Overstimulated

 I’ve written before how Aloma and I enjoy sitting on our patio looking at our plants and the wildlife.  We know every single plant and point out to each other the subtle changes day to day.  We know most of the birds that nest in the spring and we watch them leave by mid-summer.  The squirrels give us more to talk about as they forget to be afraid of us and come on the patio while we sit out.  We scold them and, while not happy about it, they leave.

 The bees and butterflies have been plentiful this year.  They are also fun to watch.

 I enjoy the many chameleons, but Aloma has had enough of them this year.  Yesterday, one was on the chair she was going to sit in and wouldn’t move.  She yelled at it and tried to shoo it away, but it only moved a few inches and stopped to look at her.

 We didn’t need more stimulation, but I blew it.  I bought an eight-inch disk that floats in our birdbath.  It has solar panels and a pump that shoots water about two feet in the air when the sun is shining.  On an overcast day, it shoots water up about six inches.  Now, we have to watch it in addition to the other things.  The first night, we were so overstimulated that we couldn’t sleep.

 If we don’t get used to it, we’ll have to move it. 

Life is tough.

 Seasoned Man

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