tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44674023806757262872024-02-18T23:16:46.030-05:00SingingHillsbyKimWhere my imagination and rural Upstate NY collide.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-57520926606238516922015-12-25T20:54:00.000-05:002015-12-25T20:59:38.842-05:002015...A year of death and destruction.<div style="text-align: center;">
This is my first post since December 24th, 2014.<br />
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I usually start the new year with a little recap of our previous Christmas chaos but...<br />
on January 3rd this happened....</div>
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<i>My father passed away last night after a brief illness.</i></div>
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That's as far as I got with writing that post.</div>
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I couldn't bring myself to finish it.<br />
I couldn't bring myself to post it.<br />
And that set the tone for the rest of my year.<br />
The rest of January was just ... there... I guess. I don't really remember it.<br />
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In the beginning of February I missed the last step at the bottom of my stairs.<br />
And that set the tone for what can possibly be the rest of my life.<br />
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Looks innocent enough?<br />
I went to a local urgent care center.<br />
I was told I had a fractured left knee and a sprained left foot.<br />
The rest of February was just ... there.<br />
Like January. I don't really remember it.<br />
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In March I started physical therapy and by the end of April, after almost 2 months of constant, unbearable pain, it was discovered that my foot was actually fractured in 2 places.<br />
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At this time I was also diagnosed with RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome). A condition of the sympathetic nervous system (a.k.a. the fight or flight nerves).<br />
Symptoms include but are not limited to...<br />
Constant burning pain<br />
Sensitivity to touch, sound, temperature, and vibrations,<br />
Swelling, tingling (like your foot is asleep...constantly),<br />
Bruised, mottled, shiny purple appearance,<br />
Muscle spasms (lightning strikes that feel like you just stuck your wet toe in a light socket),<br />
Insomnia, short term memory problems, confusion,<br />
Bone loss (osteoporosis).<br />
<a href="http://www.rsdhope.org/what-is-crps1.html" target="_blank">Visit RSD Hope for more info on this condition.</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But wait....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There's more!!</span><br />
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In May, just a week after my father's funeral, I lost my balance in my driveway.<br />
It was a beautiful day ... for a fractured left wrist.<br />
No more crutches for me. Nope.<br />
Wheelchair or bust.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now for the, "Buy 2, get 1 free" deal!!</span><br />
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In August, I barely got the cast off my arm and was back to using crutches when I began having strange issues with my right foot.<br />
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RSD has a few more surprises up it's sleeve and one of them is called "Mirroring".<br />
The symptoms of the injured/affected limb will mirror in the opposite limb.<br />
<b>Fantastic.</b><br />
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So now all the pain, swelling, tingling, sensitivity, and spasms one person can handle are coming at me in stereo.<br />
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By the beginning of December (10 months into this journey from Hell) I was finally able to start walking (like a drunk toddler) without crutches.<br />
And here I sit, on Christmas night, thinking how lucky I am that in this last week I've been able to stand long enough to get my holiday baking done, I've been able to walk just enough to get my very last minute Christmas gift shopping done, I was able to walk around my house enough to see my grand kids opening their presents.<br />
I'm hurting, I'm exhausted, and I'm lucky.<br />
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The biggest casualty of this ordeal is what can't be seen.<br />
RSD messes big time with emotions and irrational fears (crying is an everyday occurrence and sometimes for no reason... just because).<br />
Loud, sudden, noises go straight through me ... painfully.<br />
Isolation (because it's hard to socialize when you are distracted by pain and suffering).<br />
Depression....<br />
The feelings of helplessness, worthlessness, .... It's nearly impossible to change the tone of the conversation you have with yourself.<br />
One day I'm self-reliant, busy, and have a growing business. The next I found myself relying on others around me for everything and over the months I watched the life I led and the business I'd built slowly crumble.<br />
Depression.<br />
There is no cure for RSD.<br />
There is only symptom management.<br />
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Treatments are available.<br />
Strong, nerve (and mind) altering drugs are available (and the awful side effects that come with them). I couldn't tolerate the side effects of these at all.<br />
Spinal injections are available. I haven't been brave enough to go this route...long needles in the spine...paralyzing fear ya'll.<br />
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Although it's taken some time, I'm having success with a few less invasive routes.<br />
My physical therapists (once they knew they were dealing with a fracture and RSD instead of a sprain) help with strength, balance, range of motion, and mobility.<br />
My chiropractor helps with skeletal alignment, mobility and range of motion.<br />
My massage therapist helps with the sensitivity and swelling (which also helps with the discoloration, tingling, lightning strikes, and the burning). She has also helped me deal with my emotional dragons.<br />
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I have a few good friends who, by simply keeping in touch from time to time, have helped me get through some bad days.<br />
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My husband, kids, and my mother have been my biggest sources of support.<br />
Helping me up and down stairs.<br />
Helping with dishes, laundry, shopping, and walking the dog.<br />
Giving me rides to the endless number of doctor and therapy appointments.<br />
I wouldn't have made it through these past months with out them.<br />
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My sanity...<br />
is in God's hands.<br />
Yes, I'm <strike>lucky</strike> blessed here.<br />
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So...<br />
It's Christmas Day.<br />
It was absolutely beautiful here today.<br />
We were at 62 degrees here at noon.<br />
Lovely green grass can be seen through the window.<br />
Not a drop of snow in sight....gotta love it!<br />
And here is my usual picture of my grand kids and nieces from our Christmas eve get together.<br />
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From left to right on the couch...<br />
Niece Mackenzie holding Granddaughter Arabella,<br />
Niece Isabella, Granddaughter Meah, Niece Jessica,<br />
Granddaughter Morgan holding Granddaughter Savannah.<br />
On floor...<br />
Grandson Wyatt and Granddaughter Meredith.<br />
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Hope you all had a good year.<br />
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I am sooooo over 2015.<br />
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Bring on 2016.<br />
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-32466642453022826022014-12-25T01:01:00.000-05:002014-12-25T01:01:42.745-05:00Merry Christmas 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!</div>
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My grand kids and nieces.</div>
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Who do they think they are kidding?</div>
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They were just trying to amuse the paparazzi so we could get to opening presents.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-46566027356353518952014-11-25T22:52:00.000-05:002014-11-25T22:52:36.049-05:00Dark wood stand transformed with CeCe Caldwell's Simply White<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is a project I actually worked on in the summer of 2012.</div>
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I'm just getting around to posting about it.</div>
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Procrastination?</div>
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Never heard of it.</div>
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Anyway...</div>
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I bought this cute little stand at a garage sale.</div>
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I thought it was really interesting because it could do this...</div>
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Ya I know. </div>
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Cool huh!</div>
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Now just so you know, I worked on this project long before I became a retailer for CeCe Caldwell's Paints. I was just a beginner and was doing a lot of things the hard way.</div>
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Like sanding.</div>
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Moving on...</div>
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After sanding, I dry brushed CeCe Caldwell's Simply White on the legs and around the base that holds the box top.</div>
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The top was also painted with Simply White and then "sanded" back. </div>
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Then I worked in some CeCe Caldwell's Dark Aging Wax over the whole piece.</div>
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I wasn't sure I would like it with the two different techniques but it came out very interesting.</div>
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Not bad for a beginner.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-89387410831922362782014-11-23T22:45:00.002-05:002014-11-23T22:46:10.313-05:00People, places, pets, and Pictures that make you go ... Huh?<div style="text-align: center;">
I spent a little while today looking through some of the pictures that I've used over the past few years in my blog posts. </div>
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I've posted about family</div>
