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 i just had fun for about half an hour in the fading light of evening in front of a collapsed stone wall that fell over the path down the road from my place

it wasn't this one https://cdn.satellite.earth/88170de37ab09014e89f7a171ce41c0a9f13b6a8c3888480486cd6a506d727c2.jpg
this is nothing, i was able to pass it easily, but actually it was as i was passing it, and deciding to move some of the rocks off the path so my path would be easier later, i got in a mood...

actually, i got in the mood way back on the cliff road around the bend to ponta delgada, where they didn't actually get around to delivering my phone, the blackview bv4800 saga continues

they send me a message after i left, that they will get it there by the end of tomorrow

hah... i'm not going there tomorrow you assholes

anyway

the actual part i'm talking about is much closer to my place, and right near that abandoned, mostly still standing building by the side of the path i took photos of the other day

one section near it had totally screwed the path up, and i got it into my head i was going to make it at least passable for me in the dim light to pass over it safely with my bicycle

so i sat for half an hour, digging at the dirt with my hands, getting my nails thoroughly full of grit and gunk, seeing the odd bug crawl out as i moved things... lots of big chunky rocks in there, just sorta have to push into it and feel around and some of them were small enough, had one i was able to pull out and cause a small avalanche, but i kinda expected taht because of how it was positioned and how big it was, no harm

i will go back there in a day or two and make it totally passable though

it's definitely the best way for me to pass with my bicycle to go to the post office so it will be made passable

plus, i love digging in the dirt

and i read a few years ago that dirt has bugs in it that have antidepressant effects, so probably i need it