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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The Lay of the Land

 Had time to go for a little walk before bell choir practice. I didn't measure it, but I'm going to say 1.5 miles. Forgot to take dinner with me, so I had to go buy something.

The walk was in the Ludington School Forest, and with the leaves down, I was surprised to see that there is a fairly significant hill in the middle of it. Well, not hugely significant, but I really thought there was almost no topography in there, so I was surprised.
hill with trees in a woods


The lay of the land at home is leaning into Christmas. Om and Josh put up the tree today.
putting up a Christmas tree


Yes, it's small. Those of you who know us will recognize that this is a recent switch. But I've finally convinced Om that we should get trees that we can lift without help. It was just fortuitous that Josh came by.

Right after bell practice, I went to Writer's Group. I will see if I want to continue doing these two intense events in a row every other week. Just got home, after 9:30 pm, so you can see it's a big chunk of concentrated time.

I did also manage to write part of my next column for Ludington Daily News and double check some research for Vacation from DMS.

Miles hiked in 2024: 532.

See Christmas Arrives

3 comments:

Ann said...

Getting home at 9:30 for me would be a very late night.

The Oceanside Animals said...

Java Bean: "Ayyy, the School Forest? What do they teach there?"
Lulu: "Forestry, I'm guessing ..."

Sharkbytes said...

Ann- it was OK, but not a fav any more

Java and Lulu- They now teach elementary school there. :( The cut down a quarter of it and built a new elementary building about 3 years ago. Some of us aren't thrilled.