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This is what I went out to this morning. Over the past 30 hours we had record breaking rain.
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It made the grass grow...little white clover blossoms were popping up in all the pastures.
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Made Joe happy....
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They never came into the paddock today....(just for water).
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Target is just about ready to get some dapples...a good sign.
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The sky was so dark I thought we were going to get another bad storm.
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We hardly had a drop of rain tho.....
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The clouds were flying by....
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Now the wild yellow rose bush is jammed with buds and they should all be out in the next couple of days.
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Every week Big Bird has a different kind of flower growing around him.
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At 10:15am Jenny dropped off Cooper. She and two friends were meeting X Congressman John
LaFalce for lunch. Of course Coop brought his own bagels.
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By the time his Mom got back, the sky was beautiful.
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I went out to drag the ring as Darrin was having a lesson.
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Picture perfect.....
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Jolene, the Instuctor, may be interested in buying my horse trailer. Wouldn't that be nice???
We had to be down in the Village for our Concert by 5:30 so we could do a little rehearsing before it really started at 7:00.
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Jim has been singing for as long as I can remember and is part of the Chorus and the Barbershop group.
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40 people from Kendall, a neighboring village, joined us for a medley at the end of our program. I love singing with over 80 people...such an amazing sound.
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My friend Donna (in the red shirt) was there.
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Gary and the boys were waiting to get started.
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Louise and Jack arrived early enough for him to get his camera set up. He did a video of the entire program and picks up the sound so accurately. Can't wait to see it.
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When the concert was over, all were invited downstairs for goodies. The place was packed.
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This is Sharon...her Mom is in the chorus. You can always tell when someone does not like having their picture taken.
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Gary, on the other hand, totally enjoyed the scene and received a great deal of attention.
Everyone is so happy that he is alive and singing.
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You have seen many photos of Carol...she is married to Topper. For once he was not taking pictures of me taking pictures of him.
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This is our good friend Joanne...
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and there is Topper, making faces at me....
When the barbershop group sang, a woman in the chorus went into the audience and grabbed her husband (a Fonzerelli type) to dance. It was a surprise, and we all loved it (of course). It is my humble opinion that we did a great job tonight....I think our director was pleased.
Gary is already asleep and I have to get in some couch time. Goodnight all!