The weather at the lake was kind of glorious. It was warm, but rainy. There was a kind of glow in the air and a stormy closeness. Hardly anyone else was at their cabins, which is nice. We’ll be back in September where once again the crowds tend to be missing.
Father’s Day 2013. This year I missed my father acutely, so it did me good to see many of my friends loving up on the daddies in their lives. Ralph got a few lovely gifts from the kids and I, then spent the day on the road with his oldest off to see a MLP movie.
As soon as we got back from our Mason Lake trip, I mean only a few minutes after we unpacked, the kids and I ran out to Ocean City to see the beached fin whale. I figure you might not want to be surprised here by corpsey pictures, but I have a few on Flickr. We ended up walking a few miles to get to and from the whale, and I also ended up hijacking a fellow in his big truck – so the kids, dog and I could pile in and get a ride. It was quite a sojourn but it was a massive, amazing specimen. Oh BY THE WAY my dog ate lots of that whale. And this whale was not fresh. The blubber pieces were reddish black. This is why we can’t have nice things.
We got back from our trip and I was balls-tired for many reasons, including a few miles’ walk on sand after a long day cleaning and driving. Ralph had cooked up this vegetarian feast of grilled vegetables – asparagus, red cabbage, and brussel sprouts – on a bed of basmati rice and drizzled with chile dressing. The kids were unimpressed, but it was very dear to me.
I’m absolutely avoiding the dead whale photos. I lived in Hawaii for a few years and I’ve already had the vomitous reaction, thank you very much. But the piece about your dog (gag!) followed with “this is why we can’t have nice things,” just made me spit my tea out. Haha. Your are freaking hilarious. OMG.
And PS – everytime I try and subscribe to your blog by email, “it” (the nebulous whoever) says that the feed can’t be found. Is that a my-side thing?
@Bex
I worried the dog would be ill but he seems to have had no ill effects. He is ridiculous.
I don’t know what the tech problem is – I’ll look into it and hopefully fix it. Thank you for the heads up!