tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60214502247471036972024-03-13T13:28:16.597-07:00Blessings Farm Children are a BLESSING from the Lord.. This is Blessings Farm. a place of ideas, exploration, discovery, creativity... a dreamBlessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.comBlogger333125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-82078860361719302832016-04-26T08:46:00.000-07:002016-04-26T08:57:45.457-07:00Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spring … what does that word invoke in your mind…<br />
in mine.. it's storms that leave the air crisp and clean…<br />
and the hills just a little bit greener than before they came visiting…<br />
Spring… soggy ground, and buds and blossoms and promises of bright and light and carefree days…<br />
Spring is… lighter jackets, and muck boots sometimes even sandals..<br />
Spring…. fresh coats of toe nail polish, pretty bright colors, that cheer me up<br />
It's rabbit loitering in my yard, and the air filled with the songs of birds come home after a long winter off visiting family and friends further south…<br />
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Spring, is book reading, and tea sipping, to the drip, drip, drip of the rain, as it makes puddles…<br />
Spring is looking for the eggs the hens have laid and being floored that they are laying SO very many more than a few weeks ago.<br />
Spring is farmers in the field, planting and much busy work..<br />
Spring is gardening.. and dirt under the fingernails...<br />
Spring, is long walks, long drives, and the smell of blossoms in the air…<br />
it's wandering puddle ducks thrilled at the muck and mess...<br />
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Spring, is more than a look, a color palate, a 3 month stretch or Easter…<br />
it's a state of mind!!!!!<br />
it's rejuvenation, it's restoration… it's NEW beginnings…<br />
and wrapping things up to be looked at again next year..<br />
it's packing away the mittens and scarfs…<br />
and putting in storage the good winter boots…<br />
It's finishing up your school year, and counting down the days till glorious SUMMER…<br />
with it's endless sunshine, and long lazy days..<br />
Spring, is clearing out the closet! <br />
and after IEP week… that is what THIS girl, and her girlie will be doing!<br />
<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-58061438711951199212015-12-11T08:20:00.002-08:002015-12-11T08:20:45.213-08:00looking forward to winter...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have always loved winter..</div>
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especially winters heaped in mounds of lots of white snow.</div>
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I adore the mittens, and scarves, and hats…</div>
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The cozy blankets,</div>
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and wonderful sweaters…</div>
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simply adore.</div>
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Perhaps growing up the child of immigrants,</div>
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with hand knit wonderful socks and sweaters and blankets…</div>
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made all the difference for me.</div>
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I was taught to enjoy the fresh air,</div>
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the sunshine,</div>
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to embrace the crisp fresh clean cold air; </div>
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enjoying it for what it was… </div>
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a season.</div>
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The past few two winters, were bitter painful for me however.</div>
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I confess to NOT being prepared.</div>
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Not having the right clothing options,</div>
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NOT layering,</div>
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NOT knowing what to do about the bitter icy pain that shot through my brain</div>
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without even opening the door…</div>
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Something in my brain…</div>
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in my bones</div>
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robbing me of this beloved season.</div>
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Recently I read an article about embracing Winter the way they do in Norway,</div>
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and other cultures where it is cold much of the year,</div>
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and it all came back to me.</div>
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While my pains may be there,</div>
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and my brain MAY not be helped..</div>
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there are still things that I can do to try to really </div>
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enjoy what I can</div>
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of this MOST magical time of the year...</div>
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first off, I thought I would take a gander</div>
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through some of my favorite photo's…</div>
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sort of in .. anticipation of the snow to come..</div>
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Seeing the snow upon the land,</div>
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as it shall be once again..</div>
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so elegant,</div>
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dressing the trees in glory.</div>
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I love walking through the woods,</div>
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or sometimes, snow shoeing …</div>
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and seeing the way the light dances off the branches...</div>
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and the leaves…</div>
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crunch</div>
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squish</div>
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careful not to slip...</div>
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here so very heavy laden</div>
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the branches are kissing the ground</div>
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light on barbed wire...</div>
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it was a grand day..</div>
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so heaped with the heavy snow…</div>
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such a joy to walk through a white Narnia</div>
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to walk under and not have the snow fall upon me.. </div>
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or the camera…</div>
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THAT was my goal...</div>
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a winter wonderland</div>
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lights…</div>
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and darks.. </div>
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a tangle of branches..</div>
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turn the corner and everything feels SO dark..</div>
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so pretty</div>
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and around a bend again.. so bright..</div>
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so light </div>
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so airy</div>
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like I have all the time in the world left to me..</div>
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but..</div>
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I know.. that I don't..</div>
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Oh.. when WILL it snow again?</div>
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I remember this day so fondly now… </div>
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it all comes back to me..</div>
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the twists and turns of the trail</div>
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my feet wanting to walk.. just a LITTLE further</div>
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see a little beyond...</div>
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but.. I am loosing my light</div>
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as I head back towards the farm house… </div>
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I catch just a couple more sweet shots..</div>
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yes.. .</div>
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these photos make me look forward to winter..</div>
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they make me want to dig out some warm gear..</div>
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take inventory</div>
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buy some flannel sheets perhaps…</div>
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I recently found some terrific new warm slippers...</div>
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look for some long johns,</div>
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and woolen socks…</div>
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yes..</div>
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indeed..</div>
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I love the way the ice makes designs on my windows..</div>
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Jack Frost has had quite a grand time</div>
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looks like some brilliantly crafted glass…</div>
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but it's not..</div>
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it's just frost and ice</div>
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on a very cold winters evening…</div>
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are you quite ready for winter…</div>
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my heart…</div>
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is nearly ready..</div>
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my wardrobe..</div>
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is not..</div>
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but I can work towards it…</div>
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I can do THAT much..</div>
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and THAT, will make winter… so much more lovely</div>
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for me, </div>
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and it occurred to me, in scoping out my much neglected blog..</div>
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that I have NOT been keeping you all current with the </div>
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inner workings of the old farm house..</div>
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so here is an update..</div>
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minus</div>
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the bathroom, and the back four seasons porch..</div>
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both of which I failed to photograph...</div>
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this is our "library"</div>
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complete with a day bed..</div>
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which is super cozy for snuggling up and reading, chatting in..</div>
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In the winter months,</div>
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outdoor furniture comes in here,</div>
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making this a great game room,</div>
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conversation room.</div>
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It's a really lovely space.</div>
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The view from the window is peaceful and relaxing.</div>
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The Living Room, which attaches to the Library, </div>
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is home to instruments.</div>
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someday I hope to have beautiful brilliant red french doors there.</div>
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Here we house instruments, and people jam here, </div>
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play games here, </div>
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it's a fun space also, and much worship and silliness can be made in this space.</div>
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This is the "lounge"</div>
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It is home to our "groovy chairs"</div>
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Which are sadly falling apart…</div>
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I will be thrift storing it … </div>
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on the hunt for some equally "groovy" ones</div>
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Here people chill out,</div>
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hang next to the kitchen, chatting it up with the "chef",</div>
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You will notice the beautiful antique buffet table..</div>
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fabulous thrift find at a garage sale…</div>
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yes it was uber cheap… this is NOT some piece that is actually </div>
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an expensive piece in the hiding..</div>
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I painted it to hide it's flaws, and simply loved it's size and practicality</div>
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so this is where we put out the food more often than not..</div>
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This is where crock pots are lined up, and plugged in, </div>
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it's line up buffet style at Blessings Farm!</div>
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When one goes up the stairs in the ol' Farm house at Blessings Farm,</div>
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(the stairs I am still needing to paint)</div>
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one will notice that each door is painted a different color..</div>
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so .. you may be told which COLOR you are staying in.</div>
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This… is the Yellow Room..</div>
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The room, isn't fully decorated yet.. </div>
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But the door is..</div>
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The bed.. is sadly NEARLY ready for replacement.. </div>
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but the space is truly lovely!</div>
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yes.. that is space for 2 mattresses..</div>
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we do rough it a little… </div>
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we don't have all bed frames YET..</div>
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We are still a work in progress..</div>
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The Red Door..</div>
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I believe 9 or 10.. </div>
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Two CAN sleep on that.. </div>
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this one is my beloved's and my own..</div>
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this one we don't share..</div>
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it is the Littlest Room in the house..</div>
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cozy!</div>
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It's Winter on the Farm..</div>
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and ALL my pretty ladies are needing their home to be</div>
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winterized..</div>
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they,</div>
