Something totally different on this morning's solo trail run: I didn't stop to take any photos! The few I took were while running. Also, comparing watch vs. phone recording times, see if you can guess which is which (answer in ALT).
Recorded a short video, halfway into the run on one of the cool spines of the #mtb#running trails. Sadly, watching videos afterwards, they never seem close to the speed I thought I was going. ";^)
Apparently I ran fast enough that there wasn't any problem with bugs. That is, until the very end when I inhaled a bug and while trying to hack it out managed to get another one stuck in my eye. Spent 5 minutes at trailhead trying to rinse or nudge it out without any luck. Resolved to have wife remove it when I got home and it fell out as I left parking lot.
Speaking of parking lot, little brave clumps of chamomile doing their best.
There were a whole lot of things I was supposed to do today with both farm things and space junk things. But instead, we got a new livestock guardian puppy.
She's already getting along really well with our other LGD, though all the goat mamas seem pretty convinced she is a small bear and will need some time to come to trust her...
Battery powered vs. alway plugged in:
For our kitchen it adds an extra hassle of suddenly not working and needing to be charged. For somewhere without any power options that you don't use frequently it would be a nice option.
Motion vs. on/off switch:
This is something that sounds ideal, but is fussy and erratic in practice. It may or may not turn on, and when it does turn on there’s only 3 options for how long it stays on (15, 60, 120 seconds), none of which typically match what you want. Part of this is to conserve battery, but also how would you signal turning it off? Using motion to turn off would mean false triggers and more frustration.
That being said it’s easy to remove battery and run off USB power, could also wire a remote on/off switch. That or jettison the whole board (use for somewhere that makes more sense) and wire the lights up like the other string with simple usb power and switch.
Random pondering: When I mow our lawn (mulching mode so the clippings stay behind), do the rabbits that graze there think I'm making them a giant chopped salad. 🤔
Apropos of nothing (I hope), Shawn Mullin's Beautiful Wreck has been swirling around my brain the last 24 hours. Making dinner last night, “such a beautiful wreck". 2am wandering to the bathroom, “what a beautiful wreck you are”. Walk the dog this morning, “but you make such a beautiful wreck”.
The other day, shortly after my wife told me about an appt she'd set up in September I said, “great, now that's stuck in my head.”
“What?”
“The song”
[blink, blink]
“September? Earth Wind and Fire??”
"uh, maybe? not sure”
[I pull up the song sure she'd instantly recognize, she doesn’t]
"Not sure I listened to lyrics back then.”
Meanwhile I see a sign that says “turn around” and end up with Bonnie Tyler stuck in my head for days.
I've been wondering if something in the phone's camera system is visible or audible to bugs and birds. Like I can move around, get closer, but as soon as the camera app is opened that seems to spook them most of the time.
Just me?