Today In…

(photo courtesy of Vince)

Tree number one

Parker/Jones Tree, Parker Tree, Ross Tree

Self-timer — nice downhill shot

What do you think, Hill?  Enough to decorate?

BEWARE OF POWER TOOLS.

The hospital techs refer to this as a “hitchhiker splint”.  In our four hours in the ER Monday night when we heard this term bantered about we invisioned one of those metal finger braces wrapped in a simple bandage.  But no.  A bad cut and a broken thumb is considered quite serious and deserves the full-monty of a wrap.   And for those readers who haven’t heard of Uncle Durry’s wood-working accident, this is the result.  He was cutting some beautiful maple for a new end table, and a two-by-two piece of wood kicked back, and the force of it cut his thumb open, nicked a tendon and broke the bone.  Ouch.  We get to go see someone today to have it checked, so I can then get a good gory picture.         It’s always a small world out in Arcata.  Durry’s Physician’s Assistant, of course know’s the Parker’s.  I was making conversation with her while she was sewing up the thumb and we somehow started talking about Life Cycle.  And when I started mentioning names….Lynn, Vince Dave…….the first word out of her mouth was: Hillary.   Apparently, the P.A., Celine knows the Parker’s because she works with a mid-wife that was a neighbor on Lincoln Street.  Celine did ask if any of us drink Odwalla juice.

We’ve been back to Mr. Churro’s three times.  We read somewhere that these are the best — certainly better than the Costco version.   Lucky you….I am about at the end of the Parker/Jones trip to Chicago.  We’re about to board the Coast Starlight back up to Eugene.

Whispering to Durry in some magic, scientific booth.

This museum has changed a lot since we were all last there in 1982.  I’m remembering this as the main entrance.  Now we enter from below the whole complex.  Still no sign of Mon ChiChi.

Waiting for the bus, and looking a little tired. The museum is located in Hyde Park, which is also the location of the University of Chicago.  This is the neighborhood where Michelle, Barack, Sasha and Melia live.  We did NOT see Bill Ayers lurking around anywhere.

The media has staked out their area for coverage of the Obama Election Day “party”. To the right of the satellite trucks is Grant Park where the tents are set up, baracades are in place.  Grant Park is the location of the 1968 Democratic Convention disturbances.

A bit more of the Chicago skyline.  We’re on our way to the Field Natural History Museum.

“Sue” the T-Rex.  Her bones are all real, located in 1990 in South Dakota. 

On the bus going to the haircut appointment.

Look at those curls.  My apologies to Clay because the sun and camera makes his hair look rather salt and peppery.  His hair is still very brown.

Durry at the mouth of the Mad

It’s hard to believe, but Durry had never walked the Hammond Trail. We parked the car at Roger’s market on School Road, and walked north to the new section of the trail. We took the new detour through the Widow White Creek Interpretive section. You can’t see this really cool section by bike (it’s not allowed…but there are bike racks). Whoever is in charge of this trail did a great job.

The local cats always know where Durry will be (here at the ‘castles’ along the Hammond Trail).