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<\/a><\/p>\nLate spring hinting at summer wherein on<\/p>\n
Friday Ned<\/a> from the GBBO<\/a> turned up with friend Meghan and Rogue* in advance of their<\/p>\n weekend birders’ field trip and continued on to Parker to camp for the night as we settled<\/p>\n back in. In the morning I walked with Sumi as Cosmos had gone Mysteriously Lame<\/p>\n and then, just as the aforementioned birders arrived seeking Ned**, we took off<\/p>\n for our near neighbors’ annual Memorial Day Weekend<\/a> pottery<\/a> and painting<\/a> sale<\/p>\n to overindulge in the food on offer and come away with just a few small things as shown<\/p>\n below…Late afternoon a group from Deep Hole we’d met at the X came by for a tour<\/p>\n and tale-telling [Below, the previously mentioned few small things;]<\/p>\n before we turned our minds to southern Italy where my nephew Tyler has gathered the rest of the family as well as many others for a most lavish wedding weekend at Masseria le Torri <\/a><\/p>\n in Puglia while we humbly toasted them all from afar with cava and caviar…<\/p>\n meanwhile…across a continent, an ocean and a sea;<\/p>\n 05\/25\/2025…picture of bride, groom and paparazzi by WKM, Father of Groom.<\/a><\/p>\n *A heeler mystery mix from Winnemucca.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n