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You've been makin' a lot of grumpy faces WQ. When I was little and did that Mum would tell me to be careful or my face might freeze like that.

What do you mean too many plaid lads? There is no such thing. Because of foresight and scientific herd managment my free-ranging herd can accommodate significantly more membership.

It's reached 70/21° this afternoon with very warm sunshine and fluffy clouds. Very different from the forecast Monday and now I have all those bottles of sunshine sitting around cluttering up the place. Whatever shall I do?

Nor did you contradict my assertion.

I think I'm prettier ... *ducks*

Almost hid that plaid ...

Greetings Albert.

Hi Page.

Well damn ... you done yourself proud with this one Bro.

That's good to hear.

It's lovely here. Mid-60's (18°) with bright sunshine. I'd offer to send some but I'm bottling what we've got today for use over the next few days of a a long-term dreary forecast.

Howdy Texy.

Happy International Women's Day!

What pretty blue eyes. Oh, and yes your hair looks very nice too.

Hi Page. Thistle says thanks for the scratches.

If you do you might miss when she tells you what a wonderful daughter you are and how much she loves you ...

Yes, yes he is 😁

I do love me the recent surfeit of lads in plaid. All that sweetness is liable to raise my blood sugar and I am not about to forgo the treat.

A bit the way our parents used to fret over us.

Greetings Albert. I'm better than I've been but the migraines are being problematic. My next series of injections are due soon and it's Spring both factors lead to more intense migraine. I will however persevere. Fortunately the sun is shining albeit chilly for this time of year. The last bout of rain was intense and left everything soggy so a few days of sun will be welcome. I did a few chores this morning and bought a pot of red and gold ranunculus and some minature red romaine lettuce seedings. I'm going to plant a small lettuce patch with the romaine seedlings and some oakleaf seedlings and hope the deer leave it be. The ranunculus are just lntended to be a nice bright spot of color.

The act of shaving another with a straight razor is incredibly intimate ...

Does that include a share of the royalties?

True Brad isn't homeless or destitute. However, had he been left to deal with things on his own as so many vets are he very well could be and this would be a different story. In my conversations with Carlos while beta reading I told him how deeply effected I was by his having Brad deploy to Afghanistan. Carlos has never killed off a major character but I feared he might with Brad, I shoulda had more trust in him. My fear was based on remembering my concern for my own son when the USS Enterprise deployed to the Gulf while he served on board and for those other youngmen I mentored through scouting when they deployed. I was certain Brad would not return or not return unscathed. When I read that Brad had lost his legs I feared he was doomed. Brad was for me the "lost sheep" of the Squad. I feared that like so many Brad would simply not find his place and decline. That through a return to alcohol or some other means he would fade to black. Carlos has never done that but the realism he strives for made it a distinct possibility. Brad is as he admits extraordinarily blessed with a tremendous amount of love and support. Without which he could very well have met all the criteria to live at Heros Haven. I can forgive CJ's blithe dismissal of the "details," originally it was CJ that was to be the "voice" of the documentary. Isn't it better that it's Brad instead? CJ thinks so. We know too that Mark fully accepts and supports Brad's being at Heros Haven. Hell he moved out of his home so Brad could live there and delayed his leaving so he could be there for the filming. I think that pretty much legitimises Brad's belonging homeless or not. I debated commenting because I know where this story goes. I don't think I've given anything away.

Yep I did.