A morning stroll where we encounter:
- Janet’s neighbor dog
- Some dogs-a-walking
- Clear skies to Mt. Emily for a change
- Possible Early Onset Autumn
rDay One-Hundred-Forty-Nine
Month: August 2015
rDay One-Hundred-Forty-Eight: PM
Evening stroll down Gekeler, viewing EOU football practice from afar with a Mt. Emily background, circling around 12th Street, bumping into Olivia and Ivi as they walk Charlie through the cemetery, on through campus and the Ackerman gardens, then home by 9:30.
rDay One-Hundred-Forty-Eight
Kim finds a driver’s license while walking the C-Dog, so she turns it in at the local police station. And some of the usual automotive silliness today.
Montana Trip Epilogue I
Last month, Ivi and Honorary Daughters Marina and Olivia drove to Montana for The Event of the Season — the Conor-Larkin wedding. They returned with some 677 photographs, allegedly most done by Marina (and you have already seen Olivia’s fine bride-groom document). So far, of the ones that are scenic rather than personal in nature, these caught my eye. (My curations presented here have some with very modest tweaking such as mild cropping and straightening.) I don’t know who did what here, but I hope to track down attributions soon.
rDay One-Hundred-Forty-Seven: An Evening Walk
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The “highlight” of the day was a visit to Doctor John (no, not that Dr. John).
rDay One-Hundred-Forty-Six
Smoky haze continues. Couldn’t even see Mt. Emily from Foothill Road during a morning drive. But did see animal life. Later on, we make the shopping rounds, starting with the enjoyable shoe repair guy (who turns out to be a classmate or thereabouts to Kim and her siblings), then on to the usual grocery suppliers, and finally to Farmers’ Market.
rDay One-Hundred-Forty-Five
Late afternoon stroll down Sixth Street, dropping in on EONI, then checking out the county courthouse construction and adjoining police station.
The Drinkable Book
rDay One-Hundred-Forty-Four
Some cooler weather afforded a little extra sleep today, so it was not until after nine am on this Sunday that we set off for the MERA (Mount Emily Recreation Area) 3R Trail. Mostly sticking to trails 700 and 706. we walked past a high-elevation green-water pond. Then we rather abruptly pressed upward to a broad meadow that was astonishingly flanked on its far side with a remote dwelling of several buildings, horses and beehives. Once across the expanse of the meadow, we made our way uphill once again through densely-wooded ground. Not pictured here was the sighting of a doe making a rapid-fire crossing of the trail, followed by a bouncing fawn, then another. Oh, yeah, and on the way out on our return, Kim was stung, once again in less than a week, by a flying something, once again on a finger. Extreme pain was evidenced by her yowls, but mitigated by holding the finger in ice water for the trip home (which concluded at about 12:30). Now, the rest of this day (I should say Kim and Ivi’s day) is to be consumed by a major canning operation around the peaches harvested yesterday. Stay tuned.
