entry nº 32 // 20180825

notes from a bike ride

on my way out along the beach, spotted a dead octopus rolling around in the waves. hopped off my bike and ran down to the beach to get a closer look. the thing was purple and white, maybe about a foot long or so? attracted the of a kid who was tagging along with (presumably) his dad who was fishing down the beach a little ways. the kid ran over and immediately started kind of squishing it around with his pink crocs. a little jet of water squirted out of the octopus’s water jet hole. it got pulled back out a bit by the waves, and a stream of ink sprayed out. wait, was it really dead? hard to say. 

tons of dragonflies out today, especially on the big downhill on the back end of the first hill climb. later on, on the way home, one dragonfly briefly got stuck inside my tank top. it quickly made its way out through the right arm hole, though. 

white cat following about 10-15 paces (human, i mean) behind an older man walking along the side of the road. 

a little further along, movement off to the left, behind the ribs of a greenhouse fallen into disuse. two young wild boar, sniffing and scratching around.