While we were in Texas, the laughing gulls had time to go from their winter plumage to their spring plumage.
Computers
Weee’re baaack! Computer meltdown. Got a new one. In the meantime, we’ve moved from Arizona to Santa Fe, done a job there, and headed back up to the front-range. We’re parked at Dakota Ridge in Golden for a week. We have some medical and dental stuff to do, and it’s time for me to finish off last year’s company bookkeeping and maybe even do a tax return.
Numbers
I’ve been thinking about numbers. You might not think that unusual, what with me being an accountant, but it is. Usually, when I think about numbers, I’m thinking about what they represent, not the actual numbers themselves. Thinking about it now, though, I realize I have favorite numbers, and numbers that are clearly not in favor. I like even numbers. I like numbers to be divisible by two. If they’re divisible by five, even better. Divisible by both is the best. I discovered this while driving. The cruise control has a digital readout. I don’t have to look at it while I’m driving. I can leave the monitor set on another screen. But if I look at the readout, I find myself wanting it set on an even number, a whole number. I don’t want it set on 60.5, I want it set on 60. I’ll set it on 62, but not 61. Even numbers, or divisible by 5. Now that I recognize the trend, I notice it in other endeavors, like setting the digital thermostat. I’ll set it on 70 or 72, but no way I’ll set it on 71. I don’t know why these numbers matter, they just do.
Sierra vista
Judy has been having trouble the last five years, occasionally looking in the mirror and catching glimpses of her mother. She doesn’t really want to look in the mirror and see her mother. It just got worse. She looked in the mirror and saw her grandmother.
Sierra vista
The bottom fell out of our weather today. It has been so dry here in the desert, and windy the last couple days, I’ve been hoping for rain to clear things up. We got it, rainy and cold. We’re down to 46 degrees. The good news for us is, we’re still 50 degrees warmer than Becky is at her house in Erie, Colorado right now. Saw a new bird, the black chinned sparrow. Completely different from the black throated sparrow. Didn’t get a picture, so here is one from the internet.