I finished The Battle for God. I have a longish review of it to post if I can be arsed. Technically, this isn't weekend in review, but I previously finished The Iron Wall which is a history of Israel-Arab relations from the "new historian" perspective. Very well written and informative (and contrary to some perceptions, not "evil israel! good arabs!" but certainly it isn't  "good israel! evil arabs!" either.)

Also, LibraryThing roxx0rs or something. I'm so far mostly using it to keep track of books I want to read rather than I already have so don't be confused if you look at my library.

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Saturday, we did some errands and chores (I did the taxes). But more importantly, we went on a hike in Eaton Park. It was quite windy and it had rained that morning. Surprisingly, the trails weren't very muddy. The dogs loved it but I held us up with pictures. I took a bunch of flower pictures, but none really came out. The couple dog pics weren't that great, although here is one:

Bacchus, the new dog, is on the left. He's rescue but is pretty good now. He's maybe 3 years old and around 70 pounds at this point. Chullain is a little over 2 years old now and is about 80 pounds now. The vet says they aren't overweight so, they are just huge. But they are adorable. I have to get a picture of them in full play mode with the two of them several feet off the ground.

Continuing in Eaton Park, we just about walked all over this:

And then close to the end of the hike, another one:

Oh no! The slugs are going to conquer us!

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Then Sunday, of course, I was sick. I probably slept 18 hours off and on with some attempts at reading. Not clear why I was sick except that I couldn't stay awake and things hurt.

Oh well.