Repeat

You've seen these views a hundred times before and you're likely to see them hundreds more. They're from the so-called 'far side of the canal' - one of our favorite places to go on walks - especially on such a nice day like today.

In the Park

 Killing a few minutes, waiting for Sam to get out of work.

The Passing of an Old Friend

Another hero of my long ago youth has left us (or rather, me). I'm sad the hear of the passing of Gordon Lightfoot. I listened to him often, starting around high school and, with a short break of maybe a couple of years, still listen today - often.

I'm going to post a couple of videos. 

The first, by Rick Beato, was done a couple of years ago. I know nothing about music theory but I thoroughly enjoy Rick Beato's videos. This video is parsing the Gordon Lightfoot song, "If You Could Read my Mind" and while I think Mr. Beato may have gotten one of the words wrong in the lyrics ('can' vs. 'can't'), I find the video very entertaining and even, dare I say it, educational.

The second is the full song. Note that album cover. That album was my favorite. And it's still one of my favorites today.

I hope you  listen to and enjoy both videos all the way through. 

Afterwards, you can join me for a moment of silence in recognition of the passing of that aforementioned 'youth' of mine.

Late Update: Within half an hour of me posting the first video, Rick Beato posted this (at the time) live stream tribute. It covers a very small amount of the same ground as the first video but the vast majority of it is new - and all of it worth watching.

A Beautiful Day Made Better

Sam, on our walk home from his work today: "Boy, it smells lovely out today."

Nothing But Flowers

Ka-Ching!

Sam is excellent about spotting coins - even without his metal detector. Today on our walk, he hit the mother-lode - nearly twenty-five cents - all in pennies!

A Vacation Day

Sam's been on vacation this week and even though I work from home, I always feel kind of bad that I can't do more with him on these vacation weeks .

Sure, we go for long walks together - pretty much every day - but vacations should be special.

Still, I managed to take today off so we could spend the entire day together. We went to the park where we have our annual family get-togethers and walked the entire park, including seeing the animals. Then I took him out to lunch and after, we headed over to the comic book store. After the comic book we went down the street and I got him some ice cream. 

It wasn't exactly going to the beach or Disney World or anything, but he had a really good time. And so did I.