Today's Color is Purple

 It has been a very long day and I am hoping to make my list short tonight.  I have been mostly awake since 11 PM Wednesday and it is just after 8 PM Thursday. I say mostly because I did drift off to sleep for some very brief naps when I got home from work and possibly during Star Trek Voyager.  I believe that I will sleep well tonight.  That belief, and the following are my happy things for today:

• Keziah picked up a bottle of blueberry mead and it is really yummy.  

• Keziah made pork chops for dinner.  I don't like pork, but the rest of the family had them with applesauce.  This prompted me to search and find this clip from The Brady Bunch.
• While walking the dog I saw this purple vetch.  I thought they were done blooming a while ago.

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Currently reading: Mount Washington A Guide and Short History by Peter E. Randall.


Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Through the camera

 When I get home from work I am usually pretty tired.  Somedays I am able to push through to get other things accomplished.  This was not one of those days.  I fell asleep for a little while.  After that I was able to push through doing the dishes and taking a walk with Keziah, Gideon, and Aesop-the dog.  Other happy things for today include:

• Watching Gideon ride his scooter.  He is getting much better at it this summer, more confident.

• Our walk was along a bike trail that is alongside Interstate 89.  It seems like it should be a peaceful place but the cars are loud in some places.  Finding the entire trail is on my bucket list.  We've done this part before and it seems to have a definite beginning and ending.  Walking this today has reminded me that there are trails that stem from this one that could someday be explored.

Under the highway...

• Here are some pictures that highlight some happy things.

Keziah and Aesop.

Highway bridge.

Waterway.

I love how the black-eyed Susans are adorned by the oak leaves.

Trying to be artsy.

This vetch is a little different from what I have seen on our property.
Lens identifies this as crownvetch.  We have cow vetch.

Lens is split between this being white campion or night-flowering catchfly.
Had the flowers been open, it would be easier to tell the difference.

Family!!

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Currently reading: Backpacking: A Hedonist’s Guide, by Rick Greenspan and Hal Kahn.


Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.