On the homestead blog: the ducklings are two weeks old today. They鈥檝e grown a lot already, but still have several more weeks of growth ahead of them before they can join the ducks in the pond. 馃
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Another duckling video: the new two-week-old ducklings have quickly become enthused at going in the paint tray pool. This is the morning of their second day with the pool, with all of them in it at once. 馃摴馃
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CGP Grey just posted a couple of videos, one of them with an excellent productivity suggestion: Weekend Wednesday. Instead of five days on, two days off, he suggests two days on, Wednesday off, three days on, Sunday off. I think I鈥檒l try it.
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 25 is "hope" (suggested by maique). This morning I tried to hand-feed leafy treats to the ducklings for the first time, with a hope that they鈥檇 take it. Spoiler: they did (more in tonight鈥檚 duckling post). 馃摲 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: daylilies. 馃尡
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On the homestead blog: today I swapped out the waterer for the full-sized one, removed the duckling feeder, introduced them to the paint tray pool, and to leafy treats. An exciting day for ducklings! 馃
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A video on my YouTube channel: today I introduced the latest ducklings to leafy treats, which they immediately loved. 馃摴馃
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Techmeme Ride Home podcast 馃摗#MediaMonday
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A daily tech news podcast, around 15 minutes, with free ad-supported or paid ad-free editions (I prefer the latter). They cover all kinds of tech, not just Apple.
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 24 is "frosty" (suggested by @canion). It isn鈥檛 frosty weather here at present, so searching my photo archive revealed this frosty beverage with a foldable straw from our trip to Mexico last year (remember travel?). 馃摲 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: dianthus in the new fountain garden. 馃尡
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On the homestead blog today, several pictures of ducklings on top of the EcoGlow, and in the water dish. Oh, and we鈥檙e thinking about names for these ducklings; read the post for details. 馃
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 23 is "graceful" (suggested by @jensaplin). There鈥檚 no cat more graceful than Paladin. 馃摲馃悎 #mbaug
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Flower of the day: it鈥檚 been a while since I posted a daylily, but while they are becoming less prolific, they鈥檙e still popping up. 馃尡
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On the homestead blog: today the ducklings figured out the feeder tube; hard to believe that they鈥檙e already big enough to reach it. Check out a couple of GIFs of them eating from the tube! 馃
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 22 is "home" (suggested by @gregmoore), which fits well with today's Caturday post, featuring Porcini, who is a bit of a home-body for a feral cat. 馃摲馃悎 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: geum in the new fountain garden. 馃尡
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On the homestead blog: ten days of ducklings, and already so much bigger! 馃
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 21 is "crunch" (suggested by @gannonnordberg). Walking near the compost and chicken coops involves the crunch of gravel and the numerous cones from the nearby grove of trees. Here are some with misty spiderwebs. 馃摲 #mbaug
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On the homestead blog for Flock Friday this week, more sad news, I鈥檓 afraid. One of the two Rouen ducks went missing on Sunday night. #FlockFriday 馃馃悡
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Flowers of the day: Casablanca lily. 馃尡
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