pretty face. Combined with what I’ve learned of her personality, she is the entire package. She could make me forget why I’m single. Hey dude don’t go there, you’ve been burned too many times. I don’t care what she looks like, I’m not going to get dumped on again. Janice was a knockout and look what that got me.
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The stiffness in her legs and back quickly loosened as Jenny settled into the warm, pulsating jets of water. “Oh, that feels so good. I can see why Grandmother loved this. It is so relaxing and soothing. I may never want to leave right here.”
He filled her in about more of her family and the history of the ranch, and his tie-in. “As I told you before, Doug sent me to school, no strings or pressure to major in any particular field. You saw the diplomas so you know what I am. Right now I’m the Chief Geneticist for the North American Angus Association and on the Board of the International Angus Association. I maintain all the official breeding records, feed conversion test results, carcass grading studies and disease resistance research right here.”
This man is certainly not the typical rancher and I don’t think he is the typical male either. He is polite and respectful to me. At least he hasn’t made any move to hit on me. Might not be a bad thing if he did. Girl, get those thoughts out of your head. Isn’t going to happen. I’m well satisfied with Susan.
He looked up at the night sky. “Do you know anything about the stars and constellations?”
“No, I never had time for anything like that. My life has always been go, go, go. The sky is beautiful out here. I’ve never seen it so clear and crisp. In the city, the sky is usually a kind of murky haze all the time.”
“If you look right up there you can see the Big Dipper. See the stars are arranged to look like a dipper.” Try a she might, she couldn’t see any dipper in the sky.
“Come over here so I can point them out to you.” She moved to his side of the tub. What is he trying to do? Get me over here so he can grab me? He pointed over her shoulder, “See these stars right here? Just follow my finger as I trace them out.” After several attempts, she saw the line of stars he pointed out. “Those stars make the handle of the dipper. Follow the handle from the outer end to this star right here. Drop down this way to this one. Okay? Now look along this line to this one. Turn up until you reach this point. There, you have the Big Dipper.”
“Oh, I see it now. That is neat. I wonder who figured that out.” She wondered what was happening to her as his warm breath brushed her neck and shoulder. Their closeness added to the moment. He is a great looking man and doesn’t seem to want to grab me as most men would. Wonder if he is gay or something.
“Now let me show you something else. Let’s start back at the end of the handle and trace the entire dipper again. Here we go, handle to cup, down to the bottom of the cup, across the bottom and up the outside of the cup. Continue to follow the line established by the two “point” stars until you see that star which seems to be alone in the sky. See it?”
“Yes.”
“That is the North Star. The so called “point stars” always point to it. Anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere on a clear night, you can find true north by finding the North Star using the Big Dipper.”
“How do you know so much about the stars?”
“I’ve always enjoyed the night sky, so I took a couple of astronomy courses as electives. Certainly didn’t help in my chosen field, but they were interesting classes. I’ve thought about getting a good telescope just for fun. With the lights off, there isn’t much stray light to hinder the viewing.
“Another interesting occurrence tonight is the Quadrantid meteor shower. Let’s move around so we can face north northeast. This meteor shower is not as well-known as the Perseid shower and doesn’t last as long, but can be a real