Tom and I are pretty old and settled - it doesn't take much to entertain us. Since we're also pretty broke, that's a good thing.
Taking a leisurely walk down our caliche road with the dogs on a sunshine-filled afternoon is a highlight of our weekends.
That's how old and settled we are.
We live on an old sea shore. We know this because of all the shell fossils we find on our walks, if we remember to look for them. Sometimes they're just lying there, loose, right out in the open.
Sometimes they're not.
Sometimes you have to dig a little to break them loose...
On a good day, if you're lucky and paying attention, you can end up with a handful.
But very once in a while you come across a buried one that turns out to be bigger and deeper than you thought. You start digging...
The dogs sigh and settle down to wait.
and wait...
while you keep digging...
Good dogs.
Stubborn fossil.
(Stubborn Tom.)
Persistence pays off (with the help of a rock hammer tossed in the car so you can stop and dig it out a few hours later when you're headed out to a friend's house)... a natural Valentine.
To go along with the Valentine's Day sunset...
and the best card in the world...
"If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy."
Like time and sunsets with the one you love.
