It’s 2237h on 26 December, and outside, there are crickets singing. It’s also 63F, so I guess that’s not so crazy, but it’s weird to see the Christmas tree on my left, and hear crickets singing to my right! Recorded with my phone, so I had to amplify it a lot and the wind sounds […]
I’m actually writing this on Boxing Day (HAH!) because I spent Christmas Eve on the phone, first with R and then with Mar, and Christmas Day was spent with presents and setting up the outdoor IP camera that Parview got P for Christmas. I got it working, motion detection and all, and somehow (accidentally) managed […]
The tree we actually got last Sunday, and put it up right away, but it was nearly dark and I wasn’t finished the laundry, so we decorated it last night. P has always made a fresh cut with a hand saw, but this year, I had the Pwrincess of Power saw, so I did it. […]
I cheated this time; I called the grocery store closest to our house, and asked whether they would grind beef fat for me. The very nice gentleman did just that, which saved me time and trouble, and he also said he removed as much meat as possible, and put it through the grinder twice. I […]
I sat on the back patio, swathed in pyjamas and two polar fleece bathrobes, fuzzy socks, and gardening clogs with my coffee, my feet heater, binoculars, my P&S Canon, and anti-starling air rifle. Saw lots of birds, scared off a flock of 35-40 starlings, and got a few photos. Only so-so because of the distance, […]
There. Bad photo, but it was dark. Anyway, this is a trash panda/warshing bear, escaping up the tree after having eaten an entire block of suet, and all he (or they) could reach from the log feeders. Now, we’ll see how the fat bastards like mama’s special recipe for bird cookies. Lots of fatty goodness […]
It was crappy and cold, raining, and windy on Saturday, so I didn’t do much except a little coding for D&T’s menu, and I made one upside down suet block feeder. That’s basically it, except for sitting outside, all bundled up with my feet heater on, watching my birds at the feeders and pond, and […]
The last two roost hoces are up! P put his woodpecker hoce up himself. I put my last one up. Much easier with ladder wrangling help! We actually saw a little Carolina Wren, checking out each of the houses on the trees. I hope he found one he liked! I opened up Wren Manor, but […]
I typed this post once, but then I hit Select All > Paste instead of Select All > copy, and wiped out the whole damned thing, so here I am at my computer where I can type a whole lot faster. Only two more roost hoces left to put up; one of mine, and P’s […]
I got a few things done today. Still working on the laundry, but I did more important things! I didn’t take pictures of leaf blowing, or figuring out why the pond was losing water, but I did that stuff, too. Drilled a drainage hole in Wren Manor, stuffed in some crabapple shavings, and mounted it […]