Saturday Morning Coffee ☕ #41

Get to the choppa!

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Happy Saturday, my friend! 👋

I hope you’ve had an excellent week and you’re getting some time to chillax today. ☕

I don’t have any particular updates to share right now (apart from the fact that a small herd of cows randomly appeared in the field beside our house this week and it’s sent both our dogs into full-blown panic patrol mode), but I should have something more interesting to tell you about next week. 🤞

Until then, why don’t you leave a little comment below and tell me what you’re up to this glorious Octobery day? 👇

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As always, here’s the result of last week’s poll:

Thanks for voting! Don’t forget to read to the end for this week’s version. ⬇️

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A good video:

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A good note:

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Thanks for being here this morning friend! ☕

Here’s this week’s poll:

Feel free to share this post if you found it useful/interesting.

Have a brilliant Saturday! 😊

PS. You can read all previous editions of Saturday Morning Coffee here.

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