I'm super excited about my hummingbird feeder being back out. But it has fighters, not cooperators, so there's maybe two on there at a time, with desperate aerial battles going on overhead. The SO was in the kennel (the feeder is hung on the kennel fence) today clearing the summer's brush from it, and they kept strafing him.

My first guest was a female Scott's oriole, so I put my makeshift oriole feeder back out, but if she's returned, I haven't seen her.

After going to the one-year memorial service for my former student who died hiking in Oklahoma, necessitating a three day search and recovery, I deeply appreciate the work CJ and his compatriots are doing.

ita ! how are you feeling today?

Weird. Dozey. All freaking day. I thought I'd have a whole weekend for a change, since I wasn't going into the ER, but apparently I'm not destined to be conscious on Sundays.

How are you?

I need a hummingbird feeder.

I think Loki would probably agree.

I highly recommend the design seen in that video. Expensive, but easy to use and easy to keep clean.

How are you?

The hangover is receding!

So ita and bon tied one on, eh?

The best place for a feeder would be by the kitchen window (safe from actual cats, but viewable and not likely to be disturbed by my using the deck.) But it isn't easily accessible. Ohh, maybe if I hang it from a long wire from a bracket I can reach from the kitchen roof.... I could get a bracket to stick out far enough that it wouldn't bash into the window in storms (more of which are approaching...)

I need to start on another project on the house.

How did you do this? Netflix streaming has only one?

True. But I also got 2 dvds from Netflix, one of which has the episode with director's commentary. So that's about 320 minutes of Don/Timmy goodness.

I will need to send my DVD's back so I can get Donald Strachey mysteries... hmm...

Thanks for the kind words and support regarding CJ's ARP efforts. I know the worries I get when he is out on a search are NOTHING compared to the worries related to someone who is actually missing.

Good luck Maria!

I'm trying to write two things at once: The Chevy Story (in case i need to take to Twitter and link to my troubles) and the Rock Story, for my next book. One is hilarious, and the other is First World Tragedy. I'm mixing up the voices. I need to concentrate on one thing at a time.

Also, I highly recommend Maria for getting an awesome job in which she is paid millions.

I am baking a cake. I may not have a clean house, but I sure have baked goods.

I need to find a way to exchange baked goods for house cleaning.