The Trees Have Eyes

After our bike ride on Saturday, Neighbor Tim graciously had an impromptu post-poker run backyard party, complete with karaoke and a great fire in the pit. Most did very well with the singing such as Tim, Carrie, Ina and Richard. Others, sadly, not so well. Kevin sounded much like a braying hyena with gallstones. CG and this writer had the good sense to abstain.

Restroom accommodations for the fellows were varied: pick amongst three trees. So, after a couple of beers I saunter over to the biggest tree (Freudian coincidence?) and as we usually scan the perimeter when our hands are full (literary freedom?), I commence scanning. All looks quiet until I spot the tree and I must admit I jumped a little when I saw what was spying back.

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Summer Swim

It's Monday and the start of another work week. Except for me. I have the week off because the parents of my daycare charges are taking the week off, too. This is one of those wordless posts I love on Mondays so I can put my laziness in full view of loyal readers. These pics need no words. Why muddy the waters? They were taken at the pool at Sinkhole Estates aka Death Valley. The nice thing about this pool is it is heated in winter. If one must find positives in one's situation, I suppose that is one. But, please, no more.

Re-opening Was A Hoax

Flashback Friday

Class, Or Lack Thereof The Dwight Vice gravestone in Oquawka, Illinois. I bring this old chestnut out every so often just to remind me that class is classless. Dwight Vice was killed in his home near Oquawka in 2001. It was one of those things that can generate crime: two guys thought Dwight had a lot of money stashed at home because of his pot-selling sideline to supplement his fishing job. Not really one of those big drug deals gone-bad things. Marijuana was, according to the trial, about the only stuff Dwight sold. But these two guys barge into the house and killed Dwight and attempted to kill his 11 year old kid, Darryl, before they took off with what money they could find. His son, now 23, was stabbed in the back and left for dead. He survived and is wheelchair bound and has undergone several surgeries to repair his wounds. He will be paralyzed for life. None of this is pleasant. Reading the facts of the murder and attempted murder are most unpleasant

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