Hiking, in the Best Way Possible

In the Fall semester, Grace was able to go on a couple of day hikes with a UDel hiking club.

When she came home for her extended winter break, she wanted to go on some hikes around here. We were only partially successful, getting out once to hike a few miles in the Woodlawn tract along the Brandywine River.

Rocky frozen run-off

We hope to get out more in better weather, but it gave me great joy to be out in the woods (however close to home) with my daughter.

Path skirting a rocky shoulder

We took some nice pictures during the hike, and she often said "you should paint that". Indeed I should...

Stream in harsh light

And maybe I will.

Relief

Health issues are always a concern, even if they affect our pets and not the people we love. 

Boys and Bones

Ryder's couple of lumps and bumps are benign and not cancerous. At least for now.

So Many Things

The Phillies got to the World Series, in spectacular fashion. And lost. To a better team. Which I suppose I have to live with. Six trips to the World Series in my lifetime (1980, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2022). Two wins in six attempts. Not a great winning percentage, but at least we have those two wins.

The Eagles play for the NFC championship tomorrow (as favorites and at home), and a ticket to the Super Bowl. Result TBD. Again, in my lifetime, we lost the Super Bowl in 1980 and 2004 (to the cheating Patriots). Won in 2017 for the first time ever....

In music we have lost in recent years (among my favorites)...Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, Graeme Edge, John Wetton...and now Jeff Beck and David Crosby.

Jeff Beck reminds me of brother Dave, and a musician I would not learn to love until many years later. Somewhere Over the Rainbow. LPs on vinyl and Dad's stereo in the living room.

David Crosby reminds me of a live show in a very small venue in Wilmington where Amp and I got to see Graham Nash in 2013, sparking a renewed interest in CSN and CSNY. And a surprising recognition (for me) that Stephen Stills was the bedrock of CSN. Full stop. And Crosby was the mid-range anchor between Still's gruff lower range and Nash's higher end. In respect to Crosby, I can't go back to a CSN or a Byrds video and not recognize what he contributed... He had a significant reputation for a reason.

Flynn. Sleepy boy.

Grace is rounding out the first semester of her first year at Delaware. Honors College Deans List. But more importantly, finding her own way. Fly little bird...

Hobby stuff continues, and may be posted here in the future... or not.

Feelings on these things come and go, but today I find the thought of posting updates here to be more of an afterthought than a priority.

Ryder. Also sleepy...

Be well.