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Gonna Get your Goat!

I decided to look up the origin of the phrase “Get your Goat”. It is something i have heard all my life and knew it meant to annoy or anger someone but how did it start? The expression comes from a tradition in horse racing. The night before a race they would place a goat in the stall with high-stung thoroughbreds. It was believed to have a calming effect on on the horses. If someone wanted a horse to race poorly they would remove the goat to unsettle the horse, hence “got your goat”.

I have to say that goats are wonderful creatures. They have great fun personalities. Spending time in the field with them was rather calming so I can see how the thought of placing them with a racehorse would calm them.

LOST TIME

Bright sun shining on the inside of a grandmother clock with the pendulum and weights.

Well if anyone out there is still checking this I am sorry for the long delay between postings. At the end of 2019 work was quite busy and I got lazy. Time can slip away so fast and before you know it I have lost 4 months. I learned that no matter how much I like the idea of a picture every day it is just to structured for me. I ended up caring less when i was trying to hard to take a photo of a specific topic. I have never been good at that even in art school. I tend to be more of a opportunist photographer. My new plan is weekly updates with more effort & thought, stuff I can be proud of.

Day 294 Macro Monday

Close up of a scraped bloody knee.

I stepped on uneven pavement wrong causing me to loose my balance and fall into the road. I bruised my hand up and scraped up my knee pretty good also. I of course see a photo opportunity before covering it up with a bandage.

Day 263 Craving

close up of a monster cookie

MONSTER COOKIE!!! If you don’t know what that is it is everything wonderful. M&M’s, oatmeal, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips…and probably some other stuff but it’s very good.

Day 229 Noodles

Close up of grey colored noodles with black spots

These noodles are made with black beans instead of flour. That is why they look the way they do, but are a tasty alternative with added protein and other good stuff.

Day 213 Flying

car stereo with song title "Born to fly"

If you drive fast enough it can feel like you’re flying. Until you get pulled over and issued a ticket for flying instead of driving. It looks like I need to clan my car, it sure is dusty.

Day 161 Peaceful

2 Photos of a ceiling fan, one with light on and one with light off.

Have you ever laid on you back on a hot day and just watched the ceiling fan spin. I can be a little hypnotic and peaceful. I shot the two photos the same way except for the light being on or off. I found it neat how much the image changed with that one little detail.

Day 139 Use a Tripod

statute of women dancing

I own a tripod but i find them a pain to carry around unless you have something planned for it. Sure they are handy for things that holding a camera steady just won’t work for. I just really like this photo so tripod or not this is my choice.

Day 121 Blueberries

Bag of instant blueberries and cream oatmeal and fingers holding a freeze dries blueberry

Was this truly once a real blueberry? It is so sad looking it brings shame to fresh blueberries everywhere. You need to hang your head in shame little freeze dried blueberry if that is what you really are.

Day 103 Refreshing

2 bottles of SOYLENT a ready-to-drink meal.

Maybe refreshing isn’t the right word for this. If your not familiar with the Charlton Heston movie “Soylent Green” I suggest you look it up for it’s one famous line in the whole movie. I can’t say I will be trying this drink anytime soon since I know what Soylent green is made from.

Day 78 Poetry

Baseball field on sunny day

ONE

You’ve got one life,

You’ve got one glove,

You’ve got one game,

You’ve got one love,

You’ve got one chance,

You’re just one man,

So play the this game as hard as you can.

Author unknown

Day 68 Healthy

Shrimp taco with corn salsa and a beer

If you have ever eaten at a Big Woods restaurant then you already know that everything on the menu is delicious. You are looking at a Gochujang BBQ grilled shrimp taco. It has watermelon radish, avocado, sriracha sour cream, Napa cabbage and micro cilantro. On the side is a jalapeno corn salsa and a six foot blond beer by Quaff On. Eating out can be hard to find “healthy” options. I don’t know about the calorie count on this but it sure made my mouth and belly happy.

Day 53 Games

A wall of shelves filled with board games

There is a great game store I venture out to from time to time. In addition to having games to buy they also have tables and a wall of open games you can try out. Being able to try them out before you buy them is such a great idea.

Day 52 Kids

Four baby goats in a barn

Kids, cute little kids. If you didn’t know baby goats are called kids. I lucked out since I have a friend with a farm and lots of little baby goats running around. They are adorable and I even got to feed one.

Day 46 Kiss

What is a kiss if not unspoken emotion. Sweet, passionate, hot, cold, wet, dry, long, short, connection. Some make them public……to public, and some keep them private. Kisses are more then just romantic love, they are all love. Parents, children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends and sometimes strangers share these little tokens of affection.

Day 25 Use Your Imagination

Person wearing a Mardi Gras mask

I imagine a world full of good people and happiness. I imagine a world where no one feels the need to hide their true selves from the world. I imagine a world where we don’t need to judge but rather accept people for their strengths as well as their weakness. I’m not saying that we all have to like one another, i’m saying that we all need to have mutual respect for one another.

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