to see…..treats to beg….. Earlier this week…..early in the morning…..while it was still dark….. I had let all…

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~~~~~~~~M. R. DUCKS~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~M. R. DUCKS~~~~~~~~

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We should have four (original) Black Runner Ducks… So when I only counted three of the silly birds running around the pasture……. …..I got concerned….. It meant (most probably) one of two things……. …..Number #1…..that one of the ducks had gotten off’ed……. …..or….. …..Number #2…..that one of the silly duck hens had laid a clutch of eggs (somewhere)…..and was starting to set on it……. …..and given all of the predacious/hungry critters that wander around this farm after dark….. …..leaving a…

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