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24 Friday Jun 2022

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I am really enjoying a newer feature on the Merlin Bird ID app… it lets you record bird sounds and then, nearly instantly, tells you what bird you are hearing… I’ve used this free app regularly to help identify birds that stop by the garden to eat or drink…

this new option is great for times, a lot recently, when the birds aren’t coming to the feeders and you want to ID them…

in the last day, there’s been a house wren here, and this morning the house finch and chipping sparrow seem to be chatting, lol…

fun to know who’s around, even if you can’t spot them…

iNaturalist…

21 Saturday May 2022

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I watched a Ducks Unlimited webinar a few days ago on dragonflies and damselflies…

it was interesting and I learned some new things about them… I also learned more about iNaturalist, a free app that I have on the phone…

up until now, I’ve usually used Merlin to search out a species, whether birds or other creatures… going forward I will try to use iNaturalist to record what I find… and I will be what they call a citizen scientist, lol…

recorded this little flycatcher… first time I’ve seen one of them;-)…

warm…

27 Sunday Feb 2022

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following my learnings from the webinars I’ve been watching, I had a bit of fun taking some photos of me sitting and reading in the sunshine…

it is wonderful when the sun starts to feel warm when sitting in it…

these photos were taken with my Nikon on the tripod… it was fun to play with the lighting and timer, lol…

the sunlight is also coming back into the kitchen, and I took a few shots there using my iPhone…

as long as I don’t look outside and see all the snow I can celebrate that spring really is on its way…

webinars…

23 Wednesday Feb 2022

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gosh, I think my head might be hurting, lol…

I spent time watching three different webinars all on the same day…

the first was a chair yoga session… planning on doing these three days a week…

then I learned some interesting things regarding my website and ways to improve it…

and finally, information on using my iPhone to take better photos…

I enjoyed it all and in the end it was a good day, although my brain may have been slightly overworked, lol…

tracks

23 Sunday Jan 2022

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one of the things I enjoy after a snowfall is seeing the tracks that the bunnies, squirrels and birds make…

it is fairly obvious that one or more bunnies are living under the deck… they climb a snowbank and then head underneath… there is lots of space under there…

the squirrels have been running around on the deck… likely the red ones are chasing the other squirrels and birds away from their stash…

soon the bunnies will be able to eat directly from the front feeders because the snow is getting so high, lol…

it is wonderful to have such a great view of nature just by looking out the windows…

crew…

13 Thursday Jan 2022

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recently watched an interesting Cornell Lab webinar about chickadees and learned something about squirrels…

gray squirrels hide their food – one seed, peanut, or acorn – at a time, with each item in a different place… and they remember where each bit is…

red squirrels hide theirs in one spot…

now it makes more sense to me as to why they scare birds and other squirrels away from any of the feeders as they consider them to be their property, lol…

this little red guy was at it this morning, chasing away the crew of sparrows…

and a bit later, this gray one was sharing the deck happily with the sparrows;-)…

maybe the red one was having a nap, lol…

crossword…

01 Wednesday Sep 2021

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the cleaners were here today and while they were inside the house, I was in the garden on the back deck spending time with googly finding the answers to the Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers crossword that I received in an email mid-August;-)…

it was fun learning new facts about the various places where cacao grows…

steak…

05 Thursday Aug 2021

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today I learned that if you put the word supper in the title of an appointment in the Google calendar, this is what it shows…

but, if you put dinner in it, you get a cute little picture;-)…

clearly Google doesn’t know that supper and dinner mean the same thing to me, lol…

always enjoy learning new things, particularly concerning technology;-)…

tools…

14 Friday May 2021

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I was napping when the doorbell rang and I found three boxes on the doorstep… and a few days later, another box arrived…

they were from Irwin Tools and held a ton of excellent tools… levels, vice grips, knives, a measuring tape, a plane, straight lines, clamps and a ginormous hammer…

I won a contest on Instagram… how cool is that…

I will be sharing them with my grandson, son-in-law and maybe a few others, lol…

practice…

22 Thursday Apr 2021

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I had planned to barbecue steak and lobster for my birthday supper… unfortunately, it was cold and snowy, so I ordered in…

Monday the sun was shining so I went out at noon and barbecued both… even filled a bird feeder while I was waiting for the temperature to get to where I wanted it…

had half of both for my lunch and set the rest aside for a salad…

I am getting much better at barbecuing… clearly practice helps…