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Photo of the Day – Brick and Cracker Tussling

Published July 16, 2026

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Everyone should have a best buddy to roughhouse with. My mules Brick and Cracker and horsing (mule-ing?) around in the pasture just off our front porch. A few moments after I took this photo, they were grazing calmly next to each other.

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