Relaxation

One of my mother's roses ('Gold Glow' is the cultivar).

I've now reached the part of my vacation where I've recovered energy and I'm enjoying poking at things instead of just reading and playing video games. I like this part of vacation. It gives me an opportunity to work on things that I normally don't have either time or energy to do when working full weeks.

Also accomplished: showing my mother some of the highlights of the Food Network, getting her hooked on the excellent Teaching Company linguistics course that I've been listening to, one bit of picture-taking around the neighborhood and front yard, and showing off all the pictures I've taken in the last four months.

Today, the plan is to do a few more software releases and maybe write some book reviews.