We took advantage of the gorgeous autumn weather to go hiking yesterday in Sky Meadows State Park. A group of us took Hercules the llama with us for the walk. The park booth attendant had no clue what to do with a llama, so he called in a ranger. After a prolonged discussion, they dubbed Herc to be a horse and sent us off to walk the horse ( Read more... )

Someone named LittleEggPainter took great photos of the costumes from the Marine Corps Marathon yesterday. There were bees, Nintendo characters, princesses, a smurf... Go check them out hereI admit, I was looking to see if anyone on Flickr or Picasa had uploaded the photo of me holding the RUN GOAT RUN sign. Someone out there has at least one. ( Read more... )

dmn4nr, a big man, of great stature and great heart, has departed our realm.

Rest in love and friendship, Dave.

Quixotic_Goat ran the Marine Corps Marathon today. I got to witness it. He finished with something like a 4:40 time and energy to spare. Go team you!

Dear LJ Land, I need a new place to live. The sooner the better in my book, but I need to be out of my current place by November 20. I am looking for a 1 BR/1BTH apartment in NoVA for rent, preferably with all utilities included (cable and internet as well would be great), a parking space, washer/dryer, some storage space, and a private entrance. I ( Read more... )

We went to Faire on Sunday. I happen to know one of the performers. She does aerial work on hoop and silks, which I find breathtaking and amazing in all kinds of "I'd never do that" ways. We got a chance to chat with her twice - once before and once after her performance - and that was really nice. It's always good to remember that people are ( Read more... )

Friday night was housework, laundry, and waiting for CK to get home. Cookie was back to being his regular self, so putting out hay took longer and was more fun (and had more contentment) that usual. I also watered the pastures ( Read more... )

I don't use filters, and I *do* read LJ at work. If someone is friended on my journal, I want to know. I want to see that person show up every time he or she posts something. Hence, I don't use filters. I don't mind if other people do, and frankly, from my frequency of posts, I expect that I'm filtered out of a lot of people's default screens ( Read more... )

I mentioned at the party that I would love to have people stop by The Cabin this summer as they are coming or going to Burning Man. I would love to have people come to The Cabin with us whenever we end up going. It's long past time to establish some adult traditions and stories up there. My memories of The Cabin are almost all positive, and they ( Read more... )

There was a lot of happiness in this weekend involving pets and people.

One pair of planned visitors canceled on us for Saturday, but the Muse and Q_Goat came out to meet the baby goats (Q_Goat got to see the end of the story...) and hang out for the afternoon. After they left, we took Hercules and Scout for a walk before the light faded. We ( Read more... )