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Attila the Hen lives!  However, I'm told that this is a rooster, thus the name is anatomically incorrect.  Aside from that Attila was thought lost, consigned to the boiling pot.  However, during one of our walks, Whizzbang and I noticed Attila strutting his stuff last week.

Why did the chicken cross the road?   To elude the hackled back of Whizzbang, aka, Dumbstruck the Wonder Pup?   Or maybe to test the reflex of Kitschland drivers? I don't know, I don't do chickens.  But, sadly, after these pics were taken, I have not seen hide nor tail feathers of Attila.  Is this the end?         

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Well, I thought I had secured my Cabin in the Woods 2.0, but it didn't work out.  August 2019.  August 2019...




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Fox suddenly dropped news of the caravan after the election.  Also, the army changed the name of the Operation Faithful Patriot to   simply a border support.  Just in case you were wondering why no caravan news.  Whew, I was really worried about that smallpox they were bringing with them.  Especially since it has been eradicated for decades.  


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I don't want to brag, but my posts are enjoyed by well over 5 or 6 people worldwide. 



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This is me every morning with Florida sunshine.  I hate it.




 Too bright.  Too blue.  Too hot.  Never changing. 
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With the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice ending World War I, I am reminded of a small link to that date that existed on Uncle Ed's farm, where I worked in the summers.  There were two corn cribs on the farm stead that we emptied and shelled every year.  Ed wasn't exactly cutting edge.  It was a small farm with the tried and true, not the latest.  One of the cribs, Ed mentioned with regularity, was finished on Armistice Day back in 1918.  It is gone now.   
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Kenzie, Drew and the kids gave me a gift last week, just because, that has created quite the stir.  They gave me an Oculus Go VR headset.  I'm not into the shooting of zombies stuff, but the haunted houses are fun.  I tried the rollercoaster but my stomach is still jumbled from that.  It's fun, but jarring.  



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This is a postcard on Ebay now.  It shows a road going into Seaton.  


Is that 3rd Street?  If so that is the road going in from Fisher's Corner.  The East End, where we grew up was virtually non-existent at this date.  



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“Life is a play that does not allow trials … So, sing, laugh, dance, cry and live intensely every moment of your life … before the curtain down and the work ends without applause” -Charles Chaplin
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I wanna be 14 again and ruin my life differently… I have new ideas.



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