What to do on a hot day

[Boisesteve]

It's 100 degrees, the humdiddy is down around zero. Head to the community pool, why not?  Or, patio, cool glass of water, good book. Or... off to the range to practice!
The county in which Boise is located has an ordinance prohibiting non-self-defense-related shooting except at official ranges. So I go about 20 mins from home, across the county line onto BLM land, to a quiet gulch very few people know is there. Perfect!
1) The spot.
2) The fence one has to scootch through. It's legal to shoot but not to take vehicles.
3) Water, ammo, self-sealing ground target.
4) The mini: Ellet bros. tritium sight special with LR cylinder installed.
5) Back home, patio, book, cats.
To quote Hickok45, Life is Good

[Ozark75]

Some day, some day......

[Boisesteve]

Who knows what evils lurk in the hearts of men?  The Shadow knows....

[OLD and GRUMPY]

A year of lock down, too much heat,too small of a water bottle. Dehydration can make you see shadows. But we could use a super hero about now. ---- Perhaps a new topic? Who or what is your alter ego?

[Canoeal]

I'll trade you. Today it was only 87* , but the humidity was at 85%. Rest of the week in the low 90s. I sweat all day. It rained in Philly to the tune of 10" today, so they are flooded. None here, even though I am 20 miles away. How do you air condition this??? It is a stand alone 3 car Garage/ Barn, built in 1916. No, not insulated. I usually lose about 15 pounds every Summer.

[top dog]

Boisesteve,
Looks like you had a good day and afterwards some nice relaxation.

Your furry friends there,do they help with the rodent control?

I have a number of feral cats around here that I feed.  They other year,they killed a coyote down back by the river!!!!!

                                                                                                                      Top Dog

[pietro]

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Steve, even though I'm comfortably near the Atlantic Ocean, just looking at your pics has me sweating - put an ice cube in your pocket, so you can be cool....

[Boisesteve]

O&G: what lockdown? Me and spouse have been out n doing since two weeks after the scam started.
Al: nice workshop... though I don't envy you the humidity. Hot n dry for me!
TD: I retired after 48 yrs as an RN a year ago, for my 71st birthday. I'm a man of ease!
And about the cats: we brought them home five years ago. They were a year old at the time, a 'bonded pair' that had to be taken together but no one wanted two cats so they'd sat in the little glass cage at the adoption site for two months before we saw them. They're good critters and great mousers. The year we brought them home, I stopped counting at 100 dead mice. And they have very different hunting styles.  Lily the female is the stalker: she can slowly close a 10 foot distance and you never see her move. Coffee (the male) is an explosive pouncer: he sits absolutely motionless, then bursts into action, closes the gap in a rush, finishing with a huge leaping pounce and although I'm sure he does I've never seen him fail. "I always get my mouse" is his motto. They're good cats.

[Boisesteve]

Pietro: how we spend a hot day here...

[top dog]

Boisesteve,
One thing for sure,your furry friends know how to "relax"

                                             Top Dog

[Boisesteve]

Yep, they do (photo from six months ago).
And none of this BS 'gender fluidity' nonsense here. Even though they're neutered, the boy is the boy (all big chest, narrow hips, muscles and loud attitude) and the girl is the girl (slender, reserved, softer demeanor). Natural cats, no mental illness.

[ds10speed]

Your post reminds me of the two we had, sister and brother.

[Boisesteve]

Those were two good-lookin' cats, ds. Nice portrait.
I don't know what causes families to go 'cat' or 'dog', but me 'n she seem to be 'cat', and we've  passed it along to our daughter and son in law, who are Air Force and along with the two grandkids, have Goose the cat.  Wyoming, Germany, Idaho for 7 yrs, and now Japan, Goose travels the globe with them. 

[OV-1D]

  My hounds love cats they say they taste like ......... nevermind  .   I'm bad , sorry . 

[top dog]

You ever notice how our furry friends take over our lives and households???

Good thing that they are in "charge"!!!

                                                                               Top Dog

[Mike-4]

Life is good.  Cherish the simple thing in life.

[Boisesteve]

OV, those hounds would never notice Lily as she slipped away. And they might get Coffee the boy cat but not without a BRUTAL battle.  I've seen him twice attempt battle in a screaming fury, once against a cat who quickly ran off and once against a VERY large white dog whose owner ran up, grabbed the dog's leash and pulled him away from danger... maybe saved my cat's life but surely saved the dog a horrendous mauling.
TopDog, they sure do, and by their participation become little (maybe subordinate, but still...) family members in their way.  When our daughter was seven we suggested 'cat' and she chose two tiny black kittens, who went on to live for twenty years. When they passed it felt like we'd lost our family.
PS: I like the way this forum is a conversation, where the topic can drift and flow. Started as range-day photos, turned into catz.

