Walls Are Up

After several years of sneaking,
wondering: are neighbors peeking?
The walls are up around our yard,
At last--we can lower our guard!

See, I'm the type with solar gears
that start to turn when the sun appears.
When morning sun rays light things up,
I stand and drain my coffee cup.

Then I wander out the door;
Clothes? Don't need those any more!
Shoes of course, but that is all.
(I treasure toes when objects fall.)

During winter when I can't get going
I blame the dark, and cold winds blowing.
When it's time to get work done
it's much easier now--almost fun!

Now I don't mind when I go;
out for chores or lawn to mow.
It's just so nice to wander about;
but not with clothing--definitely without.

Outdoor Clean

Now I know the convenience of having an outdoor shower.

There have been many times I have wished for an outdoor shower of some kind--Times I've been so covered with various grimes and substances after doing a chore that I didn't dare go in the house in that condition.

Recently, I finally got my act together and bought some shower parts. The shower I built is pretty simple, really--only cold water off the nearby hose faucet. (Boy, wouldn't hot water be nice...) It's just a standard shower head, angle pipe, PVC pipe, and a few fittings. The only problem I had was trying to find the right fitting to use for a hose connection but I finally found it at Lowes.

After finally getting it together and trying it out, I put some paint on it to disguise it a little, and viola!--Shower time!

Reflections of a Blogger

 Ha, you probably thought I was going to lead you into some sort of deep, philosophical discussion of some kind didn't you? Nah, I'm talking about literal reflections. I take pictures when I'm doing things, and one of the things I check for is mirror reflections in anything shiny. Not that I'm collecting them--I just want to make sure I don't post a picture with "added content" and offend somebody. I do, however, keep shots that have some artistic value.

Here are a couple recents:

I also posted a couple way back in 2019 you can see here.

Taking The Bed Off My Truck

Having things finally fall into place with weather and new property fencing, it's nice to be able to actually exist outside naked. We're both getting used to being able to do all the regular things that people do now, but without regard for clothing!

This past week I took the bed off my truck. Being a 40-year-old truck, there were lots of items on my to-do list--many of which were underneath the rear half of the truck. For example, it had (likely) original equipment 40-year-old hoses connecting everything between the two fuel tanks and switching valve, and they were all on the verge of failure. As I said, there were other things I wanted good access to work on as well, so I decided taking the bed off would be the best thing.

I don't spend too much time thinking about pictures when I'm working on things, so I rarely take shots unless I'm specifically documenting something. For that reason, it's good that we have security cameras to draw from. It's easy to review footage and grab a shot or video to use later. Trouble is, they can get boring fast, all being taken from the same exact vantage point. Yawn. I'll try to limit them a bit.

Here are a few I grabbed during the first day I was out working on it:

Finally Able to Mow the Lawn the Right Way

After many years of wanting but not doing, hoping to but not getting it, and wishing for back yard security we finally have a fence around our back yard! You can read all about it and see lots of pictures in my The Edgewood Years blog. The fence has given us the ability to be nude while living life!

We recently had our first decent heat wave of the summer, and it was so nice and refreshing to be able to be nude in our whole back yard. It just feels so normal to walk out the door while wearing nothing but flipflops and walk outside. Now that there is a gate between my shop and my driveway I can be nude while working on my truck, puttering in the shop with the door rolled up, and even washing a car! I have yet to wash the cars nude, but believe me--it's on my nudie bucket list now that the ability to mow the lawn nude has finally been satisfied. I have had those two items on my nude "bucket list" for years and years. Both items are normal, everyday things that everybody does, only I just wanted the simple ability to do them bare. Well, I got one of them crossed off the virtual list yesterday! Here are a few of pics I gleaned from security footage:

 

Another interesting thing that happened was that we had Brenda's daughter and her girlfriend over all weekend. That itself isn't so interesting, but the fact that I managed to exist almost the whole weekend in the nude was. While being naked in front of friends or family has never been a goal, it was sort of a relief to put it behind me as a "see? nothing to worry about" item. I thought if we started off with a morning hot tub it would feel totally natural to stayed naked when the outside temperature was already in the mid 70's when we got out of the hot tub. I was just happy to be outside in the nude, as well as going in and out of the house without regard for clothing. Brenda was nude for a short time after but she spends most of her time out of the sun or in the house, so she ended up putting clothes on. It was first for me being the only one naked. I'd say it was awkward for everyone involved, but for me only briefly. There was some awkwardness on their end because nobody knows where to look or what to look at. They don't know if they should ignore it, glance, look, stare, or otherwise. Haha. The Elephant in the Room. While it didn't quite work out that way I hoped, it was all a step in the right direction to get the two of them to finally let their guard down and relax at our home. We hope they'll attend Nudestock with us this year, so it's time they got acclimated!

Update: Here are a few shots from a more recent mow: