Binge Watching Dexter

Wednesday afternoon I decided to start binge watching Dexter. I've been up watching show after show until 4am for the past two nights. I sit here Friday at noon with no food except some salad left.I had plans of grocery shopping on Friday's right after the morning hound walk ... but I am fighting off the urges to get back on the couch and turn on Dexter. I am one DVD away from finishing Season 3 ... there were 8 seasons to the show.

With that change in routine I have missed fantastic weather, except for the two dog walks per day without the camera. I did not turn on the first NFL game of the season last night, instead I watched Dexter until 4:15am and had to force myself to turn off the tv and go to bed. Almost 16 hours of straight viewing.

After I downloaded my camera card this morning I had only 19 photos since the 6th. I only loaded 9 of them into this blog post. I have not public blogged and as the days move on my desire to continue that blog disappears further and further away from me.

This pot of flowers I planted in August really did well. I'll remember that next spring when I fill all of my flower pots earlier this year.

Another reason I have not gone grocery shopping yet today, besides catching up on this blog ... is once again I have changed my mind or am uncertain what type of food to buy for the next week. I keep thinking which 'diet' I want to follow. Paleo, Vegan, Lacto-Veggie ???

Sadie has loved all the walks this week but the past two days of Dexter she has had to drag me off the couch and outside.

Heidi has even made it outside to soak up the sunshine on her own. I didn't have a camera on her yesterday but looked out the window as she laid in the backyard sleeping under the sunshine. She has seemed more energetic lately but has not gone on our walks.

Her toenails need trimmed. She needs a bath but her coat still remains softer than ever. Here weight is good and her allergies are under control this summer with no meds of any kind.

Stella continues to scratch but has no bare skin or hot spots. I still cannot find any fleas on her.

Since the tv has not been turned on the past two days to anything ... I didn't see the latest Hurricane updates until this morning. A huge one heading for Florida and will shoot up the east coast.

I put on jeans this morning instead of shorts. I even pulled off the Nike's from the top closet shelf to wear. I bought them 3.5 years ago, cheap model and really comfortable. I also put the spare tire cover back on the FJ on Monday night? maybe Tuesday night?

The burn pile and all the tall ragweed will be burned to the ground this fall or no later than next March/April. Supposedly that pole back on that path is the SE corner of my property.

I can't believe I don't have any urge to go buy food since I am totally out and a football weekend coming up, including the NFL games on Sunday.

I moved my camera settings back to 'jpg-fine'. I think the quality of these pictures will be okay for me.

Dexter or grocery shopping?????

As you can see it's another beautiful day today. I uploaded the blog pictures from my iMac, closed the post and then came out to the kitchen table to write the blog post so I could enjoy the day.

I am still happy about trading the Mini Cooper for the FJ. That black MCS Countryman is still for sale after two months. I probably should have kept the red stripes on it. Anyway I love the FJ. I know it will not be driven 4,000 miles per year and will last me as long as I live.

Another day of watching Dexter here in 'the tropics' of Southern Indiana.

A New Week Of Great Weather

Yesterday it reached 94° and today we are looking at highs in the low 70's for the next 10 days. Fantastic weather!!! So all the windows are open, nice breeze and our late morning walk had no humidity and no mosquitoes. I cannot imagine this weather for the next 2-3 months. Will it ever get above 85° again?

I decided this morning that I would let Stella do anything she wanted. I knew that might mean that she would disappear again.

I woke up around 7:30am but only to go back to bed and sleep until 9:37am. Therefore our day started later and we didn't take our first walk until after 11am. It is what it is being retired. I feel like I might get something done though today ... maybe clean the bedroom walls, then the other rooms.

Stella did not run today but did some fast trotting. She never moved for the spot that Sadie is standing in. Whatever it was she ate and would not move. That 'eating' is something I cannot figure out.

I did not expect to see Stella when I walked back to the house. Sadie and I continued our morning walk with a nice cool breeze, low temps and bright sunshine.

Sadie always looks to see if Stella is coming. Still she loves this walk and has never walked slowly on any of these walks, rather they be 2 or 3 walks in a day. The path that goes across the top of the field from the north into the deer gully to the house is becoming more worn ... they have ruined this field and I have a feeling it is going to turn into an ATV park.

