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Summer in Duluth GA

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Angie and I took the sports car to one of the many parks in Gwinnett county to walk. We saw signs for "free food / Comida". Being that I am always up for a snack, I decided to see if I could get some. Sure enough, they are handing out Breakfast and Lunch kits. We got a "lunch" and ate it in the park. I was pleased that there was no political literature in the bag only the normal commercial stuff for the products and the company that assesmbled the kits. It was a weird expereince. I have no idea of who these meals were intended for. I entered the Humvee in the Duluth car show. That was fun. It actually won second place in the "pickup" category. Car shows are like that.. somewhat self-congratulating. We signed up for drone home delivery. Although it is very unlikely we will ever use it. This squirrel was particularly tenacious on the feeder. I am sure the birds saw it as a spectacle. The bobcat came in quite handy this week, both for some str...
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It is officially Summer. I am working on the front of the barn. The long ladder is a little un-nerving for me, but it is a lot cheaper than a manlift. The llamas got out one night last week and went to visit the neighbors and we bought 100 bales of hay off another neighbor. It is pretty amazing how few calories you need when the weather is warm. It was kind of fun to be able to eat all that food when I was working outside in Antarctica. I still haven't got back to the pre-ice dietary regimen, close but not quite yet. The red truck is for sale on Ebay. No bids yet. Truck on ebay I am working on a combination Ham radio and Antarctica project. I didn't get on the air for the annual field day contest yesterday. No real reason. I went on a walk Saturday morning though our woods to (and through) the county park. I need to do that more often. It is about a 1/2 mile walk through our fields, then a 1/2 mile through our woods, and then a mile or so through the park to the lake. O...