Not ready to throw the towel in just yet but I am more aware of my decisions as they relate not only to time but to the physical energy I have available. I can still get around ok but just am not motivated to do the physical work I once did.

Am currently finishing up an overhaul of my darkroom and soon to engage the 8×10 view camera again and am wondering if I’m nuts. A look at a few contact prints though makes it all ok.

So no Goldwing with a sidecar?

can’t blame you for wanting to ride and photograph, rather than get the tool box out. Never know how long the sun is going to shine

bob
A weekend photographer or Riding the Wet Coast

Steve, ask yourself how old you are in chronological years? Now if you were say twenty years less of said age, would your attitude be different? Perhaps with one big caveat. Your physical being would be more able to deal with correcting the winter related problems with the Vespa. As we age everything takes longer for us in a physical and I guess in a mental sense too. Your brain is twisted back and forth at work and when the weekend arrives you just often want to stop. Junior’s needs are not included. You could drive the Honda Fit and open the sunroof if you purchased with that option and wrench on the cold wet evenings as this current week promises. But when you come from work do you have a desire to work on the Vespa or relax with Kim and play with Junior?

See? The decision to stay inside where it is warm and comfy wasn’t that difficult. And some of those tasks can always be put off for another evening when it is warmer
and JUnior can be your watchdog.

I too understand. Was offered at the last week a lovely sidecar Goldwing combination for reasonable money. But then thought of the future mechanical problems and this and that and decided, nope, the Honda pick me up truck is far more preferable for me at this time in my life.

Maybe your slowdown and do things for you time of life as harrived???