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like any good and proper lady, want all their things…</div>
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just. so.</div>
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tidy,</div>
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and warm, and COZY.</div>
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So it was that time of year that we would do JUST that.</div>
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Over thanksgiving week.</div>
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Mind you, some years, we must do it quite a bit sooner,</div>
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but the weather has been holding out JUST fine,</div>
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and that was… perhaps a dangerous thing.</div>
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because… I happen to love Pinterest,</div>
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and Pinterest, it got me some ideas… you know..</div>
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on how to cozy things up a bit better.</div>
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we DID just how we always do, and got those ladies</div>
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and their Straw.</div>
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(this is different than hay, for all you suburbanites, </div>
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and you city-ites)</div>
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but … I found this SUPER cool Idea on interest…</div>
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using PVC pipes…</div>
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like THIS one I found on PINTEREST…</div>
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cool right..</div>
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well.. I "thought" we could do like a row of these,</div>
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because we have so many chickens..</div>
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but…</div>
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I married… MACHINE Man after all… </div>
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and He has that "engineering mind…"</div>
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and he wanted to see "other options"</div>
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so.. I … showed him.</div>
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not remembering WHY…</div>
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why I liked this one the best..</div>
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see..</div>
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that brain tumor thing..</div>
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or the brain tumor surgery thing,</div>
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has really done…</div>
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"something" with my memory..</div>
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so..</div>
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I totally just FORGOT my reasons… </div>
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(don't worry.. I remembered.. later.. )</div>
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and..</div>
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after showing him other cool plans</div>
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he found another HE liked better than MY idea </div>
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***smiles***</div>
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moments in marriages</div>
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that you all who are married can relate to</div>
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blissful..</div>
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kissable..</div>
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laughable..</div>
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WONDERFUL moments</div>
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that make us giggle always..</div>
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so thankful</div>
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its affordable</div>
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cheap PVC piping..</div>
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oh…</div>
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Pinterest..</div>
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anyhow..</div>
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The Tree Gardener was in for the big Hunt</div>
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and the fella's decided to to this in between…</div>
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here they have drilled the JUMBO holes..</div>
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and now The Tree Gardener is filing away..</div>
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(his other job is an Engineer… boring right? but it pays better than I do… sadly)</div>
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here are the lovely ladies</div>
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anxiously awaiting...</div>
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wondering WHAT on earth those men are doing???</div>
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Such a LOT of noise!</div>
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loving the BLAZY orange?</div>
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I think the ladies are a bit freaked out by him actually...</div>
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busy busy filing away..</div>
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The drill really made rather sharp edges.. </div>
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and we don't want our ladies injured..</div>
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here we have nestled their boxes with nice warm new straw..</div>
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it will be patted down in NO time ..</div>
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as soon as WE get OUT of THEIR space..</div>
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we are So annoying them..</div>
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and HERE is the final contraption..</div>
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theory is..</div>
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It should hold quite a bit of feed and slowly let it down to where the ladies </div>
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can GET at it..</div>
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problem..??</div>
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We use a NON GMO feed…</div>
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that is very fine</div>
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and it clumps, and does not fall the way whole pieces of grain will fall, </div>
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and theoretically fall in to place… </div>
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if I were dropping whole pieces of dried corn.. or something,</div>
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THIS would work PERFECTLY..</div>
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this did NOT work perfectly..</div>
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I need to perhaps ADD some organic whole grains to my mix..</div>
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to help it along.. </div>
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because it all STUCK in the L shape..</div>
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mind you…</div>
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it wouldn't have happened with the design I originally picked..</div>
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and THIS is when I remembered</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">WHY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I picked that one..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">so inconvenient </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">this brain thing</span>…</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">not AT all helpful..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and VERY annoying to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Machine Man INDEED!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">but</span></div>
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all is bliss..</div>
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it's NOT like they won't get fed..</div>
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we still have our tried and true feeding system from last year..</div>
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NOT as cool..</div>
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but they won't starve..</div>
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they just won't have as much space to play!</div>
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all is well in the land of the </div>
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Pretty LADIES…</div>
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more than a year has passed..</div>
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I have felt silenced..</div>
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quieted.</div>
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overwhelmed.</div>
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I simply couldn't come on here, </div>
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and write..</div>
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My words felt so heavy.</div>
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Too heavy.</div>
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Yet life,</div>
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in all it's heaviness,</div>
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has still been filled with these moments of joy,</div>
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and people I LOVE,</div>
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and memories I cherish,</div>
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and giggles,</div>
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and I thought I would take a moment this day…</div>
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to reflect.</div>
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Because as HARD as this year has been,</div>
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with many challenges,</div>
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it's been a year of many victories!</div>
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MANY joys,</div>
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many long lovely walks.</div>
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many funny videos</div>
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and terrific emails from friends far and wide.</div>
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bonding over the internet</div>
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much like bonding over a letter was long ago..</div>
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days at the lake</div>
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in the big big city..</div>
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a mixture of disgust,</div>
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because,</div>
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YES</div>
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that is trash in the water floating..</div>
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and joy</div>
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at the beautiful sunset,</div>
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the beautiful waters,</div>
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the wonders of a great day</div>
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with family..</div>
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bliss, and magic in the eyes of my Buddy,</div>
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oh the joys of a 10 year old boy,</div>
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NO words at how I adore this lad.</div>
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romantic sneak away dinner </div>
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at a sidewalk cafe</div>
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after an evening appointment</div>
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with doctor in the city..</div>
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cupcake decorating with cousins</div>
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sprinkles are really the BEST!</div>
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there are NEVER too many Sprinkles!</div>
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Kindergarten began for Little Man..</div>
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it was the year of many wonderful beginnings..</div>
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silly days with siblings..</div>
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memories</div>
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and Sass at CS's 19th Birthday</div>
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naptime on the porch</div>
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a few more weeks of 16...</div>
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isn't she lovely..</div>
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she's my joy</div>
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cousin time</div>
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what JOY and Bliss..</div>
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Blessings Farm to play...</div>
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Cousin memories</div>
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walking the trails</div>
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the house.. shaping up</div>
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every so slowly...</div>
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and the year had trips..</div>
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many many trips in to the city…</div>
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train rides</div>
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in his sweet face!</div>
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he LOVES the train ride</div>
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and there she is..</div>
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always watching...</div>
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and the flowers bloomed at the farm</div>
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and the city was full of beauty too..</div>
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it's trails lovely</div>
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it's towering giants</div>
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taller than my mighty oaks...</div>
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there were boat rides this year..</div>
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Architecture tours</div>
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it was a year of extremes..</div>
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in every sense of the word…</div>
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in our personal life..</div>
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and in the world at large...</div>
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There were fun teen nights</div>
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and precious intimate moments with precious friends</div>
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and precious family..</div>
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there were homemade dance floors with doodling on them..</div>
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and weddings</div>
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chances to serve others..</div>
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and feed others..</div>
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and moments of PURE silliness..</div>
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in the midst of our hardest days, we found opportunities</div>
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to visit Legoland with our homeschool group</div>
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we visited the Orchestra</div>
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Captain America!</div>
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and friends...</div>
