It was a wonderful Father’s day which started with a soccer match. My right thigh remains very injured and I was very fortunate when our opponents elected to forfeit the match. The rain had rendered their home field in Needham almost unplayable. We decided to play a friendly match anyway and this allowed me almost 90 minutes of game time during which I only exerted myself at 50% capacity allowing me to get a cardio workout and to stay in shape for the play offs which begin next week. When I returned from the game, drenched to the bone, the family was waiting with a delicious pancake breakfast. Later in the day I added detailing stripes to the kayak in advance of the final varnish coat. It was a difficult Father’s Day for Jeanine, having just lost her dad, but she and Maya took some measure of comfort in unpacking some of the heirlooms that she had returned from Indiana with. Maya models the Easter helmet (bonnet) that Jeanine wore as a child.