Can you list the 6 states on the drive back from Florida? All on familiar Interstate 75 as the weather morphed from sunny to cloudy to cold to snow when we crossed the border. After those 1400 miles the driver got over-confident and tried going up the hill. Dumb. The poor car and the passenger spent the night off-kilter, worrying about how to get up or down without a skilift...
Luckily the next few days warmed up and the rain melted the snow and the car got safely horizontal. The mobs of turkeys reminded me to wish our American family, friends, and followers a belated Happy U.S. Thanksgiving.
Or is it an early Christmas? B-I-L Walt surprised me with a new Mustang! Well, it's a perfect rendition of the speedometer area of a (red) 1965. The speed is a thermometer, the oil pressure is a hygrometer, and the gas gauge is a clock. On the hour, a sound effect plays of a 289 V8 starting up and revving. This is an excellent excuse--- now I can go out and get the rest of the car. (Pat says --- "Again?") And this year the Christmas tree will be played by apple trees dressed up with red or yellow ornaments. If the leaves fall off, why doesn't the fruit?
But the major oddity of the week was the hordes of birds flitting and feeding. Woodpeckers crawled upside down like building inspectors --- both looking for bugs. Cardinals posed 2-by-2 like waiting to board Noah's Ark. Strangest of all was the arrival of a bird we have never seen here. The bright colours make it easy to spot in the bare trees, but it isn't spooked by people or other birds. It has been sitting in the feeder all week, eating more than its body weight every day.
All our research points to it being a Summer Tanager --- anyone got a better idea? It's far from its usual habitat, glowing and intriguing. But any kind of Summer is welcome around here!
Luckily the next few days warmed up and the rain melted the snow and the car got safely horizontal. The mobs of turkeys reminded me to wish our American family, friends, and followers a belated Happy U.S. Thanksgiving.
Or is it an early Christmas? B-I-L Walt surprised me with a new Mustang! Well, it's a perfect rendition of the speedometer area of a (red) 1965. The speed is a thermometer, the oil pressure is a hygrometer, and the gas gauge is a clock. On the hour, a sound effect plays of a 289 V8 starting up and revving. This is an excellent excuse--- now I can go out and get the rest of the car. (Pat says --- "Again?") And this year the Christmas tree will be played by apple trees dressed up with red or yellow ornaments. If the leaves fall off, why doesn't the fruit?
All our research points to it being a Summer Tanager --- anyone got a better idea? It's far from its usual habitat, glowing and intriguing. But any kind of Summer is welcome around here!
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