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My vintage kids.</div>
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My mom and her rat.</div>
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Daughter #4 with an attitude.</div>
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Grandkid #6 just being cute.</div>
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Son in law doing things the hard way as usual.</div>
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Daughter #3 and Grandkid #2 at the races.</div>
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My grandparents. Miss them very much.</div>
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My grandmother. Miss her too :(</div>
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Daughter #2 and her son, Grandkid #2, trying to save the cat from killer wolves.</div>
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Daughter #1 the t-ball pro.</div>
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Daughter #3, Daughter #4, Me, Daughter #1, Daughter #2, My husband</div>
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Everyone smiling at the same time.</div>
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Grandkid #1 and Grandkid #4 looking for something.</div>
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Grandkid #3 and her victim of the day.</div>
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Grandkid #2 future firetruck thief.</div>
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Bad dog #1 trying to bite foolish cat #1.</div>
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Daughter #2 with her chicken.</div>
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The rooster from hell.</div>
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Foolish Cat #2 thinking chicken would be good for dinner.</div>
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Billy Goats Ruff #1 and #2 playing king of the rock.</div>
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Tunnels,</div>
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barns,</div>
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trestles,</div>
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and churches,</div>
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rocks,</div>
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clouds,</div>
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rainbows,</div>
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and snow,</div>
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pretty bugs,</div>
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scary birds,</div>
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and terrifying beasts.</div>
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Raspberry hair?</div>
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Olives?</div>
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Cows on drugs?</div>
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My broken shoe?</div>
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Seriously. I wrote about my broken shoe.</div>
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I loved those shoes.</div>
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Moving on now.</div>
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Teddy down?</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-83403856606765736302014-11-21T23:33:00.001-05:002014-11-21T23:37:38.312-05:00Painting a Leather Top Stand with CeCe Caldwell's Stain + Finish<div style="text-align: center;">
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So this post is about this table.</div>
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As you can see there were some issues with stained leather and scratches.</div>
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I reached way, way back in my stash of paint and came up with CeCe Caldwell's Mississippi Mud.</div>
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I slapped a few coats on the wooden parts of the stand.</div>
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Remember that abused leather top?</div>
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Shiny and soft after 4 coats of CeCe Caldwell's Kukui Stain + Finish.</div>
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How's this for a smooth and creamy finish too?</div>
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I pretty much thought I was going to have to strip that leather top off of there.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-15366096854945273242014-11-20T22:56:00.000-05:002014-11-20T23:20:01.135-05:00Ships Wheel Mirror with CeCe Caldwell's Paints and Glaze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Another paint related post today.</div>
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I bought this mirrored ships wheel a few weeks ago.</div>
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The moment I saw it I knew just what I wanted to do with it.</div>
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Paint it.</div>
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No kidding you say?</div>
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Actually I had a specific look in mind but as I started working on it, it just didn't look right.</div>
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It ultimately morphed as puttered with it but it started out just plain blah.</div>
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First off, I discovered it's actually a little older than I thought it was.</div>
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I assumed it was ??? 70's era ????</div>
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But this stamp was on the back.</div>
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1944</div>
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I would have never guessed it.</div>
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So anyway, back to the painting issue.</div>
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I started out painting it with CeCe Caldwell's Newport Navy.</div>
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You'll have to take my word that it looked plain because I don't have a picture.</div>
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I layered on CeCe Caldwell's Simply White and distressed it back somewhat and added CeCe Caldwell's Dark Aging Wax in a few areas.</div>
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Again, something was missing.</div>
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Again, you'll have to take my word for it because...no picture.</div>
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After fussing and fuming over it for a few days the light bulb finally went off.</div>
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I chose CeCe Caldwell's Destin Gulf Green to tint CeCe Caldwell's Clear Glaze.</div>
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I brushed that all over and rubbed it away as I went along and, wow, what a difference.</div>
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Then I hot glued this rope around the edge of the mirror.</div>
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Don't mind the blurred out look on the mirror.</div>
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There was so much stuff reflected in it from across the room, it looked really crappy and I figured my crappy photography was as much crappy as one picture could take.</div>
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Today's victim is an old dresser I purchased a short time ago.<br />
Of course I had already started working on it before I remembered to take some pictures.<br />
The finish was a little beat up and the veneer was loose in a few spots. No problem.<br />
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I used CeCe Caldwell's Vermont Slate on the drawers and body of the dresser. I like the dark grey-blue color.<br />
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The top was pretty scratched up but a few coats of CeCe Caldwell's new Stain + Finish colors took care of that problem. I used Walnut Grove first then added a coat of Kukui.<br />
I have to tell you that over the past several months of working on my projects at Newport Marketplace, I've really missed working with stains. The smell of those products prevented me from using them while other people were in the store. CeCe Caldwell's new Stain + Finish products are just so cool. NO SMELL! Very little prep work (if any) is needed. They can be applied over old stains, they have beautifully rich colors that just get better with each layer added (up to 6 layers can be applied), and no finish sealant is necessary. Just stain and you're done. All smooth and shiny.<br />
And did I mention NO SMELL?<br />
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Using layers of the 2 different stains create an interesting effect. Almost wood grain look.<br />
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I sealed the paint with a coat of CeCe Caldwell's Dark Aging Wax and Waxing Cream.<br />
Once again I'm really struggling with the quality of my pictures in the lighting I have in my work space. I do need to work on that.<br />
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-59568844815029316552014-11-19T09:26:00.000-05:002014-11-19T09:26:56.049-05:00This week in history<div style="text-align: center;">
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the dog pacing at the door (it's cold out so of course she needs to go out every other minute). </div>
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Buffalo NY is currently getting the crap beat out of them by Old Man Winter.</div>
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2013</div>
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You see that white stuff right there.</div>
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Looks awfully familiar doesn't it?</div>
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The butterflies barely had a chance to get out alive.</div>
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So cold and snow in the middle of November isn't a one time fluke.</div>
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instead of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.930723396957349.1073741849.253013624728333&type=1" target="_blank">this</a>.</div>
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(link goes to US National Weather Service Facebook photo album for the snowstorm in Buffalo)</div>
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So....I thought I would show you a few projects I've been working on and then throw out a few random pictures from around the house.</div>
