Day 20,299

The in-laws are here, which means we are watching the Virginia Tech game. (It’s the first game of the season, versus Vanderbilt, the first time playing them in 30+ years.) It should be a good day. Tech is favored to win, and that, in turn, should put them in a good mood. 🙂 I see the Miami Hurricanes are playing the Gators later, but I am not as tied to them as the folks are to their teams.

#vt #hokies #vanderbilt #virginiatech #doodle

Day 20,297

The in-laws have accomplished something I have been hoping to do: have a bear sighting! They said that it was about 200 lbs, give or take. FIL thinks it was a young one, in good health with a shiny coat, and able to move at a good clip up the hill. Watching the start of season four of only murders in the building and not grilling as planned due to rain. Looks like soup and sammiches for supper instead!

#doodle #bear #blackbear #family #roanokeva

Day 20,295

MIL (and FIL) came into town on Sunday for @maximillian_deersteak ‘s birthday! I have often imagined her as the jackelope of our cryptid family, as she is always going at 100 mph, more a blue streak than anything else. I just do my best not to accidentally step on her or get between where she is or where she is going. We all love her dearly, and I certainly wouldn’t want to squish her underfoot accidentally.

#jackelope #doodle #MIL #cryptid #cryptidfamily #blueridgemountains

Day 20,287 My silly mashup mockup of Man-Thing-Thing. “Whoever knows fear burns at the touch of clobberin’ time!” Theodore Benjamin J. Sallis Grimm. Happy Super Blue Sturgeon Moon! #manthingmonday #manthing #thething #mashup #bengrimm #tedsallis #manthingthing #toymaker https://www.instagram.com/p/C-36UjdMdKA/?igsh=MTVtNDhyenMzMHRkbA==

Day 20,287 – Super Blue Moon!

Here are some of the non-book goodies from our trip to @blacksburg_books last Friday. A Loveland Frogman “Live Laugh Lurk” pin from @tokuarts , and an assortment of nifty stickers, including WTF (Where’s the food) with fat tabby, Haints & Hollers Appalachia, Mothman reading on an Appalachian Prison Book Project charity sticker, and a good ol’ gnome. Actual book acquisitions to follow eventually. #cryptid #lovelandfrogman #mothman #gnome #tabbycat #haintsandhollers #wtf

Day 20,286

I heard some guys arguing the day before yesterday, but I forgot to document the prime line – one I have never heard before. “If you don’t shut up, I’m gonna roll you like a pumpkin.” What a great turn of phrase! I love it! Ridiculous , seasonal and effective. #doodle #pumpkin #rolling #rollyoulikeapumpkin #fight #pumpkinspice https://www.instagram.com/p/C-0Wk4quAhJ/?igsh=bWx1YmltajA5cGt1

Day 20,282

I did physical therapy in the pool again this afternoon, and I am still exhausted this evening. The therapy pool is only 4 feet deep, so some of the exercises were a bit more challenging than others, as most of my upper body was out of the water for several of the different activities. I know I will feel it even more tomorrow, but it’s a good, healing ache.

#doodle #physicaltherapy #swimming #cryptid

https://youtu.be/fuz5TKzaJoE?si=yC3_VScJWt1SgJXE https://www.instagram.com/p/C-rC5mdMLcy/?igsh=NGo0MGo4anYzd3Iy