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Winnie's Sewing Bag
Sewing NeedlesThese are some of the items in Winnie's sewing bag, saved in case we may need them. There was a time, some of us remember, when clothing wasn't quite the commodity it is today. I recall...
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Muskrat Trails in the Snow
Muskrat Bob SleddingFor most of the summer, we watched a muskrat going back and forth across the pond, usually with cattails in it's mouth. At first we had no idea what it was and Bev reminded me on...
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Uncles Farm Set
Putting Away the FarmUncle Levan's farm set stayed up slightly longer than the Christmas tree, but by only a day or two. It was wrapped and put away, with care, while i was at work. It had quite a few...
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Fresh snow
Heavy SnowAlthough the accumulation of snow was not very high, the snow mixed with rain and sleet at several points in the storm, making it heavy, weighing down the evergreen limbs. I watched our goats...
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Swiping the Gingerbread
This Will Be Trouble! An ugly rumor started some years ago, which is absolutely true. After the holidays, before meeting me, the gingerbread house that Bev made would go into the trash, presumably...
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The Library Table
A Family Heirloom Begins This must be the beginning of a family heirloom. This oak library table was the source of many jokes and snide remarks over the years. Mom brought this table home many years...
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Skating
Skating Away Skating AwaySkating AwaySkating Away, On the thin ice of a new day...Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull There was no skating last year, and it seems there was very little skating the year before....
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New Nest Egg
Winter Relinquishing to Spring Mrs. Duck has made a small indentation in the hay, in a corner beneath a board up against a wall, and has been laying an egg each day. It seems to have begin almost the...
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Not Yet, Ducks
Ducks Checking on Spring Mr. and Mrs. Duck ventured into the front yard, because the snow has completely melted. I thought they were simply taking a look at the condition of the pond--which they did,...
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Three Goats
Hello You Does! Piper, Simone, and Star. Piper is one of the original goats in our herd, and she came from farmer Joel. She has never been bred, and we are hoping her date was successful with Eddie a...
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Sorry Donald
My Politics I recently heard someone reporting that Donald Trump suggested that some of the folks marching at the Women's March were there supporting him. Perhaps there were, but I would have to say...
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Hay Helpers
Helping With the Hay Mr. and Mrs. Duck take a few minutes out of their busy schedule in the heated wading pool to offer a helping inspirational quack or two while hay is being hauled up to the barn...
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Winter Grazing
Brief Thaw Even the ducks enjoyed the milder weather that exposed the grass for a couple days . We know what the goats were doing--eating the thawed grass, picking out just the right clumps. We still...
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Machines
Snowblowers That Start The snowblower wouldn't start recently, and as it turned out, it was because the gas I used to fill it, had some water in it. Before it would start, I needed to drain the gas...
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Lionel Milk Car
Dad's Lionel Trains I can't remember the last year Dad's trains were set up. I think it was in Lincroft, NJ which would have been 1973, or so--perhaps 43 years ago. We didn't know that would be the...
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Duck Tracks
Duck Tracks in the Snow Our ducks keep a watchful eye on the pond. They seem to have taken to the barn for the winter, without too much difficulty--they do, after all, have a little turtle-shaped...
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Hen House
Falling Snow This was Wednesday morning, after the Nor'easter had just started building up some steam. So far, this year, we've missed the heavy snowfall--instead we've received several storms that...
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Frozen Dock
The First Nor'easter The first heavy snowfall of the season arrived yesterday, so it was a couple hours of cleanup, which of course, included creating a path around the pond with the snow blower. It...
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Holiday Guests
Holiday Guests Two years ago, there was a wicker bench, with a quilt made by her grandmother, on top of it. It seat in front of the fire, so if either one of us wanted a chair by the fire, we could...
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