I heard a flutter

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As I sat in the garden today, taking a rest from planting the too many plants I “just had to have”, I was writing an email to S.D.- discussing if having ‘tea’ together would be a reality sometime in the next few months, there was a very distinct ‘fluttering’ nearContinue Reading

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I loved the Seresto dog collar for about 1 month.  On the box is says not to get it wet, so I dutifully took it off the dog each time I threw a stick into the pond.  After a month the dog had ticks on her again.  When the vetContinue Reading

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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 18:53:57 -0400From: Chris Garriss Subject: Ticks, Other Nasties and Permethrin After reading the Chatlist post on ticks and Permethrin I wanted to mention a North Carolina company by the name of Insect Shield.  They sell clothing impregnated with permethrin.  I learned about them in anContinue Reading

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:12:50 -0400 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Mosquitoes In March . . . It came as a shock to me March third when i was bitten by a mosquito. It was quite small and slightly rust colored. Not the usual ‘tiger’ striped type wesee around here.Continue Reading

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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 01:02:37 +0000 (UTC) From: nancy Subject: Posting Shout out to super great pet sitter, Kim. She shows great love to all pets in her care as if they are her own. Here is her info: Loving Pet-Sitting services in your home!” Highly professional, joyful andContinue Reading

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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:19:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Mary Ellen Armstrong <> Subject: For the Chatlist~ I would like to thank the good Samaritan(s) who have been leaving cat food and water at one of my main colonies in Pittsboro lately! Also, for the cat container and straw thatContinue Reading

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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:53:53 -0500 From: Cathy Nakayama Subject: Bats Bats.   I recently bought a four-year-old house in Powell Place. Because of the numbers of bats that have been taken out of attics in this neighborhood I called a wildlife damage specialist named George Norfleet a.k.a. BATMAN.Continue Reading

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:27:50 -0400 From: Valerie Broadway <> Subject: Next Canine Coaching Services Group Dog Walk Next Group Dog Walk *Saturday, October 19th at 4:00 pm* Location:  The Pittsboro Roadhouse                  39 West Street            Continue Reading

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 08:28:19 -0400 From: “Kelly Clement” Subject: Pot Belly Pig Sightings in Corinth I have had several people see a pot belly pig on my road – Buckhorn Road in Corinth. First seen near the Buckhorn Dam and recently about half way up. Can’t catch it,Continue Reading