tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21565033815977570772024-02-07T00:30:05.513-05:00Downeast doing stuffElenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-79725439013289666122014-10-26T10:48:00.000-04:002014-10-26T11:41:22.419-04:00Boo tiful time!!<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's almost <b>Halloween</b>!! Wikipedia, the source of all sources, true or false, says:<i> <span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">t</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">he traditional focus of All Hallows' Eve revolves around the theme of using "<u>humor and ridicule</u> to confront the power of death". </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">So off Mr. Downeastdoingstuff and I went to find </span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">humor and ridicule</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> each other...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Yesterday, LL Bean, up in Freeport, Maine, celebrated their annual </span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Pumpkin</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> Festival to '<i>confront the power of death'.</i> Thousands of folks contributed an hour of their life finding a parking space and then gave donations to help fund Camp Sunshine, a camp for very ill children and their families.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">A friend of ours carves massive pumpkins into </span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">ultra creepy things</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">.</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> By massive I mean, around 1,000 pounds. (Other than a recipe I have for pumpkins cookies that ends up making 1,000 lbs. of cookies, I don't know any food that weighs a 1,000 pounds or more.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each and every orangey pumpkin was loving placed along perimeters everywhere. EVERY SINGLE pumpkin had a candle put in it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">AND THEN.....volunteers.....(you'd have to pay me to do this...)...went around with one of those impossible to light kitchen lighters and lit...every.....single....candle....one....at.....a......time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(See that volunteer? If this photo had sound, there would be curse words flying out of her mouth.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(ever use one of those things??) (I rest my case.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly, nature called and we had to leave the spooks and stroll down the street for a glass of wine. (That's the 'nature called' part....happens often.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ended up at the Tuscan Bistro. Never went there. Very good!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another Bootiful adventure in the beautiful state of Maine!!</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>I like to do things, by that I mean, go places. </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Interesting places.</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Maine has lots of interesting places. </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>We found one a couple of weeks ago.</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>The Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville, Maine</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>A little off the beaten track aka Route One, it is a gem.</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>On a hill, overlooking their vineyards. And. Free. Wine. Tasting!</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Yup, I’m all over that!!</b></span></div>
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Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-32043321043209626422014-03-02T11:02:00.001-05:002014-03-02T11:02:26.393-05:00March?<span style="font-size: large;">It's March already? Time flies. I can't wait for winter to end, but at this point in my life, I'm making it a point not to wish my life away. Get the point? It's pointless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the winter Olympics. Somehow intriguing to me, what with the snow and all. I'm NOT a winter person, but out of the 2 Olympics, I like the winter ones better. I don't even watch it that often!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Somehow, it just seems a wrong venue for winter Olympics....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> View of a Sochi street....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, let's see, we need find a place for the Winter Olympics. How about this place with all the palm trees? Yes, that's the ticket!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Any kind of green tea……</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Coffee ice-cream (this empty bowl had coffee chocolate chip in in.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I, myself, know what a weekend is. I also know when it's over. Someday, everyday will be a weekend, but 'til then….. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What did I do this weekend? I continued work on a painting I started….</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Didn't want to take all vestiges of Christmas down. Stubbornly left up the lights around the window for a while longer.</span></div>
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About 6 slices of bacon, chopped and cooked til crispy. Drain on paper towel, but keep fat in pan. (Remove some fat if you think it’s too much)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I'm still cuddled up with my little siamese cat in bed, trying to decide whether I should brave the cold air, when Mr. Downeastdoingstuff bounces in and announces that we should go out to breakfast.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Normally not such a big deal</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Today…..well….</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"What's the temperature out?", I inquire.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Minus 17", he says.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the time we got ready, it was much better anyway. See?</span><br />
