I'm helping coach SteelyKid's soccer practice tonight, but that's no problem for the photo-of-the-day blog, as I got that out of the way early:
Scene from this morning's walk with Emmy.
This is what it looks like when Emmy and I go for our morning stroll these days, a little after 6am. Which is sort of pretty, maybe, but it's a little depressing to realize it's not going to be substantially brighter than this until next March, give or take...
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My parents came up today to go out for dinner for my birthday/ father's day. On the way home, SteelyKid announced that she wanted to go to a playground. We explained that first we needed to go home and get Emmy, and then we would see about going to a playground.
The lunar new year on Janurary 29, 2006 marks the beginning of the Year of the Dog in the Chinese system. We are pleased to present New Year's Greetings from Her Majesty, Emmy, Queen of Niskayuna:
On this morning's walk, a woman stopped me and Emmy to say that she recognized us from a picture.
We lost the Queen of Niskayuna tonight. Emmy had been having some health issues for a while, and while we were in Florida this past weekend she wasn't eating for the pet-sitter. We tried yet another new version of the new diet food today, with only limited success.
Most of February should be at least this bright. That's because Daylight Savings Time makes sunrise an hour later than it otherwise would be.
According to Weather Underground, sunrise at my location was at 0656 EDT today. Sunrise times the week of the winter solstice are typically between 0710 and 0715 EST. I'm a few degrees of longitude east of you, so the times in Niskayuna are probably 15-20 minutes later than here.