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waitingmanA drive around our Northern Beaches area today... just to get out of the house after a few too many dark (& stormy) days lately, figuratively & physically... First to Barrenjoey Headland, a recently declared 'Dark Sky sanctuary, to see how difficult it would be to climb up to the lighthouse for night-sky photography. Well, it takes about 30 minutes in daylight, with either a lot of stairs, or a longer track with, of course, no lighting, so it would be a bit of an epic trek in the darkness, but we haven't ruled it out
Taken from West Head, looking down onto Barrenjoey Headland. You can see the lighthouse... & Palm Beach, not to mention the tide coming into Pittwater from the Pacific Ocean. Pittwater is really part of the Hawkesbury River delta, but was named after the then British Prime Minister by Governor Phillip, back in the 1780s. I tried to find an Aboriginal name for it just now on Google, but didn't see one. West Head is part of the Kuring-Gai National Park, which follows the Hawkesbury's banks westward & was named after one of the local Aboriginal tribes, so at least they've made a token effort...
On the way back home, we decided to stop in at a local flooring store - do I know how to show a girl a good time, or what?!? Actually, it was L-SP's idea & the plan was for me to keep my mouth shut about what I do for a living & see how the salesperson treated her. Pretty well, as it turned out... I thought he was pretty good, but their prices were even more expensive than I would charge a really difficult client - something I call the "Fuckwit Tax". On the plus side, we are now in closer agreement about what style &, more importantly, colour flooring we would like, so not a wasted trip. Now I know what samples to grab from work...
A quiet evening at home, just hanging out...
On the way back home, we decided to stop in at a local flooring store - do I know how to show a girl a good time, or what?!? Actually, it was L-SP's idea & the plan was for me to keep my mouth shut about what I do for a living & see how the salesperson treated her. Pretty well, as it turned out... I thought he was pretty good, but their prices were even more expensive than I would charge a really difficult client - something I call the "Fuckwit Tax". On the plus side, we are now in closer agreement about what style &, more importantly, colour flooring we would like, so not a wasted trip. Now I know what samples to grab from work...
A quiet evening at home, just hanging out...
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Date: 2020-08-11 02:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-08-13 03:48 am (UTC)I'm actually considering an early 0200 start with headlamp (conventional) if I hike Mt. Bierstadt this seaon, just to avoid the unmasked crowds that start out around daybreak.