I remember this day fondly. My pup is pushing age 15 so long walks are out of the question, but...

[LuckyCharms]

This was some years ago. I remembered we walked about 4 miles, and then sat on a swing by the river for 2 hours. He was content...just swinging and watching the river flow. I was content too.

Pics:

[Walleye]

1. Great memories, Nice shots, what a handsome fellow.

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. What a gorgeous dog you have

[livetohike]

3. Such a great memory. Thanks for posting these

peaceful pics, especially of your beautiful boy. My two pups just turned nine. Still hiking. We’re growing old together 🙂.

[Botany]

4. And on that day walking your dog, then enjoying each other's company, as you were looking @ the river .

…. you 2 were the richest animals on the planet.

Where was that fall picture taken?

[LuckyCharms]

5. Taken in upstate NY...

[Botany]

6. Boy it looked like Southern Ohio or West Va.

What is the river.

[LuckyCharms]

7. The Susquehanna river.

[Botany]

8. That is a big river. I have seen it in PA but not N.Y. State.

[jfz9580m]

17. There is a cool professor at the U of Susquehanna

Kenneth Brakke..he was kind enough to help me with some programming circa 2014-2015.
Seems so long back.

He is intimidatingly bright since apparently he translates Plato’s works into english in addition to programming Surface Evolver, though the version of his page I see seems vandalized?

Hi DUers, can you tell me if you see this?
https://kenbrakke.com/
There is no way Prof Brakke would type it as Plateau rather than Plato.

There is even this site that I saw recently which I cannot log onto: en.democraticunderground or something.
My version of Wikipedia and the web is fucked up.

[Ohiya]

23. Joseph Plateau's book was written in 1873,

Plato lived in the 4th century BC

[jfz9580m]

24. Phew

I glanced at it briefly and assumed it was a reference to Plato’s Republic. I have never heard of Plateau.
That would be scary if Prof Brakke’s page was vandalized.
A few years ago a page on a site that had a fascinating piece on this crackpot Nick Land in umelec (?) magazine was vandalized.

And this idiotic guy -a true candidate for the Darwin Awards like many I have met over the years - had posted a picture of himself grinning into a mirror. Probably a hacker thing.

What kind of idiot puts himself on display when doing something stupid beats me. The Jan 6 guys did it. My street is filled with the Indian version of those guys. They will learn the hard way now.

This isn’t the US.

Most of us are so worried about seeming stupid we choose to avoid the limelight, correctly thinking that almost no human ever deserves the limelight, least of all those who seek it. Actual, respectable artists like Christian Bale see fame as a torturous and profession-killing part of being an artist.

I never bought that stuff “Do not be afraid to be stupid!”. Please feel free to bring back shame over making a virtue of putting your bowel movements, bodily fluids etc on display. I don’t trust people who like attention. A quiet gated but grassroots community like DU is another matter. Even if something is on the web, humans understand the difference intuitively is my hope. What else can push back the Idiocracy?

My attention is complete shit by now and I am worried based on several very real problems. I was worried I would seem like a fellow traveller with “targeted individuals” or falsely labelled neurotic for pointing out an ott failure of regulation on a staggering scale, whose sheer magnitude makes it unviable.

[InstantGratification]

10. My thoughts exactly

I could tell that the river was smaller than the Ohio, but the rolling hills and fall foliage are very close to what I get to enjoy. River water is in my veins, when I retired from the AF, I came back to my tiny little river village because it is just too much a part of me. It makes me smile that others get to enjoy that kind of experience.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Gorgeous dog, lovely scenery.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. What a wonderful memory. Just enjoying each other's company.

Your dog is so precious. Please give him a big hug for me.

[EuterpeThelo]

12. He is beautiful!

And the view! That reminds me of Walden Pond.

[BaronChocula]

13. DU has two Sheltie Lovers

[jfz9580m]

14. What a pretty place

She (or he) is pretty..what kind of dog is that? That is a lot of hair..I have a cat with a tonne of hair..I have wondered how she manages to stay cool in the blistering heat here..

[LuckyCharms]

15. He's a Sheltie (Shetland Sheepdog)

[LoisB]

16. That is a gorgeous dog. The photographs are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[Sogo]

18. What a sweetheart!

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. This is one beautiful post, my dear LuckyCharms! Thank you.

Your pup is gorgeous and the scenery is amazing.

[FoxNewsSucks]

20. He's such a handsome doggie!

My border collie is also 15. I got her from a shelter over twelve years ago. I always took her with me to run every day, and to walk a mile after dinner. She still wants to go everywhere with me and my 2-yo mutt, so for the last couple years, the morning "run" has been very slow as she can't really do more than walk.

But she seems to feel better when I keep her moving, than if she just lays around doing nothing.

Dogs are great, it's so hard to see them decline.

[LuckyCharms]

21. Border Collies are wonderful dogs.

For years, we were part of a transport team that rescued border collies.

Some were even transported from Hurricane Katrina to northern states.

Each driver would drive maybe 100 miles or so to hand the dogs off to another transporter on the transport team, until the dogs finally reached their destination.

We did this for about 10 years or so.

[1WorldHope]

22. Those are fantastic photos.

More fantastic that you lived it. Your sweet dog on a very nice swing is a perfect day dream.