I’ve decided to take the next two days off.… I need them… But it doesn’t make it any easier. I’m not really good at taking vacations.
I’ve got a bunch of projects going and I keep letting work get in the way. So I’m looking forward to getting busy and some of my own stuff.
So this makes tonight kind of a virtual Friday night. I marked it by going downtown to have a beer with my friend Kyle… It’s been along time since I’ve seen him. The first bar we went to look to empty enough but due to covert restrictions It was full. We ended up at another place down by the lake. Lots of beautiful people around sharing appetizers etc. I have to admit it was a little less socially distant than I’m used to… But I kept my distance. It was super great catching up with ‘Kyle and comparing notes on stuff. He’s the CEO of the local YMCA. An organization that has really changed it’s Brand. We came up with some great projects to work out together. All while watching a beautiful sunset. I love Vermont
We had to buy a new lawnmower today because the old one broke a crankshaft. I’m not sure how it happened because nobody remembers hitting anything…. So I made one of my few 40s out into the outside world masked up and went into Home Depot. Unfortunately they didn’t have the models that I was looking for. But they had a considerably more expensive one that had all the features I wanted. As I stood there pondering Whether I should go ahead and get the more expensive one,the sales assistant came up and she said… “Well the worlds Going to Helena handbasket so why not ?!”
I Took her advice and bought it… Handbasket or not
Yesterday we solved the mystery that’s been Puzzling us For the last week or so. There’s been a pair of very well behaved ducks down at our favorite Swimming hole on the lower Huntington. We walk there most days with the dogs. Every day for the last week or so this pair of ducks has been paddling around without being bothered at all by our presents or the dogs. Were used to seeing ducks all the time… But they generally fly away when you walk up. We learn from our neighbor Jane that they are refugees from up the hill. There is a family that keeps ducks as pets… Unfortunately they were being picked off one by one by something large… Perhaps a bobcat or a coyote. Only this pair remained… So the owner brought them down to live in Huntington. They’ve been adopted by one of the local landowners. Which I guess is a good thing because these duck don’t migrate.. They’ll need a heated space for the winter.
Just hung around the house today… Like every day for the last three months… But it was nice. We got a nice running in the morning and sat around and waited for rain… Last couple of days it’s supposed to have rained but it really hasn’t mastered more than a few raindrops. Around 4 o’clock Diane and I took a walk to the lower Gortych. The water is really low… It’s such a beautiful place to visit. We watched the few raindrops hitting the surface of the river
Made some good progress on a project I’m doing with my brother… Can’t go into it here… But here’s a cool ultrasound movie of my femoral artery 32 mm inside my left leg . If you look closely you can see my pulse
