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Snow Video for Kate

A couple of posts ago I was bellyaching about the week past and the fact we had a snow storm on a Monday that we really needed to happen for the weekend. Instead it rained from Friday through Sunday.
One of the comments left on the post was from Kate S. wanting pictures of the snow. [...]

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Pickings getting awfully slim around here.

 
I like to eat. I figure most people do. It’s a sure cure for hunger they say but beyond that it’s also quite enjoyable most times. So I like to eat.
Occasionally I like to go out to eat or perhaps splurge a bit and instead of making myself lunch at home, to go [...]

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The Tree Cometh Down-Misses the Bench

We’re in the middle of a severe thunderstorm and Tornado watch here in the Northeast Kingdom (a Tornado Watch in Vermont?) believe it or not and during as the very beginnings of the line of storms preceding a rather large cold front hit the Newport area, we got slammed with a huge amount of wind. [...]

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The Mower the Merrier

There’s nothing like an obsession that’s been satisfied. Yesterday was sunny and bright after two days of dark and dreary and lo and behold, the grass was actually tall enough for the first mowing.
Ain’t life just grand though?
And so it was that I happily tossed the gas can into the back of my old Jeep [...]

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I Just Gotta Mow!

Oh man, I just can’t stand it! With all this unusually gorgeous weather we’re having around here I have this god awful desire to mow the lawn!! I just gotta  mow the damn lawn!!
Okay… alright, I can handle this now. The grass isn’t up yet…it still thinks it’s…well…April fer heavens sake and April in the [...]

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Depressed? Don’t Read the News.

If you suffer from depression in anyway my advice to you is to not read the latest news unless it’s from the Good News Network or some other site like that. It won’t help your outlook that’s for sure. Even I’m starting to feel down in the dumps.
China is being it’s usual communist “squash the [...]

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A 2 Day Snowstorm-Minding the Shop

The Northeast Kingdom is looking forward to a two day snow storm beginning around 10:00 AM this morning and guess where my better half is right now? About 2 hours south of here attempting to take care of the usual quilt shop business that springs up around this time of the year (first sign that [...]

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Cold Enough and a New Baby is Born

It’s almost cold enough to freeze tourists out there. Not the worst we’ve ever seen for sure but definitely not the kind of weather for wearing shorts…except possibly for Canadians. It was -12 degrees this morning when the sun peeked over North Country High School’s sports field and so far it’s been a bright and [...]

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