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Hi everybody,<br>
<br>
I think we've had about 3 different seasons of weather this week: a
couple of days of hot summertime, a couple of days of spring and today
reminds me of fall what with the cooler temperatures and the much
needed rain. <br>
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I decided last night that it was time to take our daddy Muskovy duck
down the hill to where our lady ducks had relocated themselves, and if
I had known what a show that was going to wind up being, I'd've sold
tickets. Have you ever been beaten up by a duck? And Muscovy's don't
quack so it was a pretty quiet fight. They hiss and hit with their
wings a lot, and he flopped and splashed through his water pan, which
with ducks, is dirty immediately after you put it out for them, so I
probably looked like I'd been in a mud fight before it was all over
with. Then we tried to put him in the cat carrier since I could tell
he wasn't just going to let me carry him down the hill. That didn't
work well either until we went to Plan B. We had started out trying to
stuff him in the thing head first, but he'd stretch his big long neck
out one way and his wings a couple of other directions and nothing
would go through the opening. I finally managed to get him turned
around backwards, pin his wings down to him and stuff him in
tailfeathers first. We finally got him down to where the female ducks
were and he stomped out of the carrier looking all indignant, fluffing
his feathers and splashing like he was trying to wash all the evidence
of my manhandling him away. The ladies didn't appear as interested in
him as they did the feed we took down to them, but I figure that will
change.<br>
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For you folks that live in the Wilburton city limits, I noticed in the
paper that the city will be having clean-up days Tues. and Wed. of next
week, so if you have stuff you need hauled off, you need to get it to
the curb before then and call city hall to get on their pick-up list.
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It's looking like a busy week here at Eastern next week, with the
Battle of the Bands Monday evening, the self-defense classes offered on
Tues., Wed. and Thurs., along with the Spring Musical, and various
banquets and luncheons scheduled throughout the week. And don't forget
about the Starving Artist event downtown today and tomorrow. They tell
me it's getting to be the busy season around here and I believe it.<br>
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Our menu for today includes:<br>
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Dorito Bake<br>
Nacho chips<br>
<font color="#996633">Refried beans</font><br>
<font color="#cc6600">Spanish rice</font> <br>
Italian mashed potatoes and gravy<br>
<font color="#33cc00">Fresh steamed broccoli</font> with <font
color="#ffcc66">cheese sauce</font><br>
<font color="#ffcc00">Fiesta corn</font><br>
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Our fast food is <font color="#cc6600">Pizza</font>.<br>
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And for dessert we have yummy <font color="#663300">Chocolate Brownies</font>.</font><br>
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Have a great weekend,<br>
<br>
Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span> <br>
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