Day: September 15, 2018

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Not Speechless

Although mustache Bow Tie o’ the Day isn’t visible– and although this photo is only slightly different from one I already posted in my swimming suit post– this  picture is one of my all-time faves of me. And I don’t like many pics of me at all. But I think this expresses me and my outlook, scrunched into one pic. I think it’s a pretty accurate representation of my attitude as I move through the world. It shows my relationship to the world. Here are some captions I’ve come up with that fit what I see of me in the picture. These are things I can imagine myself saying in this photo. They are words which sorta give you a tiny peek at my philosophies and my life-posture.

  • I love my life this much!
  • Would ya look at this?!
  • Does this swimming suit make my butt look big?
  • Suzanne, this is the exact spot where we’re building a beach house when you retire!
  • Everybody come see this!
  • What do you mean, you forgot the marshmallows for the s’mores?
  • I ain’t goin’ back to work!
  • (When things are tough) Yeah, I’ve got this!
  • (When things are relentlessly tough) Bring it on!
  • (When things are toughest) Is that all you’ve got?
  • Who drank my last Diet Coke?
  • Is all of this picturesque earth just for little ol’ me?
  • (Singing, from the hymn) “The wind and the waves shall obey my will…”
  • I can see forever from here!
  • I can’t believe people would rather start wars than sit on their beach towels together on an ocean beach, around a bonfire, watching sunsets.
  • Wow! I get to have all of this scene’s elegance AND a cool swimming suit!
  • This is photoshopped, right?
  • Hey, wind, water, sky, sun, clouds, sand, swimming suit! Come here and let me give you this big bear hug.

If you’ve got a caption you think captures my spirit in this photo, feel free to share it. I’m curious to know what kinds of things others think I could be saying in this picture.

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Accessories To The Fact

 

Bow ties have infinite uses. For example, when I was overdoing it at the beach one afternoon, Bow Tie o’ the Day selflessly wrapped itself around my ankles like a pair of shackles, to keep me sitting down in one place. It forced me to rest up for a few minutes. I appreciate a thoughtful bow tie.

A couple of days before we left home for Dauphin Island, I chose this bright green color of nail polish to adorn my fingernails and toenails for the trip. Suzanne nail polished away. I didn’t realize until I put on my flip-flops when we when were headed to the beach for the first time that the green polish color was one of the two colors on my only pair of flip-flops. I matched, but it was too late to do anything about it at that point, since Suzanne didn’t bring her cosmetic bag o’ nail polish to the island.

This is the last known photo of my flip-flops. Later this day, I was enjoying myself so heartily that I out-did my right flip-flop, by walking through– not on– the water. My toughness and the ocean murdered it.

After we were done at the beach, (Can you really truly ever be done with the beach?) we went to the one touristy-stuff store on the island to find me some new flip-flops. We had no luck, because although Beach Planet had hundreds of flip-flops that fit me, I refused to pay beach prices– on principle. I found a $2 pair of thongs for $24.99. No sale. Hence, I wore my Nike’s for the duration of the trip.

The Beach Planet shopping outing was still a success because Suzanne got 5 pairs of earrings and a barrette. And she found me a pair of earrings too– paisley, of course. And I found this hat. And that was just our first trip to that store.