Dum and friends on the street

 There is an old black male stray dog walking on the street in a small and busy town. It is pretty autumn in south Minnesota but no matter for "Dum" the stray dog and his fellow friends. A yellow cat "Sachi"  the same age as Dum is the genuine companion. He has a long tail and short ears. Apparently, he cannot hear well. They live inside an old building not far from the market. They make new friends with a blind raccoon and a white rabbit at a fruit stand. Also, a fatty groundhog comes along when they search for food under the tree in the park. The blind raccoon live in the big hole under the deadwood. He divides a part of his cavity to the tiny rabbit. In exchange, the rabbit gives him carrots and green veggies which he picks up from the vegetables plantation. Under the oldest church is the cosy pit where fatty lazy groundhog spend most of the time sleeping. He is not an energetic animal  but he goes out when hungry to search for food. It is a big benefit to him after joining the group because he only follows and waits to get his portion. However, he helps with carrying and dragging food when friends need extra hands without asking. 

As winter is coming, they must collect as many as food and fresh water enough then none leaves the warm houses to search for feeding the hungers. Everyone gets together and walks along the street. Each animal stops at the assign locations such as the market, the farm, the church and end at the train station. By the end of the day, they gather many edible items like big punches of bread, carrots and green vegetables, fried chicken, noodles and more. They help each other transport most consumable objects to their places and start the seeking again the next day. By the end of the autumn, they would get enough elements and that will be the time to rest and joy in their warm places through the cold weather.

Lucky news, they hear from the radio at the market that the district officers are going to build the zoo nearby the church. This is a chance for all of them to move out from the street and have a nicer place to live with plenty of food. Although, it is a long while not this winter.

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Nuch is a single mother who raises a 2 years old daughter at home. She would like to get more money for her daughter education. She has a small clothing store online. Her products are used good fashion outfits. There are many good condition donated clothing, shoes and bags from her neighbors and the women in the community. 

There is a weekend market nearby her place where she is going to reserve a stall. It is a big festival that would bring many people out of the city to participate. The neighbors are excited about this big event and cheer her up to make more money.

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Anna is being a small business owner selling crops from her parents's farm. She is only 17 years old and very energetic. She has a huge goal in her mind about her business future.

Anna was grew up in a middle class farmer family. They could not afford her to attend the college. Luckily, they had a piece of land on the hill where Anna started to do her thing. Her parents's farming was very successful. The vegetables and fruits always fresh and beautiful which on demand. Everyone was brainstorming and agreed to build the stall in front of the house and retail their crops. After harvested, three of them set up the shelves in the stall ready for a grand opening. There were numerous bins stored each kind of vegetables and fruits. The name sign " Your Garden" hung up and the arrow sign pointed to the merchandise displayed next to the road. A huge special price attached to the poles. The goods sold out in a half day. The customers were neighbors and people on the road passed by. 

On the next day, they got new products from the town because the customer requested. It was a great idea to add other crops beside what they had. They added more profit and save neighbors traveling time. None complained about higher cost than the market in town.

Anna used to think about working with a company in town. Since she has her own stall at home and earn money fast, she has never thought about working again.

Bakery house

 One day in summer was a school holiday for Moon. She was sitting in the car with her family on the highway. They took a vacation and headed to the countryside where they would spend time for the whole week. Along their way, it was a big commercial sign displayed the famous "Bakery House"only 5 minutes away. The father  stopped in front of it and said to all members, "Hey, this bakery is interesting and we should check inside".  Everyone did not hesitate and quickly stepped out of the car.  

The bakery house was on the hill where could see a valley and scenic.  The small pond was in the front under the big tree. There were five ducks swimming in the clear water and the little two cats laid down on the tree root. There were few tables and chairs set outside for customers to admire the view.

Inside the bakery house, there were people before us on the line  and an old man was interacting with the customers and smiling all the time.  Everyone pleased with his friendliness.  Also, he introduced himself to us as uncle Danny and guided us to the shop history exhibited in a small corner. It began after he got the piece of land after his father then he started to plan and built this homy kitchen style. However, he did not want to make it a restaurant but small and quick grab and go. There was a young woman in the pictures who was uncle Danny's daughter. She was the head baker and recipe creator but she did not at the shop on the day we stopped.  His wife was the main supporter and the only co-founder since the establishment of the bakery house. We saw her at the ordering counter with a cute apron and a happy face.

Their daughter loved flowers and planted varies in the garden behind the shop. Amazingly, she invented the delicious flowers bakery which was their signature and being famous in the area.

We spent time in the bakery house half an hour. The atmosphere was great and the bakery was fantastic. Also, the history behind was fascinating. The father mentioned that they would stop again on their way back home.

