"Happy Thanksgiving"

On this my 56th thanksgiving day I am indeed thankful.

Thankful that....

Although my old bones may ache every day, they rarely all ache at the same time.

Although my mind may be cluttered at times, I still have many days of clarity.

Although I may be unemployed, I still have lots of work to do.

Although my siblings may all be idiots, none of them are effin idiots.

Although my children may all piss me off, they rarely all piss me off at once.

Although my wife may be a bitch, at least she's a smart bitch.

Although for some reason on this particular day, all those wonderful things are trumped by the best surprise gift I have ever received in my 56 years.  Maybe because we had such an excellent adventure today.

A day of...
chasing seagulls

of rocks you can write with

of a burger and fries at the cavern view cafe

and of windmills

He has decided to become a "windmill engineer".  It must be in his genes.  He already has an idea of how to keep them spinning without any wind.  I think he was also motivated by the idea of getting inside one of these and climbing the 80 metres (holy cow!) to the top.  The blades themselves are 77 metres in diameter and spin a maximum of 20 times per minute.  I did the math and the tip of the blade travels at almost 3oo kms/hr!!!  Standing underneath it and watching it come down at you is quite unnerving.

(run 7.3kms)

"Grampa, I had an awesome day"---Colby Andrew Rooyakkers

Love
Peter