Grasshopper

 August 19th

Happy things for today:

• For work, I was assigned to the Problem Solve Area the entire time.  It was busy and I got to work with good people. 
• Mistakes were made when I was home, though.  I've decided that I'm too tired after work to set up something new.  In this case, that new thing is a practice archery range.  Stephanie is letting me borrow a target and I set up a range.  Unfortunately, I didn't take my time and think it through.  That cost me an arrow.  That is when I remembered we have an old rug I could use as a backdrop.  The happy parts of this are that I got to practice shooting archery, I learned a bit about setting up a range, and maybe I'll learn how to make my own arrows this winter.

• There was a grasshopper that I startled on my way to the house.  It flew up so I could see it in a way that I haven't seen a grasshopper before.  It stayed in mostly one spot in the air for maybe a few seconds.  It looked like a fairy looking down on me.  There was no time to take a picture.  The silhouette looked as if it was wearing a skirt (one set of wings) and I could see a whisper of the top set of wings that looked like fairy wings.  I was amazed.

The grasshopper fairy.

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Continued listening to: James, by Percival Everett.

Thank you for being here and being part of my daily happy things. Stay safe!