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First off, I really would like to apologize for the quality of some of these furniture shots. I really love my working studio at Newport Marketplace. I love that I'm not filling up my house with projects in various states of completion. But I don't have a designated space in my booth for taking pictures. You know....like with adequate natural light and uncluttered space with a pretty backdrop and styling props. I guess that's something I'll have to work on.</div>
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I thought this little drop front cabinet was pretty unique. It has a few water rings on the top that I really didn't try to remove. I applied a few coats of CeCe Caldwell's new Walnut Grove Stain + Finish and that reduced the appearance of the rings almost to the point of not being able to notice them. I finished the bottom of the cabinet in Beckley Coal, lightly distressed, then applied Dark Aging Wax. </div>
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This next little stand was in pretty rough shape with peeling finish, some loose joints, a slightly cracked bottom shelf, and a little bit of over spray from someone's spray paint project. I painted this in CeCe Caldwell's Thomasville Teal the finished it with CeCe Caldwell's new Kukui Stain + Finish. I really like the way the stain works with the paint. </div>
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This is a project that I finished for myself using the headboard from my grandparent's bedroom set. As you can see it had a white (yellowed with age) laminate finish. I already re-purposed one of the dressers into an entertainment center <a href="http://singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com/2012/11/grandmas-dresser-makeover-victim-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I started this project a few months ago by painting it in one of CeCe Caldwell's retired colors, Mesa Sunset. I didn't apply any sealer or wax to it at this point because I wasn't sure just how I wanted it to look yet. I had to walk by it for a couple of months before inspiration struck (like sticking your tongue in a light socket kinda struck). I decided adding CeCe Caldwell's new Hickory Stain + Finish to it would be just what it needed for a nice faux wood grain finish. If you want to duplicate this wood grain type look and can't find Mesa Sunset, the new color, Pueblo Pepper, should work just as well.</div>
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I thought I would put up a few of the pictures I took before the rains totally abused the fall colors.</div>
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Their favorite tune is "No more sleep for you...Cock-a-doodle-do".</div>
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Dumb and Dumber.</div>
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If it smells rotten...they will both probably eat it.</div>
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So much for October. See you in November...maybe.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-35768085703040308262014-10-09T12:33:00.000-04:002014-10-09T12:36:54.916-04:00It's been a while and I've got a little catching up to doHello....<br />
Tap, tap, tap....<br />
Is this thing on?<br />
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I've been absent from here for quite a while. I actually didn't even realize how long it's been since my last post (which was May 22nd). Almost 6 months!!! I can't believe how fast the summer flew by.<br />
Last May I was looking at this...new green stuff everywhere and the last of a storm blowing over the valley.<br />
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This past week was absolutely beautiful out and the leaves are reaching peak color.<br />
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Not that summer is really ready to give up but the days of the roses are numbered for sure.<br />
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I've kept pretty busy over the summer.<br />
I took my CeCe Caldwell's painting demonstrations on the road for the first time to the "Chicks Along the Canal" event in Little Falls, NY. I did painting technique demonstrations, sold some paint, and had a few of my finished furniture pieces on display. It was a long weekend but the weather was great, the people were plentiful, and the food was fabulous.<br />
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My garden didn't do as well this year as it did last year.<br />
Last year... lots of peas, beans, tomatoes, and lettuce.<br />
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This year... some peas and beans, a few tomatoes (which most are still green on my window sill), crap-ton of carrots, and 4 pitifully small ears of corn (I planted 2 packages of seeds, 10 stalks grew, and only 4 ears of corn picked....pretty crappy results there).<br />
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For the most part I've been spending a lot of time at Newport Marketplace. I've been going pretty much non stop from one project to the next.<br />
Mahogany hutch painted in Myrtle Beach Sand and Vintage White - still available<br />
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Giant hutch painted in Sedona Red - sold<br />
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Kidney shaped vanity/desk painted in Beckley Coal with a map of Middle Earth - sold<br />
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Vintage vanity in Vintage White - still available<br />
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Half round china closet in Destin Gulf Green and Omaha Ochre with rear glass panel replaced with a fish net - sold<br />
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And another hutch painted in Pittsburgh Gray - still available but currently on display at Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts in Little Falls, NY<br />
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Last year I did a year long series of pictures. I posted (pretty much) everyday a picture of the view out my front door which I called my "Shut the Front Door" series. It was a fun project but posting everyday became somewhat difficult for me to pull off. This year I've been trying to squeeze out a post here and there but as you can see from my 6 month absence I've been more than a little lax in posting. I've been trying to get myself back on track and figure out a new theme for next year (because we all know that next year is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER...AHHHhhhh). So what-da-ya-say? Any ideas, suggestions, or inspirations you'd like to pass along? Just drop me a comment.<br />
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-63757176536910537092014-05-22T22:21:00.000-04:002014-06-23T13:56:30.711-04:00Old Clock Cabinet Makeover with CeCe Caldwell's Paints<div style="text-align: center;">
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One of the other vendors at Newport Marketplace where I sell my paint and furniture brought in this old clock cabinet not too long ago.</div>
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I thought that it had some character and only needed a little pick-me-up.</div>
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I used CeCe Caldwell's Natural Chalk + Clay Paints in Emerald Isle, Carolina Sun Yellow, Spring Hill Green, Santa Fe Turquoise, and Kailua Coral to give it a bit of a face lift.</div>
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I sealed the whole cabinet with CeCe Caldwell's Satin Finish. Then I used one of CeCe Caldwell's new metallic waxes in Sierra Silver to bring a little shine to the decorative aspects.</div>
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Fun little book shelf </div>
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or curio cabinet </div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-2637784872289136292014-05-20T23:38:00.002-04:002014-05-20T23:38:44.338-04:00Long overdue updates and random pictures<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm back!</div>
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Again.</div>
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I haven't posted on here since February 6th. </div>
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Can you believe it? </div>
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I can.</div>
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I've actually had a little trouble focusing on writing lately.</div>
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Writer's block?</div>
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Maybe.</div>
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More likely just too many pots in the fire. I've been more than a little bit scatter-brained.</div>
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The snow is finally gone and everything around here is starting to green up nicely.</div>
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Shark spotted off the sandy beaches of Starr Hill....News at 11.</div>
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My daughter started her garden plants a little too early.</div>
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Cucumber plant blossoming in the house.</div>
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Plant update: several died before she got them out to the garden.<br />
The ones that were planted in the garden ... drowned.<br />
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I've been concentrating mostly on my booth at Newport Marketplace (which is evidenced by the lack of clean floors, clean dishes, and clean laundry at home...sorry no photos).</div>
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My consignment store is FULL yet constantly changing (I take pictures of the stuff in my booth to post here but by the time I get around to writing about it (and actually hitting the publish button, the inventory is completely different).<br />
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My line of CeCe Caldwell's Natural Chalk & Clay Paints is moving along nicely. We have added 3 new metallic waxes, (Sierra Silver, El Dorado Gold, and Bingham Canyon Copper) and one new paint color (Enchanted Lilac). I also offer painting classes if anyone is interested.... anyone?<br />
Hello....<br />
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I ran into a great friend the other day (<i>Hi Kathy B. from the Fed). </i>She mentioned that she missed all the pictures that I used to post.<br />
Well, ya' know...<br />
I miss posting pictures too.<br />
Unfortunately, I really haven't been using my camera as much as I used to (especially while driving which was hazardous anyway).<br />