Hiking Day

 Hiking Day

On a warm and nice day, a happy family agreed to go hiking at the park nearby home, "Grayson Highland State Park". It was the husband idea. 

Sugar was a lucky Asian woman who married to a very good American man and moved from the busy city of Thailand to live in the USA countryside. They enjoyed exploring in nature and educated their children, a daughter and two sons to love and admire everything surrounding. Everyone prepared their own belongings for a long hike and never forgot the walking sticks. They helped supporting the knees when walked on the long trails and maybe the steep hills. Five of them carried backpacks individually. The mother arranged water and lunches for each and put on the table which they grabbed and put in the backpacks before heading to the car. It took about two hours drive to get to the park entrance. The father was knowing the location very well. There was no park ranger around but not a problem. The visitors paid the daily fee $7 a day per car by their own.The envelopes provided for inserted the money and dropped in the box at the self service registration spot. Then, he tore the tag of the envelope and hung inside the car at the dashboard. Sugar was amazed by the system as people were sincerely. After that, they were heading to the parking lot where was 10 minutes away from the entrance. There were many cars that cause them drove around for a little while until they got a spot to park. Sugar realized from the amount of the cars that many people came to hike on the same day as them.

They walked slowly and appreciated everything they saw. Also, they walked carefully when steps on the hills and curves. Father walked in the front, children followed him and mother at the end of the row. There were narrow trails on the mountains. Many times, they stopped and stood at the side to let other people passed. The walking sticks were useful for everyone. Father always pointed at wild flowers and berries and explained to children then they learned about variety wild plants and fruits. Eventually, they were on the top of the big mountain and decided to have lunch. It was gorgeous scenery in front of them. Thus, they could see the valley from the distance.

None of them complained or tired but joyful and excited along the trails, especially when the children saw wild ponies. They were adorable. They spent 4 hours on the trails where did not need to walk back but it was a fork, direction back to the parking area. They were sweaty and stink but enjoyed the trip very much. 

It was a priceless family time.

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Enchanted village

Enchanted village

Coco is a magic puppy because he has a special ability to speak and fly which other dogs cannot do. He lives in a wonderful village where people build the houses on the trees. Surprisingly, most people can fly as well. Moreover, the words they speak transform to golden flowers which make them wealthy. All living creatures in this village can speak and their words change to thing they need for living pleasantly. There are golden birds flying over the top of the emerald castle on the hill as all time, days and nights. They guard the family by seeing wide area from the sky. If they spot something unusual, then they turn to giants and protecting, fighting or do whatever as guardian to safe the castle and their masters. There is a massive workers in the land. They do agriculture and grow many kinds of crops such as rice, fruits , corns, varies vegetables and flowers. Of course, real flowers which never change to anything. On harvest season, the produces prepare and ready for exchanging to nearby villages to get whatever they cannot make or grow in the village. Obviously, the golden flowers from their words use for buying things outside. People from the village deliver their goods to those places because no one from outside can enter the village.The enchantment makes everyone who tries to come lost in the woods and never reach. Coco is a member of the family who lives in the emerald castle. He goes out everyday to help senior people and plays with children during the day and comes home before dark. Everything in the village is delightful.

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The delightful moment of wild animals

 In the big woods far away from the town, there is a huge group of wild animals live happily together with love and peace. They are cerebrating their new born babies of all kinds and the supreme time for the great lion to remove his tuft. All kind of the animals attend the major event. Also, the stage to perform for talent animals both new and experiences. For instance, a peacock makes a tail-feathers spread dancing, a hog plays a clarinet, a dog plays a trumpet, a bear beats the drum along, a rhino plays slide, a beauty bunny sings English song, a turtle plays a saxophone, and a monkey plays the guitar. The music is magnificent, surrounded in the woods. Everybody enjoys and cheerful. Furthermore, a sweet female gibbon leads to a sexy dancing on the floor and invites all friends to join her. Once, the great lion gets on the stage and gives gratitude speech, everyone is quiet and listen to him. It is late night, the party time is over but the souls are always awake and wild in all animals.

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Two best friends

Two best friends

One Friday evening after school, there are two girls walking home together. Bam and Laura are 18, live in the same neighborhood and study in the same school. Laura asked Bam about her new classmate, a cute boy and would like to know him. Also, Laura invited Bam to the house on Saturday for her father’s party. Bam was refusing at first because her family will go to the beach. Also, Bam asked if Laura would like to join her.  Laura would love to go but she is not able to as she promised her father to  help him set up the party. Finally, they found out the possibility for Bam to enjoy the beach with her family in the morning and could attend the party at Laura’s house at 7 p.m. Laura asked Bam to bring her a beautiful shell from the beach for her souvenir before separating to their houses. 

 

They have been friends since Bam’s family moved to the town a year ago. Their parents know each other very well and be good neighbors.