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Re: Went back and looked again and am caught by the image
When triplets happened last year I studdied up on it. It doesn't happen very often and only happens in places where there is plenty of food, plenty of water, and good hiding places. That is Son's place for you.....a forested area at the back, a stream of water, peach tree, apple tree, plum tree, flower gardens, walnut tree for the squirrels, etc. Last year he loved watching the triplets grow and change from tiny spotted fawns to the disappearance of spots, growth and antler nubbins on the male. He was thrilled at the new threesome following their mother around.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 15, 2017 at 11:17 AM
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Went back and looked again and am caught by the image
of a doe and three fawn, moving delicately across the lawn.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 15, 2017 at 10:56 AM
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Seems more extreme hard showers/floods/messes between
hot dry spells. It would be nice to have a stretch of temperate weather.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 15, 2017 at 10:54 AM
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It seems like there is a ton of flooding going on these days...I have been seeing a fair amount of deer as of late.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 15, 2017 at 9:51 AM
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Re: Naut
From shakespearonline.com:
| SONNET 35 | PARAPHRASE |
| No more be griev'd at that which thou hast done: | Do not grieve any more at what you have done: |
| Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; | Roses have thorns, and clear fountains mud; |
| Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, | Clouds and eclipses obscure both the moon and sun, |
| And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud. | And the canker worm chooses the sweetest bud to invade. |
| All men make faults, and even I in this, | Everybody commits faults, and even I in doing this, |
| Authorizing thy trespass with compare, | Justifying your crimes by comparisons [in lines 2/3], |
| Myself corrupting, salving thy amiss, | Making myself a corrupt pleader by trying to remedy your misdeeds, |
| Excusing thy sins more than thy sins are; | Excusing your sins and even sins you haven't committed; |
| For to thy sensual fault I bring in sense, | For I bring reason to side with your sensual faults, |
| (Thy adverse party is thy advocate) | (The opponent in this case is your advocate) |
| And 'gainst myself a lawful plea commence: | And against myself I begin a lawful plea: |
| Such civil war is in my love and hate | I am so torn apart by loving and hating you at the same time |
| That I an accessary needs must be | That I must become an accessory |
| To that sweet thief which sourly robs from me. | To [you] that sweet thief who robs me by being unfaithful. |
posted by
TAPS.
on July 15, 2017 at 9:01 AM
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TAPS
From does through mud to Shakespeare - what an interesting, typically TAPSian trip that makes me think of a lot of things, among them wondering which of the Bard's plays has those lines...Of course I can probably find out...
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Nautikos
on July 15, 2017 at 7:41 AM
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TAPS
I just love the Shakespeare quote, dear TAPS. The rain and thus mud, have been terrible for your area. We have humidity here. It's almost Florida weather lately. Hard to breathe.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 14, 2017 at 8:37 PM
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we had rain here as well...lowered the temperatures to sufferable
posted by
Annicita
on July 14, 2017 at 8:27 PM
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Hmm - try living with 3 dogs and mud on my hill when it rains. Call me Miss Mop-a-lot!
posted by
adnohr
on July 14, 2017 at 7:50 PM
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The mud ah yes darling...I had never had a real one before and I do love it.
posted by
Kabu
on July 14, 2017 at 2:07 PM
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Tell me about it Taps I try to keep changing my shoes,but mud seems to creep in every time it rains. One thing the smooth floor is easy to mop.I would have loved something like your son's little estate had I been younger .
posted by
C_C_T
on July 14, 2017 at 12:02 PM
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