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<br />Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-13677209161350504582014-01-03T09:36:00.001-05:002014-01-03T09:40:58.581-05:00Day after storm…well, almost...<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It's 9:10 a.m. It's up to -1 degree. And still snowing a bit. It should all be over with very soon….or so the local weather person claims. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Wind chills….well….see for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK, so I lied about the -1 degree. It's actually zero now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Note the "feels like -21º…") </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a couple of my fav birds roosting outside my kitchen window. Mourning doves. Love 'em.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have a really hard time feeding off the bird feeders, so they ground feed under the bird feeders, but with the snow it was so hard for them. Mr. Downeastdoingstuff (aka <a href="http://pasttimeamainebackyardandbeyond.blogspot.com/">Birdman</a>) went out and put a tray of seeds on the ground, but the snow did quick work of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Door was shut all night. This is how much snow the wind drove through the crack into our entrance hall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Help.</span>Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-2896745914016697232014-01-02T12:59:00.000-05:002014-01-02T17:32:34.974-05:00No school…..and frigid….<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Snowing out, going to get worse tonight. No school and I'll be surprised if there's school tomorrow. This is tacked on to a week and a half of Christmas break, aka Winter break.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was 1 degree this morning creating this Mondrian artwork on my kitchen window.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winter's very pretty. :-p</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Update: It's 5:30 pm and it's -3. Blizzard outside. Gonna last all night. A teacher in my school was collecting money to fight Global warming and they were doing a dip into the ocean yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting ready for another storm. Catnaps all around, Christmas ambiance still up, going to bed early….back to school tomorrow. Well, maybe…..</span><br />
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Summer backyard of a friend....Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-16112998771793151372013-03-24T11:01:00.002-04:002016-10-02T21:22:28.665-04:00New painting....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is a painting of Congress Street down near the Eastern Prom, in Portland, Maine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And then.....the reason I haven't posted for eons is because I had 3 other blogs on Blogger, one was photo heavy, so therefore, I exceeded my photo limit and was too cheap to pay the monthly fee to continue. I moved one of the blogs to Wordpress and now I'm good to go......for now, anyway.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wordless images of our trip to the <a href="http://www.mofga.org/theFair">Common Ground Fair</a> in Unity, Maine.</span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, almost wordless images...amongst all this back to the earth, green sh*t, Mr. Downeastdoingstuff aka <a href="http://pasttimeamainebackyardandbeyond.blogspot.com/">Birdman</a> had to text someone. Peace.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Up at the crack of 5:00 A.M. Hitting the road at </span><s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">6:00 A.M. </span></s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> 6:34 A.M. Heading to New Harbor, Maine to catch the 9:00 A.M. boat to Monhegan Island. The </span><a href="http://hardyboat.com/monhegan_ferry.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hardy Boat Line</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> takes us 10 miles through 100 foot swells (literally) slamming into our little boat every 4 feet and taking us into another world. (Literally)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Shaw's Lobster and Fish Market is right there on the wharf in case you all would like to order some wicked good Lobstahs and other salty delicacies. These things were alive just minutes before. (Don't think about it.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Boarding the boat from the front and past the little Galley serving coffee, tea, snacks and homemade cinnamon buns, we were able to choose sitting inside or up on the top deck outside. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> This was the view from the back of the boat, before we shoved off. Looks calm, huh? Well now, the captain announces that he can see the big buoy way out there somewhere and IT appears to be bouncing around somewhat. Quite a bit, actually.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"We have some complimentary ginger candies in the Galley for motion sickness.", announces the Captain. Help yourself. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have no photos of the boat ride there. Not a one.The swells were so large, scenes from the Posiden Adventure and Titanic were scrolling in my head.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I could not move or take my eyes off of the horizon, which, btw, is what keeps one from puking. I sat like a zombie for an hour.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The boat literally fell from the top of one swell after another, I swear, a hundred feet.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Captain says they were 4 foot swells, but what does he know....)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mr. Downeastdoingstuff took a video of it on his i phone, but I don't know how to access that. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Me? I have one of the first cell phone ever invented. No apps.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So we had reservations at the </span><a href="http://www.monheganhouse.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Monhegan House</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, pictured below. There were old and/or mini pickup trucks from the major Inns waiting for us at the dock. We gave them our bags and they were waiting right outside our room when we checked in. Our room was the two windows on the far right on the second floor.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our room. All the rooms are basic farmhouse style rooms. There are shared bathrooms and showers down a long hall. At first that might seem yucky, but everything, and I mean everything, was spotless and it was maintained that way. Not a problem at all.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Toto toilets, lights that went on and off automatically, paper towel dispensers that gave you a paper towel. You didn't even have to wave your hand around at some unknown sensor to maybe get it to work. It just did. Nice showers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We stayed at this Inn 10 years ago and since then it's been freshly painted, remodeled and updated. It's very, very nice.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Walking around, there were a million things to photograph. Now, I tend to exaggerate about things now and then, but this was no exaggeration. Notice the lighthouse on the hill!