I hope the sunny weather of today and tomorrow is a portent of sunnier climes. The farmers really need to get into the fields so we can replenish our ethanol stocks! Also, our basements need to dry out.
Not much new to report since last time. We're expecting a visit from OfficeCat from AZ this week. It'll be good to see her again.
WonderMom has been busy power washing the deck so I can put some preservative on it. We got the yard cleaned up and the lawn mowed - finally. It's been busy.
The big excitement today was the spotting of a bird we've never seen in the wild before. We heard this tap-tap-tapping in our big shade tree. WonderMom spotted it first. I got the camera and took a bunch of photos:
It's a Pileated Woodpecker. Not particularly rare, but not normally found near inhabited areas, usually in the deep woods. Apparently they have been moving closer to civilization the past few years. Anyway, it was a real treat for us to watch it work. It's a pretty big bird, about the size of a crow. The photos aren't great because it was pretty high up in the tree and I had to blow them up a lot to get a good look at it. But at least I got her (I think) on the record (can't say "on film" anymore, can I).
