Mt. Emily drops from view again today, as local authorities issue an air quality advisory suggesting that people at risk, including anyone over age 65, stay indoors. Winds are apparently blowing in a different direction than yesterday. In other news, Charlie gets a haircut, Nik does some yard work, and Ivi and Dad take the Charles-Beast on a sunset walk through campus.
Quartz tries to straighten us out on some common global naming conventions, geographic and otherwise:
http://qz.com/483444/40-easily-confused-english-words-that-make-global-travelers-look-ridiculous/
A morning stroll where we encounter:
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.
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.
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.
The “highlight” of the day was a visit to Doctor John (no, not that Dr. John).
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.
Late afternoon stroll down Sixth Street, dropping in on EONI, then checking out the county courthouse construction and adjoining police station.
