Another road trip today. I’m completely exhausted, but there’s something about being on the road that’s strangely peaceful to me.

Two random pics from today’s drive…

17th run A

The skies were nice and clear and the temperature had dropped to 70 something for a little while.

17 run B

Just another late Texas sunset. I took this one as I was on my way home.

Another late Texas sunset

While mowing this weekend in some very nice 80 degree weather, I noticed this single tiny bee pollinating every flower he could find. You can see him near the bottom in this next photo.

Busy Bee 2

He was buzzing into one of the small flowers, moving around a bit, then buzzing away to another open flower on the same stem.

Busy Bee

He was working on half the garden when I started mowing and he was still working on the other half when I was done. And all by himself. Pretty impressive.

First photo with the new FLICKR account upgrade.

Rain Delivery Service

The rain clouds started rolling in yesterday. The fast dirt-grey rain swirled out everything more than two feet away, and the ensuing flash flood rivaled anything a category 1 hurricane could offer.

And in just a few hours, it was gone. It’s back to 78 degrees today and 93 tomorrow.

I was at Petco this weekend, picking up more cute fuzzy squeaky things for my cute fuzzy squeaky dog.

I was crossing through the aquarium section when I saw this in the Betta (Siamese fighting fish) isle.

$5 Betta Water - front

$5 Water specifically made for Betta fish.

I’ve had 3 Bettas in my life so far. Each was a joy to have and lived around 4-5 years each. I never, ever used anything but tap water for any of them.

Out of curiosity, I turned the bottle on its’ side. The label read… “Pure and Healthy Betta Water is environmentally friendly and makes for simpler water changes. Directions for use: For best results, Betta Water is to be used as the water for your pet. For water changes empty and wash bowl with clean water. Do one final rinse with Betta Water before refilling. Change Betta Water every 7-10 days as needed.”

Betta Water - Side

No ingredients. And nothing else was on the other side of the label.

In the very best case, based on the description and labeling, this might be nothing but a bottle of distilled water. The same kind of distilled water they sell for $1 a gallon at just about every grocery store. But you’re not supposed to use distilled water for Bettas! Plain old tap water is the recommended environment for all Bettas.

So then no matter what this $5 bottle is, it’s criminally overpriced, bad for Bettas, and only sold at Petco.

And the really sad thing is that this was the last one left.

Rip. Off.

I was stuck in traffic and thought I would get a quick shot of the Monarch migration.

Freeway Fliers

More and more of these little creatures are showing up now. The best part is that they were making better time than I was.

I saw this card when I was at Target yesterday.

Target's new Halloween greeting cards

Only two were left.

So… um… yeah.

I think I’m going to stick with the Blu-Ray and sporting goods areas next time.

Swirly little wisps of clouds from a few days ago. Things are finally cooling down to a pleasant 80something.

Wisps

This explains a few things…

PT Something

So my next question would be what does the PT stand for?

Dude. Tribal Jesus in the house.

Tribal Jesus

I obviously missed a chapter or two.