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we got back to the blissful dreamy place that this blog is named for</div>
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Blessings Farm</div>
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and we strolled the trails</div>
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and crunched the leaves..</div>
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and breathed in deeply…</div>
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walking quietly</div>
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in our beautiful sun soaked woods...</div>
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enjoying one another greatly...</div>
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the Little's…</div>
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when Halloween rolled around..</div>
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they were very very fun to be with...</div>
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we enjoyed the dog </div>
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who enjoyed the trails…</div>
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we enjoyed the back porch</div>
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and every day that was good,</div>
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for not every day was good,</div>
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when this is so,</div>
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you drink them in all the more</div>
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sipping them slowly,</div>
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soaking in the aroma,</div>
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appreciating them in the light</div>
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as they come to you…</div>
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good days,</div>
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are so lovely</div>
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and precious,</div>
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one ought truly...</div>
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enjoy every bit of them..</div>
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taste them</div>
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distinguishing the flavor of them fully..</div>
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good days…</div>
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can come in all sorts of colors…</div>
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grays and golds,</div>
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not just blue's and yellow's</div>
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they help you focus in on things that.. matter</div>
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like the seeds for next year...</div>
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the folds of the past year..</div>
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the scope of it all.. the big picture…</div>
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it's been a really challenging year..</div>
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but I feel my relationships with the people I love</div>
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are richer,</div>
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more honest more real…</div>
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more down to earth..</div>
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I love my tribe...</div>
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with their sass</div>
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and wit</div>
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they are a pack of … something kind of wonderful..</div>
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dancing on the porch..</div>
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flowers in the garden</div>
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hunting for dinosaurs</div>
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dance lessons from the Princess...</div>
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Cousin Time is the best time</div>
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the garden had high hopes..</div>
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and the hopes..</div>
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I won't share the let down..</div>
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I will only hope again for next year..</div>
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The porch was the best part of the spring, summer and fall..</div>
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It was danced upon,</div>
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dined upon</div>
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it's the best room in the house...</div>
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art was created there</div>
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by the Shibori Artist herself</div>
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these are examples of burp cloths</div>
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and baby clothing</div>
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for a wonderful baby shower..</div>
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that was filled with people we LOVE</div>
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beautiful ladies</div>
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ladies we adore</div>
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and don't really get to see enough of...</div>
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ladies with stories to tell,</div>
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ladies older,</div>
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and ladies younger...</div>
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ladies that matter so much to me,</div>
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who smile all so beautifully</div>
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it was yet another lovely day...</div>
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a baby on the way...</div>
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this posy of three</div>
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cute little baby </div>
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brownie making</div>
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in the Blessings Farm kitchen..</div>
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some Lickin'</div>
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looking for mice..</div>
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the bug hunters...</div>
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the lake..</div>
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the babies</div>
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that are not babies any more..</div>
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Precious time with Nana</div>
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because Memories must be captured</div>
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and made record of…</div>
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our loved ones while they are here,</div>
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we must make note,</div>
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because tomorrow,</div>
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the lily pads will grow again..</div>
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and eventually the barn will fall down..</div>
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but CS will never look quite so young again..</div>
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in his O so cool lifeguard do...</div>
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and Little Man looks</div>
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oH so little</div>
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hanging out with his last remaining grand parent..</div>
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we enjoy our Nana so very much..</div>
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she's a delight..</div>
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We were blessed to spend time with my aunts and uncles too..</div>
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I so enjoy seeing my father's siblings..</div>
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there are no words..</div>
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These were the people of my childhood..</div>
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My memories are made of their voices</div>
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their laughter</div>
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their music</div>
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their song..</div>
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and this…</div>
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this is the next generation..</div>
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so lovely</div>
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so strong</div>
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strength</div>
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laughter</div>
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forever family</div>
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because through it all…</div>
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we must find those moments..</div>
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to grab one another,</div>
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and say,</div>
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HAY!!!!</div>
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I love you..</div>
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and we do..</div>
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we've been doing a LOT of that..</div>
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we are all VERY busy..</div>
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we DO do that..</div>
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we listen </div>
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and play together</div>
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try to find time</div>
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to just connect together..</div>
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incredibly silly</div>
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but there is no age thing for us..</div>
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maybe…</div>
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they'll be in NEXT year's photo's</div>
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we have all the time for those who want our love…</div>
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we have no time for </div>
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we are a family going through …</div>
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some real stuff…</div>
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and we have got chickens</div>
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oodles of chickens</div>
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beautiful</div>
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bold chickens...</div>
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leading the way..</div>
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there is NO room for drama that is self created ..</div>
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there is just real life happening</div>
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pretty AMAZING</div>
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in between the really hard stuff… </div>
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sort of rugged</div>
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raw</div>
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Magical</div>
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This years hunt</div>
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was magical</div>
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it took place on new trails</div>
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that coated in white fluff</div>
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literally a winterwonderland</div>
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saw more</div>
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After a great time at Summer Camp</div>
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Princess came home with her Bestie Billie</div>
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pick up litter off the grounds</div>
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dump out the old cans and bottles of beer and soda's they found</div>
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leaving the beach CLEAN</div>
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and putting everything in the proper recycle container </div>
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I confess…</div>
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I LOVE these girls!</div>
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They are SO fun to be around</div>
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they are nature girls</div>
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ALL THE WAY!</div>
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it was a nice week for them,</div>
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I sure missed my girlie while she was OFF</div>
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white water rafting,</div>
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working on COPE </div>
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working on her hipline</div>
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and getting trained in ATV</div>
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not to mention horseback riding</div>
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coming back meant hitting some favorite places</div>
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and being silly!</div>
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it meant being utterly harassed by little brothers</div>
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and long chats</div>
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because that is what great friends do..</div>
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we LOVE Billie</div>
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and hope she gets back to the farm soon</div>
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<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-68094955821791005112014-10-31T21:06:00.002-07:002014-10-31T21:06:45.485-07:00Small Towns..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Blessings Farm </div>
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is JUST outside a small SMALL town</div>
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and just a few more miles from a </div>
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normal sized "small town"..</div>
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I HAVE these variations in "small"</div>
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because I am NOT from a small town community.</div>
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always </div>
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and I mean ALWAYS</div>
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I have dreamed of living in a small town..</div>
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I like cities</div>
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and I like the country</div>
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I have lived in both..</div>
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but Mostly I live in a place</div>
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that is NEITHER..</div>
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it's something in between…</div>
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right now..</div>
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I am missing </div>
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my small towns..</div>
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my small town community…</div>
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but I am learning</div>
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to be SO thankful for where ever</div>
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God places me EACH day</div>
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contentment</div>
