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Didn't go too crazy this year with outdoor decorations....fun stuff 😊

Our first real measurable snowfall, at least IMO...began around 3am and supposed to clear out around lunchtime or so. Might get a glazing of ice on top of it afterwards, but I hope not because this snow is the wet, heavy variety. Looking like we'll get between 4-6 inches. I'll get too test my breathing and stamina shoveling today! I can already hear it sliding off my steel roof, sounds like rumbling thunder hitting the ground...and that always means that I'll have a pile too shovel off the eastern side of the house on my sidewalk.. 20221209_074259.mp4

Went back to work part time, just finished my 2nd week! Plans are still set for Miken Sports too close their doors and transfer production over to China, where they are already producing Easton bats. Estimated time of closing is between April and June. Little by little, I thought that I would share some pics of my daily haunts since 2006. This is Surface Prep, the department that I ran for over 10 years...first pic is the handle gluing robot...second pic, the CNC...third pic, 1 of 6 sanding lathes...4th pic, silicone barrels waiting to be loaded into the robot...5th pic, the barrel saw...6th pic, another shot of one of two sanding robots....and the last pic, a look at the department. Man, I have pushed many thousands of bats through this room over the years...gonna miss it!

I'm glad I don't live next to a taco bell...we would run up one heck of a Bill 😐

We spray ours a couple times a year. Patty has had her first beehive for probably 8 years now, if not more. And she credits this longevity too Aquanet! Air tends too get pretty dry indoors and over time I'm sure these nests would fall apart. There's alot of honeycombs inside these things! I've seen a nest deteriorate from the bottom up and eventually the interior starts falling out of the hole in the bottom. Hives are tough to come by too! It's always first come first serve when one is found in the city limits. Chances are better in the wild but they sure are tough to find in the woods!

My biggest lure 😊

We use a extra strong hold hair spray on ours too preserve them. Otherwise over time they are prone to falling apart.

The town of Spring Grove, about 7 miles east of me. Every year they dress up the little park in the center of town

I actually like this marble. I'll join in on the MK opinions 😊

I think it's a Pelt...

Tis' the beginning of the Christmas season, and this year, we decided to go with a fresh cut tree. Just got back from cutting it down out there in the wild! Gotta do a wee bit of trimming but here she is, a "before" picture soon to be followed by the "after" picture 😊

Only reason I am putting this here and nowhere else is because we spotted it out on the same land as the dig site. 2nd beehive this year! Just it's temporary resting place until we get it sprayed and decide where to mount it.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and definitely have a Fantastic Akro Friday 😊

Man, judging from what you have been able too find, I would be looking under EVERYTHING in my house 😳

If I'm looking at a Helmet, then I'm wishing I had one like it. Nice marble 👍

Nice cork...Love the colors

The Eagles have been all over along Highway 44, thanks to Minnesota's firearms season. Lots of deer on the run having not such good luck crossing. Ring the dinner bell! As Art stated, the Eagles are filling our skies with a vengeance. They have been cleaning up the unfortunate ones that couldn't make it across 44, and the crow's are right there "waiting in the wings" (no pun intended?), and jump right in when the Eagles finish up. I did love watching the Eagles on the Mississippi river while I fished last year, diving down for a meal too deliver too their nest nearby. I could just see the eaglets bobbing around in the distance as the parent landed. It's great to see one flying just about every day I'm out and about. I should throw it in there since we're discussing Raptor's and their feeding habits...I got too watch a Red Tailed Hawk snag a mouse out of a roadside ditch then glide up to a Telephone line to inspect its prey. Watching it swoop down was a thing of beauty.

Up and at em', popping that bird in the stove in a couple of hours. Did alot of the prep yesterday afternoon and the table will be full...Turkey, stuffing, homemade mashed potatoes, homemade green bean casserole, buttermilk biscuits, cranberry sauce, homemade apple and blueberry pies... Happy Thanksgiving my collecting Friends 🦃 Definitely cannot forget the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade followed by a full slate of the NFL!

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Interloper!!!! 🤣

Late update! Turns out that the bloody biopsy site is ok...my doctor is sticking by his diagnosis of cancer free... And guess what the culprit was...today the scab was really loose so I carefully removed it and guess what was clinging to it? A near half inch long suture! Working it's way too the surface and causing problems lol! Turns out that this surture must have also, IMO, been the reason my PET scan lit up in that spot! All good! Don't see anyone until February. Yay!

Hey there, Boris....how about some close ups of some of those other mibs in the baggies. Your marble does appear too resemble the 2 I shared. Jeff is thinking Akro with yours...shoot, I'd be happy with that to 😊