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Category: Everyday Life
Pastimes for the Past Times Lately
Currently Reading: The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Gametime: Long Duck. Took me a couple of days to beat beat the levels. Good for the brain.
Last Pool Hangout of the Year
It was nice to see Mollie again, and of course her guardians. This time she even decided to hang out with me for a bit!
Currently reading: Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island – A Provocative Archaeological Study of Colonial Legacy, Indigenous Reclamation, and the Collapse Myth
It’s GOAT to be back!
We spent a part of the afternoon at the Sanctuary. Cannot believe it had been so long since we were last there – like much more over a year. But granted a lot of things have been happening in that time. Most of the OGs that we knew (as we call them) were sadly passed on, but we are getting to know all the new faces. They were all so sweet! We’ll be heading there more in the future, I am sure.
After that we took a jaunt to Providence for some vegan icr cream!
Back to it, more later
From Revere Beach to the Hot Tub: A Water-Filled Weekend
Yesterday took a trip out to Revere Beach in the late afternoon, While there I felt I had to go in. The water was actually quite war, but the air was a bit chilly and it was overcast the whole time, but at least that meant the beach was pretty empty! I stayed in for a little bit but then my teeth started to get to chattering so it was time to get out. I did feel I had to go in though. If the water was as cold as it was in Duxbury I wouldn’t have done it but this water was warm like I said.
This morning I went with LD over to the gym pool and did the water aerobics class, mostly because one of our favorite instructors happened to be teaching this morning, and then of course I used the nice hot tub which felt really good.
Tonight a friend invited us over to dinner at their house which was very nice so we’ll be doing that!
Gametime: Smunchy!
Finding Zen Where You Least Expect It
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Not everyday you come across a Buddhist Temple of Meditation travelling through Raynham! While looking around at some furniture stores I happened to see if any other attractions were around and this Temple of Meditation was listed, so naturally I was curious to check it out.
Soaked in Sunshine (and Dog Kisses)
Our friends up north were kind enough tom invite us up for another pool outing so we spent all afternoon up there doing that.
Catching the Great Elephant Migration in Boston
Started out the morning by doing two(!) water aerobics classes and then went into town to catch the elephants migration. We had seen them before in Newport RI but now they are doing a stint in Boston so we had to go see because they are so cool.
We were able to meet up with our pal Em who lives in the area so that was cool. Afterwards we all had lunch at a place on Newbury called Piattini which was amazing. Would definitely go back there. I ended up having a drink that had Luksusova Vodka, pamplemousse, lemon, blackberry in it and it was amazing. No dount helped bring about my tiredness after all the day’s activity.
All in all this was a very wonderful day.
Big Ears, Good Eats, and Birthday Treats
Birthday week shenanigans continues. Besides getting some really cool swag like a new cap and a nice dinner out at Sweet Basil, (place we always wanted to try and finally got a chance, btw it is excellent) we had a bunny come to visit us. A giant bunny at that!
What else? Oh yeah, a bought a new Android tablet to replace the aging iPad which just wasn’t cutting it anymore. Nice little Android tablet that should work pretty nicely. Decided to wait until tax free weekend to pop on it.
Another Year Around the Sun (and a Favorite View)
Happy Birthday to me!
This is one of my favorite photos (plus yesterday was National Lighthouse Day!)
Grateful for You: Growth, Love, and Sunset Views
“All sunsets are beautiful when viewed with the love of your life.”
People say that with age and experience comes wisdom, and with wisdom comes enlightenment. Well, I don’t know how much of it is the truth, but I have grown up and grown with you to realize what love means and what it really means to love someone. Love goes beyond time, age, or even the person, and I have experienced love in its purest form; I feel nothing but gratefulness. I stand here a happy man thanks to you, and I love you with all my heart.
Our relationship might not be perfect, and certainly has its ups and downs, but our love for each other is still strong and is wonderful all the same, and that’s all anyone could ever ask or hope for. I am truly blessed to have found you. I just want you to know, that when I picture myself happy, it is with you.
In a world where so many things can be uncertain, you are the one thing that I will always be sure of, Patty. Thank you for showing me the beautiful sunsets.
From Jersey Farm Stand to the Grill
I forgot to mention that we were able to buy some farm fresh corn while we were down in Jerz, so I’m planning on grilling those up tonight. It’s white corn too for a change. I bought a piece of salmon to go with down at the market this afternoon so I’ll do that up as well and hopefully have a nice dinner tonight.
From Jersey Waves to Patriot Place
Had a quick jaunt to Spring Lake on Sunday. You could say that was the highlight of the weekend trip. Beautiful weather to be down the shore, as they say.
Today back in Boston, had some medical appointments down by Patriot Place so I did the tourist thing there for a bit.
For Fox’s Sake! Fox Trotting Around Town!
