{"id":4355,"date":"2010-09-06T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T23:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2010-09-06T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T23:22:34","slug":"adventures-in-weeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4355","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Weeding . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

. . . and other things.<\/p>\n

I’ve been on my hands and knees in the back yard, pulling weeds. I’m reluctant to spray because the dog spends a lot of time out there. When it comes to the front yard, where the dog is not allowed, it’s going to be chemical warfare all the way. Agent Orange, if I can get it.<\/p>\n

Schatzi stayed by my side most of the time I was pulling weeds, biting and tugging on tufts of grass. I know, I know, we’re not supposed to anthropomorphize, but biting and pulling on tufts of grass is not anything she’s ever done before, and I can only guess she was trying to help me. Similarly, whenever I go on poop patrol with my little rake and shovel, she “helps” by running out and dropping a fresh load. What can I say? Schatzi’s a Good Citizen!<\/p>\n

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Travelin' dog, 9\/4\/10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking of poop patrol, I just went through my blog membership rolls with a virtual rake and shovel, deleting spambot “users.”\u00a0 Granted, my spam filters catch the comment spam they try to post, but it still pisses me off they’re even here, and once a month or so I go hunting for them.\u00a0 It may seem pointless and futile, but it makes me feel good, and that’s reason enough.<\/p>\n

Motorcycle, motorcycle, vroom, vroom, vroom!\u00a0 Donna’s going to a family wedding in Michigan in early October, and while she’s away I’m going to go on a ten-day solo motorcycle ride to Las Vegas, Long Beach, Santa Cruz, Novato, San Francisco, and Sacramento.\u00a0 In Las Vegas I’ll overnight with the kids; in California I’ll crash with friends.\u00a0 Tomorrow’s going to be a motorcycle maintenance day with my friend Ed, getting the Goldwing in shape for the long trip.<\/p>\n

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Long blue line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, I know there are prettier ways to cross from Nevada into California, but they all involve going over the Sierra Nevadas and coming down to Sacramento from Lake Tahoe, a risky proposition in early October . . . particularly on a motorcycle!<\/p>\n

It’s Labor Day!\u00a0 Thanks for all the weekends and paid holidays, organized labor, but mostly . . . thanks for helping so many of us make living wages.\u00a0 When it comes right down to it, if you don’t make a living wage you can never be free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. . . and other things. I’ve been on my hands and knees in the back yard, pulling weeds. I’m reluctant to spray because the dog spends a lot of time out there. When it comes to the front yard, where the dog is not allowed, it’s going to be chemical warfare all the way. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,40,10,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrivia","category-critters","category-current-events","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4355"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4362,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions\/4362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}