Monday, June 16, 2025

Father's Day Weekend

My expensive, high-end monitor refused to work, but other than that, it was a good, Father's Day weekend. There was a trail walk with the bordering greenery almost engulfing the path in places.


There was a visit to the museum gardens where I took some close-ups of peonies while Sue photographed various compositions, both large and small. I will save my close-ups for another time.


The heron was in the pond and a family of Canada Geese, swam by all in a row as Sue was photographing the heron. Now, that is a great photobomb. 


Sha dropped by on Saturday afternoon with donuts, coffee and gifts, including the tee-shirt: The Man, the Myth,  the Legend. Somewhere, I have a mug with that same epithet from another Father's Day.


The grands came by on Sunday with more coffee.


Twas a lovely weekend, and the monitor will get sorted in due course. In the meantime, their father has loaned me a basic but serviceable monitor. It came fresh in a new, sealed box. Their dad is not in a real big hurry to get it back because he has 11 more at his place, so that takes some pressure off while I figure out the repair protocol and probably wait the interminable wait.

29 comments:

  1. That's too bad about the monitor...but the weekend does sound lovely otherwise...love abundant! Coffee abundant. What could be better? If you were a goose, you'd have those little guys swimming behind you! And thus the myth turns into legend!

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  2. I've never had a monitor go bad. I hope you maybe dive into what went wrong once you have it fixed.

    I don't drink coffee so I celebrated my day with sour cherry pie. It is the highlight of my late spring/early summer.

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    1. Perhaps not coincidentally, I came back from an errand and my computer monitor wouldn't work. I restarted the computer but it still wouldn't work. I finally pulled the plug on it and then turned on the computer and it started crunching through some sort of windows update and three reboots later, my monitor is working again.

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  3. Photo bomb, thank you, that word has been escaping me when I needed it. I had to figure workarounds.

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  4. 11 monitors! How many computers does he have???? I have never had a monitor go out, but I have had to replace keyboards. The print on the keys wears off!

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      But he works in the tech industry

      😊😇😎

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    2. Handy man to know!😃

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  5. The thought is the most important thing about your t-shirt.

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  6. Sounds like a great day for you.
    Love the heron and goose family pic.

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  7. A lovely Father's Day!, happy the recovery is going so smoothly.

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  8. Best photobomb EVER! I really love that photo. And so thrilled that you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend. You deserve it!

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  9. The goose was not going to let the heron own the photo! You had a nice couple of days, including the loan of a monitor.

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  10. Hi dear friend, I love all your photos and the reflections in your heron photo as well! So nice to see that you had a lovely Father's Day and the beautiful smiles say it all! Thank you so much for sharing.

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  11. What a lovely family! And that goose and its babies, wow!

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  12. How wonderful to see family! I can't get over...11 monitors?? How have you been feeling, John?

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  13. So what you're saying is...still the man, the myth, the legend, ha.

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  14. Oh, I smiled big at those cute ducklings. Hope they all make it. and thanks for the great other pictures.

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  15. Sounds like a truly lovely Father's Day weekend: filled with nature, family, thoughtful gifts, and just enough technical hiccup to keep things grounded

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  16. The heron and ducklings photo is priceless! Sorry about the monitor, bummer. Sounds like a good day all round except for that.

    My son Aaron is on his way to Montreal tomorrow for work. Wish I could go too.

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  17. That's an epic photo bomb!

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  18. Your family goes in for T shirts with messages.

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    1. But not Sue. No tees for that lady. I am getting back into message more now after going very plain for awhile.

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  19. Too bad about the monitor but the day looked wonderful. Great shot of the heron and geese!

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  20. Happy father's day!

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  21. Always good to celebrate - grandfather's day as well as father, hmm. I hope your park was bug free. We have a way to go up here, and I am photographing a vase full of peonys (peonies?) thank youi.
    Nice of the birds to pose.

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  22. Kay of Musings: I’m so glad you had such a happy Father’s Day, John. You are very well loved.

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  23. And I love the photo of the heron and goslings.

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