6/20

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no row

34 degrees at dawn.

need to mow anyway

and the wood of course.

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row red

wood

mow

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row red

yesterday eagle on rock, loons, geese, cormorants.

today nada. a duck maybe

wood
dentist
back doctor

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6/4 row red

6/5 rain

6/6 row red

osprey at eagles nest.

saw eagle 6/4, but not at nest.

fauna seems scarce.

did see snapper burying eggs.

back very tender.

long story re doc, but comes down to wait and see.

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row red

overcast, but thin enough that the water shimmers in the wake of the boat and the oar ionics are highlighted.

sharp twinges stretching after row.

single lonely loon.

six adults w about twenty very young goslings.

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row red

perfect weather if a slight breeze.

saw a bittern ?

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Bittern?

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bittern is a heron family bird. smaller. very private, sightings rare according to the book.

and it was a bittern.

row red.

geese and goslings, lots of them.

solitary loon call.

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got back yesterday from visit with granddaughter. Her parents too, but there is a price to everything.

today row red.

it is so beautiful

watched a heron glide in and land in the lily pads.

mow.

back relatively not bad.

foot not unbearable. (play on words there that i didn't intend, but i'll take it)

stretching is essential.

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row red

mowing and grounds work at 81

took the tools to CT and trimmed hedges, cut down a tree, and cleared over grown grounds w brush cutter.

i don't mind the work, but the son in law never should have let it get where it is.

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row red

very good conditions.

loons, but quiet.

poignant doing the spanish again after last october's trip.

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row red

moving from sphinx to cobra in back work.

foot and ankle range from ache-painful to neutral in the course of hours,

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ankle very sore, but nothing to do with rowing.

friend had surgery yesterday. survived.

she now has spinal fusion of her entire spine after multiple surgeries over 20 years.

degenerative disc disease.

[Smoke]

Wow. Sorry , hope it helps ease some pain but doesn’t sound like it helps for quality of life.

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row red

no call on friend, yet.