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We threw out the rest of the suet and we've been out of bird seed for a few weeks. So Pooh may stop by but won't find anything. Hopefully the raspberry and blackberry bushes will escape unscathed when the crop ripens 🤞

Wrong cartoon, Charlie Brown. 😆

It is crazy how much new building some areas are doing. Many areas in Florida are unrecognizable now because of all the shopping centers and residential communities they've built. What's surprising to me is that where I live now has already been built up. There's not many areas that can be developed. That all happened from the 1950s to 1980s. I think conservation practices and wildlife protection laws have enabled the bear, deer, and coyote populations to rebound from being nearly wiped out in the early to mid 1900s. People need to learn to keep their trash and recycle bins in their garages or shed. Just about everyone has them. There's also the idiots who leave food out for wildlife. Granted I'm guilty of throwing the occasional lettuce scraps out for the bunnies, but thats about it. There are plenty of bozos who put out dog food for the trash pandas and it ends up attracting all sorts of vermin. Here's another picture of my local Pooh Bear. My friend thought it was AI. NOPE!

Like I said..... Brat.

The other morning my husband saw a coyote on the next street over from ours. So, we've been going outside with our little 17 year old, mostly blind and deaf little Camden. Last night hubby goes out with him and is puttering in the yard while Camden does his business. He catches a movement out of the corner of his eye, over at the fence. He turns, looks, grabs Camden and hauls ass into the house. Our middle-class neighborhood has a new resident. He or she likes suet. We will no longer be providing it to the buffet. I think the birds and squirrels will report us to their union when they should be taking their concerns to the ursine consortium. We are merely protecting life and limb. I told my husband ...we live in suburbia, not the effing Hundred Acre Woods! Scram Pooh!

Hmmm, yes, I forgot about this tidbit. So I went back ........👹 Laughing, Ash wrapped his towel around his waist and followed Taggert out. Taggert hadn’t bothered wrapping the towel properly, just slung it over his shoulder. He stopped at the entrance and retrieved a t-shirt hanging from a wall hook. Rather vague, rather ambiguous. I'm now thinking small brand on his shoulder that he covers. It can't be too big because a towel slung over the shoulder has to be able to hide it. Otherwise, there's a chance of the towel shifting as he walks and revealing what's underneath. Small brand scar on shoulder. Final answer.

I hope it worked out for them too. I didn't mean to sound callous, I was just flabbergasted. They did know that they needed to have the documents notarized. They called my manager two weeks ago to ask her how to get them notarized. She told them to bring everything in and she would notarize them. She wasn't a young student either. Definitely grad student with a good grasp on English. It shouldn't astound me when these things happen, but it still does. I used to see this happen all the time when I worked in travel. Every client I spoke to who was booking an international trip I made it a point to tell them....."make sure your passport is valid for at least six months after your travel dates. You can be denied boarding at the airport." It was also in the paperwork we made them sign. Every year, at least one person calling from the airport panicking because they were denied boarding OR calling me asking me how they can get their renewal expedited because they are leaving in a week and just saw that their passport expires in two days. People just don't listen and then expect you to bend over backwards to accommodate them. If I can help someone out, I will. But there are a lot of situations where my hands are tied. I do think that people don't realize that a notary is a legal function. Even if I had access to the notary stamp, I still can't use it. Doing so is fraud and it would render whatever documents that were notarized null and void. I had the impression she thought anyone could just sign her stuff. Anyways, I gave her a few options of where to go for a notary. It was the best I could do.

OMFG. Answer me this ... knowing how messed up the US is, especially when it comes to immigration, if you were here on a student visa and it needed to be renewed, and the application to renew had to be mailed by a certain date.....WHY TF WOULD YOU WAIT UNTIL 3PM ON THAT DAY TO COME IN TO YOUR LEASING OFFICE TO HAVE COPIES OF YOUR LEASE NOTARIZED??!!! I am NOT a notary. My manager is, and of course she left early to deal with a pool issue and won't be back until tomorrow. I told the girl point blank "you shouldn't have waited until the last minute." She said they went to their bank and they wouldn't do it. There is no fixing stupidity. Why would anyone risk their legal immigration status in this day and age? Have a nice flight back to your home country. Omg.

I don't even know where to start with this chapter. There's a $#!+load going on and all of is between the lines. I have a feeling there is way more happening than what you've written. @Mikiesboy is right. Your style has changed a bit and it's working. Too well. Taggart now has more layers than an onion and Ash hasn't even managed to peel one off yet. He's got his thumbnail under the skin but has barely pried it up. So let me take a stab at a few conspiracy theories. Why Taggart is so butt hurt over hurting Ash...... He caused an injury to someone else on the past that resulted in a disfiguring scar and still carries the guilt. The whole undercurrent between James, Ash and Taggart...... Yes, James is the owners son so he has to be vested I what's going on. He's proven to be very observant and I think it's because he wants what's best to keep the ranch running profitably. Its his future on the line. Happy ranch hands = things getting done. Does Taggart have scars..... I don't think he has scars on his back. His ass...maybe. My reasoning is simple. He turns his back in the shower and I'm assuming he wraps a towel around his waist before exiting. This would keep his back exposed but his ass would be covered. The other guys would be able to see his back when he walked out but not the glutes. I agree with @Daddydavek's assessment that the Taggart is the real one wounded in this chapter. Finally, we have this.... "I did trust you." Taggert looked up at him, their eyes locking. Ash stared back. "I still do." Taggert sat there looking at him. His eyes wandered a bit over Ash's features. Then, he blinked. ....Trust is something that I think means a whole lot to Taggart. Whatever is in his past shattered his trust in everything. Such a simple statement by Ash has the effect of rocking Taggart to his core. You're making us work for this one, Wayne. Brat. 😜 Keep 'em coming!

