{"id":9181,"date":"2011-01-21T19:25:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T01:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2011-01-21T19:33:03","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T01:33:03","slug":"the-hereford-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=9181","title":{"rendered":"The Hereford Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Moon of The Cold Month\u00a0\u00a0 0 degrees<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture I took with my cell phone at the Great Western Stock Show.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the Hereford Queen in white, all white. \u00a0\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9185\" title=\"Hereford Queen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/croppedsharpened6702011-01-15_0610.jpg\" alt=\"Hereford Queen\" width=\"295\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/croppedsharpened6702011-01-15_0610.jpg 422w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/croppedsharpened6702011-01-15_0610-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Confusing.\u00a0 Yesterday I had cold symptoms that I had to knock back for Kate&#8217;s party.\u00a0 Thank you Dayquil.\u00a0 Today most of the symptoms are gone except that nagging, worn out feeling, the sort you get when your body has other things to do than help you be alert.<\/p>\n<p>Today marks the end of Kate&#8217;s second full work week of retirement, one in Colorado and one in Minnesota.\u00a0 We&#8217;re still sinking back into it, realizing the nuances.\u00a0 Probably won&#8217;t be clear for a year or two.\u00a0 We need a full garden and holiseason cycle, too.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a cold winter already and it will get yet colder tonight, though not as cold as last night.\u00a0 A fire, a book, supper, TV and bed.\u00a0 That&#8217;ll put this cold back in the bottle.<\/p>\n<p>This was a busy week with the Target tour on Monday, the Woolly Meeting at Scott&#8217;s in the evening of the same day, getting ready for the Legcom and holding the meeting, then the last minute prepping for Kate&#8217;s party, the Expressionist tour yesterday morning, then the party in the evening.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a lot for this guy in terms of outside obligations.\u00a0 Next week looks a bit more subdued, though Monday looks like a lot going on, again.\u00a0 This means I can get back in the Latin groove, push myself toward finishing Vanished.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a keeper and I&#8217;ve a good bit of it done already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Moon of The Cold Month\u00a0\u00a0 0 degrees Here&#8217;s a picture I took with my cell phone at the Great Western Stock Show.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the Hereford Queen in white, all white. \u00a0\u00a0 Confusing.\u00a0 Yesterday I had cold symptoms that I had to knock back for Kate&#8217;s party.\u00a0 Thank you Dayquil.\u00a0 Today most of the &hellip; 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