Saturday encore ~ Down the Road with Smooch, September 2010

I started the "Down the Road with Smooch" monthly blog post last September and managed to maintain its regularity for 12 months. 

I failed when I reached month 13, so I will repeat this post and try to get my groove back come October.

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Every day, almost without fail, Smooch and I go for a walk. It's a toss-up as to who enjoys it more. For Smooch, it's an opportunity to sniff out what's happened around the fenceline in the past 24 hours; for me, it's an excuse to step away from the keyboard during, or after, a crazy day.

I usually don't take my camera but have decided that once a month it will be worth the extra weight around my neck to record our walk for posterity. Assuming I follow this regimen every month, and assuming I remember to blog about it, and assuming I still have a blog, it will be fun to look back on the chronicle of Smooch-walks through the ages when I'm old and gray older and grayer. (Roll your mouse between the margin and the pictures to see the befores/afters.)


Post processing: 1. PW's Old West action at 65%; 2. MCP's High Definition Sharpening action

Date: September 6, 2010
Route: East to county road and back
Distance: 2.5 miles
Time: 5ish - 6ish pm
Temperature: 81 degrees
Humidity: 35%
Wind: yes
On the iPod: "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" from Sept. 4
Attire: Sneakers, shorts, long-sleeved shirt, baseball cap
Observations: Pasture grass high and dry; tumbleweeds taking over the road; neighbor's cows still rude.


Post processing: Photoshop had nothing to do with this