I do still take quite a few pictures with my cell phone so I thought I would post a few of those for a change.<br />
So... in no particular order (meaning some of these are from last year..and maybe the year before??) I give you ... Kim's cell phone pics.<br />
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My back yard at sunset last August</div>
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Lost geese in October.</div>
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I always love taking pictures of the massive clouds that parade over the valley.</div>
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Another beautiful sunset (just don't look at the snow).</div>
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Can you see the little baby Killdeer hiding in the grass?</div>
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Kitty and the chicks</div>
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Looking for trouble</div>
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Duck, Duck ..... Goose?</div>
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Today I was busy trying to get some stuff planted in my garden.</div>
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Last year I experimented with gardening with mulch.</div>
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It was pretty successful if I do say so myself.</div>
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I posted this on <a href="http://singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com/2013/08/shut-front-door-day-185-through-229.html" target="_blank">day 226 of my Shut the Front Door series</a>.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-89232135228538027152014-02-06T22:45:00.001-05:002014-04-22T14:06:44.292-04:00Big Honkin' Buffet in Vermont SlateI just received a very kind email from one of my readers. She asked a question about a buffet makeover that I previously posted "before and after" pictures of.<br />
This question made me realize that I never actually posted more than a simple "before and after" write up about this big honkin' buffet.<br />
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This, for anyone who may be interested, is a Thomasville buffet. <br />
It's heavy.<br />
It's big (a hair under 6' long and it just fit in the back of my Explorer).<br />
It was in almost perfect condition.<br />
It normally sells for around $1200 to $2500.<br />
I bought it at the Salvation Army for $64. If you keep an eye out in those places, sometimes you come up with a true gem of a deal.<br />
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I removed all the hardware, doors, and drawers and gave it a good cleaning. Then gave it a couple of coats of CeCe Caldwell's Vermont Slate (one of my favorite of the CeCe Caldwell's colors).<br />
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Then I had to deal with the top. It's very hard to tell in the first picture but the top had scratches and a couple of small spots that were discolored. Because I wanted the top to be a natural wood color, I decided to try sanding. <br />
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No fun. <br />
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You can also see my Christmas tree from the year before still on the deck. Looks good for the middle of April don'tcha think? Of course we experimented by buying a potted tree for that Christmas and hadn't gotten around to planting it yet. For anyone wondering, it's now planted and were waiting to see if it's going to make it through the winter.<br />
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I gave up on the sanding and decided to go for the liquid stuff. I was initially worried about using this stuff inside my house but it barely has a smell to it. I was surprised and grateful for that.<br />
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It took a few applications but I was finally making progress. You can see those funky discolored spots even better now (not sure if that's a good thing or not). After I was satisfied that I had all the original finish off and the funky spots under control, I hit it again with the sander to smooth the surface out.</div>
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And...here she be all sanded, stripped, sanded, and lookin' pretty good. Please don't mind what's left of the ratty flannel shirt (sniff...it was my favorite). <br />
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I used CeCe Caldwell's Clear Wax over the Vermont Slate and did some slight distressing.<br />
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I finished the top up with Minwax Golden Oak stain and 3 coats of Zar Classic Clear Polyurethane, lightly sanding between dried coats.<br />
Just look at that shine. <br />
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Then came the challenge of taking a picture of it when it was seriously too big for the only spot in my house with a decent background (because no one wants to see my reflection in the dusty tv or the dirty dishes on my counter). On top of that I had serious glaring issues with all that shine and all the sun that comes in through my (cough, cough) dirty windows.<br />
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I took this down to my booth in Newport Marketplace and it sold less than 20 minutes after it was unloaded from my car. <br />
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So there you have it. The story about the Big Honkin' Buffet. I hope this answers my wonderful reader's questions (thank you so, so much for reading my blog). <br />
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For anyone living in or around the Upstate NY area, CeCe Caldwell's Natural Chalk + Clay Paints and Finishes are now available at Newport Marketplace on Rt 28 in Newport. <div class="blogger-post-footer">I have truncated my posts to protect them from theft by internet pirates called "Scrapers". I apologize for the inconvenience this causes.
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-74674486459890681722014-02-04T22:38:00.000-05:002014-04-22T13:41:43.673-04:00New year...Exciting new stuff going on!Hello everyone. <br />
The last time you heard from me I was wrapping up my year long "Shut the Front Door" series. I hope you all enjoyed it.<br />
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I mentioned in one of my last posts that I had some exciting new stuff coming up in the new year and I'm finally ready to give you some sneak peaks of what I've been up to.<br />
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First, a little back story.<br />
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In late 2012 I rented a little space at Newport Marketplace in Newport, NY so I could display and sell items that I rescued and "repurposed". <br />
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Somehow I managed to do pretty well in this little corner of the store. </div>
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My first thoughts were, "Who besides me would really be interested in the stuff I'm selling here". After I received my first check my thoughts changed to, "Hey! I can do this". </div>
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In May of 2013 I was presented with the opportunity to expand into a somewhat larger space and start taking in furniture on consignment (a.k.a. let the furniture come to me instead of me going out to find it). </div>
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The room was large and scary and I was actually very nervous about being able to fill it.</div>
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I'm very, very fortunate to have some great consignment customers. </div>
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They never fail me when something sells and I need furniture to fill the spot.</div>
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A ton of furniture and other decorative items were sold in the 7 months I occupied this booth.</div>
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Well, late last year, I was again presented with an amazing opportunity to expand. </div>
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And expand I did.</div>
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Did I mention I have the best consignment customers around? </div>
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But this isn't all of my exciting news.</div>
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Drum rollll please....</div>
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I'm officially a retailer for a fabulous line of paint. CeCe Caldwell's Natural Chalk + Clay Paints to be exact.</div>
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(China Closet is Vintage White and Chesapeake Blue, basket is New Orleans Purple, little tote box is Spring Hill Green, and bird house is New Orleans Purple and Santa Fe Turquoise)</div>
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This is CeCe Caldwell's Chalk + Clay Paints and finishes. </div>
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Non-toxic, odor free, No VOC's, made in USA :)</div>
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I love this paint.</div>
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No sanding, no priming, no fuss, and no muss (is that really a word?). </div>
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Again...I love this paint.</div>
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It allows me to take furniture from this...</div>
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(Random mix of Blue Montana Sky and Vintage White with Simply White details)</div>
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(Carolina Sun Yellow with Virginia Chestnut and Sedona Red with Beckley Coal)</div>
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Anyway, back to my story.</div>
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I have 33 amazing colors in stock and an assortment of finishes to choose from.</div>
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I also have a cool selection of ChalkPro paint brushes on hand to help you get the best results from your paint.</div>
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You can pick up your favorite color at Newport Marketplace, 7583 Main St., Newport, NY 13416.</div>
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Coming Soon....</div>
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Painting classes and demonstrations.</div>
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It's going to be fun. </div>
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I'll post a schedule soon.</div>
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This post was written by Kim Perry at www.singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com.
