Five O'clock and All's Well

I've just finished (for the day, there's more to do tomorrow) cutting the grass. The amount of time required to do so has been steadily increasing as the area I cut gradually expands in leaps and bounds. I've now incorporated the fields, the old garden field, the area around the log cabin, and the area in the far back corner that was previously an overgrown wilderness until I showed up with a push mower and a branch cutter. As a result, it is now almost impossible for me to finish mowing the lawn in one day's time. The fields, I am quite sure, had not been cut since I last cut them almost one year ago! But they've never looked better, and I'm hoping that with continued disturbances (i.e. mowing) I'll be able to weed out all the unwanted plants and have a nice verdant lawn.

Rebecca and I got our hair cut yesterday. I've not had my hair cut by another person in over three years, but I had a hair style that I wanted, and Rebecca was willing. The rest is history. The lady who cut my hair used a razor, and I love the effect. My hair is so light and flowy and flippy now! And shorter than I've had it in a long time.

The dogs found a large bone yesterday, and after examining it, Rebecca said that she thought it the right size and dimension to be a human bone. I looked at it and thought she had a fair point - it was the top of a large tibia bone. But just to be sure, I got out my Forensic Anthropology book and compared it to the page of tibia bones often confused with human bones. After a quick comparison, I concluded that the bone was in fact from a deer. The experience, nevertheless, was quite interesting.

After giving Zeus his Methly Sufonyl Methane (MSM) pills to help with his hip dysplasia, I must say that the improvement is obvious and dramatic. Two days after I started the regimen, Zeus jumped on me. Jumped up, onto me, putting all of his weight on his hind legs, and he didn't whimper or whine once to indicate he was in any pain. And now almost a week later, I have to say that it looks entirely possible he will make a full recovery. Amen for that!