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How many photos did you take, <a href="http://pasttimeamainebackyardandbeyond.blogspot.com/">Birdman</a>??</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The island just off the island is called Manana. The </span><a href="http://www.thehermitofmanana.com/_pdf/HermitOfMananaPressRelease1.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Manana hermit</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> used to live there. Apparently 'Rusty' will take you there. Check out the asterisk at the bottom....."*Call Rusty on the radio in the box." Top technology everywhere you look! ;-) (Rusty needs to use spellcheck...he spelled Manana wrong on the poster!) We did not call Rusty. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Red House. </span><a href="http://www.jamiewyeth.com/images/redhouse.jpeg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jamie Wyeth painted the Red House</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Town", by the way, is our Inn, a Church, the Black Duck and the Post Office.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There was a huge line at Otto's pizza just to get pie by the slice.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I wish this was more in focus. This kid was so cute munching on pizza.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We walked from City Hall all the way to Longfellow Square and ended up at <a href="http://lfkportland.com/wordpress/">LFK</a>'s pub, an new establishment in an old book store.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It was a rocking place and we nicely settled in on a settee and some overstuffed chairs in the back of the pub after greeting several friends that just happened to be there.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I also think they have works of art hanging up here and there.</span></div>
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GET THAT WATCH TO MAINE......<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">NOW</span>!!!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other day I received an email indicating that I got free overnight shipping from Amazon.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So yesterday I went onto Amazon and snooped around. I've been looking for a white watch all summer, so that's what I started looking for.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I found a nice Tommy Bahama watch I had seen on other sites before, but I thought it was too expensive. For some reason, it was a lot cheaper on Amazon, so I was all set to order it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As I was starting to order it, images of other watches appeared below this one, and there was another Tommy Bahama watch that was all yellow. For some reason it attracted my attention, and the next thing I knew, I ordered the dang yellow one! For free overnight delivery! Yessir.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I felt like a bandit. Doing something like that is out of character for me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">10:30 last night I got a text message that it was shipped.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This morning I went onto to Amazon to track my package and this is how it was shipped.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was some impressed! Look at how quickly many men and women helped to transport my tiny watch to me overnight!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It was scanned in at the Manchester airport and then scanned out for departure in 23 minutes!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So here I am sitting in my p.j.'s while my new yellow watch is riding around in a UPS truck looking for me.</span><br />
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Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-69153927927714838442012-08-06T13:54:00.001-04:002012-08-06T13:54:19.883-04:00Two Cat Day.....Yesterday I decided to photograph the cats, every hour from 9:30am to 8:30 pm, if I could find them, to see what they're up to.<br />
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This was the day that our Siamese, Sophie, had. I'm sure she's going to have to sleep all day today to make up for the exhausting day she had yesterday.....
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In the morning, I found her on the floor in our bedroom, catnapping.<br />
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2:30 pm.....uh...uh...is she getting up?</div>
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3:30 pm...nah.</div>
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8:30 pm....Good morning, Sophie!</div>
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<span id="goog_432245806"></span><span id="goog_432245807"></span>Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-8086878034445330042012-08-03T10:48:00.000-04:002012-08-03T10:48:27.263-04:00Wine Tasting....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Every Wednesday, the Black Point Inn in Scarborough, Maine has wine tasting from 4:30 to 5:30. Mr. Downeast and I partook.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All red wines today. Wines from Australia, Fess Parker wine, Northern California vineyards and San Francisco area vineyards.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The guy in the blue shirt is the wine connoisseur.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cheers!</span></div>Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-19509386176610770852012-08-01T19:36:00.000-04:002014-02-05T09:53:00.408-05:00I made Bagels!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. You don't have to worry about soaking the yeast when you use instant yeast (<i>most yeast sold these days is instant yeast</i>). The dough should feel stiff, but add the extra water if it's really stiff, or you can't get all the dry flour incorporated.</div>
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Plop the dough down onto the counter, and knead for about ten minutes, or until the dough is uniform and smooth.</div>
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Cut the dough into 8 equal sized balls, and let rest for 10-20 minutes.</div>
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Now, take each of the dough balls and using two hands, roll it into a little snake on the counter. When the snake is longer than the width of your two hands, wrap it around your dominant roiling hand. The dough rope should be wrapped so the overlapping ends are together at your palm, near the start of your fingers. Now take the two overlapping ends, and use your palm to squish/roll these two ends together. Once the dough is fused, you should have a perfectly circular bagel-to-be! This is the only part of the process that can take a little practice before your bagels will look really professional. Don't get discouraged if they don't look perfect, it just takes practice!</div>
