Belly Flops and Fletching Arrows

I've recently had a little extra time to finally piece together a quick video tutorial on fletching arrows. The reason why I've had a few spare moments? Well, here is how the story goes...

I live in the country. There is a good acre or two separating my house from my closest neighbor. Therefore, some mornings when I let the dogs out I may have some interesting outfits on - or lack there of. This past Sunday, I was fortunate to have "normal" morning attire on: lounge pants, one of the hubby's old fire dept t-shirts, and slippers. PTL I actually had pants on - I'm not kidding. There are some mornings where I will run outside in just a t-shirt and then remember by the brisk morning air that something is missing. Crap! I forgot my pants again. Ahh... the joy of living in the county. Anyway, I digress. The point is I was very thankful to have pants on Sunday morning since I ended up running across the pasture like a crazy woman. You see, my wonderful 100 lb lab named Tuffy is usually the good dog of my two canine kids and will run straight to the kennel when I tell him to. However, this morning the confines of his 2 acre kennel was simply not appealing to him.

I saw her before he did. There she stood on the horizon - a beautiful blond lab. With nose to the ground, Tuff was hot on her trail and I was not about to let him romp off to never never land after her. Not this morning. There have been too many mornings where the "kids" have come back home covered in cow manure, porcupine quills, etc.

Unfortunately for me, my brain was not yet at full alert - it was still early evidenced by the sun's first soft rays of light and coffee had not yet been consumed. I don't know what I was thinking, but I quickly found out that I am no longer as nimble as I once was. For some reason I had a bizarre thought that I could launch my body off a 6 foot embankment at a full run and catch up to him. I can't fly. The ground is extremely hard in the winter and it hurts to do a belly flop when the surface below is not water. I wish I had a bra on. However, I did have pants on which was good b/c imagine how much crazier I would have looked limping across the pasture holding my chest and yelling at my love sick lab if I only was wearing a t-shirt and slippers. Enough said. So, I've been doing a lot of sitting with my leg propped up with ice on my knee.

Enjoy my latest video creation...

Fletching Arrows from Emily on Vimeo.