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Warm up by my fire!

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Dishwasher Survey

Less than 2 months ago, we decided to replace our 15-year-old noisy dishwasher with a brand new quiet one.

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Then, last week, we discovered that the floor was swelling! I immediately took it out, and was relieved to find it wasn’t something I did! So we are having them come out to fix it, and we have filed a claim for our damaged floor.

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After telling two friends about it over the weekend, I found out that BOTH of them had dishwasher stories! I am curious what your experience with dishwashers has been. Would you mind taking a short survey?

Bees!

A few days ago our neighbors on the west side came to our door to tell us about a swarm of bees that had just adopted one of our Fir trees. They had seen them come swarming in like a giant cloud.

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The mass of bees, all clutching each other, is probably 18-20″ in length! There must be thousands of them.

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It was hard to get a clear picture of them because of the branches all around, but here are a couple taken form directly below.

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The queen is no doubt inside. Even rain during the night did not cause them to leave! Our neighbor has called a co-worker whose husband is a beekeeper. Until he comes, we still get to marvel at the sight!