Category Archives: Uncategorized

May 22 2024 – day 20,198

Day 20,198

The in-laws are back in town, and that means I want the Black Pearl ⚫️ to be clean and tidy for tour bus duty. She got a bath and a vacuum, as did I.

The leg brace needs some adjustment. I can’t get it on properly, even with the help of my sweet mermaid spouse, so I need to investigate other options.

The last of our old house belongings are now in the garage of the new place. Time to put more art on the walls and unpack more! Going to replace the old games cabinet in the living room with the red wardrobe!

I hope you are doing well, dear doodle journal.

#doodle #hondapilot #cryptid #carwash #may222024

Day 20,194

Captain Cayyyyve-mahhhhn!

Just a couple of zombie cavemen to represent the FIL and me working with primitive tools to make sounds from the magic box.

I was a little unsuccessful with my brace yesterday, and I am going to renew my efforts tomorrow. I’m just going to take it a bit easier today.

Anyway, I’ve got the surround sound set up on the new TV and ancient amp. There are a few bugs to be worked out yet, but it’s as good as it can get without an optical cable or a system that supports eARC.

Next time, I’m going to take the system down from the fireplace and work on it at the kitchen table or in my workshop because bending and reaching have done a number on my back.

#doodle #zombie #cavemen #neanderthal #cromagnons #selfie #family

Day 20,193

I got my brace back yesterday on the third fitting. I will try it out for a couple of weeks to see if any more adjustments need to be made. 💪🦿 I will wear it a little longer each day to adapt. 🐌 Test today will possibly be a little jaunt out with @maximillian_deersteak to @hang10iceandcream and the surrounding environs for a little Friday duck date. #doodle #cryptid #legbrace #duckdate https://www.instagram.com/p/C7EsQvoOgsO/?igsh=MWJ3ejVwOGg1cm80NA==

Day 20,191

“…trees to cool the towns in the boiling summer, trees to hold back the winter winds. There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children’s playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree. But most of all, the trees would distill an icy air for the lungs, and a gentle rustling for the ear when you lay nights in your snowy bed and were gentled to sleep by the sound.”

Ray Bradbury (1950). “The Martian Chronicles”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

#doodle #trees #selfie #cryptid #raybradbury #martianchronicles

Day 20,188

No dice seeing any more Aurora activity last night, but we did go out for an after-leftover-dinner ice cream date (I had a brownie bits Blizzard, and @maximillian_deersteak had a birthday cake-dip cone), and on the way we spotted a young raccoon considering a street crossing, but who thought better of it when it saw our headlights. Our ice cream run was rather strenuous, as the froyo joint we go to was pretty busy for Saturday night, as was blue cow. Third place was the charm, though. Thanks, Dairy Queen!

Hopefully, we will get another chance to view Aurora sometime soon… if not here, then maybe on a trip to Iceland someday? It’s already on our travel go-to list.

#doodle #raccoon #duckdate #backyardzoo #auroraborealis