Snapshot from the (last) day of 2022

The Day began cool, damp and dismal.
No-one home but me and His Majesty

I was so bored, I ate some cereal and was GOING to go to the store, but then it began to rain again, so

Still, my snooze escaped me, so when the rain let up, I did go to the store

(Disclaimer, this is not my store, I snagged this off the web)
Most folks find going to a grocery store to be a distasteful or tedious chore, and there are times when I do as well, BUT
One of my joys is cutting up, being silly or just friendly with complete strangers, all in the attempt to bring a smile.
I walked behind one fellow who was stocking the shelves with chips, as tall as he was, he was having trouble with the very tippy top shelf and was sorta tossing them.
I said as I passed behind him:
"Come on, do it with some enTHUsiasm!"
He wheeled around, surprised to find out who it was.
Seeing no one but me, he Laughed! "I'm tryin'"
A few minutes later in another aisle, he came up behind ME and said "I gotta try to put some enTHUsiasm into these as well" and we both laughed.

Another time, I paused to let a lady go by me, when she saw me she said "I'm sorry, go ahead!"
My old tried and true reply

Don't call me a Gourd Head!

(Old Joke between me and daddy, which I never thought was funny until after he'd died. Now I'm turning into my daddy)
She pulled her mask down and said "I didn't call you..." and I was laughing, so she did too.
Got home and put away my stuff, and tried to get His Majesty to follow me out back for a walk in my Woods
(it was now quite nice outside, right now I have my front and back doors open for the fresh air)
The little bugger waited until I was all the way to the back fence before He deigned to appear

(He refuses to cooperate with me and photos)

He really is my blessing from 2022

I walked over to explore my outhouse again, now that all the foliage is gone again
I was tempted to drop trow and put a load in the old crapper hole, but didn't have to go bad enough