Life of Wry

Peter’s last day in Davis before heading back to Ann Arbor.. glad it was a champ of a weather day.

We got up early and walked to breakfast with Paul, a nice Thanksgiving tradition. He’s already looking forward to next year’s Thanksgiving dinner with a good percentage of the Peterson clan. Nice. Here we are after returning home, talkin’ domestic politics, media, communism.. as you do.

After Paul left (bound for Eugene), we more or less hung out. Peter absorbing as much home vibe as possible before getting on a plane tonight. Late this afternoon, we mobilized for a final neighborhood loop, this time heading north for a 4-ish mile walk. So nice!!

Some sights along the way:

That new workout structure at the Senior Center. Excited it’s there RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET; I can imagine using quite a number of these things:

I’d not seen this sculpture.. it’s cool. Woman on a beam.. nice to catch it when the sun’s low in the sky. We were also stunned to see an entire row of tennis courts had been removed and in their place construction for a new high school building.

Then saw where the new Cathy Speck (and Mazie) memorial bench was installed. It’s lovely!

Lots and lots of turkeys were out on the greenbelt…

The pond’s amazing right now as they are substantially cutting back the vegetation and aerating it. You can, once again, see the pond! They have a ways to go before the entire perimeter is cleared, but it’s a good start.

And a beautiful full moon rise..

Peter was really digging the warm weather, commenting over and over that if he lived here (or generally in California), he could continue to do stuff outside as the winter comes. He’s quite bummed to be returning to 5 months of cold and grey, though he’s eager to get back to Maya (and his work). He took a few pics like these as we passed through Community Park as evidence to make his case to Maya that living in California is a good thing …

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After dinner (more leftovers!), we took Peter to the airport. Safe travels, honey. See you in a month.