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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 19h
Remain odd. The 🍎 apple (going across the grain for recent Apple event) day on @bsky.app was engaging, enlightening, introduced a bunch of people I had not discovered, then followed. Cross pollinating, so to speak. Loved it. Not sure who created the idea, but… stay different. It’s refreshing.
Apple on a stump, blue barn.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 19h
October light. Wake up, some grooming—then to work.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
Sharp dressed man.
Hat, suit. Ringside. Waiting. Coliseum, Eastern States Exposition (The Big E).
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
Pick up the circs, knit a row.
Knit a row. I like this idea. At The Big E. Is that guy knitting? You betcha. Study history.Thank you for creating, so welcoming.  Knit a row, calming. And. Men knit. Quilt. Women wear combat boots. Knit. Wuilt. All of us, human. The Big E. Saw all sorts of human beings, had a great time talking, listening. Stories.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
Also see: Joann Carnahan via FB: “Never let anyone tell you you can't! My folks told me 'you can't have a pony'. I broke the milk cow to ride. I'm 5ft tall and my boys are 17'2 hh. With a little will power and a lot of effort you can do whatever you set your mind to! …”
Joann Carnahan - Draft Horse
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Never let anyone tell you you can't! My folks told me 'you can't have a pony'. I broke the milk cow to ride. I'm 5ft tall and my boys are 17'2 hh. With a little will power and a lot of effort you can do whatever you set your mind to! When you're short but very determined!
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
The Smith-Worthington Tannery, Hartford, CT. #photography Smith-Worthington Saddlery (below).
The leather belt boots place. The Big E.

A RICH HISTORY OF LEATHER TANNING IN NEW ENGLAND
THE SMITH WORTHINGTON TANNERY
HARTFORD CONNECTICUT


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THE SMITH-WORTHINGTON
SADDLERY CO.
established 1794
Hartford. Conn.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
Dem bones.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
@pondare.bsky.social Your feed, my soul.
Morning light, dogwood foliage. Each year, migrating cedar waxwings cover the trees en masse to eat the berries. Fuel for the journey.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
#quiltsky
Farm Girl quilt detail. Blue ribbon won for Shelley Bayer. The Big E.Quilt, ribbon. Wow. Look at that design, color, no color.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 02/10/2026
My heart, be still. The Coliseum hosts the draft horse completions at The Big E. Get chills every time; the horses, handling, performance. Image: CB. 

Schedule: https://cdn.saffire.com/files.ashx?t=fg&rid=TheBigE&f=2026_Draft_Schedule.pdf&cb=b95b7c71
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
C-130 fly by.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Zoltar and Willy.
Zoltar (didn’t see if he was plugged in) juxtaposed with legendary Willie Nelson.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Storrowton Village. Yes, at The Big E.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Maple creamee acquired. Vermont building. #foodies
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Six Horse Hitch Hall of Fame Inductee.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Poetry in motion.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Inside the arena.
Cart classes begun. The Big E.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
The dragon, created with chainsaw components.
Wow. Dragon with wings, ribbons. Thank you for telling me about this. At The Big E.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Beautiful work, creativity. (Find the cream puff building, then walk around—feast your eyes on all the forms of art/craft/needles/quilts.) #TheBigE
Crochet by hand. And his work with beads.This is his  on display in the same building. Ask, listen—wonderful stories.A chainsaw dragon, ribbon winner.Thank you. Knit a row.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
#TheBigE
Horse in jeans shirt at the official store, on site.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
The light-catching energy-processing structures turning wild colors before they drop to serve as homes/cover for life forms. Muted tones then recycled, recycled, reborn. #trees
Maple leaf on blue slate with paw prints. Morning on our one shared living, self-cleaning spaceship. Walk with Hope.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
Apricot-peachy colors. Apparently summering outside with a big Clivia agrees with tuberous begonia. Bloomed today, first of October.
Apricot-peachy tones of a Tiberius begonia, happy. Note the water extruded at leaf edges. This flower is an October gift.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 01/10/2026
“Change is a measure of time and, in the autumn, time seems speeded up. What was is not and never again will be; what is is change.” Edwin Way Teale
A tree with character along the way. Respect for survivors who find a way, thrive. Image: CB.Gravestone carved face with wings. Connecticut wanderings. Art, time, light, skills. Reminder that time is passing. If today was your last day on this most wonderous living planet, what would you regret not doing? 

Image: CB.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 29/09/2026
Furled rose, September. Garden at Hubbard Park, Meriden, CT. Where playground once was, layers of memories. Image: CB.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 29/09/2026
Artist Francis Lee Rogers. Images source: birdsincentralparklee.weebly.com
FRANCIS LEE ROGERS.

Welcome to Lee’s
website
of her paintings.


https://birdsincentralparklee.weebly.comRaccoon in autumn colors background.

Title: Raccoon Mother in Rambles.

