When:  Saturday–Mid afternoon – 2/24/2018
Weather: Sun, the glorious sun, 60’s
Observations/Thoughts

As I dropped my daughter off this morning for robotics, we chatted about the clouds clearing by early afternoon.  With all the gray of late, it seemed a little far-fetched.  Beyond the obvious fact, the day had more light then the night, very little evidence existed to prove the sun still remembered us.  The morning was spent in my den doing computer “things”.  I heard thunder and the rain that accompanied it spattering against the window.  I didn’t glance at the clock often.  My stomach said it was lunchtime.  A glance out the window told me the sun was ready to give me a week’s worth of “kisses”.  A quick lunch left me ready to walk out the front door with arms extended–ready for the sun’s embrace!  She turned out not to be very romantic.  I was just glad to spend some time with her!! (To me, the sun is a she.  Pronouns are more fluid than they used to be.  I have no problem thinking of her as him, either.)

• Texas Tea:  This Texas Tea has nothing to do with anything that comes from the ground.  (I believe I have mentioned the fracking well I pass.  The “well” was set up again.  Occasionally, they “re-frack” or otherwise tickle the earth to keep the natural gas flowing.)  This type of tea happens anywhere there are animals and excessive rain.  As the animals defecate, they have no concern where it falls.  As the rain comes and then come some more, the ground gets overwhelmed with rain.  The water starts dissolving and fermenting the patties.  The aroma is not the same as living down the road from a pig farm.  It is pungent just while around it.  After the area is left behind, the odor is soon forgotten.  With close to 6 inches in our area in the past week, there was a WHOLE LOT of fermenting going on.
• Double Vision Sunglasses: Within the first 7 minutes of today’s walk, I had intersected in some way with over a dozen life forms.  (Dogs included)  This was infinitely more than the number of life forms encountered on yesterdays sojourn.  If I even allow for my recently under-used sunglasses to cause me to have double vision, the company was much thicker than yesterday.  Where there are people, conversations might take place.  The people glut soon thinned out.  As it did, my desire to have a conversation was horribly wanting for candidates.  The whole rest of the walk I only encountered half the people I saw in the first few minutes.  (If the double vision sunglasses were worn the whole walk, the same calculation would still apply.)
• What is the bright thing in the sky?:  The only dialogue was the light chitchat.  The orb in the sky was the obvious subject for a quick throwaway line.  I used different flavors of this theme as I got my “stretch-on” and passed a couple of fair weather walkers.