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it seems is a lesson that I still need to own.</div>
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this summer we had a lot of great days..</div>
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but this one in particular</div>
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brings back wonderful memories</div>
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I adore the murals on the sides of some of these buildings </div>
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I love the blue blue sky</div>
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the green of the trees</div>
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NOT to mention</div>
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the shadows</div>
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I love the contrast of two OLD buildings</div>
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literally smashed next to one another</div>
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modern art</div>
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woodland art just on the side of a building</div>
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jutting out</div>
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and needing to be noticed</div>
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and VIBRANT colors!</div>
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I LOVE our small town COLORS</div>
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back alleys</div>
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back parking spaces</div>
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and the drive BACK to the farm..</div>
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it was a great day..</div>
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and great days..</div>
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deserve to be remembered..</div>
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cherished.</div>
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they are precious, and beautiful..</div>
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do you have any special days that you remember from this summer?</div>
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days that bring YOU comfort</div>
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and joy</div>
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and make you smile to yourself?</div>
<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-23317889114354648022014-10-30T21:16:00.004-07:002014-10-30T21:16:38.518-07:00Tuesday is coming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Tuesday is coming..</div>
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and it has me thinking...</div>
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there were these great thundering storms this summer</div>
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that brought in </div>
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these evenings of color</div>
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I love vibrant colors.. </div>
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I hate some of these photos</div>
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they are NOT as crisp as they used to be</div>
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Moriarty is messing with my EYE</div>
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but I enjoyed the nights all the same..</div>
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evenings of dramatic sounds and sights..</div>
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thunder and light shows...</div>
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evenings on the porch</div>
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reminiscing </div>
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thinking </div>
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pondering</div>
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discussing</div>
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Life's big thoughts</div>
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with all my very favorite people..</div>
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(were you there?)</div>
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these nights brought deep sleeps for me</div>
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(I don't sleep well in the "city")</div>
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somewhere lately</div>
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someplace </div>
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sleeping and waking</div>
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I feel my heart breaking</div>
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from my journal...</div>
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October 13</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">"I don't know if Moriarty is just messing with me.. but</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I do believe it's in the place between waking and sleeping, where dreams still drift, wafting and waning...that their memories somehow still live most vibrantly.. because I heard her voice, so bold and clear... and woke up weeping when I realized she wasn't in the room with me.. missing mom today</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">…"</span></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-737kPXiiwIU/VFMGcyVWeEI/AAAAAAAAHtA/jGgFqXfjGH4/s1600/IMG_5208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-737kPXiiwIU/VFMGcyVWeEI/AAAAAAAAHtA/jGgFqXfjGH4/s1600/IMG_5208.JPG" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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that happens a lot lately..</div>
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this vibrant memory thing..</div>
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the feeling of mom</div>
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or dad</div>
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BEING with me</div>
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smelling them</div>
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hearing them..</div>
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in the time in between..</div>
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not really knowing in that place in space</div>
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who is still HERE and who has gone on …</div>
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waking</div>
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and my heart breaking</div>
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all over again..</div>
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and then</div>
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this morning</div>
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as I woke up, </div>
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thoughts of my own mortality covered me like a blanket</div>
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enveloped me..</div>
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almost smothering me</div>
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Moriarty is messing with my mind</div>
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but MY GOD is so much bigger than</div>
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this little tumor in my brain</div>
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messing with my sight</div>
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messing with my memory</div>
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messing with my waking and sleeping</div>
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and I am thankful for being alive</div>
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and</div>
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HOME</div>
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with</div>
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lights on</div>
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cups of hot tea;</div>
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blankets that are knit and comfy</div>
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and laughter loud and vibrant…</div>
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music and pumpkins carved and glowing..</div>
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Tuesday is coming</div>
<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-6141712745601400352014-10-30T09:43:00.001-07:002014-10-30T09:43:22.468-07:00Naughty Autumn Deliciousness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Autumn Deliciousness</div>
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makes my heart go pitter patter...</div>
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the Doctor wants me to cut out ALL gluten</div>
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and nearly ALL sugar</div>
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and I think that is just lovely..</div>
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and that I will start probably on November 5th or 6th..</div>
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but..</div>
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don't tell him.</div>
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He might tell Santa</div>
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and then the word will be out</div>
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about MY being naughty.</div>
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Seriously</div>
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Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-15747113967740803642014-10-27T15:03:00.003-07:002014-10-27T15:41:09.338-07:00Catching My Eye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have learned in the past month,</div>
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that I have a brain tumor</div>
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It's wrapped itself around my optic nerve</div>
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and I am having a procedure to hopefully </div>
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kill it..</div>
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because the chance of blindness increases</div>
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if I choose </div>
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to do nothing..</div>
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I have always </div>
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ALWAYS told my children</div>
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that doing NOTHING</div>
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is doing something</div>
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so make sure you CHOSE to do that.</div>
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I don't believe we should just LET life happen.</div>
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I feel strongly we should EMBRACE life</div>
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really LIVE it.</div>
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I don't by ANY means think we should try to control it.</div>
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But we should by all means OWN it..</div>
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it's OUR life</div>
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a GIFT from God after all</div>
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and we only GET one of them.</div>
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we each walk roads…</div>
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they take us places…</div>
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onward to adventures,</div>
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back to home and family and friends…</div>
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sometimes we walk trails</div>
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or paths</div>
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or highways</div>
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or meandering country roads..</div>
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but life is a journey</div>
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and walk on I will</div>
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ever following after my Savior...</div>
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The procedure I am having is called a "Gamma Knife"</div>
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It is a little scary.</div>
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but there are scarier procedures..</div>
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Buddy asked if I was scared..</div>
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when I think of all the things that could happen IF I just..</div>
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ignore this..</div>
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just do nothing..</div>
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it's honestly a LOT scarier..</div>
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so I don't know who first said the quote..</div>
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but I like it</div>
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"You have to WANT IT more than you are AFRAID OF IT"</div>
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and that seems to fit here…</div>
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I want this treatment</div>
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because of what it CAN do</div>
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more than I am afraid of it..</div>
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I WANT the hope</div>
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MORE than I am afraid of this Tumor</div>
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I want LIFE</div>
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more than I am afraid of all its rawness</div>
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all is pain.</div>
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I Want to SEE these views again</div>
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and again</div>
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I want to look out on the beauty of God's Creation</div>
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and give thanks</div>
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for EVERY thing</div>
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the good, the bad</div>
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the ugly..</div>
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because its LIFE</div>
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and LIFE can be raw</div>
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and messy</div>
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and painfully real</div>
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and in it's ruggedness</div>
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it's beautiful</div>
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and I am thankful.</div>
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thankful for the air I breath..</div>
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the love of family and friends</div>
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and of CHRIST JESUS</div>
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who's love</div>
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saved me from the sin that is me…</div>
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I am SO thankful</div>
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and am trying to drink it all in</div>
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<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-43173130537298104142014-10-23T08:56:00.000-07:002014-10-23T08:57:08.145-07:00Farm Art d/Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Near our Farm each Year in the Autumn</div>
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is held something called</div>
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at the same time as a Fermentation Fest..</div>
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It's just FABULOUS</div>
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This year</div>
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MY FAVORITE spot was this one</div>
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the detail of this art work was immense</div>
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it fit my imaginings of the Shire</div>
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or NARNIA</div>
