We got back from “camp Windhoek” late this afternoon. That’s code for hanging out at our friend Lucie and viktor’s. We were up there to help them pick blueberries and cabbage… But mostly we just goofed off. It was just what we needed. It’s really closest thing we’ve had a vacation since… Well since anyone else had a vacation.

It’s a beautiful spot

After an early dinner last night… ‘Diane and I took a walk along the trails on our friends land. It was beautiful

This morning we woke up and had a nice breakfast… Then we cut some cabbage. Lucie was making lacto preserved vegetables.

I did my favorite red cabbage experiment that shows how the die you can extract from cabbage leaves can be made to turn blue or red dependent on PH. Baking soda makes it blue vinegar makes it red

Speaking of making it read… Check out Diane’s hands

I decided at 9 AM was time for a nap… So he went off and lay down on the trampoline. Seconds later they were Labre doodle puppy Cafix Jumped through the netting and started jumping on the trampoline it was so cute. He looks a lot like Chai did when she was a puppy

We left Victor and Lucie’s around 1130 and headed over to Belvedere Mountain.. We never claimed it… It was raining a bit and quite warm but it was a really nice hike. Lots of cool mushrooms along the way. And at the top and amazing weather tower. It was freezing at the top… It felt great to be cold

OK… Busy week coming up. Time for bed.

Note tomorrow is my 39th anniversary and being at IBM… I’ve never worked anywhere that long 🙂

nite all, nite sam

-me

Greetings from the 45th parallel… Literally… We’re sitting about 50 yards from the Canadian border at her friend to see in Victor’s. We’re up here to help them the fruits and vegetables… Lucie had some shoulder surgery so a couple of extra hands are helpful. We had a lovely day hanging out with them… Just finished a really nice early dinner. I’m sitting in there very peaceful yard looking at a mountain… Maybe Jay Peak… And it hasn’t moved an inch since I’ve been watching it

Wr need a little stability like that about now. Lots of The crazy stuff in the world… But you wouldn’t know it right here.

It’s great seeing Lucie and viktor again so soon… And it looks like the goats missed us too

Nice surprise for dinner. Lucie let us pick artichokes

Dinner was super nice.. pesto pasta from us, eggplant, beets and artichokes

Ok heading for a walk. More tomorrow

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

Happy blursday. Amazingly another week has passed… Everything seems to be just sliding around into each other.… It was a fun New Yorker cartoon about this a few blursdays ago

Reminds me so much of our time on the colony

… Speaking of things in the indistinct past… ‘Diane was telling Caio a story about various bats we found in our house… She reminded me of a story that when Sam was a tiny baby that she came in and found a bat hanging upside down on the cover Of his baby carriage. It was hanging right in front of his face… ‘Kyle said “like A mobile?”

I said yes “like a Batmobile”… I cracked myself up and realized that that joke had been waiting roughly 28 years to be told.

time fades away

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

We had another meeting of the Jonesville city Council tonight… I say that is listed as a “unincorporated part of the town of Richmond”… I believe Jonesville may have as many as 600 people but it may be as Few as 300 people… I have no way of checking… The census says that they’re exactly 0 people here… It’s also interested to look at the racial demographics we have zero of every race. So in that sense we’re fairly diverse.… I guess

Even though it’s complicated town politics that bring us together… It is nice to be together.

Nite all, nite Sam

-me