Way to go Wayne! Its amazing what our bodies can and can't do. It does feel great when you accomplish something you thought you couldn't do or thought would take a while to get there. Then there's those people like me who go to their primary care doc for steroid shots in the knees and when he palpates and maneuvers my knees he goes....."yah, thats a whole lot of crunching going on." 🫢😳🤣 Keep up the good work!

It was certainly different back when we were young! Neither of my parents hit alcoholic raisins first thing in the morning, but on Sunday afternoons during Nascar season, my dad would settle on his recliner and I'd get the command "make me a drink." I made a mean whisky sour by the age of 6 LOL. Mom got one too. Later on they graduated to a Black Russian for Dad and a White Russian for mom. I should've been a bar tender. My first job in high school was with Carvel and we would make rum raisin ice cream. It was rum flavored ice cream (fake of course) with raisins that had been soaked in simple syrup. That was some good stuff.

Raisins can be soaked in a variety of liquids. Warm water, fruit juice, one of my friends soaked them in coffee(which I thought was weird, but to each their own), most types of alcohol, although rum is used most often. You only need to soak them for 15-30 minutes for most recipes but if you use alcohol it should be overnight. Rum raisins are great for fruitcakes.

I think someone had a great idea. Ive added apples to my shopping list. I will be baking either today or tomorrow. There's just too much stuff to do around this house. That's what happens when nobody else wants to step up and help out their 91 year old mother. Some of these issues have been issues for years. Enjoy your apple brownies tim! Have a good day everyone!

I've cut my own hair for years and I buzzed hubby and the boys for many years. I still do the husbands but the kids are on their own. (Unless the younger one decides he doesn't want long hair anymore lol). Mine is pretty long right now. I need to trim the back but it's at an awkward length for me to do it myself. So it'll keep growing until I decide to chop it all off. Which I've done before. Our humidity ticked up today. I was inside all day "working". (Yeah, got some writing done and managed 9400 steps pacing while listening to an audiobook). Its pizza for us for dinner as I did not take anything out of the freezer. Enjoy the rest of your weekend y'all!

Hopefully not too much longer. 🤞

The Krew should sharpen its reflex time. You never know...it might be needed soon.

Ok Wayne, let's talk. Beside him, Taggert didn’t drink right away. He held the glass loosely, watching the room, not tense, exactly, but not relaxed either. His gaze flicked from the door to the bar, to the people at the tables. Always moving. Always aware. Whatever Taggart has been through has honed his situational awareness to a razor sharp point. The man always knows what's going on around him. Is it a good thing? Probably. Could it be a bad thing? Potentially. We shall see. Then there's this: Close enough to catch the way his eyes flicked, not to the table, not to the room-- To Ash's lips. Then up to his eyes. And they stayed there for a beat. Looks like Ash's situational awareness skillz are pretty sharp too. Then we end this way: He didn’t dare move. Not with Taggert leaning into him like that. Not with whatever the hell this was sitting heavy in his chest and in the pit of his stomach. And lower. That part didn’t make any sense at all. And it wasn't going anywhere Somebody's inner gay boy is waking up. Question is...how long will it take him to figure it out? Well played Wayne.

But little yappy short legged canines are soooo entertaining! And such an easy 🎯 🤣😂

I've been in such a slump for the past 2 years. I started 2 stories, stalled, then started a 3rd. I think the 3rd time is a charm though because I just finished up chapter 17 and have a pretty clear vision of how I want the rest of it to go. Its been a long road, but I think I'm close to the end. Good luck with your prologue! Have a good day everyone!

Still in Florida huh? That totally fits. The amount of residential building they've been doing the past few years is insane. Part of the reason I left.

Pretty sure I've been cast as one of the crazy sidekicks. 🤣🤪

I'm kinda following the same line of thinking as that pesky @weinerdog, maybe something along the lines of Yellowstone. Taggart definitely has PTSD, but what caused it is still a mystery. Its obvious that root cause is his "disagreement with the management" at his last job. Nice work Wayne.

We are home safe and sound. I already miss the kids. Oh, and this derpy dog. The poster pup for the saying "lights are on and nobody's home". His name is Toaster. It fits him.

Things you don't want to hear when you're at a boarding gate: Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a slight delay boarding flight 1234 while we wait for incoming passengers to deplane. The captain has informed us that there is a ....... thing.......with the plane and will advise us as to when we can begin boarding. Thankfully not my flight. But really, a thing? Thats a new one for me. 😳 One leg down, one to go. Have a good day everyone!