Source: https://birdsincentralparklee.weebly.comKing Charles spaniel. Title: Maria’s dog.

https://birdsincentralparklee.weebly.com
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 29/09/2026
Maple leaf and intricate gall. CT nor’easter.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 29/09/2026
“If anybody told me I was gonna have-- be appraising or looking at some WPA puppets here at the Roadshow, I would have said, ‘no way.’” #AntiquesRoadshow #vintage
Pig head puppets (yes, and a wolf!). Appraisal: WPA Puppets, ca. 1935. Antiques Roadshow PBS.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 29/09/2026
Another good question. #antiquesroadshow
Memorabilia, letter, photograph (crease), response. Antiques Roadshow PBS.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 29/09/2026
Family history, fascinating. Appraisal: History of the Indian tribes of North America book and related memorabilia. APPRAISER Jerry E. Patterson. Transcript: www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadsho...
Antiques Roadshow PBS via WHYY. 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/appraisals/history-of-the-indian-tribes-of-n-america/
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 29/09/2026
From Antiques and The Arts Weekly issue dated Oct. 2, 2026.

“A fountain pen is an artwork designed to be handled.”

A page from Antiques and The Arts Weekly issue dated Oct. 2, 2026. Publisher in Newtown, CT. Am a subscriber of print edition, delivered by U. S. Postal Service.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 28/09/2026
“…collection of anthologies and textbooks containing Melville; anthologies which one would expect to include Melville, but don't; books on whaling; books Melville used as source material; books drawing on Melville for their titles or epigrams; books of which Melville owned a copy…” #MelvilleMonday
Herman Melville Collection, 1846-[ongoing]

Summary

The Newberry Library's Herman Melville Collection is one of the largest collections of Melville material in existence. It was originally assembled to support the work of the editorial staff of The Writings of Herman Melville, a project established by Professor Harrison Hayford of Northwestern University. Professor Hayford's personal library formed the core of the collection, and it has since been greatly augmented by purchases and gifts.
Among the large gifts are translations donated by Leland Phelps; the Melville collection of Dr. James
A. FitzSimmons; and the Moby Dick collection of Professor H. Howard Hughes. The Collection is nearly complete in its holdings of editions issued during Melville's lifetime. It is also extensive in editions and printings from Melville's death…
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 27/09/2026
Black walnut shed whole crop in the storm. Gathering, gathering…
Tons of lusciousness, black walnut orbs. Storm shook down the whole tree crop! Takes time to get to the nutmeats—yet dreaming of oatmeal raisin black walnut cookies and winter snacking. Connecticut bounty….
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 27/09/2026
“Real sweet cider is a uniquely American tradition, one that is well worth seeking out.” Ben Watson #sundaysentence 🍎
Page 84 📖 Cider, Hard And Sweet (The Countryman Press 1999). Cover features cider press, man, apple. See surprise double page spread full image—title page and facing. Hah!
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 27/09/2026
Shelter in the storm.
Under a goldenrod bloom—hello. Bostie looking for voles, moles, rabbits in swales of grass.(can see the movements under there when all dry.)
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 25/09/2026
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 25/09/2026
Ooooo.
Beech tree lumpy face-oooooo.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 25/09/2026
Watch out below!
Black walnut tree shedding its bountiful crop in the wind. Will wait to gather these. Bonk, clonk—as they fly like a fast pitch baseball.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 25/09/2026
Elegant insect life form (is that an ovipositor?) on a weathered hickory limb going to woodshed.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 25/09/2026
Rothko, (Necco-waferish) New Haven; Yale University Art Gallery.
Color in layers. Tangerine. Orange, soft violet bleed to hot orange. Rothko. People to the right. Visit years back to Yale gallery, New Haven. Necco waferish.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 24/09/2026
ESE Ag & Ed at The Big E competition results. (FB) www.facebook.com/ESEAgEd/
Amara won Grand Champion Junior and Reserve Grand Champion Open ORB Heifer for Jane Carroll, CT. The judge was Kirk Stierwalt, OK.

ESE Ag & Ed at The Big E image.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 24/09/2026
Star flowers, asters in the field—Connecticut; love September.
Star flowers, asters in the field—Connecticut love September.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 24/09/2026
Bright green, watching my every move.
Plume of ripe milkweed seeds behind a mantis. It was watching my every move.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 24/09/2026
Milkweed rider; mantis, wind.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 24/09/2026
“On June 10-12, 2026, Hal Borland’s home on Weatogue Road in Salisbury, CT was torn down. Current owners have built a new residence on the property and Borland Farm is history. Hal and Barbara Borland purchased the home in July of 1952 after a serious illness…” 📷 halborlandamericancountryman.com
Hal Borland. Image source: https://halborlandamericancountryman.com
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 23/09/2026
Gate open.
Rugged beauty, water and sky. Bostie, let’s walk wild Connecticut.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 23/09/2026
Amazing. Migration, overhead and through the night. Winged wonders. dashboard.birdcast.org/region/US-CT
Peak migration—Connecticut stats. But you can look up your own place, state—BirdCast.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 23/09/2026
Hello autumn. #walk
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 22/09/2026
The house and tower, gone.
It’s gone. Old Saybrook, CT. The driveway to the house, Let’s Scare Jessica To Death—dumpster.
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 22/09/2026
🌎 🌍 🌏
Morning, glories. Image: CBPignut/bitternut? Hickory. Black walnut.Asters, top field. Better than mums—pollinators love these. Perennials.Top of the stone wall. Earth time.
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