Ramblin' Jack

I have been noticing something lately, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I have a tendency to read a caption before I really look at a picture. I seek out the caption after a cursory glance at the image, just enough to lightly stain the memory banks. I let that sit in the back while I tackle the description, the text of the situation. Then once I've fully grasped the W's ( whowhatwhyfor...) I turn back to the photograph for further scrutiny.
I feel as if I'm not giving the image enough credit to tell the story, and I'm not being present in the moment and appreciating the art. Also I think it could be the related byproduct of mass information input (I'm an information addict), a constant search for more facts about any particular topic that has caught my fleeting interest.
So I'm trying to be more conscious of it, and maybe that's enough. Because there are pros and cons to the proliferation of digital images, including the hyperbolic increase in the number of scantily clad self portraits in the bathroom mirror.
Anyway, just a thought I had and wanted to express in actual vocabulary. It feels great to form paragraphs. The FB/twitt phenomenon is training a generation to respond in short, abbreviated lolspeak. Kids these days... ;)

Caption:  This is my before frost harvest of basil and sage (taken about three weeks ago). I hung this in my bedroom for a fortnight and the finished it in a desiccant chamber, with final storage in mayonnaise and mason jars. This is the first time I've dried my own basil. I had a great year with those plants; much pesto was made. Ramblin' Jack Caption...

Bats!

I have an update on my bat situation. Yesterday we were chillaxin' in the yard, gettin' our quid on, when J exclaims "Bats!" There were about 4 or 5 bats just flyin' over the yard for maybe 20 or 30 minutes right at sunset. I haven't investigated the bat house yet for signs of habitation (guano), and it's really too early to even get my hopes up. But up they are! I would love to have a bat family living here, I would even build and install a second house asap.

Either way, it was a great feeling and a blessed moment. This was only the second time I've seen a bat at the house, and they were flying formations over us. :-)

Pups and Blooms

I took a couple pictures today. It was hot. I like dancing in the streets when I can...

Two new foods, dude

I just finished eating a sandwich consisting of whole wheat sandwich bread, seedless blackberry jam, and slices of swiss cheese. Very delicious. I almost think crisp baby greens would have been good on it.?
Also, while sitting in my tent in a rainstorm this weekend (good times), I was dipping my mozzarella string cheese into a jar of nutella. Yeah, baby!

p.s. I fired up the chainsaw today, with great success. Sweaty work, though.

p.p.s. Check out the website Scanwiches. Awesome!

The excitement is building! I received notice from Transformus that our theme camp is approved. Cool! Now I'm just waiting on grant approval and some monies to buy goodies, specifically miracle fruit and brain molds. We are rounding up a posse and brainstorming like 2011, and this is going to be a burn like no other. So excited!


update: no grant, so the miracle fruit tasting will only be a few folks, but I bought some brain molds anyway...

Fodder from above

It's 8 o'clock, Thursday the 26th. A gentle rain is falling as night approaches. I just finished cleaning out one of the rain barrels, so it's freshly scrubbed interior awaits the harvest of fresh skyjuice. I also just planted two basil plants in the garden, which brings me to the point: I love watering in. The act of generously soaking a plant immediately after putting it in the ground (or a fresh pot) to settle the soil around it is very satisfying to me. :contentedsigh:

update- I checked on the barrel at midnight (it had stopped raining) and it was almost full. I'd guess 50 gallons...

Pics to complete the picture...