Maddie and I weren’t able to walk this weekend or on Monday. Monday’s high temperature was 17°f (-8°c). Tuesday’s high was 24°f (-4°c), so I put Maddie’s coat on her and we negotiated a “short walk” – one of the terms Maddie understands.

Since we hadn’t walked in several days, and prior to that, much of the path was covered by ice, Maddie had a lot of, “catching up” to do on her social network.

I’m checking the one-liners my friends left for me.

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner, If you would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.

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70 responses to “Can My Species Play? – #1LinerWeds”

  1. Since you changed your theme a while back, I still can’t copy and paste the link; I have to wait until it goes live and then do it. Weird or what?

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    1. That is weird. I can copy it – https://nofacilities.com/2022/02/17/buckingham-square-district/ – and apparently I can paste it. What are you viewing this post in? I’ll try to remember to paste it into a comment in the future,

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  2. And I’ve been meaning to ask: what is markdown?

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    1. Markdown is a method of adding emphasis to text using characters. For example, putting two ‘*’ characters in front and behind a word or phrase will cause it to appear as bold. You can lookup the entire list of markings. WordPress supports most. https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/

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      1. OK. Got it thanks

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  3. Glad Maddie’s social media is back up and running. Wonderful squirrelly shots! But if bunny has moved in, I think it’s time to give him a blanket and a carrot now and then.
    😉

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    1. We have been putting out a little cracked corn for it at night. He hasn’t moved, he’s a new arrival. There are two others under my shop. This guy is under the porch. I haven’t checked, but I think it’s a little warmer under there than in the yard.

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      1. He’s a bunny. Go with the carrot..
        🥕

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  4. That bird on the icy river froze me head to toe! Your temperatures are awful. But they sure lend themselves to some good photos. Maddie has a nose for news, doesn’t she?

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    1. Haha, she certainly does, and she wants to “read” all of it. At first, I thought that bird was a hunk of ice that looked like a bird. It made me shiver trying to get the picture.

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  5. I hope Maddie liked all the”one-liners” left for her. Poor Baby Smoke, almost spring and still no tail. On the other hand, Smokey is fat and fit, tail included!

    Old Glory looking beautiful flying in the breeze. Always an awesome sight.

    I love the way the sun has turned the side of the shed to gold!

    Supposed to be WARM tomorrow Dan. And then the weather turns lousy again. Sigh…..

    Hope you don’t have to look for your one-liners in the same places Maddie does! 🤗
    Ginger

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    1. I don’t have to sniff my one-liners, Ginger (thank goodness).

      We’re wondering if Baby Smoke isn’t a baby, but rather a weird breed of squirrel. It’s been long enough that his tail should have filled out by now.

      The flag ended up in the big bold position by happy accident. An error with WordPress (imagine) prevents me from organizing the images in the gallery. The engineers say they know about it and are working on it.

      Soon to be warm and wet. This has been a strange winter.

      Stay dry!

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  6. Maddie keeps us smiling that is for sure. :-) Flag shot is great! P.S. Your advice on my MG blog post worked so we made one woman reading it today happy. :-)

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    1. I’m glad that worked. Keeping the customer satisfied is always a good thing.

      It’s getting warmer, I might be walking Maddie soon.

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  7. Brrrr….now I need a hot cuppa’ something…

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    1. Maybe Irish that up with a shot of Jameson ;-)

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  8. Outstanding photos, Dan, and the captions never fail to bring a smile!!

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    1. Bringing a smile makes it all worth it, GP.

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  9. I like how Maddie’s checking the one-liners and the look of the squirrel in the first photo.

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    1. We all have to keep in touch, Frank. I think that squirrel has the routine down…”if I pose for a photo, he’ll give me a peanut.” Hard to say which one of us is trained.

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  10. I’m sure after a couple of days of not walking, Maddie had a lot to check up on, especially in her social circle. Love the photos and one-liners!

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    1. She seems particularly interested in the vertical surfaces, i.e. where the boys leave messages.

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  11. Maddie checking her messages … LOL … what a hoot! Have a good Wedneday.

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    1. We go from post to post, Frank. I’m sure they all have names.

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  12. Lovely photos as always. I love the thought of Maddie catching up on her social media doggy way.

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    1. I let her sniff on the way down, then I try to get her to simply walk.

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  13. LOL! Maddie catching up with the 401 and all the critters got their peanuts…life is good!

    The bridge, and river sure looks pretty in its winter blue and white.

