thursday
Yesterday was a glorious day. Finally sunny blue skies after so much darkness. Jan and I hiked at Two Mile in the morning. Parked at the Blue Bathroom and hiked up to Big Rock. Usually I go on this loop in a clockwise direction but we went the opposite way this time, just to see things in a new way.
Big Rock. I think its name should be changed to Ship Rock. I call it that in my mind.
Piney Woods. This part of the loop is a bike trail. Mountain Bikers seem to like to put their trails through places like this. To me hiking on trails with tree blazes and beaten pathways is like what I imagine a video game is like for kids. There are clues that need looked for and interpreted.
This is a place where the bike trail comes very close to the horse trail where we started. So many signs. The bikers wanted to make sure you turned and didn't get on the wrong path. I really liked how the sun was lighting up the backs of the trees with this warm glow. I didn't do anything to these pics. Usually I do a little bit of adjustment to my pictures but for once these sunny day pictures seemed perfect straight from the camera.
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Dave went to the dentist yesterday and he needs $9000 worth of work - unless he wants to be toothless in the front. Financially that's a real kick in the teeth.
I also stopped by my old music teacher yesterday and purchased a gift certificate for piano tuning. It was good to see Elizabeth. I wanted to apologize for being so emotional when I saw her last in July and was quitting my lessons. Then I came to find out yesterday that she was hurt/puzzled that I had left the lesson early - didn't I like to be around her? But what it really was, I just didn't like being so emotional and had to get away. Anyway, it was good to get that cleared up. It's not that I didn't like her - I liked her too much and was overcome with grief to end the lessons.
Women's group this morning and then in the afternoon I have a hike on Oak Hill lined up with Candy. In all the recent kitchen cleaning I found a package of whole grain pancake mix that will soon be out of date. So I'm making pancakes for breakfast. Need to get busy with that.
Big Rock. I think its name should be changed to Ship Rock. I call it that in my mind.
Piney Woods. This part of the loop is a bike trail. Mountain Bikers seem to like to put their trails through places like this. To me hiking on trails with tree blazes and beaten pathways is like what I imagine a video game is like for kids. There are clues that need looked for and interpreted.
This is a place where the bike trail comes very close to the horse trail where we started. So many signs. The bikers wanted to make sure you turned and didn't get on the wrong path. I really liked how the sun was lighting up the backs of the trees with this warm glow. I didn't do anything to these pics. Usually I do a little bit of adjustment to my pictures but for once these sunny day pictures seemed perfect straight from the camera.
*****
Dave went to the dentist yesterday and he needs $9000 worth of work - unless he wants to be toothless in the front. Financially that's a real kick in the teeth.
I also stopped by my old music teacher yesterday and purchased a gift certificate for piano tuning. It was good to see Elizabeth. I wanted to apologize for being so emotional when I saw her last in July and was quitting my lessons. Then I came to find out yesterday that she was hurt/puzzled that I had left the lesson early - didn't I like to be around her? But what it really was, I just didn't like being so emotional and had to get away. Anyway, it was good to get that cleared up. It's not that I didn't like her - I liked her too much and was overcome with grief to end the lessons.
Women's group this morning and then in the afternoon I have a hike on Oak Hill lined up with Candy. In all the recent kitchen cleaning I found a package of whole grain pancake mix that will soon be out of date. So I'm making pancakes for breakfast. Need to get busy with that.