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as I often refer to this land</div>
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this particular spot made me think of the </div>
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and her Winter nightmare land</div>
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I could IMAGINE </div>
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her sitting upon this throne</div>
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could you?</div>
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it is so beautiful</div>
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surrounded in mirrors</div>
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so icy</div>
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so cold looking</div>
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even the deer</div>
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were stunning</div>
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and solid</div>
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oh I love the creativity of these people!</div>
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BRAVO!</div>
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just..</div>
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really really really</div>
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they mean it when they say</div>
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ha!</div>
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Years ago, before Oma went to live in Heaven with Jesus</div>
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she taught Princess </div>
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How to SEW</div>
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when Oma passed away</div>
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Princess.. stopped sewing.</div>
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Last Year, as a part of her American Heritage Girls troop,</div>
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she went to a local sewing shop </div>
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and took a class</div>
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and sewed the COOLEST overnight bag EVER..</div>
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I am so jealous of it,</div>
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I (throat clear) borrow it ..</div>
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quite often..</div>
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BUT!!!!</div>
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enough confession time..</div>
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Princess and I dreamed up a dream </div>
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to DEAL with </div>
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one of my nightmares</div>
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I have this laundry HALLWAY</div>
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but I have 6 people living here.</div>
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FOUR are of the MALE persuasion…</div>
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that = a LOT of laundry!</div>
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perhaps because of the kind of males they are..</div>
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messy, hiking,</div>
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gear head</div>
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hunting</div>
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diy</div>
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kind of guys</div>
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which means I am dreaming</div>
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that my SOME day dream home will have a laundry ROOM…</div>
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not a laundry closet.</div>
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I have done EVERYTHING to organize it..</div>
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EVERYTHING to clean it.</div>
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DE CLUTTER IT</div>
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but</div>
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I am old enough to know NOW</div>
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what I didn't know in my 20's and 30's..</div>
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IT IS</div>
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WHAT IT IS</div>
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you can change YOU,</div>
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but you can't change other people.</div>
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and preparing a home around them,</div>
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that works for them, and you.</div>
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NOT forcing them into a box of what YOU think a home should be.</div>
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SO</div>
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Welcome sewing class</div>
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we took some long drapes with a lovely pattern</div>
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found matching concept patterned floor mat</div>
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and </div>
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a spring rod that extend and fits in showers or spots like this..</div>
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it WAS a closet..</div>
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but with my new washer dryer set</div>
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the doors don't fit..</div>
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Princess Measured</div>
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and cut</div>
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to make THIS!</div>
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Tadah!</div>
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It's still semi-organized behind there..</div>
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but it still looks awful BEHIND there in my opinion..</div>
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but now it ALWAYS looks good when I walk by..</div>
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I don't feel stressed..</div>
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I just have to keep CLOSING the curtains</div>
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because messy men</div>
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boys</div>
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keep OPENING It…</div>
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oi vey</div>
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try to save them..</div>
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and still</div>
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they just don't reach for that life preserver do they?</div>
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LOVE My guys !</div>
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and </div>
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LOVE</div>
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LOVE </div>
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my </div>
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Princess</div>
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and her beautiful work!</div>
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So. </div>
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things haven't gone as planned</div>
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and our big MOVE didn't happen</div>
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as the buyers of our </div>
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home lost their financing…</div>
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So after MUCH prayer</div>
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we felt led to reconfigure</div>
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repurpose</div>
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re LOOK</div>
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re SEE </div>
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re DO our house</div>
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and make it a home that can work</div>
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for a little bit longer</div>
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what WAS our family room</div>
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is going to become our library</div>
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and our dining room</div>
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so out came the Armoire and the couch</div>
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and construction began</div>
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Machine Man prefers to work with METAL</div>
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so working with wood</div>
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can cause stress...</div>
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Suck it up Buttercup…</div>
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to which my beloved smiles</div>
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he's building me a base</div>
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A lovely base for my Library!</div>
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yah.. we can tend to over do things</div>
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it's not a REAL built in</div>
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it's just gonna LOOK built in..</div>
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up went in the Ikea Bookshelves</div>
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and added connecting strips that I painted also!</div>
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The table I had previously painted..</div>
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but the chairs needed work..</div>
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They are Machine Man's grandma's old dining set.</div>
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We inherited this when she passed away..</div>
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The seats had some sort of mold on them</div>
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the OLD bottoms</div>
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pop!</div>
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the cool new cushions fabric was found at our local</div>
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Joanne's fabric..</div>
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it seemed whimsical</div>
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so Princess Jigsawed new boards..</div>
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these were thicker than the old ones</div>
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and then she sanded.</div>
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Bravo!</div>
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We chose 2 inch foam pads…</div>
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some simple batting</div>
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a little goes a LONG way with this stuff…</div>
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We chose to do it OUTSIDE</div>
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then batting,</div>
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so flip it and check</div>
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before you start stapling ..</div>
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because waiting around for someone to buy more</div>
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everyone here got a turn..</div>
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that is a lie.</div>
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Buddy didn't get a turn..</div>
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neither did Little Man</div>
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Cutting the foam was fun</div>
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but tricky to get right</div>
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was something we all ended up doing...</div>
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careful and steady...</div>
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trimming was important</div>
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because our bottoms will be seated there for long hours</div>
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doing school work.</div>
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Princess took the work VERY seriously..</div>
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She loved the work</div>
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dining room / library chairs</div>
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<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-57291521643637644022014-10-18T09:08:00.000-07:002014-10-18T09:14:10.549-07:00Summer Gardening… Part 3 Solutions and Discoveries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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so did you figure out what was the mistake in our fancy</div>
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2014 garden ?</div>
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our visitors could ALL too easily GET in..</div>
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and did</div>
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Enter Triple L</div>
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Lovely Literary Lady</div>
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Triple L for short</div>
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she came this summer a couple times..</div>
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the fowl</div>
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and Zeus</div>
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but yet resist the temptation to "GET" the fowl..</div>
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for beams the young adults all just got beams from the forest</div>
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they chopped down</div>
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or collected previously chopped down</div>
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holes were dug</div>
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Princess built that lovely gate..</div>
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but there are FOUR entrances to this large garden…</div>
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we still needed proper fitted gates..</div>
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will proper gates be gotten too?</div>
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the plants are growing GREAT in this no dig garden..</div>
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and the only weed issues we seem to really have is in the walkways</div>
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we need to find time to do more mulching..</div>
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At the farm,</div>
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as you remember we have that great wood chipper…</div>
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so we make our OWN mulch..</div>
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it takes time</div>
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making sure its safe for plants…</div>
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but it's sure a blessing..</div>
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gardening here at the farm.. </div>
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I expect to FAIL</div>
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we NEED to fail..</div>
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it's how we will best learn this soil.. this hill…</div>
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this light</div>
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this planting zone..</div>
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and it's SO freeing to be ok with that..</div>
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these teens LOVED the freedom given to them!</div>
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they couldn't believe how little were my expectations..</div>
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and in the end they BLEW me away!</div>
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excitement was struck!</div>
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what looked like a METAL box</div>
