First regatta of the season is the Head of the Ohio in Pittsburgh, Pa.
It’s also the first regatta I’ve been to, and it’s been fun to see my kid out there doing it.
It’s a terrible spectator sport, btw.
Rowtober is on
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Slight course change for last night
Enjoyed a simple (yet delicious) Cirrus vodka and Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic for last night’s recording session.
It’s a staple of summer and party season.
Watercolor week 1
I started a watercolor studio class last night. I have very little general art experience and zero painting experience, so this is all new to me.
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned, I’m a life-long buyer of art supplies and now I’ve finally screwed up the courage to put media to paper. I’m sure it will be humbling.
That’s a pretty one.
I enjoyed this rather photogenic gin and tonic for podcast recording last night.
It was as tasty as it looked.
Some re-inks
I’ve got a little small-bottle set of those iroshizuku inks. I love the tsuki-yo, which is a nice blue-black, so I reloaded the Vanishing Point with it. I use that pen a lot at the office.
The Metropolitan doesn’t get as much use, so I swapped in the kon-peki, which is a nice medium blue. I’ll find a way to get more use out of it. I love the way it looks.
Of the three pens, the Lamy Safari was the one I didn’t write out of ink. The cartridge just dried out. It’s a drag, but I have more pens than I have writing time. I still have a few of these sweet purple Lamy cartridges, so I just swapped one in.
The fountain pen fire I had at the turn of the year has cooled a good bit. I like the pens I’ve got and I use them often. I’m definitely not hot to grab more of them right now.
Geez (and Teez) Up!
Gin and tonic is simple and delicious.
Plenty leafy
Seems my worrying was for naught. This looks like a happy and healthy azalea.
I still don’t have a vision for the shape of the bonsai to come, but there is plenty of time for that. This is the growing phase. The development phase will be in a year or two.
Rose and Ground?
Long-time readers may remember when I was an enthusiastic strength sport athlete. I’ve taken a turn to playing more tennis over the last 18 months and my time at the gym has been sporadic, at best.
Over the last month or so, I’ve started dabbling back with the Iron Arts, in an early a.m. window. I don’t love getting up early, but I really love lifting weights.
Trimmed stickers
Waaaay back in 2007, or so, I grew my first big beard. It was a fun exercise and I took advantage of a sticker sale to have these printed up.
They come as 3” squares, but I try to trim them up before I give them to people. And I’ve given a lot of them away.
Man, it really used to be a dark beard.
Busch Gardens
I am not in this photo, but I took it. There wasn’t any way in hell I was getting at all involved in this damn thing.
We had a park day through work and my youngest is in this photo. She’s nuts.
I did ride a couple of coasters. I hadn’t been on one in probably 15 years, but I was feeling spry and got bullied into it by my kid. It was a mistake.
I didn’t barf, but I was definitely wobbly after a couple of them. I am going back into Roller Coaster Retirement.