Early this afternoon we went to check out some fox artwork that I discovered about earlier in the week. So now we’ve seen foxes, seals, lobsters, clams, turkeys, bunnies that started it all, and I can’t remember what else! These are pretty cool though! Then it was off to Trader Joes for some groceries and we’d figure I’d grill up some dinner tonight.
Currently reading: Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast by Pamela Colloff
Pool Power: Coming Together to Fight Cancer One Splash at a Time
So proud of Ladydoc for getting this event together to fight cancer! Grateful doesn’t begin to cover it.
Thank you to everybody involved for your support! Splashing Success! When Alison & Patty called on fellow water fitness pals to help fundraise for the American Cancer Society, Vandy members rose to the occasion as they always do, “BIG TIME”! Yesterday’s donation class was a huge success thanks to the participation and generosity of members, family and friends!
Capturing Cape Cod: Moments in the Sun
Somehow managed to get everything we wanted to do fit into this little Cape getaway, from hanging at the beach, to taking a hike, to eating at our favorite places, to getting a tire replaced (long story), to catching sunsets, to doing crafts like the shells we designed at drew on ourselves as shown above, to checking out some sand sculptures, etc etc etc.
Got back at then it was off to LD’s charity event (pics to follow!). So proud of her, it was a great turnout and she raised lots of money for cancer research! Then after we had a little get together back at the house and one of LD’s trainer peeps (a fellow Jersey girl I might add!) hung out for a bit so we did s’mores and chatted for a few hours. This woman is hardcore! Total knee replacement and she was telling us of that experience. She’s very athletic, plays hockey and things like that. Holy cow though! That’s a serious operation and recoup time.
Salty Air & Sandcastles: Kicking Off a Cape Weekend
Sunsets, sand castles, good eats, swims, and a little scare but everything turned out good. More to come…!
Poolside Chilling & Garden Tilling
Spent like 4 hours in the pool yesterday. Really enjoyed being on the floats too. Check out this cool Capybara cake as well!
Today went to OSJL to grab some things, grilled out back for lunch, and went to Like No Udder for some ice cream (sweet corn flavor – incredible!) and some watermelon lemonade. Then I went ahead and did some gardening chores that I had been meaning to get to for a while, like transplanting some totato plants and whatnot. For dinner took a trip down to the Cousins Maine Lobster food truck and just sat out back in my gravity chair.
Puzzles, Pixels, and Puppies: A Productive Thursday
It was very satisfying to finally beat all the levels of Treasure this morning. I enjoyed playing this over the last couple of days trying to solve the puzzles.
Good Food, Great Friends, and a Firepit Finale
Had a successful BBQ here at home last night with some invited old colleagues of LDs! I grilled and I always get a little nervous that I’ll mess something up but everything came out great! Salmon and burgers and we skewered some veggies on spits to grill which also came out just right. And of course as evening rolled around, had to light the firepit and do the s’mores thing. We hadn’t seen these folks in a quite a while so it was really good to catch up!
It was a fun time!
Burgers, Beaches, and the Cutest Dog in Fairhaven
Got invited to stay over atr a freinds for an overnight in the lovely town of Fairheven for some good food, laughs, a little beach time, and fire works. Such wonderful hospitality! I actually did not go into the water but LD did. I did however partake in all the wonderfully BBQ’d cooked meals. Stuck around for the fireworks over the bay and then crashed for the night. Had a lovely breakfast in the morning from our hosts with some good conversation. And of course, their dog is the cutest!
Happy Fourth!
Gametime: Treasure. This game is tricky hard!
Reliving the Relish: That One Time at Coney Island
Here’s a throwback to the time we visited Coney Island, home of the Hot Dog Eating Event. Nothing like downoing 68 or so hot dogs (with the buns!) in 10 minutes in 90 degree heat!
Good times!
FireLily Pops (and Hydrangeas, Too!)
I’m into different kinds of plants these days!
Accidental Art and Massive Monuments in Plymouth
It’s day two of the visit! This time off to Plymouth. Wanted to be somewhere near the coast but not anything too far or crazy. Seemed like a good choice, and it was! My personal highlight of the outing was seeing these cool metal sculptures of animals that we randomly happened upon, didn’t even know they were there! And of course I had to check out the Monument of the Forefathers, which I had sort of heard of before but never checked out until this day. The thing is massive! 81 foot tall and said to be the largest solid granite statue in the world! It’s very interesting.
Yes, that is an opsrey nest on the head of the statue.
We had a nice lunch over at East Bay Grill. I tried another cocktail, a Huckleberry Lemonade concoction made up of vodka, lemonade blueberry puree infused syrup, and blueberries which was very good. I’m not even a drinker and I’ve had two cocktails in two days already.
We finished up the day with a little bit of the firepit on the patio back home, and then some pizza and a movie, Sheep Detectives, very cute starring Huigh Jackman.
