Reality Me

Our “lower lot”. The creek is 10 meters or so beyond the soccer goal. 

My neighbors car (across the creek). 7 years ago the county gave him 30 days to remove it from the property. 

The damn behind our house. Yes. That is a car door you are looking at so the elevation from the newly formed pond to the creek bed is 4-5 feet. 

Two creeks converge behind our house 

Good friends 

I finally got over my dereliction of duties and cleaned the cat litter, picked up after the dog, took the trash out, fed the outside cat and fed the birds (which will further feed the outside cat).

I enjoy the birds. Years ago when I was going through hard times and skipping meals to save money I still fed the birds. I used to have a baby hawk come everyday and land on one of the oak trees just to watch the airport frenzy of the bluebirds, chickadees, bluejays, squirrels, titmice, woodpeckers and more. Once a bluejay landed about 3 feed to the right of the hawk as if to say “you aren’t as bad as you think you are.” The hawk slowly turned its head for a brief glance and elegantly turned back to watching the frenzy. The message was “you aren’t really going to make me do this are you?” A few seconds later a subtle movement from the hawk in the bluejays direction and it flew off allowing the hawk to return to its birdwatching. Later that day I saw the hawk on the same branch holding the branch in one talon and a bluejay in the other. Again, just watching the birds.

Today as I filled the feeders a huge hawk circled over head in a zig zagging slow series of S’s. Either it was in the tree canopy or the tops of the trees were scrapping its belly. Beautiful bird! I threw out some peanuts thinking the squirrels will like these. One squawk from a bluejay and 20 others joined it to systematically ravish the horde of nuts.

In minutes a titmouse joined the feeding, a chickadee, a red bellied woodpecker, some ravens and the bluebirds of course. I am certain the chipmunk will be out today also.

A New Day!

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This Morning

My wife rocks!

That said this is going to be a bizarrely stressful weekend.

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Amy, trying to get the dog off the couch: “Amy spot! Molly go to cage!”

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This Morning

Slept well last night! Too well perhaps. Tough day ahead. Deadlines fastly approaching. I should have planned things such that I could have taken today off for painting. No such luck.

Amy: “Amy had a good night’s sleep” (unprompted)

So I’ve got some morning rituals. I think we all do. And one that we all have is answering that call to nature. Following is an post of TMI.

Leaving the bedroom light out as not to disturb the wife or dogs, I groggily meander into the dark bathroom bumping into the doorframe as I go. Close the door and flip on the light. Ow my eyes! They burn! I’m meeelting. So I wasn’t quite ready for that.

For those of you that may not know this, boys pee standing up but they don’t have to. Girls pee sitting down but they don’t have to. Today I chose to stand. For the ladies that might not know, various factors in the morning contribute to the importance of aiming. Hmm. Factors aside aiming is important. Each guy has a preference to the hand that aims which is probably their dominent hand. What is key is that once you start it is difficult to stop until you are done. You know, open the flood gates and until the river is drained the gates don’t close. And no, pinching only gives a temporary reprieve. Another juicy tidbit to know is that guys can aim with their eyes closed.

My eyes open simultaneously as I start into one of those impressive “this is going to take forever” moments. Slowly my vision comes into focus. Next I utter “what the hell?” and almost miss my target with the accompanying jolt to full awakeness. There as I look down, just above the stream and other familar sights is something most unusal…and glimmering pink! My thumbnail has been painted!

My first response is the desire to angrily rouse the wife and ask, “What’s this about?!” but I’m a captive audience. Second response is laughter. Third response is revenge. Perhaps I should put on some of her delicates and paint my other nails then when she wakes say, “honey, we need to talk…” No. I have meetings today.

I know why this happened. She has trouble getting to sleep and I can turn off like a light switch and obviously deeply. I bet she wanted to talk (and my fantastical mind will imagine she wanted to do more than talk..perhaps she even invited a friend over).

Moral of the story? Coffee before bed!

One thunderboomer and the sky opened up! What a beutiful sound.

Branches fell across the creek behind our house and leaves washed up against them to form a dam. We now have our own personal fishin’ hole. I wonder if it will overflow the banks today. I suppose I need to go break the dam despite liking it. Nature is an awesome force!

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This Morning

Despite getting up at 2 4 and 5 am I feel well rested. I had my panic attack. I calmed myself.

Scribblings that will n’ver be:

I walk upon a precipice

Drunk in the beauty that surrounds me

I teeter on the edge

And step without looking for the cliff

A Raven calls down to me

I look up and proclaim “N’ver more!”

A slip! Rocks tumble reminding me of the height

Mind yourself! And keep the path.

10. Now my computer runs faster.

9. So that’s what happened to the other cat.

8. Maybe I should open this mail from 1988.

7. The silver doesn’t match my keyboard and case. Perhaps I should buy a new computer.

6. Only 1 comes in a box?!

5. What’s this button do?

4. Look at all the purdy colors.

3. Ow my eyes! My eyes!

2. And all this time I thought I was in DOS.

1. Oh! So it IS porn!