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well not a lot of news. boring. going to help dad get his truck out of the shop. check this out, seriously check this out. the pic that is. my wisteria. soon tomatoes

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well; I was awakened from bed by a rooster outside my house. a pretty bird. pearl is still traumatized by the duck experience. she wont talk to me. I've been shunned. I had to intervien and the rooster had to go. sent it packing. flew over 2 fences and haven't heard from it since. the weather is warming up. maybe pearl will forgive me. the neighbors had a birthday party that didn't end until after midnight. so tired. they played music real load and some kid had a horn thing. guess he was trying to compose a song or something. toot toot toot oh my. he finally got tired about 11:30. I almost lost patience. they didn't even invite me. now I know the code, they only mow the yard the night of a party. thats all the news. resistance is futile.

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the 3 amigos first. then one stands out. the pics aren't too good from the cheap camera. clarence is installing tile. the last is the before picture. after the rock is applied. duck duck hasn't been back. going to work on taxes now its not the completed job so more pics to come

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the duck was forcefully ejected. was not pleasant. had to be done. take the stress off pearl. mantle looks great. I will post tomorrow if the c d thingy is good. picked it up this morning. duckies keep flying in; the green kind.

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oh now. the duck was in the yard when I returned home. I herded it into the backyard until I can figure out what to do. some one must be missing it. its so cold here. I guess I could put up a sign; found duck. wings clipped. likes dog food. got pics of the mantle in the photo shop. got any nails? got any duck food?

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a duck was out side this morning. when I got home after work it was on the front porch. guess it wanted some duck food. it looked at me disdainfully. then waddled off down the road, looking over its left wing with scorn. I felt so bad. what does a person do with no duck food? it felt free to deposit reminders of its visit on the front porch. mantle time is almost here. so cold today. I get a reprieve next week.

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wow, I lost a pound. almost have the mantle worked out. big rain today. waiting for the break in the rain to get out. I will have pics to post soon. oh check out what I found on the side of the road.