Just realized that today was Bob Dylan’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Robert!!! Thanks for so many great songs!
Went hiking with Ashwini at Ames open space in Old Lyme. After the heavy rain today, there were hundreds of newts out on the trail with many frogs and toads. Spotted about a dozen pink lady’s slippers.
It has become a tradition that around my birthday I go on a bike ride for the same number of miles as my age. This year’s ride was delayed by about 10 days due to various reasons. It was a warm day but quite windy. There was a strong headwind for the last 20 miles or so making it hard.
Tadej Pogacar has been phenomenal in this year’s Giro d’Italia. In yesterday’s monstrous stage, he added 3 more minutes to his already huge lead over Thomas and Martinez. With his main rivals Vingegaard and Roglic out due to injuries, Tadej was expected to win but he is just dominating the race. Looking forward to a very competitive and entertaining Tour de France in July.
Heard on the radio that it will be warm (~70F) this afternoon and I started dreaming about a bike ride but, then the weatherman said the pollen counts are very high. Maybe I’ll still go riding but, take allergy medication before heading out.
I was chatting with my daughter and we realized that we should express some serious gratitude to the Sun for creating two fantastic experiences within the last month that we will cherish and talk about for the rest of our lives. Although we were not together, it still felt really good to talk about the planning before and the joy of experiencing it after the events. It makes it sweeter for her because my son missed both the eclipse and the aurora. Sibling rivalry is still going strong. 😊
For people who are undecided about the US presidential election, life must be really really hard. If they can’t decide between a bowl of vanilla ice cream and a bowl of poop mixed with broken glass, I can’t imagine how much they are thinking and stressing about other not-so-clear-cut choices in life. I feel sorry for them.
TIL : Jehovah’s witnesses only celebrate the birthday of Jesus. Celebrating personal birthdays is against their beliefs and is considered blasphemous.
This huge sunspot 3664 on the right is causing the beautiful northern lights show which will probably be visible on Saturday night as well. 15 earths can fit in this sunspot complex.
This was the best birthday gift ever!!!
Thanks to the huge coronal mass ejections from the Sun, we could see northern lights from Connecticut. First time for me to see these. So beautiful!!!
I have been doing a 10 minute morning meditation for a few months. The instructors say a lot of things but, there is one that I found very appealing.
“Ask yourself - how are you and just observe the answer with no judgment or concern or need to change something”.
Never did that before without always thinking of a plan to act on it. I am really enjoying the meditations and feels like they bring clarity to my mind.
My 4 years old iPad still works perfectly for the things that I need it for. The new features are wasted on me…
better display –> why? my eyesight is getting weaker.
faster processor/better performance –> why? my reflexes are slowing down. can’t play games very well.
