Updatia Nopointia

A nice relaxing morning... for a little while.

I'll have to hurry along soon enough.

I've got a lot to do, but it will need some time, so it will wait until this afternoon. Meanwhile, I need to entertain myself while Rachel teaches karate later this morning. Maybe I'll drag Justin out of bed and take him on a walk along the canal. It's been a while since Lily got that much exercise, and she could use the workout. Us two-legged types could also benefit from an hour long hike.

Bit of heavy frost or very light snow crusting the forest floor this morning, but it seems warm enough outside. Good weather for sitting out on the porch (bundled up a bit!) and writing poetry, but there won't be time for that today. Maybe I'll finish the current work in progress later this evening.

The Best Laid Plans...

I hadn't really expected to take all those photos on the hike today.

If I hadn't been talking with Stacy for the first part of the walk, I wouldn't have thought of it at all. At some point very early on, I realized I wanted her to see the ice on the rocks and the waterfalls and all and I wondered why I have yet to bring the camera on the hike. At some point shortly past that, I remembered the phone had a camera, so while Stacy focused on work, I focused on some shots along the canal path.

Still, it's a camera phone, so some day, I will still have to bring a camera along with me. Ideally, I'll bring Stacy along, too!

We ate lunch together, a hundred miles apart, thanks to the wonders of cellular phones and web cams. After the meal, I was treated to a Food Network style show, wherein I watched as she started the soup for tonight's dinner.

The entire time, I teased her about seeing her in a few hours, and that she should bring up some of the soup when she comes to visit.

And then, after ending the call with her so she can get back to work, I find out that I have some work: a bit of tree work! Justin's going to help me check out the saws (it doesn't sound that involved, so it should be okay that the chains were dulled by that concrete-filled tree last year...) and get the truck ready, and then I'm on my way!