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Last night at 1:20 AM, all hell broke loose in my quiet little house. I had just gone upstairs to get ready for bed when Ricky let Chloe out into the backyard to take care of business one last time. She caught the scent of something and made a bee-line for the back garden. Ricky tried calling her off her mission, but she was persistent ( Read more... )

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Recently, Dave, (davesmusictank) asked the question:

Are your pets 'super helpful' around the house (assuming that you have pets)?I thought about it for a while and posted this response ( Read more... )

It was another gorgeous day today: sunny and unseasonably warm. I spent about an hour late this afternoon harvesting the pole beans (string beans) in my garden. I picked about a half a shopping bag full, and that was on just half of the vines. Lily hung out with me in the garden too. Several times she tried to grab a mouthful of beans out of my ( Read more... )

Around noon today, Johnny was painting the front porch floor, Ricky was out of the house, and I was at the computer watching the news. It was a beautiful day, but a bit chilly. I had the kitchen door open, but the outer aluminum storm door closed. That way, the dogs can push the storm door open to go out whenever they want. The dogs were ( Read more... )

Some pictures from my garden yesterday:

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Last week, I had Dave come over with his chainsaw to take down my Peach tree. Way back in 2004, I wrote an entry in this journal, titled: "In Search of the Perfect Peach". Here is what I wrote:

Last Sunday I had the chance to do one of my favorite things: take the truck and wander the back roads exploring the countryside. I took a small ( Read more... )

We finished up work on the apartment in the Italianate style house a block away.  (Photos to come soon.) The place looks great and I am currently advertising for tenants.  I have had few responses so far,  but people tend not to move in the middle of winter.  My crew are all laid off until further notice except for Josh, who has been helping me ( Read more... )