My World of Wonders - aka The Wednesday Ws - It is September Already?

 

Where have I been? The VW shop, out to lunch on a Mia's at King and Union Streets, Amazon Fresh, Trader Joe's, the Library, the King Street Farmers Market, a couple of slow drives out to Mt Vernon and back - just because it is a beautiful drive. The treadmill, the indoor pool, a drive out to Great Falls National Park and back, the line to get in was over 1/2 a mile long, we came back home. 

What is my profound thought of the week? We need a favorite local drive, when I lived in Orlando, it was the back road from Oviedo to Winter Springs (Tuscawilla), in Lexington it was the road from Versailles to Frankfort, here it is the George Washington Parkway from Alexandria to Mt Vernon. Pretty and relaxing. 

Who deserves a slap this week? AI spambots. They post comments that write a quasi summary of the post, but what they are really doing is linking to their blogs packed with advertising. I mark them as spam and delete them. If they want to advertise on my blog, Adsense will be glad to sell them space.  Five out of Five slaps. 

Who have I talked to this week? Hmm, the week before was very social, this week has been kind of quiet. The father of a neighbor who was visiting for a few days, we talked about living here around the pool the other day. 

What am I watching on YouTube?

• Brian's Life In France is a delightful spin-off from Escape to Rural France.  He is a delightful Irish man, living and working in rural France who invites us along for the ride. 
• https://www.youtube.com/@Brianslifeinfrance 
• Chateau Poseidon is a new channel, two guys from British Columbia who have bought a massive chateau and are laboring away on restoring it and building a new life. A cute youngish couple. They post once a week. 
• https://www.youtube.com/@ChateauPoseidon
• Holly the Cafe Boat is back, after a long absence.  They have a second baby, and have sold both boats - I hope their transition to land based vlogging goes well. They are really talented content creators. 
• https://www.youtube.com/@HollyTheCafeBoat 
• Printmaking with Eugene, a small channel that talks about the joys and challenges of creating as a hobby. He posts about once a week, and the videos are short, less than 10 minutes. 
• https://www.youtube.com/@PrintmakingwithEugene 

What have I been up to in the kitchen?  A nice cheese spread, poached eggs, salmon, roasted veggies and chicken, and an apple tart. Potato salad, baked beans, a simple stuffed pasta with a veal and mushroom sauce, 

When is the next adventure? Other than next spring, nothing is planned. I imagine I will do something, I don't know what. 

What is new around the condo? The indoor pool started "winter" hours on Tuesday, being open many more hours.  The outdoor pool is open for a few more days, but the water has cooled the point that only the hardiest go in beyond their knees.