[Wumbey Goomba]

Daisy

[OV-1D]

OV, those hounds would never notice Lily as she slipped away. And they might get Coffee the boy cat but not without a BRUTAL battle.  I've seen him twice attempt battle in a screaming fury, once against a cat who quickly ran off and once against a VERY large white dog whose owner ran up, grabbed the dog's leash and pulled him away from danger... maybe saved my cat's life but surely saved the dog a horrendous mauling.
TopDog, they sure do, and by their participation become little (maybe subordinate, but still...) family members in their way.  When our daughter was seven we suggested 'cat' and she chose two tiny black kittens, who went on to live for twenty years. When they passed it felt like we'd lost our family.
PS: I like the way this forum is a conversation, where the topic can drift and flow. Started as range-day photos, turned into catz.

    Hey there Steve in my best Mexican accent " We don't need no stinking topic" . Do we ,ha ,ha ,ha ,ha .

[Boisesteve]

Been off the grid for three days in Hagerman Idaho, Thousand Springs area.  No internet, no news, just quiet, a good book... and the water.

[barrytheprof]

Beautiful! Tent? Cabin? Camper?

[Boisesteve]

Cabin in a state park

[barrytheprof]

Nice. Over a 50 year span my wife and I have evolved (aged) from backpacking to tent camping in a campground, and when getting off the ground in the morning got difficult, we moved to campers and cabins. We used to laugh at people that went camping with all sorts of equipment, now it's us!

[OV-1D]

  Right with you there Barry . We've even only wanting cabins now (as long as we can trust them to be real clean anyhow) . Heck to be real honest I'll stay at home ,ha , just wish we could live somewhere else , always a mountain man to some degree , in the mountains it just seems more peaceful . Florida is a thing of the past , hope I ,we, live long enough to catch that dream but sorry to say it doesn't look too good a chance . Then theres that moving , DANG , I'd feel like Hannibal on that note . I do long for beautiful shady trees ,real rocks , with a mountain stream running by looking like I'm trout fishing . No problem right just that money thing that gets in the way .

[top dog]

OV-1D,
I hope that your dreams come true.

One thing for sure,as we "age" we appreciate our creature comforts more!!!!

The best to you and your better half.

                                                                         Top Dog

[OV-1D]

  Thanks TopDog , Publishers Clearing House has to come to my door sooner or later . Have a GREAT DAY .

[Boisesteve]

That which was an adventure at 25 became a chore at 55, and now at 72 is simply info learned from life lived.  At Thousand Springs we kayaked on the Snake, out and around Ritter Island, and in the Oster lakes area.  I'm still willin' and eager, but want a hot shower, good food, and comfy bed at the day's end.
Another: back at the end of April we travelled to Utah. While there I went in to see the Grand Gallery of Horseshoe Canyon: drive over 100 miles from Moab (the last 32 on rough gravel track) to the trailhead. Hike 3 1/2 miles each way: descent, canyon, ascent, then drive back to Moab, all in 13 hours... to see this.

[PaducahMichael]

I saw those glyphs on "Ancient Astronauts". Yes - I have been known to watch it. But I draw the line at "Finding Bigfoot."

[barrytheprof]

When the announcer gets to the part where he says, "COULD it be that they were drawn by ancient astronauts?", just think to yourself, "Nnnnnnnoh." 

[top dog]

I think that is from Sleepy Joe's teleprompter during his news briefings.

                                                                          Top Dog

[Boisesteve]

As seen in Nine Mile Canyon, Utah...image of a spacecraft and a few passengers?

[OLD and GRUMPY]

Steve. Is that tiny dark figure at the bottom of the rocks Bigfoot?   -------------Not sure about the whole little green man thing but I have watched most of the shows. I don't think they say the space guys drew those pictures. They would do a much better job.(like the giant carvings in Egypt?)  They say the local people drew them trying to show what they saw.  In the words of Mork-- NaNu NaNu!!

[Boisesteve]

A hot day at the range, to cats, to petroglyphs n pictographs n aliens. I just love it!
O&G, yes I think among lots of things they depicted what they saw. A Buffalo. A spaceship.

[OV-1D]

  Looks very much like the B.C. Van Gogh without the ear .