Now that we’re making our plans to move into a house, I look around and notice how small the space is that we’ve been living in. How could that happen? How could we live in this space for 6 years, and I never noticed that it was small? Our entire house is the size of anyone else’s living room. The place we’re buying is four times the size of our coach with the slides pulled in. Twice as wide, twice as long. It never felt too small in the coach, and it still doesn’t. I marvel at how much space we have, but wow, it is not a very big house.
I’ve learned my lesson
Last time I got an injury, I waded in the surf afterward. As a result of that innocent act, I contracted a Vibrio Species bacterial infection that wanted to eat my leg. It turns out Vibrio, a member of the Cholera family, hangs out in the high salinity warm water of the Southern Gulf, waiting for some unfortunate human with a wound to walk in. That infection was difficult to beat back. We have nice wood folding tables we put up every night to eat dinner on, then fold up and put away again. That’s my job, opening up and putting away the tables. A few nights ago, I fumbled one and it fell and landed on my little toe. It didn’t hurt all that bad, but it peeled the skin back. It’s not a very big toe, but that sure looks like a lot of skin peeled back. I won’t be wearing shoes again right away, my foot won’t fit now. I’m not going in the hot tub or pool any time soon either, and I certainly won’t be going in the surf!
Great Backyard Bird Count
It starts this Friday and runs through Monday. Anyone can do it. Here is a good description of how and why: GBBC is an annual 4 day event that involves birders of all ages to count birds across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning birders to experts. The count is used to look at bird populations (declines, changes), migration times, bird diseases, differences in bird diversity in cities vs. suburban, rural, and natural areas. Participants count birds anywhere for as little or as long as they wish during the four day period. You tally the highest number of birds of each species seen together at any one time, and fill out an online checklist at the GBBC website (www.birdsource.org/gbbc). It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s citizen science. It’s part of a greater effort for the benefit of birds.
Saturday
Birding up-river with friends. Lots of birds. The coolest surprise of the day, an up close extended flyover by a Zone-tailed Hawk!
Second sighting ever. By far the best look ever.
I wonder why
We don’t accidently call Henry “Matt” nearly as often as we call Annie “Becky”.