Idle hours

Post-rain reflecting pool, Fire Station, Kimball, Nebraska.

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Anyway, idle hours were anything but idle today. I did almost zero ranch work; I only checked cows and saw that all was well. Had a nice chat with Brother and Sis-in-law. Sis-in-law in particular taught me, or perhaps re-learned me, an important lesson.

Watched a couple of movies with the almost six year old and the four year old. Monster House and Edward Scissorhands. Then we played hide and seek and tag in the 96 degree heat. Those two wore me out! A full day of ranch labor is leisure time in comparison. What joyful idle hours. I was so idle in fact, and so caught up in livin' the idleness, that I was too lazy to remember to take pictures or videos.

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I took a picture of the waning gibbous moon, low on the west horizon at about 10 a.m. I could see it clearly, but the camera doesn't seem to have been able to see it.

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Before I set out this morning I took a few pictures of a fledgling blue jay. He seemed to be sampling a bit of green ash leaf which he didn't find palatable. Just a few colorful summer morning moments.

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Be well and embrace the blessings of liberty.