I left the big city and headed to the country for a few days of caretaking and R&R. Good conversations, beautiful views, fresh air, sunshine, and some serious slothing.
A few days in the country
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Daily Archives: October 23, 2025
Hofstra Family Weekend
I spent a few days with Miss E at Hofstra’s Family Weekend. We had lots of fun. Hofstra has such a beautiful campus, and fun mascots.
Hofstra has an Arboretum on campus with fun, unique trees and plants. They also have tons of statues on campus! I enjoyed exploring and seeing E’s favorite trees and statutes. <3
For all the lovely trees and greenery, Hofstra is actually in the suburbs, which also makes for some interesting photos.
Drought
We are in the middle of a drought. An extreme drought. Apparently it’s the driest August on record since 1895. It’s crazy because the rivers are soooo low, and some towns have water usage restrictions, but other towns do not. I learned it all depends on where towns get their water from. Apparently its different for each town. It’s also interesting crossing the bridge by Dartmouth each day and seeing the river nice and full (upstream of the dam) and ready for their crew teams.
When E was home a few weeks ago we took some pictures by the rivers (downstream from the dam!)
In the top photos you can see the footing (base? pylons? footers?) under the bridge, and river bed bottom. The bottom pictures are my sweetie doing her photography class homework. :)
Climate change sucks.