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Beat Heat
It’s hot around these parts. It’s hot around lots of parts of the country lately. I have holed up in the confines of air conditioned shelter while stuck in town this week. When I get back to the lake, it’s back in the water to beat the heat. The annual games of our 4th of July celebration are being held this coming Saturday, to allow a chance for us working stiffs to be present.
It should be a collection of all the classic games: water balloon toss, scavenger hunt, fish pond, sack racing, and a watermelon eating contest. Pretty much everything except for a dunk tank.
The kids won’t miss it. They will be out tubing behind the speed boat. Summer at its best.
Not Alone
It turns out, I am not alone in my outbreak of chigger bites. My friend Mike, who held the other side of the raft, walking through the reeds and brush into the lake, and not on the dock, called me last night to report a similar affliction.
The itching comes and goes. When it comes, it can come with a vengeance. It seems to erupt in furious irritation in the evening. I look forward to being done with this, as soon as possible. There is no treatment to stop it, just ways to tolerate the discomfort. I just need time to pass. Bring it on.
I distracted myself last night by manipulating some photos. While up at the lake over the weekend, I carried my camera out into the water, till I was neck-deep. Then I turned around, and while staying in one spot, took pictures of the shore line of our community. Last night I stitched together 5 of the images.
I have very limited experience with the process of stitching photos, but I don’t let that stop me. I struggled a bit, crashing my software several times, due to limited memory for the task I was trying to perform, but I will share the rough result I accomplished. I’m okay with the double images where they occur. The gist of the image, is a version of what the view is from one of my favorite places to be: neck-deep in the water of our lake-place getaway.
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Trip Pics
I finally got around to uploading images from the bike trip to my Picasaweb photo album page. Check ’em out and enjoy my views (and a few taken by friends) from our trip:
Balancing Act
What can I say, when I don’t know what I can say?
Changes are afoot. That I know.
May take a few days to reach full disclosure.
It has me feeling how much I allow myself to exist as a function of outside influence, as compared to my own decisions and actions. I will choose how to react, but I will wait to discover what it truly is I will be reacting to. Life is a balancing act.
All that to say very little to you who read here. Let me offer a picture for your distraction. Enjoy. And, stay tuned…
Birthday Girl
It was a mere 26 years ago today when I first became a father. My lovely daughter, Elysa, is a birthday girl today!
You know how it is. She will always be my little girl…
Happy Birthday, E!
Perfect yard
I took a walk on Sunday afternoon during an hour reserved for a showing of our house. I brought my camera along and looked for something to catch my eye. Purgatory Creek appeared adequately photogenic.
We’ve been getting good feedback from the showings, but more than one have turned it down, saying they want a bigger yard.
All the effort I’ve put in over the years here, to reduce the need to mow lawn is now proving to be a limitation on the type of buyers to whom our house appeals. We just need a family with a cabin to go to, who won’t want to waste valuable weekend hours tethered to taking care of their lawn.
Our house is perfect for that!
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