</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-84843794968174197382013-12-31T21:22:00.000-05:002013-12-31T21:22:15.681-05:00Shut the Front Door ... Days 335 thru 365 ... Decembrrrr <div align="center">
My last two posts consisted of pictures for the entire months of October and November.</div>
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Why?</div>
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Because one day led to the next and before I knew it the first day of October turned into the last week of December.</div>
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Time doesn't fly.</div>
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It warps into the next century right before your eyes.</div>
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With that said, I better get on with this post for the month of December before July comes barreling around the corner.</div>
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Day 335</div>
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The first day of December and what-da-ya-know??</div>
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Noooo.</div>
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Pictures.</div>
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Day 336</div>
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No Front Door picture again today.</div>
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My excuse?</div>
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Surgery.</div>
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I had a dead appliance removed from my kitchen.</div>
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I didn't say it was a good excuse.</div>
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Day 337</div>
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No pictures again.</div>
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I wouldn't blame you at all for not sticking around until the bitter end here.</div>
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Day 338</div>
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Finally!!</div>
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Cold and cloudy was the recipe for the day.</div>
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"Can you see spring from here"?</div>
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"Nope. Just more of the same white crap on the horizon".</div>
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"I say, I say... I was framed".<br />
Are ya listenin' boy?</div>
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Do you ever wonder what they are really thinking?</div>
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Me neither.</div>
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Sitting in cold solitude.</div>
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Typical gloomy-ness going on here.</div>
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Snows a meltin', fogs a rollin' in.</div>
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Snows a fallin' ... again.</div>
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The new shed looks kinda' nice in the trees.</div>
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We got quite a bit of snow today.</div>
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Just sayin'.</div>
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I think it we had a little ice during the night.</div>
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Using the tractor to break up the ice in the driveway so we can get out of here without the help of the Olympic luge team.</div>
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Our neighbors go all out every year with their holiday light display.</div>
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It's really something to see.</div>
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More snow.</div>
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Sighhhhh.</div>
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Oh Yea!!!</div>
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Sunshine :)</div>
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Gorgeous sunrise but a cold morning for sure.</div>
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Cold and blustery day.</div>
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Why isn't the plow on the ground?</div>
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There's snow on the ground dude.</div>
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It's ok to use the plow today.</div>
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Men with plows talking.</div>
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No good can come from this.</div>
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Another gray day.</div>
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If her life gets any more difficult, I may find myself face to face with PETA.</div>
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Sled racing for dummies.</div>
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Step 1.</div>
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Provide the rednecks with an odd assortment of other equipment like ropes and sleds</div>
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And the supervisor has the nerve to wonder what I'm up to.</div>
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Just about 12:30 in the afternoon.</div>
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Full sun and still gloomy.</div>
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Almost zero visibility.</div>
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Not a snowflake in sight.</div>
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My windshield wash fluid has been frozen for days.</div>
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Skies finally cleared up for the day and left us with a beautiful sunset.</div>
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No pictures again today.</div>
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More of the gloomy grays.</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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Ahhh crap.</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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Day 356</div>
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Finally.</div>
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Seems like we've had a bit of a meltdown in the past few days.</div>
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Day 357</div>
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The day before Christmas Eve.</div>
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Apparently I had more pressing issues to deal with than taking pictures.</div>
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Day 358</div>
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No Front Door picture today.</div>
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Just "Camera War Christmas Eve".</div>
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Then there are the "Don't take my picture" wars.</div>
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Fun times.</div>
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Merry Christmas Everybody!</div>
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Pickled Pete, the Albino Leopard Gecko, and his band, The Chirpin' Crickets.</div>
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1 gecko,</div>
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1 kitten (which has yet to be named and photographed),</div>
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2 dogs,</div>
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2 roosters,</div>
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4 ducks,</div>
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5 baby chicks,</div>
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10 chickens (down from 11 due to hawk invasion),</div>
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75,000 crickets,</div>
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1/2 million meal worms/beetles.</div>
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Snowin'.</div>
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Dreary.</div>
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Just a glimmer of hope on the horizon for today.</div>
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Apparently it's not gloomy somewhere out there.</div>
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Snow coming down by the bucketfulls again today.</div>
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Just what everyone wants to be doing in a blizzard.</div>
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Standing on a step ladder with a torch.</div>
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A normal person would at least wait for the visibility to improve.</div>
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That's not a dirty window your looking through (really, it's not).</div>
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The snow is thicker than fog and almost completely blocking out the sun.</div>
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Guess what?</div>
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No Front Door picture today.</div>
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Why?</div>
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Because I forgot to take a picture before I left home this morning.</div>
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By the time I got home tonight it was dark out.</div>
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I would like to thank everyone who stuck with me though this year long rant and didn't give in to the urge to hunt me down and put an end to the misery.</div>
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Please stay tuned for my posts in 2014.</div>
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I am working on some exciting new things for the new year and I'll fill you in on those as soon as I have some more details. </div>
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To read the previous post for this series click this <a href="http://singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com/2013/12/shut-front-door-days-305-thru-334.html" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
If you want to start reading this series from the beginning (good luck) try clicking on this <a href="http://singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com/2013/01/shut-front-door-day-1.html" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">SOoooooo Long 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I'm on to bigger and better things.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">YeeeHawww!!</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">I have truncated my posts to protect them from theft by internet pirates called "Scrapers". I apologize for the inconvenience this causes.
This post was written by Kim Perry at www.singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com.
</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-59380609838060714412013-12-29T19:33:00.000-05:002013-12-29T19:33:23.196-05:00Shut the Front Door ... Days 305 thru 334 ... A November to remember ... maybe.<div align="center">
And the saga continues.</div>
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When you last visited here, we were playing catch up with 3 months worth of pictures.</div>
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Why?</div>
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Because I'm really bad at commitment.</div>
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That's why.</div>
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I started this series as a daily look out my front door.</div>
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It has turned into a random few days here and there followed by day, weeks, then months of no posts.</div>
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Shamefull!!!</div>
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So without further ranting from myself (to which I have no one but myself to blame for the randomness of these posts) lets get on with November.</div>
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Day 305</div>
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Just great.</div>
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First day of the month and ...</div>
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no pictures.</div>
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Day 306</div>
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Can you see the rays of the sun shining down from the sky?</div>
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Day 307</div>
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Wow...no pictures again.</div>
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Sad.</div>
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So sad.</div>
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Day 308</div>
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Another sunny day. </div>
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Doesn't feel like November at all.</div>
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I just thought this came out pretty cool.</div>
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It's hard to tell here but that's a bit of a rainbow.</div>
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Day 309</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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No surprise.</div>
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Beautiful sunset.</div>
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Rainy and gloomy.</div>
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The cone of shame.</div>
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She had emergency surgery on her ear last night. </div>
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Today they send her home with the one thing that turns an ordinary dog to a bull in a china shop.</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Every</span></strong></div>
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Stairs,</div>
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doorways,</div>
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walls,</div>
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tables,</div>
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our legs</div>
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... all suffered attacks of unusual brute force.</div>
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Snow again.</div>
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It's official...</div>
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my driveway is the end of the earth.</div>
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Day 313</div>
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No pictures again.</div>
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Such a gloomy day.</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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Giant, chunky clouds and snow.</div>
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The light just seems to draw you in.</div>
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Cold and clear morning.</div>
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Spy in the sky.</div>
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Day 319</div>
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Almost spring like out there.</div>
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I can live with that.</div>
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Day 320</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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Day 321</div>
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Yea.</div>
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It's that kind of day.</div>
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Gabby's ear is healing up nicely.</div>
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And the cone of shame was sufficiently destroyed.</div>
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OMG!</div>
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How do we really survive all this gloomy-ness.</div>
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Michelle watching the chickens hiding in the water tub.</div>
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Free.</div>
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Chickens watching the ducks checking out their new little frozen pond.</div>
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Free.</div>
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Expensive.</div>
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Clear and cold.</div>
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How do I know he's swearing on the phone?</div>
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Because he's discussing this rock that's in his way.</div>
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Explosives.</div>
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Don't ask me why.</div>
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Cold and clear with a chance of swirly clouds.</div>
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Gassing up the ole' horse-n-buggy.</div>
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New chickletts.</div>
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some sort of strange milestone for mileage.</div>
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Snow in the dark.</div>
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Chickletts view of the outside world looking in.</div>
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Snowing again.</div>
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It must have been really cold outside today</div>
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I took this picture through the dirty glass instead of opening the door.</div>
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Another cold day.</div>
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Pretty and glittery - vs - daggers of death</div>
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Typical.</div>
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The last day of the November and I don't have any pictures.</div>
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This post was written by Kim Perry at www.singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com.
