Friday, Finally!

It was still cool on Friday morning. But it rapidly heated up and by the time it was over, it was back in the 80’s (where it should be). I called my brother Carl when I got to work and we chatted long enough to get caught up before 8:00 a.m.

When I walked outside in the morning, it was still cool.

I went to Time Out for lunch and skipped the specials. I got one of my two favorites, their half-pound mushroom and Swiss burger, topped with the Dijon mustard I had supplied.

I skipped the fries and substituted a cup of German potato salad soup. Sounded weird, but tasted wonderful and actually did taste like German potato salad.

From there I went to Dick’s Sporting Goods and bought a digital game trail camera. I thought about it last night and Jake mentioned it in a text today. It’s probably the easiest way to find out who or what is sleeping in the wild garden (I’m pretty sure it’s a raccoon or a leprechaun).

The afternoon walk was much hotter.

Finally it was 5:00 p.m. and I was headed home, with a weekend looming large.

First task after treating Caley and changing clothes was to set up the camera. I installed the four “C” cell batteries and the Sandisk (neither were included, BTW). Then I had to set the date, time and numbering sequence, all for correct picture identification. I chose stills over video, BTW. But, if I do get something interesting, I may leave the camera in place and switch to video.

Next came camera settings, etc. All in all, it was over an hour before I was ready to take it outside. I selected what I figured was the best tree on the east side of the garden and strapped it on.

Then, while it was in test mode (it has a 40-foot detection range and a 50-foot infrared flash), I walked in front of it to check the width of the detection cone at the other edge of the garden. Perfect! So, I turned it on and went inside.

It was already late, so I just fixed another sloppy joe for dinner, with only a couple McClure’s pickles for my side dish.

I watched one taped TV show and then called my buddy B___. It’s been a while since we chatted, so it took a while to catch up. When we finally had and then hung up, I went to bed.