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Mostly, my work is fiction, but today, this post is about real life.
Last week, real life was full of adventure and self discovery.
The other day, one of my ducks lost a toenail and was bleeding pretty good. I needed to monitor him so I filled the tub with cold water and shut the shower door so he could get a proper soak. ( It’s freezing here, so there is no usable pond.)
I felt compelled to constantly check on him to ensure he was not going to drown.
Total facepalm. He is meant to be in water.
So, I brought up that it has been cold here. I learned a valuable lesson about clarifying expectations. When I gave directions to shovel the walk, I did not specify where we were walking.
We do frequently walk in the yard so the walk was shoveled to some extent.
Here is the real conundrum of the week. I had the distinct privilege of playing connect four. My last play was placing the yellow playing piece in between two diagonal rows, making five in a row. I declared myself the winner. Undeterred,
My opponent placed a red playing piece on top, connecting four. I was notified that the game is called connect four, not connect five.
My question to you is, who won?
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Benjamin Thiel is a community leader, urban farmer, and author of The Ongoing Tale at Brothers Campfire. He might know a guy...
Is that snow behind you in that pic!?
Hmmmm…. I read that last bit of the post 10 times through. So confusing. I think you won.
Was it my verbiage? So, if I connect 5 I still win, right?
Lol no you were totally fine!
Right… I think.
There is a need for google translate for the newer languages. Specifically, American.
🙂
That picture is from last year. The others are current.
Cool! They’re all nice.
Thank you. I try to be original!
You’re welcome!
You do a great job of it.
My question is, how do you connect five without connecting four, first?
If you look at the picture, my last play was in between 2 diagonal pairings, making 5 in a row.
You write so vividly, and sometimes, mysteriously. I’ve read your work on here. I had another WP page, but deleted it, and made this one. New beginnings, and such.
Your blog is amazing, just wanted you to know.
Thank you for the compliment, friend! Sometimes it is good to start fresh! Drop by the Campfire and say hello as often as you like. Enjoy your day!
Fyi, when I click on your Gravatar, it goes to a private page, not ypur public site. I am using an android.
The private page is the deleted page. Takes 30 days to be removed, apparently. And I’m not sure how to fix it all. Lol
I see.
Several things:
I will say you won twice over, and are a better sport for it.
Duck duck oh my, the quackery!
Though they can be..what’s the word.. full of shenanigans, yes, that’s it.
It’s ok to think about things, facepalm or no; a tub, is not a pond.
Life is full of lessons to learn. I suppose we all do the best we can with what is given. Thank you for sharing!
Stay warm 🙂
Thank You, Friend!
Oh! quite a week you’ve had, I hope the duck is fine now. 🙂
He is doing fine. Thank you for your concern!
Duck looks cute. Hope it is better.
He is doing well, Kritika!