Jonathan discovers that the clever, mysterious-working, log-holding contraption is made in Sweden --- that confirms it, Swedes are mechanical geniuses! (He was already enchanted by Ikea furniture and the store meatballs.)
Mary and I take a late walk to feed the donkey bananas.
In the road Brewster's Blackbirds flock with cowbirds, obviously finding windblown seed -- easier to spot on the road than in the dirt.
I pose Mary with two varieties of mullein. The one on the right is going to seed and will feed dove through the winter.
I play the trashman. Once a month I pick up the trash on a 3 mile circuit.
A California poppy blooms in the depth of December. I explain to Mary that individual plants can go crazy just like individual people.
Nameless weed is a jewel.
Vulture roosts before the sun sets -- he'd break his wings if he tried to fly in the dark.
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An old childless couple decorate elaborately every year.
An hour and half has passed, hundreds of incidents and thoughts and funnies happened... how do you record it all? I didn't mention the unattended fire, or the strange man talking to his dog, or the tree with our initials carved, or the horses warm in their blankets, or the house suddenly and mysteriously for sale for a song, or the calico cat in the field, or the smell of fireplaces, or Buddy the adopted cur with his tail between his legs and his hangdog head, too shy to approach, or the fighter jet that screamed in a beautiful swoop
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