Thanksgiving Day down here in Raleigh was much kinder weather-wise than back in the clouds of western Pennsylvania. I started out with a brisk walk with Brutus and came upon a wetlands that proved a bit interesting. We watched a blue heron for some time and snapped a few shots until Brutus spooked it. Upon [...]
We got off to a much later start than I thought today. I was planning on leaving by 9am but the hair dryer wasn’t complying with Robin’s wishes so it was almost 11 by the time we hit the road. I decided that we would travel the National Road (route 40) into the mountains of [...]
One never knows what a two day turnaround will bring in these parts. An afternoon of photography leads to roads unknown and the colors of summer giving way to the grays of winter. A hike through the Laurel Highlands goes unnoticed by the empty roadways on this sunny day. The days have been spent in ways [...]
Have you ever stopped to realize what effect the weather has on us? Not only does it dictate the type of environment in which we live and also possibly the types of work but it goes deeper than that. It dictates what we do, when we do it, how we do it. And in my [...]
Robin and I drove into Pittsburgh on Friday to get the results from the lastest MRI regarding the brain tumor. It was an overcast morning, as much of the weather is synonomous with that. In fact, we can brag that we have over 300 days of cloudy and overcast skies in this part of the [...]
It’s been a good week. The election is over and we can tune into ‘brain drain’ without being inundated with the political rhetoric. The weather here is synonomous with that of early September mornings. Crisp and then turning beautiful. It’s allowed for motorcycling to work, bicycling in the late afternoons and scintillating walks to the [...]
It’s been a busy week for us but many of the tasks remain mundane so I won’t bore you with those. Perhaps the biggest decision of the week was that we put the stick house on the market. Yes, For Lease or Sale. It’s just to the point that we can’t afford both the stick [...]
