Home from trip. Laundry in washer. Phone calls. Appointments. Routines. Cords. Cords? Straightening out and plugging cords back into their assigned outlets has taken days. This task now surpasses even sorting and washing the travel laundry as I dig into my shoulder bag and pull out the tangled mass of cords that keep my electronics humming.…
I learned something new while coming home from California. As I approached the security line at the airport, a man asked to see my boarding pass, as usual. He told me that I was a TSA-Pre and pointed me to a short line on the far left. I did not have to take off shoes…
On my last day in California we went to the Yolo Bypass Bird Sanctuary. Hit the jackpot! I saw 7 new birds for my life list and a number of others. The photos are not great that I took, but I included some of the clearest ones below. Short-eared owl Northern Harrier Black Phoebe White-Faced…
Books are Kindle Editions, unless marked as “Audible” or “Print” Books in red print are my top book in that category for 2014 Total Books Read 2014: 121 Fiction – 11 White Fang, Jack London (Audible) My Antonia, Willa Cather (Audible) The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather (Audible, last year I read in print)’…
Still sneezing and hacking all over the place, but getting out and enjoying the extraordinary days. Most recently, we drove down to the Santa Cruz area so I could get a “coast” fix. The day was a bit hazy but I managed to get a few pics. Young surfers and birds love the coast Ymmm…food…
Yesterday we drove up to Lincoln, CA (Sierra Foothills) to see another friend. We drove through the Sacramento River Delta and saw large numbers of ducks, hawks, gulls, herons, and egrets. I have not gotten any bird photos yet, but here are some shots of our friend Adele’s place out in the country. Today we…