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Here is the reason

I didn’t send out any pictures of the White-collared Seedeater:

This is the best picture I got! He’s there on the right.Judy pointed out this morning that this is our one-week anniversary in our new place. One week? That’s all? It already feels like we’ve always been here.We hosted a housewarming get-together this afternoon. Judy spent the morning putting together a ton of food; pinwheel wraps, sausage in sauce, 7 layer dip, hot artichoke dip and toasted focaccia bread, fruit dip, plus, of course, the usual salsa and guacamole. We got to show off the house. 75 degree calm sunny weather, so it was comfortable to be inside or out. All the food got eaten. Nice neighbors. Nice neighborhood. That was fun.And spring has sprung. Birds have been here the whole time, but suddenly the mockingbirds are singing every morning. We saw a scissor-tailed flycatcher yesterday.

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A good investment

We have tried for the White-collared Seedeater before with little luck. It has been on our mind for years; to get it when the opportunity presented itself. Today the opportunity and the bird presented themselves.

For the last week or so there have been a couple seedeaters seen reliably at San Ygnacio, upriver from here. We got up at 4:30 to be there by 8am. We ran into Joel, the guy who has been reporting it every day and he led us right to it. Three white-collared Seedeaters in all! A nice long look at them.

An early start. 250 miles. A little tired tonight. Life bird. It was a good time and energy investment.

We didn’t get a good picture of him. Here’s a Black-throated Sparrow instead:



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A few years ago

it would have been a big deal to buy a 32” Hi Def television. Now, this one was so inexpensive it’s just the one we bought to have something until we decide what we really want.


And what a difference five years makes! This picture is *so* much better than on the state-of-the art “HD ready” TV that came in our motorhome.

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Day 3

 Our television got delivered at eleven.  At noon the dish network guy put the satellite dish up on the roof.  Now we’re wired. Judy demonstrated that the broiler and smoke alarm both work.  Day 4 Judy mowed the yard.  Brother Tom and Kathy came for a nice afternoon visit.
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Our house

 Our house in Edinburg is a trailer.  It’s a single wide.  It looks like it could have been what you see going down the road in two pieces, but it came in one piece.  Still, it has a peaked roof and is sixteen feet wide, so it doesn’t feel narrow at all. After living in it for one day, I’m finding that things are a lot farther apart here than they are in the motorhome.  If I put my reading glasses down in the master bath then end up front in the office without them, it’s about a quarter mile walk back to get them! We got to explore all the mobile homes at the various trailer lots Dad worked at when we were kids.  I remember them being rather flimsy.  This doesn’t feel like that at all.  It is solid, and strapped to the ground.  It has six inch thick walls and a ton of insulation.  Cozy and warm or cool, as desired.  The heating/air conditioning is located outside instead of on the roof, so it’s a lot quieter than the motorhome. More cabinet space than the motorhome and a lot more floor.