{"id":24095,"date":"2018-09-03T12:53:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/?p=24095"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:56:32","slug":"oklahoma-grass-burs-sunsets-and-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/2018\/09\/03\/oklahoma-grass-burs-sunsets-and-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Grass Burrs, Sunsets, and Fires"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"I<\/a>
I love the look of a fire – camp fire, brush pile, fireplace fire – when it begins to go to coals and takes on deep red and blue tones, like in this image from last night’s fire at my brush pile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With school back in session everywhere, my job, as usual, has gone from the pokey days of summer to the crazy “be everywhere” days of autumn.<\/p>\n

\"Ada<\/a>
Ada Cougar football fans raise their hands in anticipation of the opening kickoff Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 against Ardmore at Noble Stadium. The Cougars lost the season-opener 33-7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"All<\/a>
All the Rose-of-Sharon bushes have died except this one in the back yard, which seems to be flourishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One consequence of this is that working in the yard and the garden is less consistent. Some days I work until dark, but some days, like yesterday, my last assignment was at 3 pm, so I was able to mow, garden, burn the brush pile that was the mimosa that blew down<\/a> in a storm, and my favorite thing, pull the razor-sharp Oklahoma grass burrs out of Hawken’s eyebrows.<\/p>\n

\"Oklahoma<\/a>
Oklahoma grass burrs are universally reviled at painful to touch and difficult to remove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hawken<\/a>
Hawken the Irish Wolfhound follows me around when I work just outside the fence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hawken is as curious as any dog (initially mistyped as “god”), has a lush coat, and is huge, so when he pokes his head into corners of the yard where the grass burrs grow, often far faster than I can weed-whack them, he sometimes collects them on his forehead, beard, and eyebrows. He is amazingly patient when I pull them out, which is not easy because they are deeply embedded, and razor sharp. I think it’s more painful for me than him.<\/p>\n

Easily the funniest thing I’ve mowed this year is a can of blue spray paint I ran over last night on the riding mower. I kept it on the gun bench for painting targets, but when I moved the bench to mow the grass on that spot, I guess I knocked it off into the grass. When I hit it, there was giant “poof,” and a great splatter of blue, accompanied by the unmistakable smell of spray paint.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>
I heard and felt a “poof,” followed by the unmistakable smell of spray paint. I laughed out loud.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The heat waves of July, though short, resulted in a lull in my garden. I dug weeds out of it the last couple of days, and am enthusiastic about good fall crops. I picked this cantaloupe this morning and cut it up and added some black grapes, and it was fantastic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sunset was beautiful last night.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The fire goes to coals and the sky catches fire last night near the garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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