Sleep Well, Dauphine – Behold a Giant Muh

It’s been a month since anyone heard a peep from this blog, and while there are some legitimate reasons, there are as many lame ones. The biggest blame falls to work, which, while it is the absolute dopest the bomb there is, the middle of April through the middle of May take it all.

The pasture is yielding much life, including Indian paintbrush, pictured, which was Abby's favorite flower. Throughout the summers of our marriage, I brought her vases full of wildflowers like these that I picked for her in the pasture. — The pasture is yielding much life, including Indian paintbrush, pictured, which was Abby’s favorite flower. Throughout the summers of our marriage, I brought her vases full of wildflowers like these that I picked for her in the pasture.

So here it is, my latest news and other stuff.

My sister Nicole and brother-in-law Tracey’s dog of nine years, Dauphine, died this week.

My brother-in-law Tracey sleeps with their new puppy Dauphine nine years ago.

When I got home from covering baseball recently in Edmond, I found the house air conditioner had failed again. I know it’s old, but it sure would be nice to catch a break.

One result of this occurrence was my installation of a large window-unit air conditioner in the living room, which I had purchase for cheap from Amazon in early 2022, knowing I might soon need it.

I bought this large-capacity window-unit air conditioner about 18 months ago as a hedge against the central air going out in my home, and being too expensive to repair or replace. — I bought this large-capacity window-unit air conditioner about 15 months ago as a hedge against the central air going out in my home, and being too expensive to repair or replace.

The guy came the next day and fixed it, and for not as much money as I had feared.

My Nissan Juke is back in service after a month of negotiations about what needed to be fixed. It turned out to be fairly expensive, but, so far, worth it.

The mass shooting in the greater Dallas area was just a few miles away from my step daughter and her family’s home. Chele said they recently shopped in the mall where it happened.

I found and photographed a mouse skeleton this week.

I can sort of see the light at the end of the tunnel of the big clean-out. This week I made giant strides in the house and in the office, but I think it’s ridiculous that … yeah, I know. When we get married, we are making a bargain with our spouse, and that includes, in our case, my making peace with her collectionism.

Part of the big clean-out involves customizing how I live as just me, which lets me bring hobbies to the center of my living space, such as these various amateur radio and public safety radios in the garage. I expect to do some serious realignment of them in a week or so to make them easier and more fun to use.

The garden is taking off like it should be. After a couple of seasons of very serious drought, both from the earth and from my ability to garden, April and May have been ideally rainy to bring the garden along.

I have entered the second period of a vegetable gardener's season: real growth after the transplant shock period. — I have entered the second period of a vegetable gardener’s season: real growth after the transplant shock period.

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