Phallic Pharming, Toothy Horses and T-Shirt Issues

Took off out the estate at approximately 7:35am for a leisurely stroll down our road because, frankly, I was not feeling the cemetery vibes today, plus I was not feeling the drive TO the cemetery vibes. 

Lovely morning. A slight autumnal chill coolness in the air. A magical metric fuqueton of sun ...

According to Google Earth, the total round trip was apx 1.8 miles. Not too shabby. I'd say it took around 35-40 minutes. Might've been a bit quicker, if I did not stop to meet this being, both to and fro: 

He walked (he, meaning I have no clue what gender IT was - but I am not saying THEY. Sorry. It's a horse. They don't have gender identification issues like humans do) right up to the nearly invisible fence to check out the passerby (me) and then we went our separate ways ... 

I really have to move on the regular, lest I always remain out of shape, all huffy, puffy, and fluffy. 

I can honestly say I don't recall ever looking at this silo so closely before. Looks like good tile for a kitchen backsplash! I'll never understand the need for menfolk of the past to design everything grain-storage in phallic shapes, but whatever ... 

A view to the east ... From our kitchen window, I always thought that this is where the ditch was located, because we would watch the deer traversing across the field into that wooded area there on the right ... and they would go down, disappear, and come back up, but it LOOKED like they were right there aligned with the back of the trees. Turns out, there's a whole other field (where the corn is) between there and the ditch. Eyes play tricks. 

Nothing entirely riveting to report, except the appearance of a person on a bike that I swear to you was NOT there when I started walking north on State Line Rd. I was about midway between our road and the ditch when I turned around to see if any cars were sneaking up behind me, and instead I see this person on a bike ... WTF. I do not wish to be seen by other humans when I decide to leave the house and walk around the neighborhood. What was odd was that they were riding in my direction, but as soon as I saw them, they turned and went back from whence abyss they came. 

Whatever. 

Just glad they didn't continue in my direction, because it would have been awkward. 

On the way back, I stopped again to visit with the horse friend: 

Very curious, but when I touched his snoot, he tried snipping. All good. I have fairly quick reflexes. Next time, I'll bring the appropriate carrotesque treats so he has something other than me to chew on. 

Off in the distant right, there's a brown cow leisurely reclining by the pond basking in the morning sun. 

In other news, we started volunteering at the county dog shelter yesterday. This is going to be challenging, the NOT bringing home of every lovely resident ever. We have firmly decided, however, to let Nettie have a peaceful rest of her life as an only child. Still, it will be nice to get out of the house and go do something totally not self related. Two of the five residents were adopted yesterday, whilst we were there, but then another was brought in last night. Fortunately, under this dog warden, it is a mostly no-kill shelter if he can do anything to help it! 

Saturday, we traversed up to Lake James, and have a lovely lunch at a place called Timbuktoo's or something. I did not take pictures because not everything needs to be memorialized in digital pictures. It was just nice to drive around, see how the other 1% lives on the lake, and do something different. 

The restaurant had these lovely little spinach-ball appetizers with an equally pleasing dill dip. Whilst these were not good for my health, or energy levels, they were worth it. I am determined to recreate them in a keto/low-carb format. When that happens, I will provide pictorial proof. 

In other OTHER news, my sleep was FUCKKKKKKKKKKED up this weekend. I did not sleep for shite on Friday night. Thusly, after Carb Fest Saturday, I decided it'd be a good idea to take a nap at 6:30pm. I woke up from said nap at 1:30am. Then, I proceeded to stay up until retiring last evening at 10:30pm. That'll be quite enough of that particular brand of bullshit!  I am not built for staying awake for long periods any more. 

I think that's it for now. Nothing exciting going on today, other than work stuff. Hope you all have a good week! 

OH, wait ... I forgot - after three failed attempts with Zazzle to get high quality color designs on T-shirts, I've pared down the offerings that feature white text on black. Granted one of those fails was a sticker, so I probably will not muck around with those, either, but for now, it's gonna be colorfully designed coffee cups or black tees with white designs. 

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