18 Oct 2023 Weds, sunny, 57 F, water = cold Today at the sea, it was sunny, unseasonably warmish, and the water was super clear and flat. A big contrast to the huge waves from a few days ago. I had arranged to meet some Swedish swimmers/dippers via the local FB page, but I got the instructions confused. When I arrived at the jetty, nobody was there, so I went ahead and walked to the other jetty, thinking that they had walked ahead since I was a wee bit late. Actually, I was exactly on time, but that’s sort of
Category: Floating
Lake Connection, Robots, Flowers, Vikings
Today at the sea the wind was whipping across the water, making it little furious waves that came at me too quickly. I was smart and swam with the wind, and I made it to the diving platform faster than I usually do. I swim to the ladder on that dock to remove the extra belt I was wearing. I stupidly thought that I could use one belt to extend the range of my swim buoy so it would float farther away from me. It didn’t work. Instead, my foot got tangled in the extra length, and I had to
We Share This Space With the Ducks
My job at the lake is to stop little boys from tormenting the ducks. They throw rocks at them, they chase them, and today a little boy was whacking the water with a huge stick. I didn’t know if he wasn’t able to hit them or was just trying to hit the water near them. Of course, no parents arounds. This kids is maybe 7? I say, “hey, don’t do that. you’re scaring them.” he said, “ok.” I said, “thank you.” WTF….why is Seattle so nancypants that nobody will stand up for the ducks? Today when I was swimming, there