Merry Christmas 2015

Christmas Day is always a bit hectic, but today things went reasonably well.  I took some relative down time from walking, but I covered the distance I need to finish pretty well on the month.  We went through the standard Christmas activities including gift exchanges as well as dinner. The dogs, cats, kids, and more dogs got into the mix.  There was singing, dancing, movie watching, gift opening, grilling, roasting. boiling, steaming, baking, mixing, serving, biking, and even walking.

One of the most interesting things that happened actually occurred yesterday.

Union Station lit up for Christmas

Google delivered this enhanced photo to my "inbox" yesterday, and it is the one I used today for my social media postings.  I actually took this photo on 08 Dec 2015, and apparently the enhancement was held by Google until Christmas Eve.  I think that kind of processing power is pretty remarkable, and the delivery of the photo just in time to add to the Christmas celebratory atmosphere is a nice touch.

The weather cooperated reasonably well during my afternoon walk which ended up being the 1000th activity recorded in my exercise application and the only deliberate activity that I recorded today.

Hospital Point Trail

The wind was down as evidenced by the calm water and the fog was laying in on top of the river.  You may be able to tell that the trail looks like it may have been visited by a large herd of vegan felines that have clearly been eating their daily dose of fiber.  These are actually the leavings of Canada geese. I've actually come to think of these creatures as cats with wings due to their relatively indiscriminate hygiene habits.  The geese have been remarkable in their absence, but over the last week or so they've been turning up in ever greater numbers.  Last winter, their arrival heralded the arrival of the cold, and it will be interesting to see if that construct remains in tact.

Fitch Bridge over College Creek

Although it is relatively monochrome, I really like the way this panorama turned out this afternoon. I indeed have a Merry Christmas and now that the chaos has subsided just a little bit, I'm looking forward to getting some quality rest (while still staying active) over the next several days.