Day 10 of 365 - Hubbard Valley Park

The Medina County Park District has 15 parks where there are hiking trails.  Even though the spring flowers have not started coming out of the ground, there was beauty all around as I walked there.

Shagbark Hickory. This is a mature tree as younger trees have smooth trunks. This is the type of tree that produced the nuts from Day 4.

No green or colorful wild flowers, but lovely blue in the stream.  A fond memory of this day is of sitting on a bench with this view.

This tree with other fallen trees leaning on it is like a sculpture.  I am always amazed at the randomness of nature.  Not only are there no two snowflakes the same, neither are there trees or groups of trees.

Day 9 of 365 - Monday Night Group

     This group meets for dinner every Monday night, thus the name "Monday Night Group".  We rotate which restaurant we choose. The  number can be up to 22, but last night about half attended. Members of the group all ride or have ridden motorcycles. It isn't hard to guess what the topic of conversation is, particularly among the men.

     These people have all become friends.  We are there for each other through difficult  times as well as celebrating together.

     I do complain that I only can talk with those near me at the table and the noise level at times is high.

     

(It would have been a better picture had I taken it when we first got our food, instead at the end.)

Day 9 of 365 - A waffle pizza ?

A pizza made with waffle batter for the crust, topped with bacon, chicken, cheese and then maple syrup!  I decided to be brave and try something new.  It tasted a bit like a dessert pizza.  Thankfully the wine was good.  

G's short ribs were more like a roast.  The presentation was great.  (The real reason for posting this picture was to highlight his new hair style.)

We don't always eat this type of food.  The other night we had guests and I served a good old home cooked meal:  Pork tenderloin with cranberries, mustard and onions in the crock pot,  mashed sweet potatoes, green beans and for dessert Haagan- Dazs ice cream.  Oh, I forgot to list the wine.

Day 8 of 365 Coyotes and rabbits are safe

When our future son in law was first dating RM they visited us.  I had given some hunters permission to hunt rabbits on our property.  He kept watching them out the window, saying "They are still out there", meaning the hunters.   Only later did I learn that he LOVED animals and was distressed to see them hunted. Today a young man knocked on our door asking if we allowed coyote hunting on our property. I know we have them here because I have heard them howling near our house. But in Andrew's memory I said "no, we do not".

Day 7 of 365 - Convenient Culture

Oberlin College is only 25 miles from our home.  It is a top-ranking liberal arts college and world-class music conservatory.  (That description is from their website, but it does have that reputation.)  We attend lectures and concerts there.

 Last night was a concert by  Alessandro Deljavan an Italian classical pianist.  It was streamed live so I enjoyed the concert from the comforts of my office on my computer.  Deljavan loves Bach. Tonight he played the "Goldberg Variation".  He becomes so involved in his music that he contorts his face into grimaces and other expression as well as humming or singing along.  To see him and his manner of playing watch some of of this video.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEkJI7xFF64   

Day 6 of 365 - Success

On day 3 I made mention of a project that G has been working on.  For two weeks, sometimes working nearly all night,  he has been diagnosing and trying to repair the shop furnace.  Today this is what I saw out the kitchen window.

He has triumphed over the machine!

Day 5 of 365 - Rain and signs of Spring

No matter what the weather: snow, sun, or rain, I love seeing how it looks on the deck. 

There are signs of spring: one or two dandelions blooming and some of the Spring flowers are pushing out of the ground.

  The red-winged blackbirds and killdeer are back, and I saw my first robin today.