Why it's important to eat dessert first

Up until a few years ago, I always did my homework before I went out to play. 

Lately, I've dumped that misguided approach to life and always eat dessert first.

In other words, I would rather go on an early morning ride
and be too tired in the afternoon to do chores than the other way around.

So Sunday started with a nice long ride with Lucy. 

Saddling her up on a clean porch made it all the more fun.

My simple goal for the rest of the day was to plant these flowers in the pots by the front door.

But I knew I would want to take pictures of the flowers when I was done, and the windows would be in the background, 

and the windows were filthy, so why not wash them first? It was a warm, non-windy day...what the hell? 

 But before I washed the windows, it probably would be a good idea to turn Toro loose on the garden path, 

and before I did that, I should give all that sage a haircut...

One thing led to another...

...and before I knew what hit me, I was blowing the dirt off all the window ledges.

Then I went to the front porch and blew off all the gravel that the chickens manage to kick under the railing. 

Then I removed all the window screens and blew those off. How I love my leaf blower...let me count the ways.

After all that was done, I finally washed the windows. By now, I was tired and filthy and thought about bagging 

the flower planting, but with my luck, we'd have a dust storm before the next time I got around to it and 

the windows would be too dirty to take pictures and I'd be right back where I started. 

So I shut up and planted the flowers.

Look at that clean window.

And look at that snake crawling towards me.

He turned around as soon as we made eye contact.

See him down there below the clean window?

He made another turn and headed across the path to who knows where.

I didn't bother to catch and relocate him since he's just a harmless bull snake.

Smooch was in the house watching him slither off, adding noseprints and slobber 

to the other side of my clean window.  *sigh*  Good thing I rode Lucy first.