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sampa · Jul 26, 2021

Sif said:
Comet over Stonehenge

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That's amazing! You took that picture?

Sif · Jul 26, 2021

sampa said:
That's amazing! You took that picture?

No. LOL. I wish I did. I believe (and I should have posted the pic credits) is from National Geographic

HisGraceAbounds · Jul 27, 2021

Full disclosure: She was the runt of her litter, and her mother was killed. This kitten went to a new mom, but was rejected. I got her at ~4 weeks old. I fed this little thing calf milk replacer when she first arrived. She is perfectly proportioned and healthy, but is approximately 40% of a full-size. She is now 1 year old and is 'fully grown'.

All the terror. All the stalking and hunting. All the attitude. Less than half the size.

shineyourlight · Jul 27, 2021

HisGraceAbounds said:
Full disclosure: She was the runt of her litter, and her mother was killed. This kitten went to a new mom, but was rejected. I got her at ~4 weeks old. I fed this little thing calf milk replacer when she first arrived. She is perfectly proportioned and healthy, but is approximately 40% of a full-size. She is now 1 year old and is 'fully grown'.

All the terror. All the stalking and hunting. All the attitude. Less than half the size.

That is one cute cat.

What's her name?

HisGraceAbounds · Jul 27, 2021

shineyourlight said:
That is one cute cat.

What's her name?

On her veterinary records, she is 'Sassy', but her secret name in our seitch's clan is 'itty bitty kitty witty'

sampa · Jul 27, 2021

Anthony2019 · Jul 28, 2021

Sif said:
Comet over Stonehenge

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Used to stop off at Stonehenge on my many trips to the south west.
Salisbury Plain is such a quirky place. I love the white horse chalk figures - especially the one at Westbury.

shineyourlight · Jul 28, 2021

HisGraceAbounds said:
On her veterinary records, she is 'Sassy', but her secret name in our seitch's clan is 'itty bitty kitty witty'

I like the latter.

sampa · Jul 28, 2021

Garden progress: The Bell peppers, hot peppers and delicata squash are starting to show.

sampa · Aug 1, 2021

Tiny developments in the garden. Pictures of my hand in the background to show the size comparison. Sunflower, zucchini, cucumber, pumpkin, tomato, Bell pepper, and peppers.

sampa · Aug 1, 2021

10.7 mi run yesterday morning. I went to an artesian market after and one of the food trucks had Polish sausage.yum. I'm amazed that I am able to keep bringing the mileage up further than what it was last year. We shall see how things go, I really have to work on my strength training. I can feel my arms wiggling while I run, haha

sampa · Aug 1, 2021

My part-time companion, the one I dog set every once in a while, turned 14 today. That's 72 years old in human years.

Sif · Aug 1, 2021

Stream in the Mount Massive Wilderness

SarahsKnight · Aug 1, 2021

sampa said:
10.7 mi run yesterday morning. I went to an artesian market after and one of the food trucks had Polish sausage.yum. I'm amazed that I am able to keep bringing the mileage up further than what it was last year. We shall see how things go, I really have to work on my strength training. I can feel my arms wiggling while I run, haha
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Quite lovely scenery, Miss Sampa.

sampa · Aug 1, 2021

SarahsKnight said:
Quite lovely scenery, Miss Sampa.

Thank you! It was a wonderful way to start the day. Took me 2 hours and 15 minutes to run.

SarahsKnight · Aug 1, 2021

sampa said:
Thank you! It was a wonderful way to start the day. Took me 2 hours and 15 minutes to run.

Good time for over 10 miles, I would think.

This assessment is just going off of the one time I actually had to run a full one mile as part of the criteria for general P.E. class in my first semester of college, in which I remember the teacher clocking me in at just over 10 minutes (where I was running or at least jogging a good 3/4 of the time) and saying "very good try, young man" as I passed him at the finish line. Like, that was all we had to do that day for the class - doing the mile run as fast or slow as we preferred, just so long as we did a full mile - and then we were free to go. By instinct as college students of course, since it was early in the morning most of us just wanted to get it overwith as soon as we could so that we could go back to our dorms or - in my particular case - to their rent home down the street and get back to sleep, so that's what I tried to do, just running for as long as I could before getting winded, having never done anything this strenuous before (never did sports in high school or before). ^_^

Ah, hard to believe that my first semester of college was actually the halfway point of my life by now. ... But ... still not old! ^-^ (And you aren't either, mind you, Miss Sampa. You have a zesty, youthful way about you in everything you tell us about with your life outside of this community. Really.

) Good days, they were. That track where the P.E. teacher had us do that mile run is just down the road from me, actually. Since I live here where I went to college, again, after so long.

It was Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, for those of you who may not know yet or have forgotten where I mentioned it before. ^-^

shineyourlight · Aug 2, 2021

sampa said:
My part-time companion, the one I dog set every once in a while, turned 14 today. That's 72 years old in human years.
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Dang! How long are you dogsitting him/her currently? And what's his or her name?

Sif · Aug 2, 2021

The Galilean moon Ganymede and Jupiter taken by Cassini when it was on its way to Saturn using Jupiter for a gravity assist.

sampa · Aug 2, 2021

SarahsKnight said:
case - to their rent home down the street and get back to sleep, so that's what I tried to do, just running for as long as I could before getting winded, having never done anything this strenuous before (never did sports in high school or before

It doesn't sound that enjoyable but it sounds like you made the best of it just to get it done and over with.

SarahsKnight said:
You have a zesty, youthful way about you in everything you tell us about with your life outside of this community. Really.

Say thank you. I sure hope that comes through. If I am able to get married I really hope to bring that into the marriage. I know the guys that I have gone on dates this past year, a couple times my activities kicked their butt. But really, zest and youthfulness is not always about our physical activities as much as a state of mind. I hope to be really attractive in my '70s.

SarahsKnight said:
It was Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, for those of you who may not know yet or have forgotten where I mentioned it before. ^-^

Thank you for that information. What did you get your degree in?

shineyourlight said:
Dang! How long are you dogsitting him/her currently? And what's his or her name?

Haha, I can't stop laughing. I just dog sit whatever my folks go on trips. So when they drop her off it's kind of like grandparents getting their fixed from the grandkids getting dropped off. The dog's name is Susie

she's pretty spoiled.

sampa · Aug 2, 2021

Ran 9.7 mi today out in a location that was in the middle of nowhere. There's an apostolic seminary for high school boys that want to become priest that I passed by. Also one of the lakes I ran by there was a nun sitting on a porch rocking in her chair as I took pictures of the Delilah's. She was looking at her phone. Seemed content and there was a cool breeze off of the lake. Today's run was majestic with the green Open Fields rolling and blue skies with distinct clouds in them. Quiet and spacious. Also was in the neighborhood of one of my cousins and he told me to pick up some vegetables from his stand he had in front of the house. He was at work. At my turnaround point there was a Chihuahua that was barking at me in the distance and followed me for a little bit.