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Let your bagels rest on the counter for about 20 minutes, and meanwhile, bring a pot of water to boil, and grease a large baking tray lightly. You can just rub a splash of vegetable oil and rub it around.</div>
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After the 20 minute wait, your bagels will start to look puffy, and it's time to get them boiling! Add them as many at a time as you can to your boiling water without crowding them. Boil for about a minute, turn them over, and boil for another minute. Take them out a let dry for a minute and then place them on your oiled baking tray. Repeat until all the bagels are boiled.</div>
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Add the tray to the oven, and after 10 minutes, flip the bagels over, bake for another ten minutes; and they're done!</div>
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Let them cool for at least 20 minutes, get the cream cheese ready, and feast on what's got to be one of the best weekend brunch treats possible!</div>
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<i>You can add any toppings you like to these. To make sesame, onions, poppy seed, caraway etc. etc. bagels just have a dry plate ready with the seed or spice topping spread out on it. After the bagels have come out of the boiling water, place them face down onto the seeds, and then place the seed side up onto the baking tray. Bake and flip as for plain bagels.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I spend A LOT of time on Pinterest, collecting images of stuff I want to do. They don't call me Downeast DOING STUFF for nothing! ( Well, I call myself that....) But I find that I collect more stuff than I'll ever do.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After going to the lawyers today to draft a will, etc. I realized how times flies and now I'm paying someone and telling someone what to do when I'm DEAD!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Jersey girl, me, pronounced Scallops</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mainiacs say Scollops, or something like that.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We have lots of cukes in the garden, so I thinly sliced them (on a box grater), salted them and let them sit in a colander for a while to withdraw a lot of the liquid, add thinly sliced onions, pepper, sugar to taste and vinegar. Makes a sort of sweet and sour dressing. Toss. I served this with the Scallops.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I would have served this with wine, but we already had two Pina Coladas each, so we had water.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you Pinterest.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One down, 4 million to go....</span><br />
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<br />Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-40814313073383158962012-07-16T11:46:00.001-04:002012-07-16T11:46:47.320-04:00Happy Birthday my sweet Birdman....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Update: I'm in a place where the internet is sketchy at best. I thought I scheduled this post to appear after midnight on the 15th, but alas, it didn't. So here it is.....</div>
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Sorry Birdman.....</div>
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Typical image of the Birdman aka Mr. Downeastdoingstuff. Camera in hand....</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sadly I am not with my Birdman on his birthday. He's in Maine and I'm in Florida, but the miles do not mean anything. I am always with you, my sweetie and always will be.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wishing you a wonderful day. Miss you and will see you soon....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Much love, Elenka xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxooooooooooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxooooooooooooooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxx etc.</span>Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-37354918744392214962012-07-09T14:15:00.000-04:002012-07-09T14:24:39.266-04:00Happy Birthday to my sweet, sweet baby.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">8:17 PM. July 9, 1986. You entered this world. Little did I know that we would end up with the cutest little baby on earth! Dad and I were so proud....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nana and Babka were proud, too.....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Papa? Well, he didn't even know what to say! (or was it Daj mi Pivo?)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Grandpa loved to come visit you!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just you and Wiz.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Papa and Grandpa were together with you because Babka and Papa came up from Florida to see you perform a lead in.....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> the musical, "The Secret Garden". (Colin Craven)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Keep smiling my little bird, keep smiling......I love you forever.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Race you to the top of the morning<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Come sit on my shoulders and ride<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Run and hide, I'll come find you<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Climb hills to remind you<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I love you, my boy at my side.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So today Mr. Downeastdoingstuff, aka Birdman, announces he wants to make some Mojitos. Mojitos??</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Do you know how to make one?", I ask.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"No", he replies.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Well, I know you have muddle some mint leaves in the bottom of a glass first.", I inform him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"???"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Muddle?"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(blink...blink)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Let's just not use mint leaves!", he declares</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"No, I'm pretty sure that's an integral part of the recipe.", I say.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, off I go to my best friend......Google.