I mean that in a good way. Our no. 1 son is sick, and so we’ve been up at all hours lately. So, contrary to my usual sleeping-in-til-9:AM routine, I was able to make breakfast this morning and get outside before 8. I know, most people do that all the time. I [...]

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I do go off on tangents sometimes, eh?
Let us cleanse our palates with some nice normal stuff:
Wormcake.  I was worried that they’d all fried in the recent heat.  Nope.  Quite happy living in their own filth and eating my garbage.  THANKS, GUYGALS!
I was reading this blog the other day, and it inspired me to get [...]

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In penance for my political digression in the last post, I took extra pictures.
The other day, I filled my gas tank, and it cost me $50. I drive a 4-cyl. Toyota (when I drive anything, which isn’t much). The oil companies are making RECORD profits, and all our government can come up with [...]

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can’t blog much… too hot… 100 degrees… global warming and/or mid-summer…
The poor chickens look like fish on dry land with their mouths hanging open panting.
Everything’s hanging like wet rags.
The sweat’s running down my forehead as fast as I can wipe it off.
Hot is what I’m saying.
Wilty Broccoli
Field of Potatoes with Blues in the Front
Walla Walla [...]

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OK, sorry, I digressed there for a bit… gardening, gardening… yeah… so…
Calendula are starting to bloom.
There’s a bumper crop of squirrels this year. Mmm… squirrel…
The potatoes are just starting to flower. That means there’s baby potatoes down there. Mmm… squirrel and potato soup…
These cabbages are giganctic, but they’re just starting to head [...]

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