A Special Allocation

<center</center Back in the Spring of 2023, my wife and I were lucky enough to drive down to Louisville Kentucky and spend a bit of time in the area. One of the days we were down there we made a t

<center</center Back in the Spring of 2023, my wife and I were lucky enough to drive down to Louisville Kentucky and spend a bit of time in the area. One of the days we were down there we made a t
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This high treetop is the territory of a Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus. Thankfully, not every day that we see this, but nature has its own rules. Note: This post is not for sensitive people. We
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When we moved into this place, it HAD laundry, but it wasn't even good enough to put in the real estate photos and we removed it, including the walls, in favour of having more space, or at least the i

<center</center Dystopian thrillers seem to be all the rage these days. Whether it is on TV, in the movies, or in books, it seems like there is no shortage of stories set in some kind of future wh
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When I saw the start of the low cloud sunset, I thought that it would not turn out like this. 10 photos in here from the start to the finish and, all pictures were taken from our front garden at hom

<center</center<center<subImage is AI generated.</sub</center My wife had some procedures done recently. She's fine now. Recovering. That's the good news. The bad news came in the mail. Insurance co
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<center </center I had to take the new Model Y to the Tesla Service Center to correct a minor liftgate misalignment yesterday. We opted to wait for them to perform the fix, which was estimated to

<center</center This one almost slipped past me believe it or not. You might think given the fact that I live in Michigan I would be waiting with bated breath for my hope state to come up in my we
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And the one sat in a very unusual position between two bodyguards : It was a Forktailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimillis, and you will see his bodyguards in the picture below. I heard the strange calls a
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<div class="textjustify" The house where I grew up wasn't big, luxurious, or anything special to anyone who saw it from the outside. But for me, it was the center of the world. It had bare cement wall
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<center </center “Look at you, Maury. Your fly is down. You need to be more careful.” The nurse whispered. Mr. Loeffler’s crippled and spotted hands struggled to button up his wool coat as he
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... I finally am getting around to writing another post. It will be a mishmash of what has been going on since I last posted. In late February I spent six days at my youngest daughter's apartment, he

<center</center It's kind of funny how much you take ice for granted until you don't have it. Sure, ice in the Winter isn't such a great thing. Driving on it is certainly no fun. Plus, a large p
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Two herons stood on the rocks in the water, one at the left and one at the right. They were Grey Herons Ardea cineria and the one at the left is a female, while the male stood at the right hand in th

Some of the birdhouses around the yard have been up for over 25 years, and some of them were in desperate need of repair. I decided to work on one of them so I could get it up in time for nesting s
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<div class="textjustify" Hello Hivians and all you beer lovers. It's ~~Saturday~~ nope, it's actually fluffing Monday evening when I am getting around to finishing this post and hitting publish! I
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I came of age at a time when being happy in your work was not a particularly important objective for anyone. Or, at least, for very few people. That was not to suggest that people didn't feel good
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G'day gardeners of Hive! I've been sooo terrible about writing about my own garden because no soon do I take a few photos ready to post than I'm onto a new garden project or something changes and the
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The wife insisted that we must take a drive on my recent birthday, and I was happy to oblige. And so, during the drive, we popped into a beach area to have a quick look at the scenery. But it was t
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I freaking love Easter. The smell of hot cross buns releases something truly ferral in me! It symbolizes the change of seasons for us in SA, moving into autumn, and without fail, it always rains. W