Never wear a gift horse in … your mouth?

This morning, I learned that while it’s cozy warm when worn inside the house, my new cardigan sweater is not as warm as my jacket outside the house.

Six crows this morning. Granted, it was a late start, which might have thrown them off.

But those six followed me all the way home.

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

On wings of eagles crows…

A shadow fell across my face: one festering pustule of a gull.

He circled a bit, then unimpressed by the scale of the murder, moved on.

It was definitely cold again:

What are you doing out here in this cold, you hoser?

But despite this, the flowers hadn’t given up yet.

Life … finds a way.

Though not always the best way…

And then this:

No one expects a surprise pumpkin patch!

Even the trees were anti-social this morning:

Back off, you damned tree-hugger! I don’t consent to your embrace!

At last, hands and face numb from the artic conditions, I stumbled across the threshold of my home and into the warm grasp of my morning coffee ritual.

Jesus, that ornament is f*cking HUGE!

 

A new record?

How far into this week of vacation did I get before work texted me?

7:04am.

It’s gonna be a short vacation…

About twenty crows this morning.

I was gone for two days, and they were waiting.

And angry.

Crowing loudly and menacingly upon my return.

This video snippet is from later on the walk, when their bellies were bloated with peanuts and they’d calmed down.

Not sure how the video embed will go – friends here have reported problems of late.

Less than half followed me home. But they were with me all the way…

It was cold this morning.

I feel like I’m being admonished to draw within the lines…

Doggo was bored because I kept stopping to photograph birds and flowers.

I think I smell another Doggo’s pee over there. Can we go already?

And despite the cold and Doggo’s disinterest, some flowers still thrived.

Fingers, nose, and lips numb, I finally made it home to my morning coffee ritual

We’ve secretly replaced ianmdudley’s coffee with kinetic sand. Do you think he’ll notice the difference?

I noticed…