Up shortly after going to bed and took another try at the horizontal 3 hours later. Nearly made up for the lost sleep by showing up again on the vertical over 2 hours later than usual ... Held to a work schedule still, I would be running on bald tires, fumes in the fuel tank, and a shaky...
Arlo Guthrie, December 2024, enjoying a Christmas parade with his wife, Marti Ladd. Do you remember Woodie?
Thought that it was an interesting photo :). If you Click the Pic, you should be able to listen to one of his songs (not the one that runs 18 minutes ;)).
LOTS of wind doesn't help. These every 3-4 day windstorms with gusts around 50mph is putting a strain on the Pacific NW folks and the power systems. The lights have flickered 4 times since I rolled outta bed. (Do you have those wonderful rechargeable devices actually fully charged ;)?)
School...
And then, I see the photo in @baymule 's morning post!
Immediate thought was rescuing the Hereford bull as a young teenager from a barb wire/woven wire fence –– by myself. It was tough. His nose ring was involved!
I had to keep thinking how I would jump through the fence into the other field...
The US National Archives, Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom
"In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared December 15 to be Bill of Rights Day, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights." Wikipedia
The Hereford bulls were what I had to stay away from on the farm. Cows can have different personalities. A few were somewhat dangerous just because they feared people or didn't really like them. Bulls were always asserting themselves.
In my dream, the bull was fairly young and not full grown...