We are on a run of excellent weather - a good thing for the 2500 or so participants Saturday in the End-to-End walk, from St. George's to Dockyard, a bit over 24 miles. People ran, walked, biked, skate-boarded; there were some who swam and kayaked. A couple of guys with waaaaayyyyy too much time on their hands biked it first, then swam back part of the way.
It did make for an interesting morning for the bus drivers. I'd taken the bus in to St George around 8.30 and we were definitely running upstream against the folks who'd left St. George at 8. Took an extra ten minutes or so to get to town. Our roads have few straight segments and lots of hills, and while you won't find a 1000' change in elevation it is a constant up and down and up again. I understand the walk can be done at a leisurely pace in about 6.5 hours. A good fund-raiser for various Island charities!
Loving my class. I think that if anyone can get me over my terror of the blank page, Emma will be the one.
Did not do well on the house-keeping/preparation side of things, but did devote time to the ever-so-pleasing puttering with the paints, and cranked thru the reviews and letters for 6 cases, and even a partial report on one.
And, finally, a couple photos...some horse inclined group gathered at the park across the road Sunday, unloading the trailers of horses in front of the apartment house. Horse-drawn carriages are one of those good-weather things here, several families operate them, and they are most evident when the cruise ships come in. It was definitely a horse-heavy afternoon.
And I came in tonight and set my stuff down, then realized I was hearing some little bird cheeping away. He let me step outside but not get near, effectively running away screaming as well as a 3" or 4" ball of fluff can do. They are funny to watch. Now there is a pair playing on the steps near the door.
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