Saturday December 22, and another lovely December Nude Day here on the Ozark Plateau of the "Show Me state" (and I am showing as much of me as possible........Albeit that since none of you are here and my landscaping has much in the way of visual barriers there is really nobody to see what is visible of me

I just don't care to be swathed in textiles nor am I ashamed to be a bearer of the image of God.
It was one degree short of 70F when I went out in the sun and a goodly 64 in what passes for shade at this time of the year and during the hour I was out it only dropped about 4 degrees in the sun and about 10 in the shade. Although I mostly walked at a slow, ( maybe even ambling), pace. When I returned from my woods and fields enjoyment I still felt the necessity to use a damp wash cloth on the more sweat prone of my body. At one time about halfway through the walk I even caught a drop of sweat trickling down my upper arm.
If any of you think I am trying to make any of you jealous, I admit to the thought occasionally. Maybe it will inspire some of you to move down here.
-- Cost of living here is low.
-- We have a week or two when there mightbe a bit of snow that falls and then melts away
-- but most of the year fits in the range of "pleasant".
-- Mosquitos are generally not serious (but you will want some of the Lemon Eucalyptus repellant for the ticks if you are a woods wanderer like me).
-- We do have some hot days in the summer but not many of the kind that keep you cooped up for a month or more.
-- A lot of the rural places you can have your own pond if you just dig it (or sombody else did) and have enough contour to fill it.
-- A water submersion heat exchanger can give you an efficient heat and cool source for a heat pump.......
-- and then there is always fishing. (and if you stock it yours self there are no restrictions on seasons, limits, species, or methods.......
-- With lots of small towns and medium to large cities all degrees of the Rural - Urban spectrum can be met.
-- And I should mention that the hunting is pretty good too.
Now don't spread this arouind to your textile friends, this state should always be kept for those who understand our version of the special meaning of calling it the "SHOW ME STATE" (

unlike Arkansas to the south who have the gall to claim the state motto "The Natural State" which is so unjustifiable for them

.)
I could not have lucked into a more suitable location for retirement that is compatible with my outlook on so many facets.
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I never met anyone that I could not learn something from.