</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-31244589030233754742013-12-25T22:19:00.002-05:002013-12-25T22:19:55.282-05:00Shut the Front Door ... Days 275 thru 304 ... The wild days of October<div align="center">
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"Gee...it's been a really long time since we've heard from that crazy woman".</div>
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My last post was on Oct 1st believe it or not.<br />
I've only started this post about 5 times but then I would get distracted and next thing I knew I was a few weeks behind again.<br />
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I'm not going to torture you with a full 3 months worth of pictures in one post.<br />
I have decided to break up this post into 3 segments and only torture you 3 more times this year.<br />
Well, maybe 4 more times. I don't know yet.<br />
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I give you October....</div>
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Let start where we left off at<br />
Day 275<br />
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Ahhh.</div>
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The good ole' days.</div>
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Warm temps, colorful leaves, and green grass.</div>
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Day 276</div>
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Another beautiful day on the hill.</div>
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Raining but hey....no snow!</div>
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I must have been really busy.</div>
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Yea, that's it.</div>
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My story and I'm sticking to it.</div>
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Day 280</div>
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Started out very gloomy.</div>
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A bowl full of peas and yellow beans.</div>
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Not bad for October.</div>
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I was just finishing up in the garden when this downpour chased me back to the house.</div>
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Another beautiful day.</div>
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Gorgeous sunrise today.</div>
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It's been a little while since I've thrown in a picture of an old barn.</div>
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It's just down the road from my house.</div>
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Another one of my favorite shots.</div>
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Going forward, looking back.</div>
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No "Shut the Front Door" pic today...</div>
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Can you say, "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire"?</div>
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Amazing colors.</div>
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No Front Door picture again today.</div>
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It would have been a nice day for a walk in the park.</div>
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Gorgeous day for sure.</div>
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Another beautiful clear day.</div>
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Amish barn in the corn field.</div>
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And...today the new rake for the bulldozer was delivered.</div>
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Makes for one really mean lookin' machine.</div>
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Do I hear fog horns?</div>
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Overcast with a slight bit of sunshine peeking through here and there.</div>
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A dramatic sunset.</div>
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And...again today.</div>
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Pathetic.</div>
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Sun coming out after the rains.</div>
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Peaceful sunset.</div>
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Cloudy and cold with a chance of new shed.</div>
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And then came winter.</div>
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What a cool mix of clouds, sun, and snow here.</div>
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The white birch tree was having a really hard time adjusting to the change in weather. </div>
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The chickens and dog aren't too impressed either.</div>
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Gloomy.</div>
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Day <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>300 </strong></span></div>
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A busy weather day for some reason.<br />
Freezing rain, mixed with sleet and snow, and a sprinkle of sunshine thrown in for good measure.<br />
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It all ended with a dramatic sunset.<br />
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There are the strangest things in my rearview mirrors.<br />
Anybody else have this problem?<br />
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Believe it or not it's actually 8:45 in the morning here.<br />
Very dark and creepy.<br />
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Much better.<br />
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We fired up the wood stove for the season.<br />
That poor tent has seen much better days. We are trying to get at least one more winter out of it.<br />
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Winter decided to blow in for another visit.<br />
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Day 304<br />
Figures the last day of October...no pictures.<br />
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Thanks for sticking around for another long post.<br />
My next one will be all of November's pictures.<br />
Then my last post for this series (finally) with all of December's pictures.<br />
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-7864785539608550072013-10-01T19:37:00.000-04:002013-10-01T19:37:44.336-04:00Shut the Front Door ... Days 231 thru 274 ... Hell yea ... or maybe no?<div align="center">
I know it's been since the middle of August since my last post.<br />
I'm sorry.<br />
I really do try to keep up with this but the days just seem to fly by.<br />
Next thing I know, I'm writing another very long post to try and catch up.<br />
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Day 231</div>
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No Front Door picture today.</div>
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Don't know why.</div>
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There's really no excuse for it.</div>
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I did go out and buy a watermelon today at a farmer's market.</div>
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Nice one.</div>
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I don't really like buying them whole because you never know just how ripe they are.</div>
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We also don't usually finish them so the whole ones tended to be a waste.</div>
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They love melons.</div>
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Clean them right down to the green rind.</div>
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The girls will have it finished before you know it.</div>
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A very nice day indeed.</div>
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Gabby looking for me.</div>
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Heaven forbid I get out of sight.</div>
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A little sparrow got into the house today.</div>
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There are a few small ones around it's beak (very hard to see here).</div>
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Animal Health Diagnostic Center<u></u><u></u></div>
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Their wildlife associates are trying to investigate a possible outbreak of the virus.</div>
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Day 233</div>
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Another lovely day.</div>
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But...apparently taking this picture was all I accomplished today.</div>
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Day 234</div>
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Not so nice today.</div>
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Gloomy and rainy and nothing else going on apparently.</div>
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A beautiful day coming to an end.</div>
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Must be I just woke up because this is all I got ... again.</div>
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Day 236</div>
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Beautiful, beautiful day for sure.</div>
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It's hard to believe that there's only 1 more week left of August.</div>
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And...just one week ago, I went head over heels over the dog and really messed up my hands and leg.</div>
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I thought I would try some before and after pictures to see if I'm improving or not.</div>
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Hmmmm??</div>
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Left wrist</div>
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From purple/red to blue/green.</div>
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Right wrist.</div>
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Again...not looking so good.</div>
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Right leg.</div>
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Healing up but still bruised and sore ... uggg.</div>
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And finally, right hand.</div>
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The swelling has gone down considerably but there is still some black and blue going on there.</div>
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All in all, it's getting better.</div>
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I had a pretty decent day going on here...</div>
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UNTIL...</div>
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Poor George (I'll spare you the after picture of him).</div>
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Aug 30, 2012 - Aug 24, 2013</div>
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R.I.P</div>
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I also found this thing in my driveway today.</div>
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Day 237</div>
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A bit overcast and gloomy lookin' huh?</div>
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Getting late.</div>
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Sunset in the back yard.</div>
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Looks like a big claw closing in around the orange cloud.</div>
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Creepy.</div>
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Coming to the end of a pretty nice day.</div>
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The geese came back for a visit today.</div>
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The day ended with a pretty fiery lookin' cloud.</div>
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No Front Door picture today.</div>
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the geese are still here.</div>
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A seriously dark and gloomy morning.</div>
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Barn in the gloom.</div>
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Can you see the seahorse riding the cloud?</div>
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REALLY,</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">awful</span></div>
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What the HELL is that hanging under my arm????</div>
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Objects in the mirror are grumpier than they appear.</div>
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"I can't believe you are taking pictures again", look.</div>
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Seemed to be another weird weather day.</div>
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No Pictures.</div>
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Nice sunset.</div>
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I decided to "dig up" the potatoes today.</div>
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I only planted 4 potatoes (each one cut in half for 8 plants).</div>
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They did not reach down into the topsoil part of the pot.</div>
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Clearing a spot for a shed.</div>
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It's not snowing so I'm fine with it.</div>
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No pictures</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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No Pictures again.</div>
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I'm gonna cry.</div>
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FINALLY!!</div>
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No Front Door Picture again today.</div>
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A crap sniffing dog.</div>
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Milk weed.</div>
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New digs for the chickens.</div>
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A really pathetic looking cabbage plant.</div>
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a cute newt.</div>
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Another peaceful evening.</div>
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Beautiful.</div>
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Not a cloud in the sky (almost).</div>
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The chickens spent more time digging through the old crappy grass left on the brush hog than they did wandering around the yard today.</div>
