The walnut trees at Justin’s are flowering.

These are catkins, the male part of the walnut tree ie. “a slim cylindrical flower cluster with inconspicuous or no petals.”

They are wind pollinators and have been known to pollinate trees a mile away. Once their job is done, they fall to the ground,

and, wah-la, baby walnuts are born.

Dead lift body weight = 29 in one minute.

Pull-ups: as many as possible = 8.

35 pound kettle bell for 3 minutes = 94.

The last one was grueling, I thought. Each length was 25 yards. Flip a 150 pound tire.

Return with a 73-pound atlas ball.

Farmer walk carrying 90 pounds, go down, turn around slowly to avoid losing control of the weights,

and come back.

Take the atlas ball back.

And finally, flip the tire back to the start.

Done! Sheesh.

My daughter is a stud-woman.

We were at Starbuck’s, Dick was buying a bus ticket online so he could go to Palo Alto (his mother was in the hospital)

when I looked over and spotted this. I couldn’t tell what it was from this angle. I walked around to the right

and was so surprised to see a gigantic face.

Matter Contemplates Spirit by Stephen J Katenbach, 2004.

Dick is well-known for the “treasures” he finds along the roadside when he rides his bike. But he didn’t realize this time he brought home a bug on his head and a lizard on his back!