Rough Country
Book Notes kitt decided around 21:28 on 4 May 2015 to publish this:
Continuing in the Virgil Flowers series (I finished it too fast to even put it on my in progress reading list), this book starts out with f---ing Flowers on a fishing trip, with a murder happening on the next lake over (-ish). One of the things I do like about this series is that it's like like a kabillion crimes happen in a 10 mile radius. Minnesota is big, the number of crimes happening in this series isn't that unreasonable. Of course, the stunningly high solve rate does require a suspension of disbelief, but that's okay, because it's commented upon, and Flowers actually makes mistakes. Shock.
As appears to be a trend, there's a woman-to-have-sex-with in this story, which seems to be a thing in this mystery adventure series like the Reacher series. I'm relatively unsurprised, as I mentioned, given that, well, have to keep a reader interested and entertained. This book's conquest is a little more difficult timing-wise, which provides amusement. The conversations are entertaining, the need for sleep reasonable and the non-super-human antics are refreshing. Flowers doesn't even want to carry a gun, which, in my mind, makes him more likeable.
I'm still enjoying this series, and will keep reading until my stack of them runs out. Nothing like an inexpensive borrow from the library to encourage binge reading.
Recommended.
Kalij Pheasant
Daily Photo Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 17:03 on 4 May 2015
While hanging out near the volcano on Hawaii, Mom and I went to the Art Center near the park's Visitor's Center. While walking from the Art Center to the parking lot, we went through a picnic area, where we ran into a male Kalij pheasant courting a female Kalij pheasant. It was interesting to watch, the movements of the birds, how they reacted to us, and when they decided to avoid us.
Fern out of focus
Daily Photo Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 17:01 on 3 May 2015
Sensations
Blog kitt decided around 12:06 on 2 May 2015 to publish this:
When we were walking around in the Volcano national park, we stopped in the restrooms at some part of the park. YES, I KNOW. SHOCK.
After using the toilets (what? everybody does, we're not special there), I went to wash my hands. I turned on the water, wetted my hands, squeezed out soap, lathered up my hands, the went to rinse.
I happened to have turned on the water at the precise flow necessary for the water to come out of the faucet as a tube. The temperature was close enough to skin temperature and the water flow so smooth that, hands in the water, I couldn't feel the water. I could feel the pressure of the water, but could not discern by touch that I had water flowing over my hands. It was a fascinating sensation, almost like a glass rod pressing on my hands. After toying in the water for a bit and rinsing my hands, I called Mom over and suggested she do the same.
Her face lit up with surprise when she went to rinse her hands, too.
I think I want to find a faucet for home that has a smooth flow instead of the turbulent flow most faucets have. Perhaps a more expensive, better crafted one is the way to go.