I can’t believe just how short the transition period was, from long, lazy summer nights – to completely pitch-black outside by 8:30 PM…

I had planned on surprising Mrs. That Dan Guy last night, after her late night at work. Planning for most of the day, I had taken out some hamburger buns in the morning, and was intending on barbequing up a couple of burgers, once we returned home.

However, as we got closer and closer to the house, the sun seemed to be in just as big a race to set. It was darker than the inside of a length of plastic plumbing pipe, in a forgotten womb of a school basement during a power outage, by the time we parked the car in the garage. I was foiled…

So, rather than BBQ up some hearty burgers, we sat out in our gazebo, in the dark, illuminated by the incandescent glow of our Tiki torches. I enjoyed a cigar, while MTDG played me some of her favourite ukulele tunes. It was no meat-fest, but it was dang fine…


Chow for now!!