My photographer skills also continue to be severely limited.
In this photo, in addition to doing the requisite selfie thing, I was trying to show the long expanse of a narrow greenway which one accesses from near the formerly blue Village Creek Blue Bayou, or from the east, via a dam crossing from Arlington's Interlochen neighborhood.
This morning I woke up feeling real good, for no apparent reason, soon found myself having a mighty fine swim in the increasingly cool pool. Then a few hours later, again for no apparent reason, I developed a rare mild headache.
I figured the rare mild headache would be helped by a not so rare Sunday walk with the Village Creek Natural Historical Area's resident Indian Ghosts.
A few days ago I found the Indian Ghosts to be in a cranky mood due to tomorrow's most nefarious American holiday.
Columbus Day.
The day we celebrate a murderous genocide purveying, rape condoning, racist, property thieving European who stumbled on some Caribbean islands while looking for India. Hence America's native population being known as Indians.
If I were President, and if it were within my Executive Order powers, I would issue an Executive Order ending Columbus Day, replacing that disgraceful holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day, or Native American Day or some other such thing.
Anyway, today whilst walking along Village Creek I did not sense the usual presence of the Indian Ghosts.
However, when I left the Village Creek Natural Historical Area, to briefly cross into the Interlochen neighborhood, from whence I quickly re-enter the Natural Historical Area, I saw what may have been some sort of Indian Ghosts Columbus Day Protest around a big tree.
Spooky, don't you think?
Currently the temperature is only 7 degrees shy of 100. When I walked with the Indian Ghosts the temperature was a relatively chilly 80, and windy. We are not yet quite at that needing to wear sweatpants time of the year, but close. I think we are past the needing to be shirtless to survive the heat part of the year.
Soon I will be searching to find where I put my long underwear.
On Facebook this morning I read an incoming COLD warning from esteemed North Texas weatherman, John Basham, that COLD is on the way in a week or so. Seems like just yesterday me and my vehicle slid sideways down the hill to the entry to my abode zone. I believe that was in early March. Or late February.
Please spare us Ice Storms this winter. I am not in the mood for such things....
Texas is notable for the degree to which its indigenous people were expelled or exterminated. It is why there are only a couple of small reservations in a very large state.
ReplyDeleteYou can drink USS Fort Worth beer whilst wearing your Navy cap. And you can listen to that snappy tune, Grit & Tenacity as well.
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