Fashion faux-pas

Yesterday, late afternoon, there was a ground squirrel in the trap that sits in the "orchard-to-be"... that's when the trees grow up a bit, and that is if the squirrels don't eat them first. It's sad that we can't share at this point, but that's how it is.

The critter was sent to the big squirrel wheel in the sky. Then this picture was taken.
I have a hard time believing this is me. Squirrel or no squirrel.

Do I really dress like that...?  I should be embarrassed. But it was cold.

Anyway., speaking of dressing, I dressed out the squirrel. I fed the meat to the cats. The skin goes to fixing a Dan Boone hat. If it tans right.

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Chillin'. Just chillin'

They say it's been a cool summer, but it's still a hot summer. After all, we are in the Mojave Desert, ya'know. In the mountains, but still...

(Speaking of COOL, I hope the video I just shared comes through nicely, and without ads or.. I don't know - I use Firefox + it's excellent ad block, so it's very rare for me to see ANY ads, ever.)

So I'm taking it easy, reading about cool things. Wishing I could be a kid again, and run through the sprinklers... but there are none here, and no lawns. Just large expanses of sand, with some bushes and a few trees here and there. And my own created paradise of grapevines, cottonwood trees, my veggie garden. A paradise I love.

Oh, and yesterday we planted my new little homestead style orchard: Apple, plum, fig, olive, pomegranate, peach; a couple-few of each tree. And blackberry and raspberry bushes. It will be a challenge to keep them all happy. It gets cold here, too. But I can't really remember that today!

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