Summer in the Backyard?

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One would think that since I called my blog “Backyard Living” that I would do much of my living IN my backyard, especially in the summer. I thought I would . . . yet this summer I seem to be living mostly in my vehicle. Multiple trips to Rochester, Syracuse,…

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Scurry Hurry here comes September!

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The rush is on. As I try to hold on to that blissful summer feeling (the one that says “I can do that later, we’ve got all summer”) I am suddenly faced with the reality that summer is almost over. It’s time to clean out the dressers and closets –…

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Enter Summer

As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer I find I am spending most of my time in my backyard – which really leaves little time for writing (blogging) about the backyard. The chicks arrived and spent the first two weeks in a brooder indoors. Although they were…

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Cleaning the Closets

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I am a compulsive list maker. I make grocery lists, to do lists, bills to pay lists, books to read lists, long-term goals lists, short term goals lists – I even have a bucket list (if you haven’t seen the movie, you simply MUST http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3367043353/). Lists make me feel like…

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