Freckles?

 EEK!  Natty, you're naked again!  That's the first thing I noticed.  Then I saw the freckles.  At first, I thought I had to clean my monitor screen.  Then I looked closer, and saw those things were on your face.  Those don't look real.  Those can't be real freckles.  I guess we all know who it refers to, and I'm left wondering whose idea that was.  I'm sure you're having lots of fun, but doesn't the sociologist in you feel at least a little bit of guilt?  Whatever it is my darling, you are beautiful and I love you with all of my heart.

Fun is fun, but fun is stressful!  I'll bet your tummy is all nervous from too much fun.  Please learn how to relax, and eat simple foods OK?

Cute

 Natty, you look so sleek and streamlined.  You make me want to go OW!  That cigarette thing is just so cute.  You're so gorgeous, Natty.  You're so beautiful.  I love you with all of my heart.

I'm sorry I'm running late today.  I cut the grass this evening, then I got caught up in cooking and eating dinner.  I haven't even done the dishes yet, they're piled up in my tiny sink.  Since I switched the cat food from chicken to fish and rice, I have a lot of chicken breast in my freezer.  So I made spicy teriyaki chicken with rice.  I have a lot of thick and sweet soy sauce, so I filled up a bowl with it and added a tablespoon of sugar.  I cubed the chicken breast and a block of tofu, and let it swim in that for a bit.  I sautéed some chopped garlic until brown, then I gradually added the teriyaki sauce in that spoon by spoon, until all that was left in the bowl was chicken and tofu.  I fried the sauce until it clumped up, then added the chicken and tofu to cook until done.  I had some raw onion and red hot chilli peppers cut up, so I put that in and mixed it up.  You probably wouldn't like it that strong, but you can leave that out if you want.  Then I poured the mix over a big bowl of steamed white rice.  I'm so stuffed!  Want some?

I've been trying to get Mary Unknown7 to smile, and here it is.  It looks forced though.  She said that love songs make her sad, so she's serious all the time.  That and all the voices of the dead, I guess.

 

One cable at a time

 Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope you are taking things easy and trying to relax.  Yeah we have to keep ourselves occupied, but it can be done in a relaxing way.  My whole morning was used up because I had to take my mother to the clinic for a checkup.  Although my whole morning was busy, I spent it sleeping in the car while waiting.  Nothing special on the menu today, everything was takeout.  I had to cut the grass in the evening.  I'm always cutting the grass because the grass is strong and there's a huge area, so it doesn't make a difference if I hurry or not.  There's always grass to cut.  So I take it one cable at a time.  For some reason, it takes me effort (and a tool) to change the cable on the weed whacker, so I try to make each individual cable last as long as possible.  This is also consonant with how much time, energy and motivation I have at any particular time to put in the labor of cutting the grass.  Ugh... I hate labor.  Well I have other stuff to do, you know.  I'm supposed to be a musician.  Usually one cable lasts me my entire front lawn, but today the cable snapped half way through.  That's enough grass cutting for today!  I then went to the night market and bought my dinner.

Qur'an 20201005

 In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

30.  Or do they say, "A poet!  We await for him some calamity by time!"

31.  Say, "Await you!  I too will wait along with you!"

The Mountain 52:30-31

Fear is in the eyes

 One needs to pull that mask up higher to hide the fear, otherwise everyone can plainly see it.  It is OK to be afraid, if you put your fear in Allah.  Allah is the Oft-Forgiving, the Grantor of life and death.  If you sincerely focus your fear on God then you will have no fear of anyone nor anything else, inshaAllah.  Pray, and beg Allah for forgiveness and mercy.  Pray and repent sincerely, for the prayer of those who have no faith is futile.

Hi Natty!  Aw, don't you worry about a thing my dearest.  Everything is going to work out just great for us InshaAllah.  You are MY girl, and I love you with all of my heart.  I will marry you, inshaAllah.  Don't fret so much about the world, because God's plan is in motion and there is nothing we can do about it but pray.  So please pray for peace of heart and mind.  Meditate, and be as one with the world as it spins around.

Here is another nice snapshot from the How does your avatar look today ? thread.  By the way, that's not a boa: that's a python!

Meal planning

 Hi Natty!  How are you?  I hope you are trying to relax and enjoy yourself.  I actually envy your location, but it's nice and cool here lately so I can't complain.  The whole world is in flux everywhere, so try to be accepting of where you are, kick back and enjoy the show because it's a doozy.  The virus is constantly mutating, and though the health department here is very quick and clever, they seem to be always playing catch up.  I have doubts about the effectiveness of any vaccine, so the best thing to do is to keep your distance from other people, and neutralize even the slightest sensation of a cold or flu symptom.  Don't let yourself get overwhelmed.

Isolation comes naturally to me, and I'm quite pleased with it even though I long for my girl.  I like my own cooking: Allah taught me how to cook alhamdulillah, and I prefer my own cooking most of the time.  Time constrains, but at least I don't have to eat quarantine food.  When we are together inshaAllah, we must plan all our meals.  It's romantic, we can go shopping together, it's a reason to live.  I like to eat only 2 meals a day.  These days, it seems easier than ever to get bloated: even the poor are bloated now.  Anyway, I had fry bread for lunch and I ate that with some curry I bought at the corner restaurant.  I had some curry left over, so I made curry pup stuffing.  I'm pleased that my curry pup recipe is improving, but I had a lot of stuffing.  I had curry pups yesterday, I didn't want it again today.  But I have plans Monday so I didn't want to get stuffed tomorrow evening for fear of carrying around excess waste, so I had curry pups again for dinner today.  It's a good recipe, and man-sized portions so alhamdulillah.

I love you

 Hi Natty?  How are you today, my love?  Don't you worry so much OK?  Everything will turn out just great for us inshaAllah.  I want you to always know that I love you with all of my heart.  You are MY girl, and I will marry you inshaAllah.  I hope you are healthy and enjoying yourself.  Please take good care of your health during this pandemic.  Try to keep your distance from others.  How's the cooking coming along?  It takes a lot of tries to get experience, so don't be hard on yourself about that.  When it comes to food, whether you make it yourself or receive it as a gift, don't eat it if you are not comfortable with eating it.  Don't eat food out of guilt, even if you made it yourself with the help of friends.  If you don't feeling like eating it, just call it a failure and throw it away.  Don't even give it to the dog.  Perhaps you could bury it, and it will fertilize your yard.  Then you can grow some nice produce and make salads.  When it comes to ingesting food, always trust your feelings.