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A Day of Sticks // Ammo the Dachshund

When I woke up yesterday morning and the air smelled heavy of rain – I surely thought I would be doing nothing else than curling up under my blanket at the shop. Boy was I wrong.

A Day of Sticks // Ammo the Dachshund

I spent most of the day holding down the ~~fort~~ car, while mom and dad proceeded to load our trailer up with thousands and thousands of sticks from some fallen trees in my backyard. Apparently the hurricanes earlier this year didn’t like the trees in my backyard (they even took out my special pear tree).

A Day of Sticks // Ammo the Dachshund

Once the sticks were loaded we had to take them to the township mulch site for composting. I may have cried a little when I thought of all those poor sticks being chopped to bits….I’m sure they would of much rather stayed in my backyard and been chew toys for a little dog that I shall not name.

A Day of Sticks // Ammo the Dachshund

We came and went with those loads of sticks more times than I care to count. It was a never ending joy ride for me aka an EPIC DAY OF STICKS for mom and dad.

A Day of Sticks // Ammo the Dachshund

I guess I’ll just have to wait until next year’s hurricane season for that taste of yummy sticks again.

ammo the dachshund chewing on stick

Horse poop.

For those of you that don’t eat, sleep, and breathe it on a daily basis like I do – you don’t know what you’re missing. I’ve eaten my fair share of it, and let me tell you, it is yummy.

According to my mom, it has other uses too. Apparently it can help you grow things, like things that you can eat, and in my mom’s case it grew cucumbers. BIG cucumbers! I tried one, and honestly, I don’t see what all the fuss is about. They taste like leaves. I’d much rather eat horse poop.

Because of this magic horse poop that grows things my mom had so many cucumbers that we couldn’t give them away fast enough. So we did what anyone with lots of cucumbers would do…….we made PICKLES!

Ok, well I kinda just watched, but believe me, if I had hands I WOULD have helped.