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could it be buried treasure</div>
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would we be millionaires??</div>
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eagerness and excitement ensued...</div>
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when the rational voice of the </div>
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we are looking at RUSTY metal kids</div>
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in farm country…so get gloves on"</div>
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leaving the buried treasure to be looked at later</div>
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gardening turned archeological adventure </div>
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on pause</div>
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one tetnus shot later</div>
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we were able to discover that beneath this metal lid</div>
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yep..</div>
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someone just tossed it there..</div>
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and dumped dirt</div>
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EXCITING</div>
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the walkway to the garden finished, plants growing</div>
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things are looking </div>
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GREAT!</div>
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rustic</div>
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but practical!</div>
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and my birds are VER intimidated by it all</div>
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see the morning glory is growing!</div>
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look ...staring toward the garden..</div>
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plotting</div>
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as summer went..</div>
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things just kept growing and blooming!</div>
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and Zeus</div>
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it's so hard to be bird dog…</div>
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with all these blasted birds everywhere!</div>
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Every true fisherman has his share of secret fishing holes..</div>
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Mr. T is no different</div>
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One wonderful day this summer</div>
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Mr. T took the Blessings</div>
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and the California kids</div>
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to one of those secret spots..</div>
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and fishing commenced</div>
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and catching commenced!</div>
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so much excitement</div>
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and bug spray</div>
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and reminders of HOW to behave on a dock</div>
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catching is THRILLING</div>
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helping putting on hooks</div>
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that got lost in branches</div>
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patient teaching HOW to cast</div>
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I enjoyed the flora</div>
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and the flora's friends</div>
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and the early dew on the trees</div>
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there were fishermen & women all about the little fishing hole</div>
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it was VERY quiet..</div>
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there was SO much to see</div>
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so many fish to catch</div>
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and spending time with friends</div>
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before they move far far away</div>
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is very much a blessing</div>
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quiet mornings</div>
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make my heart feel peaceful</div>
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I love quiet </div>
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secret </div>
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do you?</div>
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I used a very URBAN term</div>
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a very</div>
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"gardening" term</div>
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on folks who are reading about </div>
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a </div>
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I told you were were doing a "No Dig Garden"</div>
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and you were thinking…</div>
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What EVER is that…?</div>
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farming requires tractors..</div>
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or at the very LEAST</div>
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tillers</div>
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This video may make some very "traditional" farmers </div>
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For the LOVE of the till</div>
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and all things sacred to farming..</div>
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please forgive us</div>
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we really are</div>
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urban farmers at heart</div>
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we hope you enjoyed the VERY informative video!</div>
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we had a LOT of fun attempting to make this </div>
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this summer.</div>
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We followed the recipe in this video to our best ability.</div>
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We look forward to doing it again!</div>
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chives..</div>
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make me </div>
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HAPPY!</div>
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I love them in my salad..</div>
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sprinkled on my eggs..</div>
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and on my chavre cheese...</div>
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this Summer we planted our </div>
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food garden that is..</div>
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i know.. i know you're thinking</div>
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WHAT???</div>
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but we've been a little busy</div>
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restoring that farm house..</div>
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blazing those trails..</div>
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building that coop</div>
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We decided to make steps</div>
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not these steps..</div>
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to go up.. into the woods..</div>
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these.. we didn't plant..</div>
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they are just wonderful</div>
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sprinkling happy where ever they are</div>
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these I didn't plant either..</div>
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by planting..</div>
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not my chickens</div>
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we decided to go with the "no till" garden</div>
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we gathered things like gravel</div>
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cardboard</div>
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old grass clippings</div>
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fresh grass clippings</div>
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compost</div>
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fowl poop</div>
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they gladly obliged</div>
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we layered</div>
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and layered</div>
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the boys were busy gathering the supplies</div>
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fluffing</div>
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spreading</div>
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it really was exhausting..</div>
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I helped..</div>
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a LOT..</div>
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where credit is due</div>
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this girl ROCKS</div>
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She was solid mud</div>
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and she didn't care</div>
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look at that beautiful bed</div>
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only 5 more to go!</div>
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and go she did!</div>
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the interesting thing about </div>
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not till gardening</div>
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is that it provides SO much of the nutrients needed</div>
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for the plants to grow strong and healthy</div>
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we sure did get a late start this year..</div>
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we had a lot of rain</div>
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and trouble making those steps</div>
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it was a challenge,</div>
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and we were impressed with the results</div>
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and how quickly we saw them.</div>
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I sure was glad to have all my helpers though</div>
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because my back</div>
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does NOT bend like that</div>
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watering between layers is important!</div>
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Little Man loved adding worms.. </div>
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HIS job was to hunt for worms</div>
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to add</div>
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which gave Princess </div>
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she needed</div>
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to work in her way</div>
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she loves that</div>
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and then there are the helpers</div>
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with buckets of sand</div>
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and muck</div>
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and worms</div>
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and mess</div>
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adorable</div>
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wonderful</div>
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hobbit like</div>
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mess</div>
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ah yes</div>
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my girls always look for bugs and worms</div>
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now they have competition</div>
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so do the troops</div>
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and they are SURE loud about it</div>
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lots of squawking going on…</div>
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in other news</div>
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we discovered the weird wooden cage thing..</div>
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is surrounded by brick..</div>
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like it was framed in</div>
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on PURPOSE</div>
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any ideas on what this is..</div>
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we welcome those </div>
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because we wonder</div>
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the flowers were wonderful</div>
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the greens so amazing</div>
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my eyes could see so crisp</div>
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the edges </div>
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the colors</div>
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I love the garden</div>
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the food garden</div>
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my flower garden</div>
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fabulous flowers..</div>
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I miss them already</div>
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their hue</div>
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the early morning dew</div>
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my rose bush</div>
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my oh my</div>
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It's a glorious thing..</div>
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to have your own little herbs</div>
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mint for my Mohito's</div>
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and wood chips and gardens for the birds..</div>
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see the MUD!!!!</div>
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its rained again..</div>
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utter SLOP</div>
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but things are growing</div>
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oh the grand hopes we had</div>
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do you see the mistake</div>
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those are bamboo rods</div>
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tomato plants</div>
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surrounded by basil</div>
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and parsley</div>
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and marigolds</div>
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but its CLEAR</div>
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we've graded off too much soil..</div>
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we'll have to add more soil</div>
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we are PLEASED</div>
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can you SEE our grand mistake..</div>
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we could</div>
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but we needed TIME</div>
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we JUST didn't have it..</div>
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it was like that soap opera</div>
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like sand in and hour glass</div>
