Dining experience

Didn’t you always think that Goldilocks was terribly rude when she scarpered off after being discovered by the Three Bears? My definitive source of the text says: “The window was open, because the Bears, like the good, tidy bears that they were, always opened their bedchamber window when they got up in the morning. Out Goldilocks jumped, and...

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Pretty please, with snow on top

This weekend’s snowfall is the most I can remember since we’ve moved to the Compound. I thought I’d document it with a gallery of photos “Things with snow on them” The gable end of the gazebo all but disappeared. The outdoor lights that edge the top retaining wall are a foot below the surface – makes for an eerie glow. If there was ever a year to purchase a tractor with a FEL,...

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Childhood influence

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair. And as soon as she had let down the marvelous golden ladder the Prince climbed up. At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man came in, for she had never seen one before. But the Prince spoke to her kindly and told her at once that his heart had been so touched by her singing he felt he should know...

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Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean

The Compound lies in wait; unfinished projects hide unseen.The snowbird sings the song he always sings, And speaks to me of ventures that will start again in spring.