Most of today was about getting Max.. and his dog Reptar ready to go back to the wilds of Brooklyn..    Before Max got up, Diane and I took the dogs out for a longish snowshoe up Catamount trail. We were hoping the hike would tire Reptar out for his 6 hour drive. We’ll hear from Max if that worked.

We had a great snowshoe.. I finally got a picture of this cool woodpecker hollwoed hole ina tree.. It’s upside down here.. but it looks like such a perfect exclaimation point that I had to take a pic.

When we came back, Diane got busy and packed a ton of food for Max to take back fro himself, his dog and his roomies.. She takes such good care of all of us.. she really does..

We helped max pile all of the stufff in his car.. it was packed to the brim with hummus, tortillas, beans, tofu, and junk food. the contrast was fun.

We spent awhile saying bye to Max.. its been a great trip home for him.. We had soem good hanging out time, he got lost doen around the house.. saw a bunch of freinds. and generlaly chilled out. I miss him so much when he leaves.. .. It helps that I see him ofetn in NYC.. I’m goign down again on Wed..
.. and then to Reptar.. our granddog.. Max shares Reptar with his roomies.. but brings up here from time to time when no one is going to be around the apt.  I can’t even imagine what it’s lie for this guy to be in Brooklyn one day .. and deep in VT the next.    He’s amazing for an oldish (maybe 10 years old ) dog.. he’s got cataracts.. but other than that.. he’s amazingly strong and active.. We’ll miss having him around.

Our dogs will miss Reptar too.. at least Satori will.. they play together all the time.

Max was lettign reptar take the first drive L-)

They got off around 4.. it was really, really quite as soon as they left. made me kinda sad..

So sad, in fact.. that I decuded to go and clean out my lab.. It had gotten trashed over the last two weeks over soem projects I’d been doing..

Just an hour later I could actually wlk through there.. At least one thing accomplished this weekend !

Gabe got home from New Hampshire about 8.. he’d had a long and fun two days with his team.. yesterday I reported on his make shift splint on his finger.. today he showed us.. and I’m thinking it might actually be broken. if the swelling doesn’t go down tonight.. we’re going to go and have it xrayed.. Maybe I should make an Xray machine here at home !!!!

OK.. guess that’s it for today.. more in the morrow…

Gnite everyone.. note Sam !
-me