Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Red Boot Dog!

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Bandage should come off sometime this week. He doesn't much care for it, but doesn't let it slow him down none. The toe wasn't completely severed and the doc, when he discovered the almost severed toe still had a good blood supply, decided to reattach it. We will see iffin it takes or not.

Been riding my bike almost daily now. Rides of ten, fifteen miles are becoming routine Living in a small town, the routes are limited so I have been venturing out of town. Mainly looking for dirt roads. The bike seems not to mind it much, just have to be a bit prudent.

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The road above is one of my favourite routes now. It an eight mile loop. It used to be just an access road for someone's farm, but now there are about five houses spread out on the route. There is virtually no traffic on it and I can ride as fast or slow as I want. Stop and admire things, even. This is the place I saw a giant Indigo snake one time. Been looking for him again. He was crossing the road and was literally longer that the road is wide.

I have become intrigued with the house below. If you aren't looking you will pass it by without seeing it, even though it only ten feet off the road.

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It is a one room house, with a stone fireplace. I haven't been inside; must remember to wear proper shoes next time I ride by. Will take a snake stick, with all that vegetation I sure a creepy crawler or two has taken resident. If so they are the only residents.

Had the TV on the news channel just to see iffin the world has self destructed yet. Jury's still out. A news blurb did mention that a study has found that if one listens to music for thirty or more minutes a day, then one's blood pressure is lowered. Been self medicating all these years and didn't even know it.

Happened to catch Austin City Limits. the other night and discovered a new band I haven't heard before. They are an instrumental group, called Explosions in the Sky.

First Breath After Coma

Birth and Death of the Day

Out of the Void

Well, that's about thirty minutes of music, and what with riding my bike, I can make do with out any blood pressure medication. Have I mentioned before that I don't like to take any pharmaceutical iffin I can help it? Maybe, if its found in nature I might make use of it. Tested my blood pressure a few minutes ago, it's 110 over 65. Not too shabby for a fifty year old.

Been off a week, got another still I go back to work. Got a lot of yard work done last week. Did spring cleaning too.

Sorry about the long post, but boredom is making itself known. Will write a few poems, iffin the muse so deems.

Elia