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Canned 12 pints of bread and butter pickles yesterday [Ranch's recipe].
 

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Made bread.

Did the shopping.

Canned up the tomato sauce from yesterday, got another 18 pints out of that batch.

Received the Gadsden flag... it is now flying at the entryway.
 
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Made our Shrimp Cocktail for supper tonight. We have enough to share with our young neighbors.

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Harvest all the spaghetti squash.

Also harvested 2 tubs of tomatoes for our mail lady.

Started replacing the PVC valves for the garden with the brass/stainless steel ones I bought a couple of years ago. This is going to take a while as it is too hot.
 

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Watered porch pots & hanging baskets.

R&R'd the faucet in the master bath's jacuzzi. This was the last faucet... they have now all been replaced.

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Mrs. Ranch made shrimp quesadillas for supper & I made rice with the leftover shrimp stock & the last of the sauce. Yummy!!!
 
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Well the wife and I are looking for land. We'd love to have about 15-30 acres to build a barndominum on and maybe fence some in for a cow or 2 or 3.

The biggest hurdle is finding usable land that's also close enough to a city or town with fast internet. With all of this COVID-19 stuff going on I've been working from home since March and by the way talks are going right now, it doesn't seem I'll be going back to work anytime soon. So with the side stuff like these sites and my "real job" - internet is a must.
 

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Watered porch pots & hanging baskets.

Started digging again for the valve replacement but the ground is still too hard so I put the sprinkler on in this area.

Prepped the spaghetti squash for storage.

We're trying a new recipe that I got from Dick Hanks for tonight's supper (Spaghetti Squash Lasagna).
 
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Made bread.

Continued digging & then turned the sprinkler on again in the area to help loosen it up. Needless to say, it's hot here!!!
 

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Did the shopping. Got accosted by a customer about my 'mask' while I was checking out, bet he won't make that mistake again.

Made a 3-layer pecan/spice birthday cake for the gal down the road. I took this picture before I had a chance to decorate it with candles & pecan halves on the top & shredded coconut on the sides. Mrs. Ranch had to hold her & the kids in the garage until I was finish with it, LOL!!!

Mrs. Ranch also gave her daughter a lap quilt that she custom made for her in her favorite colors. Both were close to tears... As you can probably tell, we love these neighbors.

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Did the shopping. Got accosted by a customer about my 'mask' while I was checking out, bet he won't make that mistake again.

Made a 3-layer pecan/spice birthday cake for the gal down the road.
Ranch is the cake recipe posted here? Thanks...
 

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Finally getting some rain from the outer bands of TS Hanna (3.47" thus far). It's coming down real good right now!!!

Made bread.
 
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'Hanna' made it to a cat1 hurricane before she made landfall yesterday!!! We're still getting some rain from the outer bands (0.25" thus far). That makes 3.79" over the last 3 days!!! We'll take every drop she can give us!!!

Painted the plant hangers for the guest house entry.

Sprayed polyurethane on the antler sheds that we hang on the back porch.

Made pizza dough & sauce for supper tonight.
 
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I'm too old now, I prefer a .45 hollow point & a cigarette while I'm waiting for their eyes to glaze over, LOL!!!
 

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Made bread.

Refilled the redbird feeders & put out another seed block for them.

Put Dieter's food/water station back in service.

Mrs. Ranch gave me a driveway haircut.

Ordered an outdoor Strategic Air Command flag & a cast aluminum federal eagle. These will be installed at the front porch of the guesthouse.

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