Margie was guest-lecturing a class over at Red Rocks Community College (the importance of statistics to medical folks). The timeframe conflicted with a bunch of IT Honchos visiting the office, so I couldn’t afford just to work from home. So at 9:30 a.m., Margie dropped off Kitten with me and drove off, leaving me to walk around the Denver West complex for a few hours with her.<\/p>\n
It’s really a pretty business complex. The buildings are spread far apart. There are lawns, lakes, waterfalls, lots of trees. Almost bucolic. <\/p>\n
Lots of geese around. Denver is a cross-over area. Geese from the north come down here for the winter. Other geese that winter further south come back here during the summer. But we get more of the former. Sure, they leave goose shit everywhere. But they’re still fun to see waddling around, and it’s really neat seeing them swoop in for landing, honking all the way, on the lakes.<\/p>\n
“Duck! Duck! Duck!” quoth Katherine.<\/p>\n
We found a little park next to the northeast corner of the complex. Katherine climbed up onto the high slide — and slid down with me. She enjoyed the merry-go-round (especially when Daddy ran to intercept her no matter which direction she ran on it). The sandy gravel was a particular favorite.<\/p>\n
Swings are still on the no-go list.<\/p>\n
I had to drag her away, kicking and screaming.<\/p>\n
She recovered, as we continued on our way. We strolled hither and thither, enjoying the geese, enjoying the fresh air, enjoying the capital improvements DW Management has been doing since they were unable to sell the place. The latter improvements include some bronze statuary which Katherine found particularly fascinating.<\/p>\n
We continued along our way, Daddy singing silly songs which do not bear repetition here.<\/p>\n
As it turnedout, Margie’s class was a two hour one, not a one hour one, so it was a little bit longer time with Squiggy than I’d expected. But, y’know, it was good <\/i>time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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