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Day 264</div>
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Crap.</div>
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Day 265</div>
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Gloomy.</div>
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You know you're a dedicated politician when you put up signs in this neighborhood.</div>
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Day 266</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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Gorgeous sunset tonight.</div>
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It's been a little while since I posted an old barn.</div>
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Day 268</div>
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Just a really foggy pic from the morning.</div>
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Love this picture.</div>
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Day 270</div>
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Just an awesome sunset on my way home.</div>
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And another old barn just down the road from me.</div>
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You can see through it.</div>
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Day 271</div>
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No Front Door picture again today.</div>
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So sad.</div>
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But I did get a shot of the grandson licking his chops on an old fire truck.</div>
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It was the sticky cotton candy's fault.</div>
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This is as close as I got to a Front Door picture today.</div>
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The view of the valley from halfway down my driveway.</div>
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Day 273</div>
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The last day of September and the colors of the season are really starting to show.</div>
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This is by far my favorite tree this year.</div>
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Love these colors.</div>
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I sometimes wonder why the pictures I take don't always seem to have the vivid colors I remember seeing in person.</div>
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Apparently I'm wearing "<strike>rose</strike> autumn colored glasses".</div>
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Without sunglasses</div>
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Day 274</div>
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Starting out the last quarter of the year.</div>
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The back yard.</div>
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Once again.</div>
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I am sorry about the length of this post.</div>
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I really, really do appreciate each and every one of you who are patient enough to make it all the way through to the end.</div>
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Day 230.</div>
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Another beautiful day that ended with a very hazy moon in pink clouds.</div>
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This is one of the reasons why I make sure the life insurance is paid on time each month.</div>
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The old dozer just sits and waits patiently in the cattails.</div>
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Timeless toys.</div>
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And I thought you might like to see some of the projects that I've been working on the past month</div>
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I love how this table came out.</div>
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I found this hutch at a garage sale.</div>
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The legs had been cut off so the top part sat on the floor.</div>
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I think it came out pretty nice.</div>
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I found this rather large lamp (disassembled here...the lamp was really ugly)</div>
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I decided these pieces needed a different life.</div>
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I found this old piano stool in an antique shop up north.</div>
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All it needed was a little....black and white.</div>
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It didn't take me long to realize that it went perfectly with the piano stool.</div>
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If you want additional information on how these pieces were renewed, please feel free to contact me.</div>
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CeCe Caldwell's Natural Chalk + Clay Paints and Finish Waxes were used on all these projects.</div>
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Be very afraid.</div>
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I know what you're saying.</div>
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"Good grief, it's her again".<br />
Yea.<br />
I say that every morning when I look in the mirror so I know how you feel.</div>
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I will apologize now for the length of this post.<br />
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So, ready or not, here we go.</div>
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Day 185<br />
4th of July.<br />
Yea, this is how long it's been since my last post.</div>
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After a few minutes a bit of a rainbow peaked through.</div>
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If you remember way back in last months post, we had been bombarded with days and days of rain.</div>
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Workers were still monitoring the bridge on Rt 28 in Poland so they could close it if the water rose any further.</div>
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Day 186</div>
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Was a very wild weather day.</div>
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This was taken a little after noon.</div>
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By quarter after 2, torrential downpour.<br />
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This is what I was driving under by 3:30 on my way to Utica.</div>
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This "weather system" was huge.</div>
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It was really bright and dark at the same time but it wasn't much fun sitting it out while it blew over the city.</div>
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After a few more hours of pouring rain, the sun finally came out and gave the steam in the air a very strange glow.</div>
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Day 187</div>
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No Pictures</div>
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Figures.</div>
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Day 188</div>
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A nice day for a dip in the... green ... pool.</div>
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Day 189</div>
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Somehow, a rainbow after a storm is like a bandaid on a booboo.</div>
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It just makes it all better.</div>
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I love day lilies.</div>
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The rock wall in front of this house is lined with them every year.</div>
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So jealous.</div>
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Day 190</div>
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No pictures again.</div>
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Day 191</div>
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Not a bad day.</div>
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Kinda gloomy though.</div>
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Day 192</div>
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No Front Door pic today.</div>
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But I got a rare shot of the blaring sun on my way home.</div>
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Day 193</div>
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No Front Door picture again today.</div>
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Just a beautiful sunset to end the day with.</div>
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Day 194</div>
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Not a bad day.</div>
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Once again, I find myself in a slow motion redneck parade.</div>
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Thankfully it was a short ride.</div>
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Day 195</div>
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Almost missed taking a picture today. </div>
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Day 196</div>
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Beautiful sunny day :)</div>
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Day 197</div>
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No pictures</div>
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Day 198</div>
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Mostly a beautiful day but the clouds are building up for a nighttime storm.</div>
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As is my usual custom on nice days, I spent some time on the road.</div>
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Time on the road usually means drive-by photography.</div>
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I think my windshield is trying to tell me something.</div>
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Either a disgusting pigeon did a doodee or an insect met with a most unfortunate end.</div>
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Just a couple'a hens gossipin' through the fence.</div>
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Day 199</div>
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It's hard to tell here but it's pouring out.</div>
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Day .... 200. </div>
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Serious milestone here.</div>
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Only 165 more days left to the year.</div>
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today was a classic weird cloud day.</div>
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See the bird in the top of the tree?</div>
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And what's up with this really creepy fly?</div>
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Day 201.</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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Gloomy with a chance of smoke :)</div>
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No pictures.</div>
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Sunny.</div>
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Yea.</div>
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Cloudy and gloomy.</div>
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Getting ready to burn some brush.</div>
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Sunny and clear.</div>
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Brush all burnt.</div>
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Day 207.</div>
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Day 208.</div>
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Ummm.</div>
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This is embarrassing.</div>
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Day 210.</div>
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Another stormy day.</div>
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My birthday!!</div>
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Day 212.</div>
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Another beautiful day.</div>
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Day 213.</div>
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Day 214.</div>
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But I got something better.</div>
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While I was out and about, I found myself parked next to this van.</div>
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When you run a video sewer inspection service, I guess you need to have a sense of humor to go with it.</div>
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EMERGENCY TURD RESPONSE</div>
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My smile for the day.</div>
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Day 215.</div>
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Went from questionable.</div>
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The 4-wheeler and wagon getting a workout today.</div>
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Day 216.</div>
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Another beautiful day.</div>
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And one little black cloud out looking to ruin someone's day.</div>
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Day 217.</div>
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Yet another beautiful day.</div>
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We've been very lucky these past few weeks.</div>
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Day 218.</div>
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Day 219.</div>
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Hmmm.</div>
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Day 220.</div>
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What the...?</div>
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No pictures again.</div>
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Day 221.</div>
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A crappy day....oh joy.</div>
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Day 222.</div>
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Nasty pattern going on here.</div>
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Day 223.</div>
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No front door pictures again.</div>
