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Well this morning I decided to count all the squirrels in my wooded back lot . Yesterday I went to one of those discount stores, and picked up a 5 lb can of unsalted roasted peanuts.

At sun up I went out back by the stone wall and spread them out over a 40 foot strip on the grass,in piles about 3 feet apart.

It didn't take long for the word to get out, and when I checked a 1/2 hour later, well I had 18 little furry guy's out there scarfing them up. Normally I have like only 6 or 8 of them out there eating the corn I put out every day...so the Squirrel population is really healthy and larger than I thought ....

so this is just a bit of trivial info that I wanted to pass on, being bored has it's quirks.. Yeah the water is still wicked high, as we got another 4.6 inches of rain the other day,and the marsh looks like one of the great lakes.

Some day it will go down and then I can start taking wildlife pics... Have a great day you all.....later

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Hi, Well I just finished putting up the Christmas lights. Yup.. it's after Thanksgiving, so it is fair game to put up the lights.

Last year when I took them down, I made sure to mark the string where the front door center was, so it made it easier this year. One thing that puzzles me as to how, no matter how careful you are winding them up...over the storage period they just turn into a wild tangled mess. It takes me longer to untangle them, then it does putting them up. Now I just have to wait till dark to find the dead bulbs,so I can replace them.

Hope you all had a great thanksgiving, and had fun with the family and friends.

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Hi, Well it's pouring rain out right now...so off to the kitchen I go...


This morning I made a batch of double Chocolate Brownies, and while they were in the oven I put on the stove 2 packs of Turkey Thighs ( 4 thighs) to simmer down.

The Turkey smells so good with the thyme, rosemary, onion, parsley and a bit of sage, cooked with 1 containers of chicken stock, and enough water to cover them up. They will be broken down later today after it cools so I can make a small soup, and a turkey pot pie.

the brownies will be the desserts for the next 3 suppers....

Yup life is good when you make all these items from scratch!

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Hi, Nope I'm not leaving here....My Hummingbirds have departed south for the annual migration. I saw my last one 4 days ago, and since then..nothing. In my area, they start moving south around the second week of September, this year they hung around for an extra week

I'm going to miss them. I had 9 of these little speedy flyers, visiting my feeders every day. you could almost set your watch by them. at first light there would be 2 of them, and 10 minutes later they all had to sit in the close by trees to get a turn at the feeders.just one of the joys of summer in New England.....

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Hi All,

up here in Ma. it's now prime time to go Blueberry picking.I just got back from my favorite dirt road picking spot. In just under 3 hours, I picked a 1/2 Gal. container of these wild little gems. Yup nothing beats a wild blue berry for the intense flavor. they beat the store bought ones hands down. Another plus is, in my area stores, the charge $3.00 for a small pint container....the ones I picked so far this year would've cost me a small fortune! I now have in the freezer over 2 gallons of this years berries. Oh yeah, all fall and winter, I can make blue berry pancakes, cobblers,a few pies and Nancy will always make her "Killer" muffins.

so if you know of any parks or rural roads near you, take the time to investigate them for "roadside" blueberry bushes. I found my places while out shooting wildlife pictures, and just stored the locations in my mind.


go ahead..find some pick them and enjoy a breakfast of Blueberry pancakes and Bacon..

doesn't get much better than that for sure!

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