It has been a few days since we have posted anything on this blog, so DG sat down to think of something funny to write.
He didn’t come up with much, so I told him the problem is that he has writer’s blocks.
I found him later….
We shall see how that goes.
We had a visit from the resident hawk yesterday.
That thing at his feet is….. or…. was…. one of our bunnies. The hawk … um… “disassembled” … the bunny for lunch. He came back later for supper, and then this morning, he showed up for breakfast and carried off the remains. We have bunny fur everywhere.
DG took exception to these activities.
However, some of the vegetable plants in our garden are taking the other side.
Regardless of the outcome of that discussion, we have one less bunny to share our SPOTHs with.
DG is tired of this heat. So he came up with the idea of standing in a bucket of ice cubes.
The way he figures it is this…. it is 98 degrees at his head, and 32 degrees at his toes. That averages out to 65 degrees somewhere around his belly button. So, on average, he is pretty comfortable.
It appears that DG might have strained his eyes while cartooning, so he got some glasses to help him see better.
Being cheap, he bought some cheap drugstore glasses, which pinch his nose.
So he tried to adjust them a little bit…. which you do by bending them just a little bit….
… or bending them too much.
So he came up with this solution.
No adjustment necessary.
As you probably remember, a week or so ago we had a Tax Free Weekend here. The State did not collect any sales tax for the entire weekend.
So, picture this.
Tax free weekend….. two guys…. at a hardware store….. with a credit card…. no sensible people around to rein us in….
What do you suppose might be the result?
This, of course. (Keep scrolling down)
That is a Chainsaw On A Stick. Really. A chainsaw on a stick.
I’m serious.
Here’s a closeup of the business end.
It really is a tiny little chainsaw. On a stick. So, waddaya think? Cool, hunh?
Yeah. I know, I know. You’re saying…”Whaaaa the…..???”
But c’mon. Just say it out loud… “Chain Saw On A Stick“. You can’t just walk by something like that. Right? Ya gotta have it. Just because. And it was tax free. We saved six bucks plus change on it.
Envious yet?
OK, but I do know that the attack plants we have growing around here are quakin’ in their boots about now.
DG now fancies himself a cartoonist. The illness must be contagious.
I tried to explain to him that it is harder than it looks, but he took a shot at it anyway.
This is what he came up with.
That isn’t very good, actually….. but then you never know what is going to go viral these days.
Click on your browser search bar and enter “xkcd”.
I wonder if DG’s drawing has already been copyrighted.
I think I have figured out why DG is so fond of his Avocado Stick.
Notice any similarities?
Yellow Pear Tomatoes. These are from our garden.
We grow the strangest plants here.
Oh… and these are ripe….. they are supposed to be that color.
DG has his own SPOTH.
Ummm…. I’m not sure how to tell him this…. but that looks like it might be just a plain old Avocado Stick.
But that’s OK! Really! Everybody’s got their own thing.
You can make your own Avocado Stick if you want to.
First, you get an avocado.
Then, you eat the avocado, but do not eat the pit. You save the pit. Then, follow DG’s instructions below.
See? Wasn’t that easy?
It has been a while since I blogged a Strange Plant, so I am starting up the SPOTH series again. Here is a friendly fellow.
This is called a “Fishhook Barrel Cactus”. Can you guess why? What does this look like?
… and this….
… and this….
If you see one of these, and the person holding it says, “Wanna pet my cactus?”…. the correct answer is “No”.
I have been assured by the experts on the interwebs that should you get stabbed by one of these things, you should seek out band aids and antibiotics. Just sayin’
Here is the name of the beast to look out for.
Ferocactus Emoryi. Unfortunately, in the wild they rarely have labels on them.
Oh. One more thing…… this one is a baby.
