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Re: Fog, Little Cat Feet

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Peculiar fog that emerged from the lake mid-day, in reaction to the sudden change from summer to fall temperatures.

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Abominations

Sunday, October 3, 2010

So, that’s five 100 (or so) pounders and one 50 to 60 pounder, as well as two younglings that, I suspect, aren’t going to make it. We turned them all over to see if they’ll pick up a bit more sun.

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No! No! No!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

The main pumpkin root shows its horrific face.

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They Conspired to Cover-Up the Financial Abuse, etc., Pt. 2

Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Eyeful

Monday, September 27, 2010

I can’t believe it took me this long to see the damn thing. Kindly hipster strangers took the picture for me, though I have to wonder why composition is so hard for some folks (the eye is cut off on top). I mimed “turn it on its side” to them, but they didn’t get it. […]

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What’s He Building in There?

Sunday, September 26, 2010

My latest project. What could it be? I’m sure some of you know already. I’m just happy that after two years of fatherhood, I’m returning to the workshop. God, it’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since I took that woodworking class. That crazy, crazy-ass woodworking class… If we ever meet, buy me […]

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Pooped

Monday, September 20, 2010

So, I stepped in some dog shit at lunchtime today. It wasn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last, sadly, I’m sure. After a trip to the bathroom I was able to pick out (with a plastic knife) all but the most embedded crumbs of dog grumpy from my shoe’s waffle. What kills […]

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“Most plants thrive on animal waste, but I’m afraid this mutation possesses an appetite for the animal itself. ” Day of the Triffids

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

I don’t think I’ve adequately described the viney nightmare in our backyard. Back in 2006, I raised a 120 pound pumpkin. This  year I have five of what look like 100-pounders or more. Didn’t do much more than plant the seeds, spread a little compost, and walk away. But that’s all that pumpkins really need. […]

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They Conspired to Cover-Up the Financial Abuse, etc.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Sad Pumpkin

Sunday, August 15, 2010

We decided to grow pumpkins again this year (see here for the previous, Frankensteinian results from 2006). When you grow pumpkins on a half acre of land, you’d best be ready to do without, well, area. If you let them, the damn vines stretch out over 20 feet (or more) in all directions. In 2006, […]

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