Long but productive day at the LG today, after which I was full of cabin fever. I came home and the b.h. was just returning from walking the dogs in the woods behind our house, which as you may recall is pretty strenuous. He decided to accompany me to the Nature Center anyway, because he is very good to me. The Nature Center is just a few miles away, and basically consists of a very large field bordered by trees and a large swath of the river. The field is left to grow wild all year, and at the end of the fall they mow it all down and start over. It's a great place for birds (there are bird houses all through the place) and a nice way to see what wildflowers are currently in bloom. There are paths that are grassy and cut short winding all about. It is a favorite place of ours. Kilgore loves to swim, but Wyatt, being built (as I have probably mentioned) rather like a barrel with four tiny pegs sticking out, is not exactly aquadynamic. He has attempted to swim on occasion, but without my direct intervention he will list helplessly sideways, and so he usually stays in the shallow water and stalks Kilgore, running at him when he comes out after a long swim. Yesterday he seemed particularly frustrated and anxious to swim, so today I brought along his fancy new life jacket. He didn't leap right in, but the progress was promising, and he seemed perfectly comfortable in it. Looking forward to tomorrow. Pictures to follow.
Also, as promised and by request, The Shirt:

Got two more compliments by two more gay men on it last night.