Today I'm devouring this book from the WSU Terrell Library. Its Author, Gregory A. Pasco was a colleague of mine and my Supervisor for a time during my tenure in Rapid City. It is a good read for a textbook, and one I couldn't seem to put down until done. Well done, Greg!
Upon my return from the photo and exploration trip down the Snake River to Clarkston, Wa and Lewiston Idaho, when I attempted to fire-up my MacBook Pro, it was dead! So, I scheduled a time with an "Apple Genius" at the Spokane Apple Store, for ASAP. Today is just that, in Apple parlance, ASAP. I've left off the MacBook with the dead "mother board" and now I'm exploring Spokane a bit. One of my favorite places to explore are map stores. This is Spokane's. I scored a Whitman County Road map/atlas on this stop.
Dan, from Spokane instructing the "Bulk Distribution" American Red Cross Class that I'm attending. Rich and Brenda are attending it with me. This adds to my capabilities should I be called out on an American Red Cross Disaster Response, nationally. It was a good, and informative class.
Ok, getting a lot better with this "pet peeve" crap! So at various places around campus there are newspaper bins offering up the current day's edition of the Spokane Review, New York Times, and the U.S.A. Today. So Diane either grabs some (she loves working the crosswords) on her way back from class, or I wonder up the hill a bit, fetch some, and come back to absorb their contents. Today, we're having breakfast, along with our "paper-hour'. Credit goes to Diane for this photo of me sitting in our "dining room"
One of the "pet peeves" I've developed while living on the campus of Washington State University, and visiting its Library is the lack of "morning" news! The Terrell Library on campus is oblivious to the concept "morning paper"! Some days they don't even get out the current day's editions, and never before 1 pm. So I walk down to the Pullman Public Library; the Neill Library, which does put out morning papers, and read the Wall Street Journal and other local papers. It's a nice walk, just at a mile, and a nice, quiet, yet busy Library. This is the view from my "reading station"!
One of the things I've enjoyed in retirement, whether here, in the mountains or back in the Caribbean has been feeding the birds. This, not being a "bird" has become very accustomed to the feeding routine. Once started with this "mommy" squirrel, I didn't want to stop until it hibernates. She does have little ones. She's fun to have around, almost tame, but still very much wild and cautious.
At my desk today, working on this blog, my photos and some stories. It is a rainy, well more like drizzly day, and cool here in the Palouse. Not a good day to be out with the camera exploring. I can listen to the rain, and hear the tweeties out my open window, so this is a very pleasant place to spend time. Diane is home today, studying, so that makes it extra special to be here, today, with her.
Attending American Red Cross sponsored Adult & Child CPR/AED, with First Aid course. I've attended dozens of these over the years, even have been certified as an instructor for these courses in the past. Today, a refreshing and very well run refresher course for me. I'm a Disaster Action Team and Shelter volunteer with the American Red Cross.
Over at the local Chevy dealership, Chapman & Taylor getting the oil changed on our '08 Silverado, 82,000 miles. First oil change since we've taken up residence in the Palouse. I walked around the lot, aka Adult Toyland while the shop worked the pickup over. Interesting time here. The waiting room, like all waiting rooms had a blaring television. One other person was in the room, waiting as was I. She did not seem interested in our noisy companion so I asked "Do you mind if I shut that thing off?" "No, not a problem with me" she replied. Then, remarkable as it seems the two of us sat there, had a conversation! Seems almost unreal in this day and age. Two total strangers.
A photo site I belong to has a weekly challenge. This week it is "Back to School" so, it was my intention to head down to the center of campus, let inspiration take over and shoot something for the challenge. Mother Nature stepped in, down came a deluge, so I ducked into the doorway to one of the classroom buildings, and peered out, this is my view! Whew!
The aquatics part of the Washington State University Student Recreation Center. Today at noon I was in the pool finishing up a lap swim exercise session. I'm up to 35 minutes now, on my way to an hour. I hope to make it to an hour of continuous swimming by the Christmas holiday.
On the pedestrian bridge, on the campus of Washington State University. Headed back to our abode from the medical center, where I just obtained my seasonal Flu Shot. I've been getting these for the past 25 years. The only year I missed, wouldn't you know it, caught the flu!
My day for errands. This is a stop along the road between Pullman and Moscow. Pulled off at this location for the noon shot. There is a very nice bike path (Bill Chapman Palouse Trail) between these two cities, which we've never been on! I guess this was formerly a grain terminal, it sits vacant now.
Back in "the Palouse" at our on-campus abode. The tweeties arrived in our absence. They had totally emptied this feeder, for the very first time. I love feeding the birds, and even more, I love capturing them photographically, in mid-flight. This is all the start of that process, I have to attract them, to be able to calm them to my presence, so I can capture them with the camera.
Today, we let Jessie cook us brunch at the Alma Coffee House. We enjoy visiting this eclectic establishment, in America's (USA anyway) highest incorporated city at el. 10,578 feet. It was a breakfast bagel for me, and a spicy Burrito for Diane. Excellent coffee, too, by the way
We are closing up our mountain cabin for the next four years. Most likely we will be putting it up for sale within a year or so. Today, I'm putting "Tek-paper" over the NW and South facing windows and doors, as added insulation against our frigid winds. The cabin sits at el. 10,000' and it is not at all uncommon to have winds exceeding 70 mph, sucking its way through Breakneck Pass which is just above us.
Half-way up the mountain from Denver. We stopped by the Conifer, Co. Safeway store to pick up some groceries for a couple days back at the Cabin. The views all the way up are simply spectacular, and this is a very typical sky, all the while we lived in Colorado's high country 
Today we are in Brighton, Colorado. Arrived in Denver after midnight, had an early morning pre-op over at the CU Medical Center for Diane's surgery. Removal of the Vitrial Oil put in her eye several weeks ago to repair the third detached Retina in her right eye. Exhausted, we are back at the Hampton Inn for a siesta!
