Family and Friends
Trainspotting with Owen
Picture by Elspeth, via Instagram. See more from that evening.
Dylan with the big bear
From Erin/Sheara via Instagram
Owen and the real dump truck
Dad’s front doorstep
Elspeth, Nick, Sheara, Owen, Sandy, Tim, Gareth, Judi, Edwin, Beth with Anna, Mike with Nicholas. Then Erin with Dylan, David with Kai, Nancy.
On the back doorstep
Striking out on his own
Returning from the blueberries by the path across the corn field.
Oh no, where is he taking me?
Up the hill across what we still call the oats field, from the center of one of the two paths forming the X once visible from space. The satellite photo below was saved in 2008, but must have been taken earlier. The white rectangle is the roof of the house.
Which leads to another flashback: Dad coaxing Beethoven up the same hill at the same spot, 10/24/2008. (The hankie was required because the cat was deaf. )
Delmont to Saltsburg and back, 17½ miles
Starting at crack of dawn, Tim and I ran the Westmoreland Heritage Trail from Delmont to Saltsburg and back this Saturday morning in early September. What a lovely trail! We saw only one other likely round-trip runner, maybe half a dozen bicyclists, a couple of dog walkers, and a small group of Scouts hiking. The trail crosses a road only four or five times, mostly country lanes. The crushed stone surface was in excellent condition the whole way, although there were one or two spots where erosion from water runoff could use some attention. Being tired on the way back, we certainly noticed the trail is mostly uphill from Saltsburg to Delmont, and were then grateful for the shade provided by the almost complete canopy.
With Ed, Loretta, and Amber
With Ed, Loretta, and Amber, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Those are the Chuhuly Red Reeds (see story), as also seen in 2010 at the Kennedy Center. The Robinson House is beyond.