ok.. actually.. white tape.. I’m down in RTP at a work meeting.. good friends, very hard work..
by the end of the day I was feeling pretty wrapped up in it..
Luckily, we all had time to go out to cauliflower together afterwards
still have several hours of work..a t its already 11pm..
I’m beat !
nite all, nite sam
-me
Great day…
last night Diane and I met freind Ellen at Higher Ground around 9:30 to see ‘Start making Sense’ a Talking Heads cover band. they were excellent.. they had the music.. and the jerky delivery down perfectly.. It took me back to 1980 !
Today was really peaceful (with a brief rough spot in the middle as I tried to work down my email backlog.. yuck !)
Around 3 i decided to go in to meet my good friend Bret who was up visiting. He was taking his daughter Emily to the Vermont Comicon. I had never been to one of these things.. but it proved to be really fun…
I didn’t know that there were so many geeks in vermont
more did i realize that I was one of them 🙂
nite all, nite sam
-me
Nice slow day at home.. We began with our ferret 4-ish mile hike from Bolton notch rode back to the house. Until a few months ago, this was the long trail.. now its just a spur. Someone even hiked the trail and repainted the old white blazes to blue to mark the trail as a spur.
it was a beautiful day to be out .. warm and dry… with a hint of fall coming..
we placed a few smartness along the way
then we had a pretty unpleasant surprise.. Chai managed to stick her nose into a hive of very angry ground bees.. they came swarming out and started stinging both the dogs and diane.. as they all ran away, the bees got in Diane’s clothes.. she got stung 6 times..before she managed to get most of her clothes off and keep running the dogs.. who knows.. i was at the back of the line and managed to avoid the first swarm.. as I detoured around
but then i went back for diagnose clothes and got stung twice myself.. OUCH !!!!
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we ran for awhile.. then managed to slow down as our bodies processed the stings and the adrenaline..
wemade some mud at the first stream crossing and rubbed it on our aching bites..
as it dried, it eased the sting..
we hiked up to the now lonely lean to at duck brook for a short sit and some water. We could tell by the log book that fewer folk are visiting now that it’s no longer on the main trail..
we did see a smarten still there.. we always like to leave them in the long trail cabins when we visit
the hike back from there was slow and pretty.. allowing for the older doggies preferred pace.. gave us time to admire the first hints of fall looking over our valley (in winter you can see our house form here)
we came out on the power line at the other end.. here you can see the blue blazes over the original white
the power line clearing was full of wild apple trees.. a great snack after that adventure..
ok.. heading out for some music now.. more tomorrow.
nite all, nite sam
-me
We attended a funeral Mass for my sister in law’s sister Peggy today at Our Lady of Good Counsel . It’s the same place where we had the service for my Father in law Gabe last year. The place feels familiar to me know after more than 30 years of visiting. The place was full of family today. Peggy had 9 brothers and sisters. Between them and their families a quarter of the church was filled. the rest was filled in with Peggy’s many, many friends. Not many dry eyes.. You can read Peggy’s Obit here
Peggy and Doug’s son Nolan.. whom I’e know forever.. gave a very moving funny/sad tribute to his mom. Beyond Nolans beautiful speech, The service was very traditional funeral Mass. Familiar to me now.. and yet still mysterious . It felt right today
We got on the road home at about 3.. and through the wonders of hotspots, I was able to get in almost a full day of work as diane drove the 6 hours home. The dogs cam with us and slept quietly in the back. nearly 700 miles in 2 days and not a peep from them. They are really good travelers.
OK.. time for sleep.. i need to recharge. more tomorrow
nite all, nite sam
-me