Things to Think About

Today, an Excellent day, as Grace Kelly...that "almost 6" year old and I toodled along in my old pickup for about a 35 mile ride to the house. There was alot of interesting stuff to see, cows eating the leaves of a tree, a baby horse, goats, road kill, another road kill, another, another.."why so many dead animals?" question, another...

Remember how summers felt when we were kids? I asked her what her plans were for summer when school was out soon...."every single day go swimming, go bowling, and come back to the house and keep on having fun, every single day". Wow...its that simple.

We painted more on the mural on her wall...adding the shoes to the 3 or 4 foot doll painting of Strawberry Shortcake we've been working on for probably a year now...in a "from time to time" like pace.

She even let me help her name her life-size doll that she interacts with in a motherly fashion so often. While her mind is young and still unexposed to some meanings and linked emotions...she approved of a sweetly spoken idea..."Moron". So at this moment, "Moron" has been put to bed for a nap.

We dipped the ends of match sticks in the liquid around a burning candle wick, twirl it slow, lift it out straight up (pointing down), with the wax forming a tear-drop shape at the bottom as we blew softly. Once cooled, a new layer was added, many times.

She didn't know what a burning insect smells like. Wow, that should be at least one school project of many in that first year of school. There was a big dead Lunar Moth in the grill of the car. Once straight pinned to a stick, and held to a flame...that experience was gained. The reaction was pretty emphatic...probably not going to be a smell she could "adapt to".

Another thing learned today... To tighten the chain on the chainsaw. Loosen the two bar holding nuts about a half a turn, then while holding upward pressure on the nose end of the bar, turn the adjustment screw (between the bar nuts). (it does have a limit though, so don't turn it past the point it goes to easily). The tension of the chain ideal when pulled up, barely daylight can be seen under just one of the bottom side "guide-rudder" (my name for it) of a link in the chain. then tighten the bar holding nuts (using the spark plug wrench size end of that cool T-wrench commonly used with chainsaws...).

The day isn't over.