I was chilling on the patio of my favorite cafe this afternoon when a ladybug landed on my left arm out of nowhere. He had a quick bath after landing on me. Then he just putzed around, moving to my hand and then took a nap on my index finger for a few minutes.
I packed up my stuff and was careful moving around; he even stayed on my hand while I walked to the bus stop half a block away.
When I sat down to wait for the bus, the ladybug finally flew off to continue his day.
+Hercules.
+Unity.
+Salty Dog.
+Fearless.
+Silent River.
+Ocean Reef.
+Mojave.
+Regal Venture.
+Echo Lark.
+Island Gale.
It's been wicked hot for a few days and I got paid today, so I definitely wasn't cooking dinner!
I had one of my favorite seats again, they have a line of mini booths right up beside the buffet and it's prime people-watching territory. As usual, staff recognized me and had my regular drinks on my table before I got back with my first plate without me even asking. Root beer and an ice water.
+They were totally out of chopsticks [I did ask my server for a pair, since there were none on the buffet line]. Funny for a Chinese place!
+There's usually a good range of ages there, but it was mostly seniors there tonight. I wonder if pension day lined up with my disability check this month.
+A kid who looked about 10yo very excitedly explained to his parents how to go around the buffet and pick out food to eat. They definitely already knew how buffets work, but it was cute.
+An elderly man and his also relatively old son were in the mini booth beside mine. They talked about different juries they served on over the years. Also they were from Georgia in the US, quite a ways away from the West coast of Canada where this buffet is!
+Three tween-to-teenaged brothers made a game of putting together mystery dessert bowls for each other. "But nothing gross!" one of them made the others promise. So no shrimp hiding in the ice cream this time.
+There was a new, nondescript "crispy chicken" on the buffet line. I tried a couple of pieces. Couldn't pick out any details from eating it aside from: Deep fried, vaguely savory flavor, a bit spicy.
+I saw a guy take a whole plate just piled with Jell-O.
And my fortune cookie says: Others are attracted to your endearing warmth.
+Peach-mango.
+Jalapeño-cheddar.
+Espresso.
+Pineapple.
+Caesar.
+Pepperoni.
+Apple.
+Cheese.
+Buttermilk.
+Barbarossa.
+BC Sun.
+Anndia.
+Mari.
+Silver Quest.
+Dream Time.
+Dancing In The Sea.
+Katu.
+Trident Isle.