… along with good food and drink.
Although so much older than all other
patrons that they expect at any moment
to be asked to leave, Les UDs really
like the place.
UD leaves today for a vacation at the beach. Longtime readers know this almost always means Rehoboth, where over the years a passel of family and friends has also gathered.
Mr UD totally needs the break, his week in Warsaw having been way gratifying but exhausting.
Much to say about bizarre developments in academe, and I’ll say them from the beach. Ne quittez pas.
Just beyond our canal-side hotel room, the Rehoboth Beach Halloween parade gathers itself for an 11 AM start. Drummers practice.
Les UDs are here with a bunch of friends who met last night and unanimously agreed that the thing about the beach is that it puts you to sleep. So we’re having a little trouble pulling ourselves together for the long walk along the parade. We’ll get there.
Les UDs are on their way
to Rehoboth Beach,
for the Sea Witch Festival.
Of course UD will
blog from there.
After UD took this picture, a man
who was birding (we were at Cape
Henlopen State Park) came along and
suggested that we see if the
horseshoe crab was still alive.
He picked it up by its tail and showed
me its still-wriggling legs. Then he
gently placed it and its mollusks back
in the surf.
A woman in a white bikini stands on the edge of the Atlantic at the very end of October in Delaware. Take that, Miami.
Smell of booze among the observers profound. Everyone – except for Les UDs, natch – clutches a cup with ice.
Conversation next to me.
“Sit down, bud. I need to talk to you.”
“Yeah, what?”
“About your bein’ investigated.”
“Later, man.”
“No. What happened. Why are they after you.”
“Later.”
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Marijuana Dog.
… the Halloween Parade,
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Brilliantly sunny mild day, and a big
crowd turned out for the parade.
Les UDs adored it.
… where she will take photos of the Halloween dog parade and many other things.
Of course she will continue to blog.
V. hard to get the bird to pose.
A bit later, with container ship.