In Case You Have Been Wondering How Silky is Doing

Here's His Royal Highness in all his glory, just Chillaxing.

Caught in the Act

So I was out early this morning and caught a deer chomping on our Prickly Pear fruit.

A Lone Cloud and A Lone Praying Mantis

 

I might not be a hardcore Jane Austen fan, but

and this 2009 adaptation of Emma remains one of my favorite ones of her work, which I go back and watch almost annually, and the soundtrack is just so delightfully lovely.

More Clouds

One advantage of living out here in the country is the large open sky we get to enjoy.

Loving the Steve Moments

When the (now) young man was little, we would watch Blue's Clues, with Steve.  

However, Steve later "went off to college" and got replaced by his "brother", Joe. 

By the time the reboot with "Josh" came along, the little boy was already a little young man, and we never caught any of it.

Steve will always be the OG host for us, and that little video he made a few years back, where he told us he never forgot us, gave me, a fully grown ( er, middle aged?) woman, quite the feels.

These days, I have started listening to Steve's Podcast, "Alive with Steve Burns", and I hardly listen to podcasts. To be fair tho, I WATCH it on YTube.  There have only been 2 "episodes" so far, but they are sweet, quiet and reflective, and I like them. 

In the episode with Jamie Lee Curtis, he talked about being someone who "morphs" ( my word, not his ) to fit in with the crowd he is in, for acceptance and like that .... and I often feel like I am that way too. I shall not elaborate more, but just leave it here. 

Takeaways from that episode, i.e. Steve's notes from his conversation with JML, who obviously adores him as well... :

"Be where your feet are"

"What other people think of you is not your business"

"Maybe it's not about giving no s**ts,  maybe it's about deciding which s**ts to give. "

"Your attention ( a finite resource) is your currency, and what you spend it on, matters."

Looking forward to the ?weekly Podcasts and insights. Keep 'em coming, Steve.

Cloud Watching

I think this one looks like a Phoenix. If anyone disagrees, well, I can only say "It's probably in the eye of The Beholder."

Rattlesnake

This rattlesnake was just right next to the house.  The hubs, who usually would pick up insects to move them out of the house rather than squish them, had to protect us though.

Hello!

A Rare Selfie.

Green Veges Galore

Just look at the length of this Green Onion aka Scallion,

and the Lovely Chives.

Poor Blue Butterfly

Blue is an exceptionally rare color in Nature - so, coming across this poor fallen, but gorgeous butterfly was sad indeed.

Charlotte would have approved.

Look at the Spider Web I came across in the morning fog today.