On the YouTube channel: Betty and a Rouen wrestling, then Cora uses a rock to slide into the pond. It looks like that's a frequent route. 馃
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Let鈥檚 play What鈥檚 It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
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And since water flowing is better experienced with motion, here鈥檚 a GIF edition of that picture.
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 5 is "flow" (suggested by @TheDimPause). I enjoy watching and listening to the water flow when I turn on the pond鈥檚 waterfall. 馃摲 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: dahlia, with a bee trying to get in. 馃尡馃悵
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On the homestead blog: a link to another blog post about ducks, and some pictures. 馃
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An appropriate quote to follow my sunset pictures, from 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke: 馃挰
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Only Time is universal; Night and Day are merely quaint local customs.
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 4 is "peace" (suggested by me!). Enjoying a moment of peace and tranquility in the quiet of the evening, watching the sunset. 馃摲馃寘 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: a self-seeded butterfly-bush in one of our flowerbeds, fairly popular with our bees. 馃尡馃悵
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On the homestead blog: as mentioned yesterday, Bert really doesn鈥檛 like Sven. I don鈥檛 know what his problem is, but he keeps chasing Sven. 馃
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Wonderful! podcast 馃摗 #MediaMonday
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Everyone can use a bit more optimism in these pandemic times; this podcast features Rachel and Griffin McElroy talking about things they enjoy. It鈥檚 such a cheerful podcast. (See also the related site wonderful.fyi.)
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 3 is "bug" (suggested by CTD). We welcome spiders to catch unwanted bugs; this one has built her web on our deck, safely out of our way. 馃暦馃暩馃摲 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: several varieties of daylilies. 馃尡
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On the homestead blog: sixty days of the new ducks sounds like a lot, but is only about 8.5 weeks. 馃
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On the homestead blog: let鈥檚 take a brief digression from the usual cute ducks and other animals to talk about a nemesis of mine: bamboo. 馃尡
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 2 is "floating" (suggested by @RossA). Of course I鈥檒l do a picture of ducks for this; floating ducks colliding while going after floating mealworm treats. 馃摲馃 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: frazzled daisies, with a bee closeup in the second picture. 馃尡
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On the homestead blog: today I mucked out the duck house. 馃
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A couple of bonus "up" pictures for day 1 of the Micro.blog photo challenge: looking up at our monkey puzzle tree. 馃摲 #mbaug
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Micro.blog is doing a photo challenge for August. The word for today is "up" (suggested by @LJPUK). Today I trimmed a bunch of branches; here I鈥檓 looking up at a sagging branch of the big tree by the chicken coops. 馃摲 #mbaug
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