Autumn at Stricker Pond and on Campus

 

Today before work Travalon took a walk around Stricker Pond, and he sent me some photos:

He also sent me a photo of a pair of sandhill cranes at Governor Nelson State Park.

And this is his version of the same view on Governor's Island that I posted yesterday.

Meanwhile, I worked on campus and took two walks with Seabird, during our morning break and again on our lunch break. I took more photos of the trees there, and these pink daisies in the Allen Centennial Garden.

Here is the oak outside our department library window again.

And the maples.

After work I caught the bus to the music club for the Wednesday singalong. I always forget how crowded public buses are after being spoiled with the private buses for our park and ride. We did plenty of songs I didn't know at the singalong, but we also did "Dire Wolf" by the Grateful Dead and "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel and others I cannot think of now. The people there are so friendly! Travalon came and picked me up, and then I wasn't feeling very well and took a nap when we got home. I never ate a real dinner, just some berries, but now I'm feeling better and might try having some real food. To top it all off, I got a spasm in my side... the other side, not the one where I pulled a muscle so hard from vomiting that there's an actual bruise, and it hurts to cough and sneeze. I am not sure why people want to be on these weight loss drugs so badly; I am miserable, but I'm losing a pound a week, so the doctor thinks the side effects are worth it. Maybe if it makes me lose thirty pounds, then I'll think it was worth it. So far I've lost ten, and nobody notices... not even me. 

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