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Again, the slow rural internet has blocked my blogging until this evening, so this will be a rather long catch up post. The biggest news is that on Saturday, somebody here turned eighty! We had an early celebration Thursday with John and Laura, John having blazed the trail to eighty just ahead of Harry, earlier […]

I know they are common birds, and can be raucous bullies, but blue jays are beautiful, and, as evidence, here is a series of pictures. It is time for baby birds to leave their nests, which is a stressful time around here, with so many cats running loose. The swallow parents are maintaining the upper

A rainy Monday morning provided enough internet speed to get pictures uploaded. Between slow internet and late evenings, I have been stymied since Friday. Friday began in the best of all ways, on horseback. A pair of deer watched us depart on our ride. We did a little flatwork on the ring, then wandered around

We planned to ride this morning if the evening rain wasn’t too heavy. Stars were in alignment, and hardly any rain fell in the night. It was a beautiful, cool morning Bart decided he needed sleep more than exercise, but eventually, between bribery and beating, he staggered up and we all had a fun ride.

May is a wrap. Another month collapses under the weight of time. Around here, there has not been much newsworthy activity. We have become addicted to Wordle and have been enjoying sharing results with brother, Michael, who taught us two new words. A mano is a stone grinder used by hand to grind on a