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I would boycott this blog if I were you.</div>
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The slow motion parade is on the road again.</div>
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He puts some serious miles on this tractor and trailer.</div>
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Home is way up on top of that distant hill.</div>
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Day 225.</div>
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Geeeze.</div>
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Day 226.</div>
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Rainin' in the valley.</div>
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The corn is finally getting up where it should be.</div>
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And...the garden is finally paying back even after those many, many flooded days early on this summer.</div>
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Another beautiful end to a nice day.</div>
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Moon and all.</div>
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A deceptively peaceful end to this day.</div>
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The dog and I had a disagreement on just who was going to get to the cat first.</div>
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We both lost.</div>
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A messed up leg, and what appears to be 2 sprained (possibly broken but I'm not about to pay someone for the official diagnosis) wrists.</div>
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Day 229.</div>
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Today was a beautiful day.</div>
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Painfully slow but beautiful.</div>
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I found this in the yard today.</div>
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A positive sign of better days to come?</div>
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I would have picked it but I don't have enough strength in my fingers to grab hold of it.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-68893398314300567212013-07-03T23:23:00.001-04:002013-07-03T23:23:30.254-04:00Shut the Front Door ... Days ... 169 through 184 ... Rain, More Rain, and Vultures ... OH MY!<div align="center">
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Many, many days to be covered here again.</div>
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If you're local, you know what kind of weather we've been having here and the absolute devastation that many people in our neighboring communities have suffered through and are continuing to be bombarded with.</div>
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If you're not local and you have access to facebook, I hope <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cnyflooding?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">this link</a> will help you see what I'm talking about.</div>
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So, let us begin.</div>
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Day 169</div>
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No Front Door picture today.</div>
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Just pictures of rain.</div>
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Drenching, can't see out your windshield, downpours.</div>
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Was a beautiful day that ended with quite a pretty sunset.</div>
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It's hard to tell here but those tires were taller than my car.</div>
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Day 172</div>
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No Front Door picture again today.</div>
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are Upstate New Yorkers the only ones who go to such lengths to protect their snowplows?</div>
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Then there's my new security system.</div>
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I think my new guards are taking their job too seriously.</div>
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While you try to sneak past the one blocking the road, </div>
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this one stares at you through the side window to make sure your ID is adequate.</div>
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On the bright side, it was a lovely day and apparently a great day to go boating on Lake Delta.</div>
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No Pictures.</div>
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Another pleasant day.</div>
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I'm also very happy with my booth at Newport Marketplace.</div>
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I have such a variety of consignment items as well as my own painted pieces.</div>
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Actually a few of these pieces have sold since I took this picture.</div>
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Storm moving over the area.</div>
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Very humid and sunny today.</div>
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Now, it's day 177 (June 26th for anyone keeping track) and I'm heading north on Rt 12 at about 10:30 in the morning.</div>
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It's raining cats-n-dogs out.</div>
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I take a quick look in my rearview mirror and I see this.</div>
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Either my calendar is wrong or this guy is really pushing the season.</div>
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Of course by the time I get home, the rains have stopped, the heat just came oozing out of the earth, and the fog rolled in.</div>
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My house is up there somewhere.</div>
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Sun was out for the moment but it had rained very hard the previous night.</div>
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With all that rain, the streams and rivers are overflowing.</div>
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The valley getting hammered</div>
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The grandkids took advantage of a break in the weather to try fishing in the pond.</div>
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The water is so high, the DOT was watching the bridge trying to determine if it should be closed.</div>
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Mostly sunny today.</div>
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By the end of the day the clouds were building up and the valley looks like it's about to get another round.</div>
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Someone decided that the chickens needed a little outside time today.</div>
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Tomorrow is the 4th of July and although this picture was taken during the winter, I thought I would post it for the holiday.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-64557359663301398822013-07-02T08:41:00.000-04:002013-07-02T08:41:44.017-04:00Time for a makeover<div style="text-align: center;">
I know I've been absent from my Shut the Front Door series again and I will get to that ... tomorrow. Yea, tomorrow.</div>
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Maybe.</div>
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today I wanted to share my makeover.</div>
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In case you haven't noticed, my blog has a new look.</div>
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Please look around, click on things, and generally check it out.</div>
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I want to give a big, BIG, THANK YOU to <a href="http://www.creativekristi.com/" target="_blank">Kristi</a> for my new look.</div>
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She is so talented.</div>
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</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-91514767358169990062013-06-17T23:11:00.001-04:002013-06-17T23:12:01.415-04:00Shut the Front Door ... Day 167 and 168 ... A little bit of everything today.<div align="center">
I know you all weren't expecting to see a post from me for at least another month but here I am. </div>
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Day 167</div>
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All I could think was, "there goes all the seeds I just planted".</div>
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Started off bright and beautiful.</div>
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First order of business was kindergarten graduation for the class of 2025.</div>
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Grandchild #3 was in the lineup today.</div>
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Here I was just sitting at a red light on the parkway, looked out my side window, and had to snap a shot of the General.</div>
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<a href="http://singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com/2012/08/steuben-monument-and-steuben-old-home.html" target="_blank">Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben</a>.</div>
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Many of our surrounding communities wouldn't be what they are today without this man.</div>
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Team Perry's container potato garden doing pretty well despite the daily waterboarding it receives.</div>
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The blackberry blossoms are in full bloom.</div>
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View of the valley after the rains went through.</div>
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This post was written by Kim Perry at www.singinghillsbykim.blogspot.com.
</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313944950723663742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467402380675726287.post-43762207204744639352013-06-15T21:24:00.001-04:002013-06-15T21:24:27.044-04:00Shut the Front Door ... Day 144 through 166 ... How the H.E.double hockey sticks. did that happen?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the last time I posted was way back on day 143.</div>
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I covered 9, or was it 10, days in that post.</div>
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Now I need to make up for a whoppin' 22 days that I missed.</div>
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Enough of this idle chit chat.</div>
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Yea.</div>
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Holy crap.</div>
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Was moving day for my office.</div>
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My daily view changed from this...</div>
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So now I'm on the hunt for a new desk and until I figure out what I want, I'm using my grandmother's antique table.</div>
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Finally.</div>
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Went from this...</div>
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What a dreary, crappy day.</div>
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This is as close as I got to a Front Door picture today.</div>
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Hammock down.</div>
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We threw it a life preserver but it was too late.</div>
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Day 151</div>
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No Shut the Front Door picture today but I do have a couple of local barn shots.</div>
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Oh JOY!</div>
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Beautiful day.</div>
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And beautiful days bring the shady characters out of the <strike>woodwork</strike> basement.</div>
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Not sure how he manages to mow a straight line while drinking.</div>
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Doom and gloom.</div>
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Doom and gloom...again.</div>
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And then came the rains.</div>
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This pretty much says it all for the past several days.</div>
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Still raining today.</div>
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flapping from my antenna.</div>
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It wasn't worth getting drenched so I left it there.</div>
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Finally a nice day.</div>
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WAAAAHOOO!</div>
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So far, all the chickens have survived despite the cold, wet, nasty weather we've had since they arrived here.</div>
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Since I'm hoping that the nasty weather is behind us now, I finally decided to plant a little more in my raised bed gardens today. </div>
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Wyatt is helping his dad get their garden going now too.</div>
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We are going to have a "garden off" to see who's grows better.</div>
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Team Monroe doing things the hard way with tillers and hoes.</div>
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Team Perry taking it easy with raised bed gardening (a.k.a. hippie gardening).</div>
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Looks like my daughter has already chosen sides.</div>
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Traitor.</div>
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Beautiful and clear this morning (unless you live in that foggy valley down there).</div>
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For some reason my thermometer is telling me that we are all supposed to be roasting today.</div>
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112 degrees at 9:15 in the morning.</div>
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It actually did turn out to be a very nice day.</div>
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Not too cold,</div>
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not too hot,</div>
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and finally dry enough to mow the <strike>hayfield</strike> lawn....again.</div>
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