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slipping…</div>
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slipping moments</div>
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we were grappling</div>
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rushing about</div>
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making the most of everything</div>
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every moment we could!</div>
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planting little things here</div>
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finding snakes</div>
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someone was VERY smart and went IN the coop</div>
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someone joined her</div>
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all in all a great beginning..</div>
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<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-26627048569196774112014-10-16T18:44:00.001-07:002014-10-23T07:46:45.121-07:0020 years….<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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CS and Princess had birthdays..</div>
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snuck in a surprise on us !</div>
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they snuck in this wonderful anniversary treat to celebrate</div>
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our 20 years of Marriage</div>
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it's been a long road baby..</div>
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But I love my man</div>
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my Machine Man</div>
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with all my heart</div>
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<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-65015329228754074782014-10-16T09:45:00.001-07:002014-10-23T07:47:37.846-07:00a day in the BIG City… Chicago!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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we had some business that called Machine Man to the BIG City</div>
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We saw lots of things</div>
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one JUST never sees at Blessings Farm..</div>
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or anywhere near Blessings Farm...</div>
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We saw ginormous heads surrounded by blue skies</div>
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and flowers</div>
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the famed BEAN</div>
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which made Buddy giggle </div>
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ENDLESSLY</div>
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the skyline was beautiful</div>
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the marketplaces </div>
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colorful</div>
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the bean</div>
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amusing</div>
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and bright</div>
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and apparently </div>
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hysterically humous!</div>
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giggling just kept going on and on and on...</div>
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out door amphitheater </div>
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the BP Bridge</div>
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walking about</div>
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water fun on a HOT day</div>
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so many lovely bridges connecting one here and there..</div>
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so many lovely gardens</div>
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bringing color</div>
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and life to this very Metropolitan Space</div>
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love the stone work!</div>
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texture pleases me SO deeply.</div>
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patterns..</div>
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height…</div>
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color..</div>
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bam!</div>
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go go GO </div>
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Chicago</div>
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old and new</div>
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blended and beautiful</div>
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and there is the sea..</div>
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the brave </div>
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fresh water inland sea..</div>
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that most people dare call a lake..</div>
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WHATever..</div>
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all smiles</div>
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what a HAM</div>
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a favorite spot of mine..</div>
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The Chicago Art Institute…</div>
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endless hours in my teen years spent here…</div>
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street musicians</div>
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how I adore street musicians!</div>
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of all kinds</div>
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fun times</div>
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The Blue Angels were practicing over head</div>
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the day we went..</div>
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SO exciting!</div>
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really tall buildings!</div>
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color</div>
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texture</div>
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light</div>
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picasso</div>
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american flag</div>
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old building</div>
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new building</div>
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BLUE blue skies</div>
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love this shot</div>
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The Berghoff!</div>
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I am GERMAN</div>
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so I love this restaurant..</div>
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we didn't get to eat here..</div>
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but we drooled over the menu</div>
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yum</div>
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All in all a great adventure day in the </div>
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BIG CITY</div>
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now back to our adventures </div>
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on the Farm </div>
<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-14451702142099503302014-10-15T19:29:00.001-07:002014-10-15T19:29:31.277-07:00More Autumn Musing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I really just can't say enough…</div>
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write enough</div>
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about my lovely lane</div>
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the colors</div>
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textures</div>
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all sing to me</div>
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can you SEE the light?</div>
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it seems hard to capture on film for some reason...</div>
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here is where it ends…</div>
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In 2015 we will pick up the trail blazing once again</div>
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and push this line forward</div>
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lots of trees and bramble removed</div>
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and looking to the top</div>
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I see how far we have come…</div>
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once upon a time ALL this was bramble and weeds..</div>
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the trails have opened up SO much </div>
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we now have the most beautiful array of wild flowers</div>
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still plenty of weeds..</div>
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(cough cough.. clearing my throat)</div>
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other wild flowers and plants…</div>
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but alas.. </div>
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ARE not the colors lovely?</div>
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I love the variety of trees</div>
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I love walking here…</div>
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and I LOVE</div>
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all these brilliant surprises!</div>
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<br />Blessings Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647145655602468432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021450224747103697.post-61451536061650243642014-10-15T08:33:00.001-07:002014-10-15T18:20:13.924-07:00Trail Blazing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love Autumn at Blessings Farm</div>
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I love walking the trails</div>
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I love trail blazing with our friends…</div>
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the dreaming of..</div>
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and actual making of new trails on our land..</div>
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last year a vision was cast…</div>
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and all this year.. bit by bit</div>
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we've all been trying to contribute in our own ways</div>
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Mr. & Mrs. Treegardener and their fabulously FUNSON</div>
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came up this past weekend for one FINAL push for 2014</div>
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due to so many health issues</div>
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and blah blah blah things that have come up,</div>
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we've leaned heavily upon the support and encouragement</div>
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and nitty gritty WORK of Mr. Treegardener</div>
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and he's only proven himself </div>
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FAITHFUL</div>
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we can see hidden spots of our land</div>
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we never saw before</div>
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or could only get to with great effort.</div>
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we have a nice lean walking trail </div>
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that connects to our main trail system</div>
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we hope to map this out in due course</div>
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for family and friends who enjoy </div>
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Blessings Farm with us</div>
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and for the kids</div>
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in their games!</div>
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I can just SEE the paint ball games to come!</div>
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so many wonderful landmarks</div>
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so many glorious views</div>
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super spots for deer stands</div>
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and with some of this bramble cleared away…</div>
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pretty soon, this will be green grass..</div>
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we've seen it happen in other areas we've worked on in the forest.</div>
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so exciting!</div>
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I love quiet wandering trails</div>
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I love the colors that Autumn brings</div>
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the low leaning trees we have to lean down</div>
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to get beyond</div>
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the fallen logs to climb over</div>
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make it a bit of an adventure…</div>
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never boring walking a dog</div>
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or a four year old!</div>
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walking the trails is SO much fun..</div>
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there are so many more trails we are eager to blaze..</div>
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but there is 2015 and beyond to begin those</div>
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but alas my friends</div>
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the most AMAZING trail view yet</div>
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This was the finale..</div>
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The Lane</div>
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This is bliss… </div>
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the genesis of the Perimeter </div>
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I LOVE this lane..</div>
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Thank you Mr. Treegardner</div>
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for your friendship</div>
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your faithfulness</div>
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and for holding fast to the vision…</div>
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not everyone can see beyond</div>
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Remember Mrs O?</div>
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well she and I had a fun 24 hour rush fellowship</div>
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paint attack!</div>
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yep…</div>
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we attacked the kitchen floor</div>
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it needed a freshening up…</div>
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with winter boots</div>
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and hunting season JUST around the corner</div>
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I needed to seal it up…</div>
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some day I sure hope to get that lounge finished..</div>
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better still </div>
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TILE the whole space</div>
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wood floors in a country kitchen don't make this mama happy..</div>
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but it sure looks pretty!</div>
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we ate the BEST pizza,</div>
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drank some good wine</div>
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and got to bed</div>
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only to wake up to </div>
