2026-11-09

Processing the fall leaves…

Left to right: the process of “mowing” the leaves, the results, and then the next day…

You have to do it a few times to keep up with it hahaha.
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PSA to blow your mower off when you’re done

Here’s how mine looked when I finished mowing leaves, and also after I hit it with my leaf blower. Big improvement.  Also, the grass and leaves hold moisture against the steel and cause rust and other issues.  Even the pulley bearings get jammed up with stuff!
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What is attacking our trees…

This will be the third young locust that something has destroyed… The first two got pushed over and uprooted when there were pretty young… But this one is pretty firmly established and has been clawed all to pieces almost all the way around the base! Bobcat? Badger? Something else? Just a regular neighborhood cat? Who knows?! 
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I forgot about my Bible word studies over the years

A friend was asking for my advice and experience on deeper Bible studies or devotions.  I talked over how’d I had picked some books and worked through them using this deep dive word study process.  It reminded me of my colors, icons, questions, and methods I had used.  Hit me up if you want to talk further about how it worked for me?
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Waiting for the next adventure

The dogs can sense when I’m about to get up off the couch they start gathering around, waiting.  Then they sometimes get bored and fall back asleep. Haha.  they were right, we went on a walk shortly after this. :)
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2026-11-07

Blue and gold does make a pretty color combo

We got to see Michigan play Ohio State in men’s hockey.  My mother had the audacity to text me, “Go Blue”… 👿

We got distracted on the way into the Buckeye’s hockey game 🤪

The buckeye lady was calling our name….!

Added a four-footer to the collection

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We had lunch at our old BK, I mean McDonald’s…

Wow, this new store layout is about as cold, sterile and impersonal as you can get.  You don’t even see a person except for the moment they call your number… 
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You might lose Andy and me here for a while….

…In case you never hear from us again, we were last seen at this booth in the antique mall…

Andy and I decided to check out some of the tools by stopping here on the way home.  Funny part was, I had a hard time getting him to this booth since he wanted to stop at most of the booths along the way to browse other cool things.  Fun, I think we have some future activities we can plan to hit other places :)
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