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I wished on a shooting star Wednesday night, and Wishy sent me a baby panda in the mail on Thursday. \ud83d\udc3c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been catching some good summer bugs lately, like the atlas beetle and this rainbow stag.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But I’m already wearing shades!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Olivia has been sick with a cold this week, so I gave her some medicine on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. She appreciated it…I think.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Olivia:<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

She was over her cold by today. She thanked me for the medicine by giving me a classic chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This afternoon, I found a note in a bottle on the beach. It was written by someone who wants to be a baseball player, to a “Helpful Hint Guy.” He wanted to know how to throw a curveball. \u26be <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Dear<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Even if the helpful hint guy did <\/em>get the note (spoiler alert: he didn’t), that might be a hard thing to explain in a note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another popular summertime activity, fishing, was represented on a new “Talking to Myself” post on the bulletin board. Except the author only complained about how boring it is!<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"-Talking
This totally sounds like Phyllis, not Pelly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Butch asked me for a fossil, so I gave him an iguanodon tail I dug up. He loved it, and he put it up almost immediately. (I just had to leave and re-enter his house to see it.) It didn’t exactly line up with his other fossil, but oh well. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Butch's<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

He rewarded me with a scarecrow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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