Who'd a thunk! It's February 2026 so the New Year has finally taken off, and running. We're been on the cool side in many places, and my prediction is, it'll be on the too warm side soon enough. Crazy times! Between the excesses in the political arena, the extremes of weather, and whatever else is going on, we just endure. And hope that better times come sooner than later.

In another 8 weeks or so, Marti and I plan to return to The Berkshires. It'll be too hot and humid in these parts - not unusual. Meanwhile - As the song says "I'll still stick around to see what happens next."

It's that time of year again! Love having so many holidays all around this time of the year - It's an opportunity to feel festive! Marti & I are not doing a whole lot, but we're enjoying it! Aside from the chaos of the times, 2025 was pretty good for us - Coulda been worse. Things seemingly got more and more complicated. Maybe it's just my age, but I don't think so. Everything seems like it used to be more simple for everyone. I'm remaining fairly simple myself, as best I can. And festive too!

Enjoy the season - As best you can

Yup. It 60 years ago, on Thanksgiving when a friend and I.... You know the rest. Well, maybe not all the rest, as it does tend to go on for about 20 minutes. The schedule (calendar) doesn't seem to be working at the moment, at least on my computer, but it's there (somewhere). The Wizard (Dave) will probably get around to fixing it one of these days. Meanwhile,I wanted to wish everyone reading this a great Thanksgiving Holiday.

Marti & I left New England just in time to beat the snow. We went further south, to our winter home in Sebastian, FL. Unfortunately the cold came with us. But, it's heading back north, and warming up here. All's well. I like seeing the blue skies and green trees, so this works out well. We're catching up with friends and neighbors, and generally okay.

So here were are! Fall 2025. Who'd a thunk. With the world in chaos as usual. we're looking at the last of the summer flowers, and anticipating the flowers that bloom around this time of year. The past couple of weeks have been more like the summers I remember... Beautiful days.

Here at arlo.net much has been fixed. Dave, has fixed the calendars - Restored is probably a better word. Either way we're grateful. Even though there's no new entries, it's great to have the past history - Even as we keep tweaking it.

I'm spending the time playing with cameras. Some old, some new. The best of 'em can be found on my Flickr.page. Who knows how long that'll last, but for now it works. https://www.flickr.com/photos/folkslinger/