Dovira wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2024 8:29 am Today's weather: Thick mist. The sky changes colour from greyish blue to greyish white and back again.

Lovely. I just got back from a hike in the hills above the village my girlfriend is from, outside of Koblenz (lady and kid went to Cologne for a day to visit her sister). The village was covered in fog again today, maybe up to an elevation of 100m or so, then glorious blue sky. I hiked to the Roman tower in the hills to the north and watched the sun go down, before trekking back in the halflight. Nothing but gauze below to the horizon, covering the Rhine valley and beyond.

One of my morning duties at work is raising the flag. I put it at half-staff this morning to commemorate Jimmy Carter’s passing. It felt good to not commemorate slaughter or tragedy, but to honor human decency and a life well-lived.

Dave N. wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 7:45 am One of my morning duties at work is raising the flag. I put it at half-staff this morning to commemorate Jimmy Carter’s passing. It felt good to not commemorate slaughter or tragedy, but to honor human decency and a life well-lived.

Beauty