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• • ▼2010
    • ►September (1)
      • Welcome September!
    • ►August (10)
      • Late August Days
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      • - Thankful for Goodnes …
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      • Summer Downpour
      • Roosts and Berries
    • ►June (11)
      • - Beautiful Morning in …
      • - The Chicken Coop is …
      • - A Sunflower Brighten …
      • Closer on the Coop
      • Days Around the Pond
      • - The Road Goes On... …
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      • - Five Little Swallows …
      • A Drone Laying Queen
      • - Time Flies and Drago …
      • Rocky Reflections
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      • May Garden Roundup
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      • - Labrador Meets Roost …
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      • Meet the Roos
      • - Welcome Home Jessica …
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      • - Seeing the World in …
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      • Virga at Dawn
      • - Little Blessings in …
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      • - Hard Woods in Still …
      • Three Cats About
      • On A Spring Day
      • Misty Morning
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      • - Happy Birthday Smoke …
      • On the Road Again
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      • - Hear! Hear! Spring i …
    • ►February (5)
      • Late Winter Warm Up
      • Visions of Spring
      • - Life Lessons and Sno …
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      • A Little Junco
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      • Whether the Weather!
  • ►2009
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      • - Growing Forward, Hap …
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      • Two Moments, One Day
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      • - Raising the Roof and …
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      • Warm November Days
      • Day by Day in Autumn
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      • - Lots of Acorns and B …
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      • - Moments of Beauty an …
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      • - Cool, Calm and Heave …
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      • - Recipe for Summer Fu …
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      • - Growing Through Summ …
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      • A Simple Day
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      • - A Little White and C …
      • - Enjoying the Four F& …
      • - Little Wonders in Sp …
      • - Yellow Labs and Brow …
      • Dancing in the Sky
      • - Marching Toward Spri …
      • Big and Tiny Bubbles
      • - Windy Fun, Bees in t …
      • Just Bee Happy
      • - Journeys Through Lif …
    • ►February (11)
      • - Elderberries, Juncos …
      • - Sheepish Sunday Stru …
      • - Using MS Word to Wri …
      • - Searching for Tocque …
      • - From Mud Pie to Rock …
      • - Winter Giving Way to …
      • What's My Line?
      • - A Few Warm Days in F …
      • Moments at Home
      • - Gopher Piles and Bat …
      • - Pond Ice and Green T …
    • ►January (14)
      • Snowy Landscapes
      • Winter Safety Tip
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      • Doing Nothing Much
      • - Timeless Reflections …
  • ►2008
    • ►December (12)
      • Painting the Pond
      • - Blessings for Christ …
      • - Benumbed, Biting and …
      • - Change Happens, What …
      • - Cold Weather and Cat …
      • - Second Sunday, and W …
      • - The Days Grow Shorte …
      • When Is It Enough?
      • - Ramblings and Rememb …
      • - Cold, Icy and... Bir …
      • Moonlit Dreams
      • - Warm Thoughts on Col …
    • ►November (14)
      • First Snow Comes
      • - Light and Shadows of …
      • - Building Character, …
      • - What Does "Livi …
      • The Bover Kingdom
      • - Moments in Autumn, a …
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      • - On Trees and a Life …
      • - Remembering Those Wh …
      • - Wood Stoves and Warm …
      • Fall Football Fun
      • - Falling Leaves, Cons …
      • - A New Day, The Journ …
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    • ►October (12)
      • Autumn Change
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      • - Life Happens, Season …
      • October Rain
      • - Pile-O-Piglets and O …
      • - Colorful Fun in the …
      • - Bucking a Tree and C …
      • - Bucking a Tree in Au …
      • - Hints of Autumn Colo …
      • - A New Day, and a Tig …
      • Walnuts Galore
      • - Every Dog Has His Da …
    • ►September (12)
