Our spiffy high-speed wifi router that we got a few months ago died. Now we’re back on our older, less fast high-speed router. Sigh! This is like going back to a horse-drawn carriage for the several-hour trek to Mankato!!! That is all. Hopefully more tomorrow. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
This morning it fell to me to get up and take Hobbes out for his morning relief walk, which this time of year happens before sunrise. On the way back, I saw a jet contrail in the sky, and this one was neat because it wasn’t just a normal grayish-white contrail, but rather it was lit up goldren-red by the sun that was still beneath the horizon. I always like seeing the shiny contrails of early-morning flights, and sometimes the planes themselves are also catching the morning sun as they jet across the sky, carrying their passengers to adventures galore,Down the rabbit hole….
Last weekend, The Wife and I attended the Sterling Renaissance Festival. We went by ourselves and The Daughter stayed home, because we didn’t want to board the dogs overnight; but never fear, The Daughter was able to use the third ticket today. In fact, she’s there as I write this. I took a ton of photos that day, so let’s just get to them. More are available on this Flickr album, including some images that I didn’t revise in Lightroom. The Renaissance Faire continues to be a pleasant mix of the old and comforting with the new and exciting. IDown the rabbit hole….
Well, let Inigo tell the tale here: Yeeeeeeah. That was…a weekend. Friday was busy wrapping up stuff at work so I could enjoy a three-day weekend. Saturday we went to the Sterling Renaissance Festival, where much fun was had and many photos were taken, none of which have been edited yet. And Sunday was when…news happened. And yes, I have opinions and thoughts…but I’m still off today and I’m still in a state of Very Taxed Brain and I suspect that won’t start to finally abate until I finally get a full eight days’ vacation in early August. For various reasonsDown the rabbit hole….
Hobbes (the greyhound) and Carla (the pittie) are both doing fine! Carla has been struggling with some arthritis in her joints, but last week she went to the vet for an injection of fluid into one of her troublesome joints, and she’s been doing really well since. Meanwhile, you may remember that Hobbes got hurt last fall and has been struggling ever since. Well, his physical therapy has been going really well, and the next step is getting an orthotic that he’ll wear on the “bad” leg when he’s oot-and-aboot, which will help stabilize that leg. He uses that leg most ofDown the rabbit hole….
Today we’ve been married twenty-seven years. How did we make it this far? Mainly, it turns out that if you don’t ever want to give up, you won’t. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
That’s, “If you know, you know.” Specifically, in this case, when your mechanic tells you: “Your car’s inspection is all set! No issues.” Entering the weekend on that news is always great! (I wasn’t necessarily expecting issues, because everything’s been running fine, but I’ve had this vehicle for almost two years without needing any significant work done to this point, so I’m at the point where I start getting antsy every year at inspection time.) But yeah: If you’re a New Yorker, you know the relief of “Inspection’s done, no issues!” Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Last night we went to see Phil Rosenthal at Buffalo State University. If you’re unfamiliar with Phil Rosenthal, you need to watch Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix, and you need to do so now. Right now. Go watch, I’ll wait for you. [waiting music here] OK, now that you’ve watched…well, if you went on without watching, Somebody Feed Phil is a travel and food show starring Phil Rosenthal, a comedy writer and television producer who is best known for creating the classic show Everybody Loves Raymond. In the show, Rosenthal travels to a city and, well, eats. He visits beautiful places, eats wonderful food,Down the rabbit hole….
The Lydster, if I am reading things correctly, is 20 now. “Who?!” you may ask. A reasonable question, so I shall provide a reasonable answer: The Lydster is Roger Owen Green’s daughter Lydia. Roger has been chronicling her growth and her adventures thereof pretty consistently (and always delightfully) on his blog, and I would be highly remiss if I didn’t offer up a post of my own congratulating her on A Momentous Birthday On Which She Achieved a Round Number. I don’t recall exactly when I found myself on The Lydster’s bandwagon, but it’s been a while…a “long and windingDown the rabbit hole….
As much as I’m not a fan of being up before dawn all the time, I have to admit that the pre-dawn hours have a certain beauty. Two quick shots, taking during my morning commute, before the sun has risen: Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….