Father's Day

Sunday is Father's Day, and I'll be traveling to Longwood delivering Daughter to Girls' State, therefore not spending it with my father.

Middle and Baby Sis will take over the celebratory responsibilities in my absence.

Although his entire life has been riddled with not-so-minor health problems, he's always had the right attitude, which he declares is identical to Confucius's philosophical outlook:  "Don't worry about it."

Just yesterday he said a doctor told him his heart--which was defective from birth--is "perfect."

(Usually he's told he's almost perfect, so the promotion to perfect is reason enough for him to celebrate.)

Click here for a 2008 blog post bragging on my father.

He really is perfect.

Roadside Scenes

These were taken last week

from the road that winds its way from the Court House

to Haven Beach.

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The Chesapeake Bay Family's Father's Day celebration was fun and quirky even by our standards and a little unconventional. Cuz where's the fun in conventional?

An evening filled with good food and lots of laughs culminated with a family outing on the Gator (a contraption featured in yesterday's post).

We visited neighbors, picked a few blackberries, and all in all had a splendid time.

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How did you spend the day?

Father's Day

Saturday afternoon I returned from a six-mile run jog to find my parents frolicking in the front yard on the Gator. After a brief exchange, my mother asked if I'd read her latest blog post.  I hadn't.

Click here for her Father's Day tribute.

Click here for my 2008 tribute.

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have them both in my life.

Happy Father's Day.