HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY SPRING EQUINOX
No spring here, and nobody's happy on my patch. The temp this morning was 17F; that's minus -8.3C. The "feels like" temp was 4F; that's minus -15.5C. The White Pelicans are still huddled on my two local lakes. They can't move on to Canada because it's even colder north of me.
The red-tailed hawks are very unhappy, because the Black Vultures have returned from migration. Even though R.T. Hawk and his mate chased them off last year, they decided to settle back here again. They must be a threat to the hawks' chicks because R.T. is NOT pleased. He ruffled his feathers and gave me a look like, "Well, do something!"
The red male Cardinal is not happy because the Chickadees are eating what's left of the weed tree seeds. The Cardinals are trying to build a nest above the window outside my enclosed porch, and the male has to stop and chase the Chickadees.
I am not at all happy because my internet for my computer is down, and all I have is my phone. I'm in a snit with my internet provider.
Well, it's now snowing, and I'm heading for bed. Everyone have a wonderful week.
AQ: Thanks for some good news re the Regent Honeyeater.!
Lindybird: That's a gorgeous beach.
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Hi All: More good news: Just got an e-mail from the city saying that Lake Los Carneros is full for the first time in a decade, thanks to all that rain. Here's a video from the local Audubon Society (a bit on the dark side) about the various birds at the preserve, which is a 10 minute walk from my house. It's lovely there.
Rusty: My OH has some fancy hearing aids, but he's not so handy with all the options....
Today’s bus outing. First a top-up shop – bread, eggs. Then to library, returned 4 books (3 read, 1 rubbish). A few weeks ago I requested a library book. It was overdue a week when I finally asked if I could have one of 14 copies at other libraries. Lass said I was not next in queue for this copy anyway and she put in another request & for good measure a Large Print copy. BUT she did not cancel the first.
Large Print ready to pick up Wed, other two Thurs. (So much for not being next in queue.). Today I collected & borrowed all 3 on "Hold" & inspected them. Large Print from Campbelltown, 448 pages, print size disconcerting. Hardcover from TTG, 328 pages. Paperback from this library, 328 pages, smallest print. So I kept hardcover copy (and borrowed 4 more).
Dawdled back to bus stop, ahead I saw a bus past through intersection & thought "Ah, J1 is on time." Continued to bus seat, but 5 mins later J1 - late. That means the other was mine but 15 mins late. I resign myself to a long wait. Yeay, J2 came on time!
Inquisitive me, checked later – one copy “available on shelf”, the other “being transferred between libraries”. The book? “Confessions of a Bookseller” by Shaun Bythell. Dau had given me his “Diary of...“ for a birthday some time ago.
AQ: I see that Diary of a Bookseller is/was a tv series, but I can't find anything about its actually having been made/shown. I like the look of both books, so thanks for the mention because I've just finished the last of the six books I got from the library. . I've just finished reading What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner by Dan Levitt. It's fascinating and the writing is engaging and has a dry humor, but I must confess that I couldn't get my head around some of the scientific bits (of which there were an increasing number as the book progressed). I've just started reading The Corfu Trilogy (if I remember the title correctly) - I got it at a charity shop; loved the TV Series The Durrells in Corfu.
Rusty Our bird are colorful though nowhere as flashy and exotic as AQ's. But the Western Bluebird is dramatically blue I must say.
Have a good Friday all.