Cammo Cows

I did have the bacon wrapped date (just one...so restrained!)at the restaurant last night, and it was delicious. I learned from fellow blipper HareBrain that these are called "devils on horseback". Oh for the history of that particular name! The menu was heavy on items like octopus with bacon (which #1 grandson loved) and ice cream with caramel-bacon sauce which OilMan loved.

The octopus brought to mind our story of running in the pouring rain into the closest restaurant to our hotel in Sestri, Italy. We had come through the back door because of the rain, and found ourselves in a cosy, warm cave-like atmosphere. Perfect. There were some language difficulties and there didn't seem to be a menu. We were surprised by the limited number of fish offerings in this seaside town, and didn't realize until we were waiting for ours that the front door had an octopus with the word polpo underneath on it. We have often bored #1 grandson with this story saying that some day we will have to go back there with him since he loves octopus.

On our drive back to Berkeley today I got my blip of the" cammo cows" right next to the freeway. They do seem remarkably contented with their lot. Not a bad picture to contemplate when all the craziness around us starts to seem overwhelming. Maybe fading into the background is a good not a bad strategy.