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a BEAUTIFUL day!</div>
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coffee time lasted a VERY long time!</div>
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we had a fantastic breakfast out on the porch..</div>
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JUST Mrs. O and I..</div>
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no kids</div>
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no husbands</div>
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it was fabulous</div>
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we were off!</div>
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we adventured to the cheese maker</div>
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(BEST in the world!)</div>
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the Amish Baker </div>
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(oh how we love her!)</div>
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the Chocolate Shoppe</div>
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The town store</div>
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the antique store</div>
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and all the way to Mauston!</div>
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to the BEST Butcher in Wisconsin!</div>
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<a href="http://www.wisconsinrivermeats.com/" target="_blank">Wisconsin River Meats</a></div>
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(no they don't pay me to say that, I wish they would)</div>
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and then a fun ride home…</div>
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I love girl time!</div>
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Our families were thrilled with the goodies we brought home,</div>
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and we were thrilled for the break !</div>
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LOVE my time with my dear friend</div>
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Remember Aqua Man?</div>
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well..</div>
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he's now very officially </div>
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Aquaponic's Man…</div>
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he's my shroom expert..</div>
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or rather my friend that is MORE knowledgeable than ME friend!</div>
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My father knew a LOT about fungi</div>
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I don't think there is fungi in heaven.. but I don't know</div>
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it SURE is beautiful!</div>
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like little trumpets!</div>
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sizes </div>
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and colors</div>
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I adore walking in my woods</div>
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and searching out these woodland growths</div>
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they are magical</div>
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mysterious…</div>
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will they hold murder</div>
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or healing properties…</div>
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I just honestly don't know</div>
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I don't touch</div>
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because..</div>
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I need to learn</div>
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There are great books on mushrooming</div>
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and I plan on getting some and enjoying long winter of reading.</div>
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which ought to make next years identification </div>
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a bit more than just wonder</div>
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and amazement</div>
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some look like pancakes</div>
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some looked fluorescent</div>
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the ridges on these made me want to imprint them in concrete</div>
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so pretty</div>
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so delicate</div>
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just WOW!</div>
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this one looks like a leaf!</div>
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see! here were more of them!</div>
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look like balls of pastry!</div>
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the artistry AMAZES me!</div>
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poof balls!</div>
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up close, they capture the imagination!</div>
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these look like fallen leaves!</div>
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or eggy pancakes...</div>
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wild?</div>
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very very wild</div>
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burnt on the edges wild wild mushrooms!</div>
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and some critter took a bite out of this one! </div>
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The Artist</div>
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My friends often ask me…</div>
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where the artist in me came from…</div>
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where the eye came from that takes these funny photos</div>
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where that humor comes from that so</div>
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loves silly farm life</div>
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and yet adores the culture of the city…</div>
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but alas nothing in-between...</div>
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ah..</div>
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meet the artist</div>
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He would only ever swoop into my childhood from time to time..</div>
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as bright and exciting as a lightening bolt </div>
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I adored his harmonica playing then,</div>
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and do now</div>
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and his stories.. oh I love those </div>
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I could listen endlessly</div>
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I invited him to teach</div>
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at Art on the Porch</div>
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an honor he gladly accepted</div>
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he is after all</div>
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a Professor...</div>
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and he can teach..</div>
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without seeming to teach…</div>
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he DRAWS things out of you…</div>
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sometimes…</div>
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DRAGS things out of you</div>
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and you might kick and scream on the inside</div>
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but you KNOW you will do it</div>
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and you will LOVE him more because of it..</div>
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he's just brilliant</div>
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and HE knows it too</div>
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Getting to know him now..</div>
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Now that I am a grown up person with children of my own…</div>
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some grown</div>
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is getting to know something of myself</div>
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frankly getting to know him freaked me out</div>
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he's absolutely better at EVERYTHING than I…</div>
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from painting to cooking…</div>
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He has got stuff to teach me..</div>
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and you know what?</div>
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I loved getting to know him…</div>
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and LOVED learning form him!</div>
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The kids made him laugh!</div>
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The animals made him laugh!</div>
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and he made US laugh!</div>
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We had the MOST delightful time!</div>
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we ate the best home cooked meals, cooking things together…</div>
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dancing in the kitchen us two chefs,</div>
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together…</div>
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picking herbs in the garden together..</div>
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and making happy sounds over how GOOD our food was together..</div>
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we really enjoyed days at the beach...</div>
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and he even took up a bow..</div>
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to see what the archery thing was ALL about</div>
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I will hand it to him,</div>
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HE really went all out to have fun </div>
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to really get into life at the farm!</div>
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he asked lots of questions</div>
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and was a quick study</div>
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he was however very very sore for the next few days..</div>
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our hero.. the mighty hunter</div>
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My Uncle</div>
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We visited Wild Cat Mountain</div>
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him with his camera </div>
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me with mine</div>
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is this really Wisconsin??</div>
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I feel I have stepped back in time...</div>
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Maybe I am the 9 year old and not Buddy...</div>
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In this shot my Uncle looks SO much like my Opa</div>
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I am so thankful to see him it's been 8 years…</div>
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life is so short..</div>
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Time goes by so quick</div>
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I loved this vacation trip with my Uncle,</div>
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The Artist</div>
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We drove to the BEST Butcher </div>
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In Mauston Wisconsin</div>
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and had the BEST steak dinner EVER...</div>
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went to the BEST Amish Chocolate shoppe</div>
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took photos</div>
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because… you HAVE to!</div>
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and loved EVERY minute of being with MY Uncle the Artist...</div>
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I loved showing him some of my favorite views...</div>
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the neighbors bison</div>
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because come on… HOW cool is THAT!?</div>
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it was SO cool..</div>
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we serenaded them..hoping they would come closer</div>
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took him to a favorite fishing hole</div>
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and Thankfully</div>
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Buddy did NOT fall in</div>
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did what I always do…</div>
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he looked</div>
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he observed…</div>
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he took note</div>
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he nodded his approval..</div>
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and I saw what I do</div>
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in someone else..</div>
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someone</div>
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that I have never really KNOWN so well...</div>
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we lived on different continents you see… </div>
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so it was interesting to me…</div>
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to observe all that we have in common...</div>
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he enjoyed all the lakes</div>
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and rivers</div>
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It was a joy</div>
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capturing this man on film</div>
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my mothers brother…</div>
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I love my Uncle..</div>
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My Uncle the Artist</div>
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I love that my children got to really KNOW him…</div>
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his wit</div>
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and his wisdom</div>
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his patience</div>
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and kindness</div>
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his songs</div>
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Made it one of the best memories </div>
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one I will cherish ALL my days…</div>
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I am so thankful to have gotten to know</div>
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the Man</div>
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The Musician</div>
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The Professor</div>
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The Painter</div>
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The Adventurer </div>
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The World Traveler</div>
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The Story Teller</div>
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The Teacher</div>
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The Chef</div>
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who I love</div>
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and now they ALL love…</div>
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We already miss you like CRAZY </div>
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read this</div>
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and come back to us soon!</div>
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