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    1. The river has been very pretty since the rain has been keeping it high. I hope that means that we can skip the spring floods, but you never can count Ma=other Nature out.

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      1. I hope there isn’t any flooding as well!

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  14. My walks are mostly to the garage to refill the bird feeders. We can have anywhere from six to a dozen squirrels under the feeders. Often on of the woodpeckers will chirp at me to hurry so they can get back to the suet. Nice walk of the neighborhood Dan. Spring is gradually on its way. And while the ice is breaking up on the river some other ice is clogging up the WP reader. The alleged list of posts was very thin today. Fortunately I know my way here even when WP has you MIA. Happy Wednesday.

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    1. Thanks for finding me, John.

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  15. Beautiful photos, Dan. I remember the chilly winters in Connecticut through your photos. I hope you and yours can stay warm through it all. 😊

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    1. We have warmer weather coming, Gwen. The worst might be over. And, of course, I probably jinxed that 🙂

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  16. Maddie catching up on her one-liners…such a fun line. Smokey looks like he bulked up for the winter, doesn’t he? Those little hands crack me up every time–adorable!!

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    1. They are cute. He knows, too b

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  17. I see Maddie is checking her P-mails! Baby Smoke has an awfully thin tail! He must be chilly.

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    1. We were worried about him in the cold, but he’s been here all winter.

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  18. Cute post, Dan. That poor bunny looks cold!

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    1. We’ve been putting some food out for him.

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      1. You are a good man, Dan.

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  19. Was Maddie checking for one-liners or one-streamers? Either way, lots of sniffs to be had, huh?

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    1. Single stream. Vertical surfaces, boy dogs 😏

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  20. Terrific photos, Dan. Pretty cold around your parts. 🥶

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    1. It has been, John. It’s starting to get warmer. 45 today, studying in 30s overnight. 55 tomorrow but with rain.

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      1. Well, rain is better than snow.

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  21. Maddie has a spiffy coat…

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    1. She loves wearing that. She likes to keep it on after we get home.

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  22. Maddie know how to communicate! Looking forward to Doors – can’t decided which one I should post. I didn’t realize how many doors I had in my photo archives!!! I am reliving the adventures thanks to Thursday Doors.

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    1. I can’t wait to see what you decide to share.

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  23. That’s mighty cold!! Brrr. We keep the squirrels well fed here too, but it’s not nearly as frigid. I’m glad Maddie got to reconnect with her friends. :-)

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    1. We will be warming up soon. Glad to see we’re not the only ones feeding these guys.

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      1. We don’t have pets anymore, so we’ve adopted the squirrels and chipmunks.

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  24. Awww. How sweet is Maddie!

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    1. She can be pretty sweet.

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  25. I hope she found lots of one-liners and of course Smokey is much too cute. Win-win. Off to link my TD post for tomorrow. See you then.

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    1. Thanks. See you tomorrow.

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  26. Great one-liner, Maddie! LOL! Baby Smoke’s skinny tail is killin’ me. SO CUTE!

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  27. I’m glad you got a short walk in, at least, Dan.

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    1. We had a long walk yesterday, Robbie and we had a nice walk today. She’s tired now.

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  28. Good round-up of pet pics, Dan. Hey, instead of “floating along with the ice,” wouldn’t it be more accurate to say that bird is “floe-ing along with the ice”? xD

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    1. Ugh, yes, yes it would 😏

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  29. Great one-liner about dogs checking their one-liner messages. I especially like the photo with the blue sky reflected on the water with ice.

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    1. Thanks JoAnna. It was so good to see the skies clear before the puddles evaporated. We rarely see the blue reflections.

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  30. Super photos, Dan. Glad Maddie had a chance to catch up on her messages.

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    1. Haha . It takes forever, but I think she’s caught up.

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  31. I tried to find a direct link to send you a note.. failed.. so here it is hi. I have a question for you. I read that there is a proverb .. that says the man who looks both ways before crossing a one way road is or has a pessimistic way of seeing life? do you agree with this? or does it raise a different thought? thanks Dan.

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    1. I would say, “he probably grew up in Pittsburgh, or perhaps Boston.” I always look both ways. You might not get hit by a car, but bikes, scooters and guys pushing carts full of packages tend to go wherever. Also, the hotel I used to stay in in Boston had valet parking about 50 yards done a one-way street. They used to pull out of the garage and back my car back to the hotel. I’m an optimist, but…

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