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Indulged a second night in fresh organic chicken (bought from neighbor's sister's farm) roasted with fennel and thyme from the garden, carrots, garlic and onions. Accompanied by fresh picked broccoli and dessert of fresh strawberries. (how does anyone ever save enough for jam?) We picked this chicken to the bone and made soup, I either need to freeze the third or indulge one more time tomorrow night. Breakfast has been eggs from our chickens and usually a graze through the peas and strawberries outside. In our house the peas are just for eating fresh, no one really eats them much if I bring them in, unless I top them on a salad. Not that we don't love them, they just don't make it to the kitchen.
Conor is enjoying aikido camp, despite the daily morning rush out the door. Mama has been enjoying a bit of free time, but 2.5 hours go by quick! One day this week 3 of us moms from the camp, fellow homeschoolers, all decided to take a walk around Green Lake, a very lovely park near the dojo. It was a lovely time and it was crowded with people large and small, wheeled and walking, and many dogs. I had Pasco, our 2 year old rescue mutt, on a leash held close since it was a bit exciting for him, the many dogs, birds and squirrels. As we rounded the lake we came up on a man on the edge, not quite out of the trail with his arms up in the air. He was very tall, and obviously appeared threatening to my dog, who barked at him to stay away. The man lunged toward me, however, saying "keep your $%$% dog away from me". I had already pulled the dog well away-he stopped barking immediately, but the man had not so I tried to calmly tell him "it is ok now, you need to chill". He continues to follow and curse at us, threatening several times to "kill the fucking dog". Now I am really trying to keep the dog far away since he might react to all this anger defensively, but my friends, one of whom is wearing a baby, have him right at their necks. So my cool friend Michelle turns and tells him to back off, don't threaten us. He points in her face, she responds "are you threating me now?". I yell to him that I am calling 911 now and he still makes a move to grab her by the side of the neck and may have thrown her to the ground, if she was not strong and fit. My other friend, wearing the baby, grabs his arm and as quickly drops it, realizing how she might be putting the babe at risk. Either her action, or the many men that were suddenly there, the 3 phones dialing 911, but he backed off at last. A wonderful firefighter, off duty, jumped in and took him some yards away but with him until the cops came, his girlfriend staying with us to see if we needed help. Yes, the man was charged with assault, and thankfully he did not leave a mark on my friend, but still assault the same. A funny note was that as we were reassuring the firefighter's girlfriend, newly moved from Sacramento, that this was unusual, a man road by on a bike with a WWII vintage gas mask on his face. Sadly his message was lost, hard to read when moving. Ok, odd is not unusual, but acting out rage, yes.
Conor is enjoying aikido camp, despite the daily morning rush out the door. Mama has been enjoying a bit of free time, but 2.5 hours go by quick! One day this week 3 of us moms from the camp, fellow homeschoolers, all decided to take a walk around Green Lake, a very lovely park near the dojo. It was a lovely time and it was crowded with people large and small, wheeled and walking, and many dogs. I had Pasco, our 2 year old rescue mutt, on a leash held close since it was a bit exciting for him, the many dogs, birds and squirrels. As we rounded the lake we came up on a man on the edge, not quite out of the trail with his arms up in the air. He was very tall, and obviously appeared threatening to my dog, who barked at him to stay away. The man lunged toward me, however, saying "keep your $%$% dog away from me". I had already pulled the dog well away-he stopped barking immediately, but the man had not so I tried to calmly tell him "it is ok now, you need to chill". He continues to follow and curse at us, threatening several times to "kill the fucking dog". Now I am really trying to keep the dog far away since he might react to all this anger defensively, but my friends, one of whom is wearing a baby, have him right at their necks. So my cool friend Michelle turns and tells him to back off, don't threaten us. He points in her face, she responds "are you threating me now?". I yell to him that I am calling 911 now and he still makes a move to grab her by the side of the neck and may have thrown her to the ground, if she was not strong and fit. My other friend, wearing the baby, grabs his arm and as quickly drops it, realizing how she might be putting the babe at risk. Either her action, or the many men that were suddenly there, the 3 phones dialing 911, but he backed off at last. A wonderful firefighter, off duty, jumped in and took him some yards away but with him until the cops came, his girlfriend staying with us to see if we needed help. Yes, the man was charged with assault, and thankfully he did not leave a mark on my friend, but still assault the same. A funny note was that as we were reassuring the firefighter's girlfriend, newly moved from Sacramento, that this was unusual, a man road by on a bike with a WWII vintage gas mask on his face. Sadly his message was lost, hard to read when moving. Ok, odd is not unusual, but acting out rage, yes.