Friendly Firepits

    I was going to write about The Orange Scream today, not because I think anyone out there needs one more opinion piece on the subject or that I'll turn anyone's thinking  around should your opinion differ from mine... but because personally I find writing therapeutic.   Let me just say this, cause I gotta be me - DJT is mentally ill, I'm convinced of it.  There is no defense for this brand of leadership that encourages violence and the divide of our citizens, using false narratives time and time again.   By ignoring what is right before our eyes, we are selling our souls for monetary gain, trashing the planet and our humanity along the way, awful thing.  I'm sad for all of us. 

 On to the friendly firepits. ....

  We're in the middle of yet another heat and humidity wave here in Connecticut. I've got fans on the horses, a fan on the chickens and bunny too.  I get the barn chores done early before the sun reaches out over the barnyard and the dogs are outdoors only for bathroom breaks. 

   We've been visiting the cottage as work and weather permits... The fire burning  below was the evening before the humidity returned. What a gorgeous night it was. 

     There is a tradition on Island called Friendly Firepits - Once a year on a specific day,  fire pits around the community are lit and the host of each firepit serves refreshments. All members of the community are encouraged to join any or all of the firepit gatherings and enjoy conversation and snacks/beverages with the hosts.   I think we need Friendly Firepits installed all around the nation, don't you? 

   

    This is Stella's friendly Firepit.  The Pink Flamingo float in the distance lives on....  we learned his name is "Filbert". 

   The scow below is a neighbors - and I learned it's story when I posted this pic on our community page.  This beautiful old blue boat is used to ferry people back and forth to a bigger boat now, and was the very first boat of it's now 60- something owner  back when he was a young lad summering here on the island.  The "boy" and boat have been together for a very long time. 

   Meanwhile... we've got a horse show coming up... or not.  Miss Leah currently has a small abscess in a hind hoof wall.  Such is the unpredictabity of horse show life.  Depending on how fast it blows out and heals, we'll either have a show next weekend.. or not.  Either is OK by me - a healthy rider and horse is my first concern.    

Speaking of that rider - her show jacket has been taken in where needed, she's ready to rock'n'roll.  How's that for bling??..

   Two friends introduced me to some fun apps recently -  flightaware24.com - a flight tracker that also tells you where the plane currently flying over your house is headed -  and yeah, we don't really need to know that, but still, it's kinda cool. 

The other is skyview... point your cell phone up to the stars, and it tells you what you're looking at and gives you some descriptive information, even maps out the constellations for you.  So much fun.  That bright red star I had been  looking at out over the fields is actually Mars!  That bright but much smaller white "star" out in the big distance is Saturn!   

That's all for now - thank you for stopping by

this little "friendly firepit".