my first vacation day of retirement and what better way to mark it than to have max and have come in to town .diane and i picked them up at the airport

we took a quick stop at beta then headed down town for a picnic in burlington.

later we hiked bolton to see the colors

finished the day with takeout sushi

what a great day !

note all, nite sam

-me

Rounding out the first week of my retirement… I got to say I think I’m busier than I was before I retired. I’m still trying to unwind old patterns and build some new ones…

speaking of new patterns.. Here’s a new pattern for the front of our house… It’s been decades since we’ve been able to properly paint the Cupolla and metal flashings of our house… I just happen to catch yesterdays  work on the camera we have on the house… ‘Kyle says it looks like putting lipstick on the house… We love the way it looks… This is the way it looked like when we bought it back in 1981

enjoys

note all, note sam

-me

i keep trying to remember that i’m retired! we took advantage of a gap in my meetings today to climb bolton for a look at the colors .. it’s pretty dull down here but as soon as we turned up the mountain road it was so beautiful !

Speaking of fall colors… We’re getting the Cupolla and awnings finally painted the right color brand. Last time they were painted the paint didn’t really last so it’s been kind of a doll orange. We’re trying to restore to the colors but we’ve painted it most often over the last 40 years… It’s a shock but it’s so beautiful

More pictures of that tomorrow !

note all, nite sam

-me

It’s interesting this partial retirement… I’ve got more stuff in my days not less.… It started early with a workout and a run with ‘Diane… The painters are here working on painting the tower of our house. It’s fun to see them work that lift

Mid day after a mix of Ibm at nine I’ll be in meetings I headed to her friend Deb’s bakery to check out her shelving. I’m reworking my lab and wanted to get some ideas from her… It’s such a welcome place

Mid afternoon I was back at Beto… We’re doing some filming there and our chief Kyle was in “hair and make up”. Does it brought back memories of TV for me

You got a love a place that has drinks like this

Rebar and I took a walk around the new building

It’s gonna be pretty amazing do you like that one day ended with Yoga and soup. The theme of yoga tonight was paradoxes

full day !

nite all, nite sam

-me