{"id":21516,"date":"2017-08-04T08:24:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/?p=21516"},"modified":"2019-10-16T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T18:02:20","slug":"mowin-the-sticker-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/2017\/08\/04\/mowin-the-sticker-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Mowin’ the Sticker Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"One<\/a>
One of the crepe bushes in our front yard shines in late afternoon sun last night. Abby and I planted these nearly 10 years ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"For<\/a>
For last night’s imaging, I grabbed by 15-year-old Minolta DiMage 7i. Despite its antiquity, it gives a look I have always loved, particularly in the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Summers are shorter. When I was a kid, they seemed like three long months of building dams in the creek and eating Cheez-Its. That might still be true for a handful of reclusive nerds, but if you are into anything at all, like athletics or student publications, you had about ten minutes of summer vacation.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A memory from childhood that is a sign of August: cicada skins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My summers are short in terms of activities, but right now, the top of August, is very slow. That will come to an end shortly; my first high school sports media day, Ada softball, is tomorrow, after which it is, in effect, fall.<\/p>\n

\"Though<\/a>
Though most of them are at the end of their lives, the Rose-of-Sharon lining our driveway still make a few gorgeous blooms like this one last night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hawken<\/a>
Hawken the Irish Wolfhound gives me his equivalent of a handshake, a slobbery mouth on the wrist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This August is being unseasonably cool. There are no 90\u00bas in the current forecast. I’ve been taking advantage of that by working outside. With decent rainfall, mowing is a repeated necessity; keeping the grass spurs in check is extra-important since I am walking Hawken the Irish Wolfhound every day.<\/p>\n

My efforts over the years to shape our small patch of the world have paid off. Trees we planted years ago are huge and healthy. Flowers are blooming. Grass is green.<\/p>\n

\"Who<\/a>
Who I work outside during evenings like last night, I am profoundly grateful for our lives here on our green patch in Byng, Oklahoma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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