Thursday, September 24, 2015

Sometimes you can get too far ahead of a trend

I was thinking about trends in things like real estate.  You want to be on the leading edge, but not so far out in front that the trend veers off and goes somewhere else after you've committed and it's too late to change.

This is an example of being too far ahead of the pack:


I sincerely doubt development will ever catch up with this project.  In fact, it'll likely be wiped out by the next high tide.

Or you could be too far behind, and miss the boat entirely.


My real question here is why this dock was built so high up to begin with.  The ground is where the ground is, you can see it in the picture, about a foot above the water level.  No clue how anyone ever got onto the dock in the first place.  Then it all sort of goes downhill.  This is actually at the river edge where Hartshorne Woods goes down to meet the Navasink. 

The other day Pablo and I took a walk on the paved sections of the trails in Hartshorne, he having exhibited a dislike of the unpaved trails.  I told him it was steep, and he nevertheless went down the hill enthusiastically. 

Going back up was another story.  Spurts and stops and starts and trotting and barely dragging along.  He's quite the actor.  And when we got home, he conked out for a couple of hours.  Not surprising.  That's my motto now, a tired dog is a good dog.  I know for sure if I can tire him out, I've gotten enough exercise.


Monday, September 7, 2015

As I was saying

It looks different every day.

Yesterday -



Today -



Saturday, September 5, 2015

What a difference a day makes

24 little hours....

That's I suppose the best thing I like about the beach and ocean.  It's different every day, and different every few hours, in fact.  This morning:


This was actually about an hour later than the picture I posted yesterday.  So 25 or so hours difference. 

Cooler today, nice breeze, a bit less humidity.  Wish it would stay like this, but no chance, by midweek it's supposed to be hitting 90 again.  Tired of summer, ready for fall.


Friday, September 4, 2015