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Come to find out we need to make something called 'simple syrup'. It's a good thing that this idea of Birdman's came just after breakfast because to make simple syrup you have to make it hot and then let it cool before you actually use it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I found a recipe and emailed it to Birdman's computer. He's the drink maker around here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Late afternoon I went to Hannaford's and got the ingredients.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(I picked up 3 Lobsters, too...just in case.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here we go:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rum, simple syrup, mint leaves, lime and club soda.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Muddle the leaves first. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"???"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next step? You Tube.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(we'd be in big trouble without the computer)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Important fact learned. Do NOT muddle it too much. Be gentle. Key to a great Mojito.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Twenty minutes later, 2 great Mojitos. Here's one. (I photographed Birdman's Mojito because mine was half gone already at this point.) ;-/</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">:-) :-) :-) :-p</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Drinking the Mojito, Birdman is playing with his i-phone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next thing I know he tells me that he's looking at the weather radar map. We are having a few storms coming through the area, as you can see....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then he tells me that he decided to scroll to the right to see if he can get to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean on his i-phone.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm, like, whatever. </span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is what he finds....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After more scrolling, more apparent Atlantic Ocean. And then....and THEN...here's what he finds!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's really there! Great Britain. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Chance of a few showers and no Mojitos in sight.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But then again, it's not cocktail hour there anymore.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">....or maybe it's just beginning.....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As Jimmy Buffet says, "It's 5 o'clock somewhere."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cheers.</span><br />
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Ingredients</h2>
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In a tall glass, <a class="yiv55093058crosslink" href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/muddle/index.html" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1341609674_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">muddle</span></span></a> or <a class="yiv55093058crosslink" href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/mash/index.html" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1341609674_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">mash</span></span></a> together the mint leaves and lime. Add the simple syrup or sugar and fill the glass with ice. Add the <a class="yiv55093058crosslink" href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/rum/index.html" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1341609674_6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">rum</span></span></a> and top with club soda, stir well.<a class="yiv55093058crosslink" href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/garnish/index.html" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Garnish</span></a> with a <a class="yiv55093058crosslink" href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/lime/index.html" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1341609674_7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">lime</span></span></a> wedge and a sprig of mint.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you wake up one morning and find this on your shoulder (or anywhere).....go to Quick Care, immediately. (that's me)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's a Deer Tick bite with the telltale bullseye ring around it, precursor of Lyme Disease. Now, I've had plenty of wood ticks sucking on me ever since I've lived here....they're not an issue.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I would just rip them off of me and throw them out. But this, I've never seen. A Deer Tick is the size of a pencil point and I never even saw it. But I saw it's results, so I immediately flew into action like any medical professional would.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I googled it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And then I went to Quick Care. Have to take two weeks worth of antibiotics so that I DON'T get Lyme Disease. Whew. (The rash goes away all by itself even if you don't do anything about it, but years from now many, many things can go awry, like arthritis and brain issues, etc. You don't want that.) (Google it.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That night, after Quick Care, I got really sick with flu like symptom....chills....aches.....the works. That lasted almost 2 days.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, this all happened just 5 days after THIS:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just me and the electric hedge clipper. We did it. (Don't ask.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Had to get a tetanus shot that for 4 days, made my arm feel like it was run over by a truck. That was after I got a Shingles shot in the same arm the day before.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And this is after the refrigerator died and a repair man couldn't come for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">5, count them, 5 days!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Now, THAT was bad.</span></div>Elenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156503381597757077.post-74426569214356614892012-06-23T10:38:00.000-04:002012-06-23T12:19:33.451-04:00Third day of Summer Vacation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Last Saturday I went to the Gorham Farmer's Market and saw this.....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today during my walk I saw this.....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Last week hubby saw <a href="http://pasttimeamainebackyardandbeyond.blogspot.com/2012/06/llama.html">this</a>....on the other side of town.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Alpacas everywhere. I think we're being invaded. The fire was just a diversion. But I'm on to it.</span></div>
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