Poison?

 My initial plan for this afternoon was to get to sleep as early as possible after work.  That didn't happen.  Well, I might have drifted off to sleep for a few minutes when I was stretching out my back after work, but that doesn't count.  Instead I mentioned that the Zed's car needs to get inspected and the next thing I know we are driving to drop it off.  Yay proactivity?!  Other happy things for today:

• While mowing this afternoon I saw a praying mantis in the area that used to be a garden and I hope will be again some day.
• The car has working headlights again.
• We stopped at Dairy Queen and they have pumpkin pie blizzards for the fall.  I had them add extra flavor.  It was yummy.  I have no idea if there is any real pumpkin in it or just flavor.
• According to Lens, I have belladonna or nightshade in the sheep manure compost pile.  I'm happy that I am able to identify it.

Black nightshade...

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  Storms comin'.

  
  

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Currently reading: Backpacking: A Hedonist’s Guide, by Rick Greenspan and Hal Kahn.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Happy Friday the Thirteenth

 It has been about 50 weeks since I looked at my FitBit app and realized that I had reached my daily 10,000 step count goal every day for two weeks.  I decided that since I was on a roll, I should try for a month.  That goal stretched.  Since August 13, 2020 through today, August 13 2021 I have reached that 10,000 step a day goal every single day.  This was not a small achievement for me.  I have walked around in circles in the house on many, many occasions this last year to reach that 10,000 step goal.  

This is most of the last year by month.

This is most of the year before.

Will I continue to put emphasis on reaching that goal?  I don't know, probably.  There have been many days that I have not felt like getting my steps in, but I still did them.  That is when walking around in circles in the house came in handy.  Other happy things for today include:

• While mowing today I hit a praying mantis.  I think it got out of the way fast enough to be okay.

• Keziah called me to come outside to see some birds that were circling out back.  They were much higher by the time I got outside.  I'm fairly certain that they were eagles.

• Zed snuggling up to Winston.

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Currently reading: Backpacking: A Hedonist’s Guide, by Rick Greenspan and Hal Kahn.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.