This and That

   First off--he's having a blast. His only negatives concern the food. Long waits in line, skimpy servings, too expensive. I told him it will get better once things settle down, when he learns the best times for eating, and when he figures out which cafeterias have the best meals. Then I told him that I read there's a pizza place that accepts the meal card....
  Rusty is doing a bit better. He may be thinking that with Walt gone, he's moved up a rank in the family. He went to Walmart with us, but didn't understand having to wait in the car. Yesterday, for the first time in a couple decades, Ken and I ate  in front of the television. We put Rusty's bowl in there, too, so we could all sit together. When I didn't feel like having lunch, Ken made hotdogs for himself and Rusty.
  It's dreary and drizzley here. My only goal for the day is to mop the kitchen floor. Then we might go poke around the antique stores. Too bad dogs aren't allowed.

Almost finished blooming

Pretty, but smells odd

Read the last sentence. Fresh foam? Yeah, right. Try "like living in a vat of chemicals".

Green, lumpy gravy--our favorite

Waiting for Dad at WalMart

The autumn sedum is just beginning to...yuck. I don't want to think about it.

  

The Following Two Days

.....were horrible. It seemed like time stood still. I cleaned, organized closets, and burned trash. I took Rusty for a dozen walks. I cried with Ken. I watched 3 hours of Supernanny--a very stupid show.

Just an empty nest now

We feel the same, Rusty

  Things are a bit better today. He texted us this morning to say he was walking to class in the rain. Mondays will be tough, as he'll be in class and lab for almost seven hours.
  ETA: He liked all his teachers. His calculus prof has a French accent. He doesn't like the food much. He lives in the dorm that's farthest from the academic buildings--it took him 15 minutes. His Biology class has about 100 kids in it. He promised that he wore his glasses. He was paired with a kid who did nothing during the lab, so W had to do it all. He promised not to eat only a chocolate pastry for lunch tomorrow.

Moving Day

Walking and talking to Rusty

 We survived. I didn't even cry when we left him, just teared up a bit. He seemed very happy.

I think I was singing to him here

Teeny-tiny

Do You Believe In Goats?

There's No Place Like Home

Slug Duplex?

  I'm guessing that this is a nest  for one of the speckled behemoth slugs in our yard; the rainbow bright slime trail hardened to a sheer plastic is too familiar. Of course, I poked a stick in it to see what the inner white walls were.  It seemed rubberish. I wonder if there are any sane animals that eat these gross things.

Taughannock State Park

Note the orange tipped leaves, it was 48 degrees yesterday morning

Doesn't it appear he's purposefully letting Rusty drink that dirty water?

Checking out the alien rock piles

33 feet taller than Niagara Falls

Perfect place for a bear's den

Signature sideburns

Tallest waterfall east of the Rockies

  We went to Taughannock park yesterday. It's on Cayuga lake, not far from Ithaca. I tried to imagine how beautiful it would have been(even tho it's still gorgeous today) when the Cayugas were there; it's only a mile hike from the lake to the waterfall. One of the signs there said that a group of Cayugas there were the only few that survived the massacre ordered by George Washington, and carried out by the murderous General Sullivan. I can't believe Elmira has a whole park dedicated to such a killer.
  Cayuga Lake was more peaceful than Seneca or Keuka, at least the side we were on. It didn't seem to have as many homes built right on the edge of it.

Glads Again