      • - More Gifts from the …
      • - Rest Stop for Waterf …
      • - Early Autumn Odditie …
      • - Procrastinatus and S …
      • - Perspective is Every …
      • - Cool Mornings and Wa …
      • Ike's Aftermath
      • - Flowers, Berries and …
      • - Doggy Treats in the …
      • Cane Pole Fun
      • - Awake at Dawn on a N …
      • - Rain Coming, Bees ar …
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      • - Life and Ice Cream D …
      • - Jam and Jelly Skies …
      • Seasons Ahead
      • - Purple Daze with Aug …
      • - Homework for All of …
      • - Fungus Amongus and t …
      • That Dam Time Again
      • - A Cool Morning in Au …
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      • - Festival of the Tree …
    • ►July (16)
      • Flutterby in July
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      • - Summer Fun at the Po …
      • - Sunflowers, Tangles …
      • Caterpillars Too
      • Thorny Notes
      • - New Discoveries, Old …
      • Monday Bugday
      • - Double Cukes and Cor …
      • - Ghostly Shapes in th …
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      • Shades of Green
      • - Always Hope, Always …
      • Colorful Evening
      • Beetle Mania
      • - Enjoying the Home Ga …
    • ►June (12)
      • Sour Grapes
      • Ode to a Cat
      • - Making Hay and Other …
      • - The Garden, the Lab …
      • - Life, Strife and Som …
      • - Vanity and Economic …
      • Relative Thoughts
      • - Road Writings and Gr …
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      • - Sunrise Over the Fie …
      • Growing Daze
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    • ►May (16)
      • Bugs and Roses
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      • - Catching Up with Bee …
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      • - Gardens, Critters an …
      • Growth and Change
      • - Bluebirds Leave the …
      • - Kids and Nature Just …
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      • Wet and Windy
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      • - Yellow Lab Finds a S …
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    • ►April (18)
      • - Trees and Changing P …
      • - Pond Drainage Projec …
      • Apple Blooms
      • - Backyard Beasts Inde …
      • - Toad Love on Earth D …
      • Before the Leaves
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      • - Yellow Labrador at 1 …
      • A Hungry Visitor
      • Kite Flying Lessons
      • - Country Critters and …
      • - Predictability, Chan …
      • Bees and Trees
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      • Too Much Rain
    • ►March (18)
      • - Ghostly Sentinels an …
      • - Nests of Pleasant Th …
      • - Surprise on the Porc …
      • March Easter Morning
      • - A Good Friday and We …
      • - Water, Water Everywh …
      • - Almost Time for the …
      • The Tuning Fork Tree
      • My Wish For You
      • - Simple Moments and S …
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      • - Harbingers of Spring …
      • Kuma the Shiba Inu
      • Woody the Woodpecker
      • - Early March Snow is …
      • - The Shiba's Lea …
      • - Fixing Stuff and Hea …
      • Things Undone
    • ►February (13)
      • - Rainbow Trout in Mis …
      • Winter Labors On
      • - Bluestem Around the …
      • Look at the Moon!
      • - Canada Geese are Bac …
      • Morning Sunshine
      • - Winter's Journe …
      • - Sunlight and Wistful …
      • - Warm Fire in the Mor …
      • A Dog and His Boy
      • Ponds and Rivers
      • - Heavy Rain and a Ful …
      • Snowy Fun in Winter
    • ►January (15)
      • - Raking the Garden, b …
      • Pinewood Derby Fun
      • - Cold, Sunny Days in …
      • - Yellow Lab at 15 Mon …
      • Moments in Time
      • - Penguins and Blueste …
      • Bully Birds and Moss
      • Chores and More
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  • ►2007
    • ►December (11)
      • A Year of Growth
      • Christmas Wishes
      • - Cooper's Hawk V …
      • 'Tis the Season
      • Let it Snow!!!
      • More on Reflections
      • - Smart Kids, Not-So-S …
      • - December Sunset in M …
      • Tangle of Ice
      • - Brrrrr! The Ice is …
      • - Raindrops are Fallin …
    • ►November (17)
      • Sunrise
      • Living In This Earth
      • Waning November Moon
      • - Football Fever in Mi …
      • - Can I Borrow an Extr …
      • - Thankful Days in Aut …
      • - How Many Leaves Must …
      • - I Need a New Willow …
      • - Yellow Lab is Growin …
      • Mallard in the Rain
      • Autumn Sunset
      • - Favorite Trees and L …
      • - Magic and Falling Le …
      • - Cold Weather, Plumbi …
      • - Colors of the Autumn …
      • A Season for Doing
      • - Is It Really Novembe …
    • ►October (18)
      • Happy Halloween!
