and a wedding.

Late spring hinting at summer wherein on

Friday Ned from the GBBO turned up with friend Meghan and Rogue* in advance of their

weekend birders’ field trip and continued on to Parker to camp for the night as we settled

back in. In the morning I walked with Sumi as Cosmos had gone Mysteriously Lame

and then, just as the aforementioned birders arrived seeking Ned**, we took off

for our near neighbors’ annual Memorial Day Weekend pottery and painting sale

to overindulge in the food on offer and come away with just a few small things as shown

below…Late afternoon a group from Deep Hole we’d met at the X came by for a tour

and tale-telling [Below, the previously mentioned few small things;]

before we turned our minds to southern Italy where my nephew Tyler has gathered the rest of the family as well as many others for a most lavish wedding weekend at Masseria le Torri

in Puglia while we humbly toasted them all from afar with cava and caviar…

meanwhile…across a continent, an ocean and a sea;

05/25/2025…picture of bride, groom and paparazzi by WKM, Father of Groom.

*A heeler mystery mix from Winnemucca.

**While the majority emerged with binoculars poised to scan trees and skies one individual immediately stripped to the waist and began spraying the entirety of his upper body with all the fervor of  a War Boy from the Mad Max sagas…fortunately upwind of his chemical warfare we left soon after.