Sadie still looking for Stella ... no sign of Stella on the horizon.

I never get the AT&T tower ever in focus but it does show how nice of a day it is.

As I started walking to the left to enter the woods to go look for Stella, I saw her in the same spot I left her. I could not believe she was still there.

She was ready to go home though when I called her.

I changed the Nikon settings back to 'JPG-Fine' from 'RAW' ... hard to tell here since they are the same size/quality on the blog but on my computer I could tell a difference in the settings. Do I want to use ~28Mb per photo on my hard drive?

Another great football game last night ... I have a few 'days off' until the games on Friday night.

Football Season Is Here !!!!

Today will be the first full day and night of 2017 college football, starting at noon. I'll be watching football all day and through the late night hours. Last night after midnight I bought gas for the FJ and then headed to Walmart for a weeks worth of groceries. So I am set, yet I don't have a lot of 'snack' food for the games. Times have changed a LOT from a few years ago on Saturdays, which were full fledged overeating.

I was also going to post publicly again this morning and letting the few readers know that I had lost my urge to blog recently and might only be back weekly or a few times in the month. That still might happen today.

Stella showed more energy this morning than she has in many many months. She ran more often, ran faster and I swear I see her gaining weight back around those skinny hip bones that were protruding out just a few months ago. I will keep feeding her the Sportmix kibble, now rated 3.5 stars. (above average).

It was great to see Stella running along side of Sadie to different parts of the field while I walked along the path.

They stayed out in the middle of the field 'grazing' while I headed up to the rolls of hay. Sadie eventually sprinted my direction to catch up with me. She is a great walking hound without a leash.

When I drove by a neighbors house yesterday I glanced over at a small field next to their house and saw these same type of ATV tracks showing where Christopher enters this field from those trees straight ahead. He has made quite a few trips over to the 'deer gully' I told him about last Sunday.

A great, good quality picture of Sadie in the tracking mode. This is one photo I would put on the public blog. Maybe I'll go back to the old format of writing one paragraph and adding about 8-10 photos but ever few days instead of every day.

Stella had walked over to her favorite spot in the field. I was wondering if I was going to have to walk that far to tug on her collar or would she come on her own?

The ATV from Jim's grandkids has really tore up the field this month. It is also much much shorter than last year at this time. Yesterday I looked at my 2016 blog post on the 1st of September. I doubt that they cut the field and bale it this fall.

I started walking her direction calling here ... she raised her head and started slowly walking in my direction.

She will always do her mid-path scratch and then trot to catch up to me.

Well college football in 52 minutes. There are a lot of good games to watch today. Some of them are on at the same time. Maybe next year I'll buy another HD tv for watch multiple games at once. It would look stupid though with a tv mounted on the wall above the one that sits on the table.

Life is back to 'normal' now with College Football starting here in 'the tropics' of Southern Indiana.

Cold Enough For Jeans

By mid-afternoon the inside house temperature was 68°, with a slight breeze and all the windows open. I decided to change from shorts to jeans because it was that cold and was getting uncomfortable . Monday it will be back in the mid 80's for a high. It was a lazy afternoon with a long phone call from a friend, some pasta, a hound walk and a siesta.

It's hard to believe the trees are shedding their leaves already. I think raking leaves may be one of the things I like least to do. I'll rake them multiple times and might burn them in the middle of the driveway again instead of raking all of them up top.

I can't remember the exact year I cut these shrubs down. I had to be have been around 2012 or 2013, after idiot Mike burnt them to the point that they didn't grow back. The thing is, I cut them to ground level. I have lost that much ground in the last 4-5 years due to bank erosion.

All of this tall ragweed will die, turn brown and be dry enough to burn in a few months if not next April.

Stella doesn't like 'wandering' the field but she likes to find deer scat to eat. That is all she does anymore and rarely did that the first year I had her.

If it doesn't rain harder tonight, I will be watering these tomorrow. Not quite dead as I see some new blooms. Will they come back next spring or are they one year wonders?

I cannot believe that this area is the nicest part of the yard after being under heavy brush for 16 years.

Heidi made it outside for a camera shoot.

Tonight will be college football with Washington starting in about an hour. There are a few other games going on at the same time. Then Saturday will be a day full of college football.

Life is good today in 'the tropics' of Southern Indiana.