Acorns and Promise

It happens every year, dadgummit?

Ya see deer swarmin' the place like flies on honey from can til cain't...and then a week before huntin' season opens the acorns fall.

No deer.

Ya look, ya wish, ya hope...but the deer got plenty of groceries back in the woods and have no use for civilized folks what want to collect their boodies for protein supplement.

Ya reckon that is why they call it "hunting" instead of "killing"?

The Splendor Of The Old

“The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair is the splendor of the old.” Proverbs 20:29

The ole ranch hand and his beautiful bride recently joined the local recreation center to increase fitness (and hopefully productive longevity?)

This gym has an indoor walking track that is near a large, "seniors" housing development. Accordingly, the gym population is well seasoned with us "seniors".

In the beginning of the fat boy's athletic endeavors on the walking track, it was evident that a tad of time/distance endurance training would be necessary.

Today, the aspiring Olympian decided to strut his stuff and "step out" on that track like a true pro....and the humbling/stumbling of pride began.

With the exception of one barely mobile octogenarian, your humble scribe "passed" no one on the track during 20 circuits. Worse yet, one jack rabbit "white hair" blew past FIVE times while a lesser fleet wrinkled granny left but a vacuum of dust four times (all the while stepping off exubertant laps????)!

What the hell, gitten older beats gitten dead so I can just go with the flow and keep pitchin' (or kick them roadrunners in the ankles ever chance I get?).

"Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.”
--Daniel Auber

The Derrick Hand

"The Great Pyramid is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. It is one of the oldest structures on the face of the earth and arguably the best built. Its mortar joints are consistently 1/50 of an inch, which is incredible craftsmanship, considering that of the over two million stones that make up the Pyramid, there is no stone weighing less than a ton, most weighing about two and a half, and some as much as 20 tons." (The Great Pyramid, The American Institute of Pyramidology)

The ole fat boy launched his latest construction missile this week by erecting the framework for the ranch outdoor kitchen: The Chuck Wagon!

Weather treated lumber done been bought, hardware acquired, (all at a dear price in this economy?) and country simple plans carefully laid.

Gonna shelter the premier "smoker", "griller", and "cook" under a reclaimed tin roof from now on.

Now let's see if an old former East Texas oil field derrick hand can climb that ladder (think rafters) enuff times to make it happen???