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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to Cop Car

Tractor Attraction

I wonder if WS and the neighbor saw this before they bought the backhoe - LOL

Christine, our friend from Arizona, sent this to my FB page (but she said it should apply for another friend of ours).

Sunday Swap Meet

Sunday we went to the Keene Swap Meet with Jimmy. Didn't buy anything but something to eat and drink, but got to see all the bikes anyway!

Friends from Indiana

Were in town last weekend. We grilled hamburgers and talked up a storm. Jimmy and Karen came over to see Harry and Heather too.

As you can tell, they were enthralled by something that WS was expounding upon. We told stories, laughed at jokes and swapped lies for several hours - too bad they had to go home so soon.

Boyz in the Hood

Yes, today the boys are playing with their new toy in the rain.

Picture Perfect Morning

The winds have been so calm the last week or so, the ponds and lakes have been like glass when I pass them in the morning on my way to work. I kept thinking that I should stop and take a picture, and I finally did, using my phone's camera.

 
Perkins Pond in Weare, NH

There Goes the Neighborhood

76-year-old Deering man was selling drugs with his guns, police say | New Hampshire NEWS03.

One of our "neighbors" - okay, he lives a couple of miles from us, but he is from the same town and almost everyone here has had some sort of dealings with Burt.

Pillows and Rugosas Have Nothing to do With Each Other

Yesterday when we got home from the dump run, there was a package on the front porch. Pillows from Cop Car!!!

They go great with the Livingroom furniture!

Also yesterday (it was a busy day), I cleaned out the rugosa roses. I hadn't done that for a couple of years and there were a lot of dead canes for two reasons. The summer of 2011 I poisoned them - on purpose. the canes were invading past the rock wall, into the path to the dog pen. I spent years trying to dig out roots and canes, but to no avail. I finally got out some vine and stump killer to kill the canes closest to the wall. Then last winter was very rough on them (mild, but no snow to protect them), and which killed more plants.

In the picture you can see I really wiped out the closest portion - the portion further away was not done until today. Poor things will not bloom this year, and will loook like azz for at least a year, but they will eventually come back and be beautiful again.

Big John Comes Home

We have had a fairly dry spring, so WS's equipment was delivered earlier than expected. Cop Car gets a gold star for guessing/deducing the brand of the equipment WS has purchased - it is a John Deere (nicknamed Big John). However, she is sadly mistaken by thinking it is a tractor.

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And in Other News at the Bogie Stead

Last week we had some nice days. Wednesday and Friday were nice enough that I rode to work. We also didn't bother to light the woodstove the evenings of Tuesday or Friday - which brings to a total of 3 (or maybe 4) days that the stove has been out since winter started. The nights are still usually cold - in the 20's or 30's, so an evening fire is still the norm though.

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Friday morning I was amazed that there wasn't much traffic once I got toward the MA state line and all the rest of the way to work. I briefly thought there was a holiday that I didn't know about. Of course I hadn't seen the news (I leave before the news comes on) and since I was riding the bike, I couldn't listen to the news while on my way so I didn't know about the drama in Watertown (and MIT before then). A couple of people couldn't come in to work as they were in the shut down area as they hunted for the Boston Bombing suspect.

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Went to get the Jeep inspected yesterday. After an hour, the counter guy said that we had a "Huge problem". I looked at him and he went on that my vehicle passed inspection with "flying colors". So I asked him what the issue was. Apparently they ran out of 2014 stickers and couldn't get them until Monday. I now have to go back next Saturday to get my sticker. Not a huge deal, just an inconvenience, but a bit irritating never the less because I had made the appointment at the beginning of the week, so they knew they needed a sticker for my vehicle.

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WS has decided we need another piece of equipment to help with projects around the house/yard. He has bought it, but can't have it delivered yet because it needs some work (it is very used), and it is mud season here, so getting out to it in the pasture is problematic. I won't say what it is, and let you guys make guesses until it makes its way here next month.

I think I have caught up with my lack of posting the last month or two - but don't get used to it!