For Those Who Feel ...

did you notice the black cat ... ?

SQUIRREL!

Being a well-rounded individual ...

who might eventually decide what to be in life ...

I am currently trading emails

with Fielding Institute

in Santa Barbara, CA

about

their doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology.

I think this bust represents

my exemplary skills and state of being.

And then the boston terrier got lost this morning while chasing after a SQUIRREL!  I went to church and my wife eventually found her ... using prayer, of course.  Now why didn't I think of that ... instead of just whistling and calling for her.

Strider

I've gone through this little town a couple of times ...

have seen this statue ...

AND FINALLY 

stopped

to take a foto or two of it.

It has league-eating strides ...

and roams the earth at night.

where men are found all safely bundled

While visions of Ameros dance through their heads ...

Day at Camp RR

Before Alex would get up on the horse ...

his friend had to get up on it,

then I had to ride it,

somebody had to hold onto the other side of the saddle to keep it from sliding over to the left side while I climbed up .. I don't think the cinch was tight enough ...

and finally we got Alex to get up and take a ride.

Horses seem really big and a bit scary to a city kid.

Lunch was PB&J sandwiches, chips, and cookies.

Nothing but the finest health food served.

C.A.R.E.S.

Child and Recreational Equestrian Services

Blackberries in season

Blackberries are in season.  There are lots of them.  Ripe. Wonderful. Tasty.

1) You just have to be willing to stick your hand into the briar patch (and suffer the prickly bloody consequences) to get them.  I have the scratches and painful spots to prove this.

2) And suffer thru the heat and humidity ...

Those are the only limiting factors on how many blackberries end up in your bucket.
Mine was only half-full.  And I was the only one out there picking them.  Everyone else went swimming in the lake.  Sigh.