      • - First Frost but Stil …
      • - Sneaking Up on the H …
      • - Trees, Leaves and a …
      • - Roses, Peppers and a …
      • October Days
      • - Planting Grass, Prev …
      • - Changing Colors of L …
      • Breezy Thoughts
      • Not Quite Autumn Yet
      • Training the Lab
      • - Bluebirds and Old Ro …
      • - Homework, Kids and B …
      • October Flowers
      • - Moon Among the Leave …
      • The Fog of Life
      • - Colorful Sky and Snu …
      • - Happy Birthday Pup! …
    • ►September (17)
      • - Fields of Color and …
      • - Days of Light and Pl …
      • - No Cockleburs for Me …
      • Old Man in the Stump
      • Larger Perspectives
      • - Flowers at Summer� …
      • Dreams and Play
      • - Basset Hound Sunrise …
      • - Brush-cutting the Da …
      • - Foggy Pond and Chubb …
      • - Morning Calm in the …
      • - Yellow Labrador at 1 …
      • A Day of Remembrance
      • Koi and the Blob
      • - Sunset After the Rai …
      • - Missouri Conservatio …
      • - September Fun at Mar …
    • ►August (18)
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      • - Round Hay and Giant …
      • - Dragonflies and a Li …
      • Pond Thoughts
      • A Full Day
      • - School again... Lett …
      • This Moment
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      • - Time for Pickles... …
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      • Hot Days in August
      • - Summer Canoeing in t …
      • - Barn Swallows Move O …
      • Summer Color
      • Time for Trees
    • ►July (19)
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      • - Yellow Labrador Retr …
      • What Sunflowers Do
      • - Light and Uncertaint …
      • - Morning Light in Sum …
      • - Critters Around the …
      • Flowers in Summer
      • His First Bicycle
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      • - A Reflection of Real …
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      • - The Garden Gives Bac …
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    • ►June (14)
      • - Laundry Cats and Tur …
      • The Gift of Rain
      • - Catching Up and Movi …
      • Quieter Days
      • Summer Rain
      • Welcome Summer!
      • Home Again!
      • Busy Days
      • Family Time
      • - Warm and Dry... Almo …
      • Making Hay
      • Life in the Country
      • Water
      • Rain in June
    • ►May (21)
      • - Afternoon in the Cou …
      • A Redbud Tree
      • - Butterflies and Barn …
      • The Living Pond
      • - The Garden is Growin …
      • Bluebird Antics
      • The Little Critters
      • - Misty Morning on the …
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      • Kids and Cats
      • - Summer Tanagers on a …
      • - Yellow Labrador at 8 …
      • - The Orioles are Back …
      • The Pond is Quieter
      • - Water Dog... the Yel …
      • First Boat!
      • Rain, rain, rain!
      • - Musings from the Dee …
    • ►April (19)
      • Our Burt Dow Boat
      • New Spring Leaves
      • Warm Weather
      • - The Pond and More Wi …
      • - More Flowers in Spri …
      • The Pond
      • - Toad Love and Other …
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      • - Extra Help with the …
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      • - Yellow Lab almost 7 …
      • Clouds!
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    • ►March (23)
      • - Southern Germany... …
      • What Bird is this?
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      • - Rainfall and Turbidi …
      • Welcome Spring!
      • - Yellow Lab is Growin …
      • - Harmony of the Seaso …
      • - Happy St. Patrick� …
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      • The Light Within
      • Pileated Woodpecker
      • Country Morning
      • Daffodils in Spring
      • Sunday Fun
      • Dam Spring Cleaning
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      • - Minnow Pennies in th …
      • Snow Goose Migration
      • Many Things
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      • Perspective
      • Windy
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      • Rosemary in flower
      • - Yellow Lab Pup... 5 …
      • Nature's Energy
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      • Red-Tailed Hawk
      • Sparky can swim!
      • - "Uh... Do you m …
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      • Distlefink
      • Spring Cometh...
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      • - Snow day in the coun …
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      • Pond Fun on the Ice
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      • - Technosailor's …
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