Scratch Your Itch

From the video trail camera there was this.

Sometimes you gotta scratch that itch.

Or maybe look for a snack....

Friday Music

As long as we're on a David Byrne kick there is this chorale rendition of Heroes written by David Bowie and Brian Eno.  

Choir! Choir! Choir! and a TON of singers accompanied David in the Ford Foundation lobby of the Public Theater during the Under The Radar Song Festival.

Aurora Alert

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona.

As a consequence of a strong geomagnetic storm that occurred on Tuesday, this evening is a terrific opportunity to view the aurora borealis - the northern lights - in Canada and northern United States.

Especially north of the green line on the map.  Heck you might even see this in Alabama!

Fingers-crossed for clear skies.

Living and Dead

From our walk today there was both living and dead.

An aspen tree  shimmering in the breeze as it begins to assume its golden autumn foliage.

And a stately snag of an old dead elm.

Woodpeckers holes everywhere!

Standing dead trees, snags, are crucial to wildlife because they provide essential habitat for a wide variety of animals providing nesting sites, shelter and food sources.  Particularly, for cavity-nesting birds, mammals and insects.  Snags are a vital component of a healthy ecosystem.

Scatological Humor

If you have a septic system which has to be serviced at three year intervals you can appreciate this.  It seems that in the septic sucking world most haulers strive to add some humor to their turd tankers. 

Wisdom To Live By

 

 

Not much to say about this...

 

Out With The Old - In With The New

2024 has been the year of new stuff.

It started with a plan to replace appliances.  Beginning with a botched installation of a replacement dishwasher the water damage has been mitigated, hardwood floor repaired and refinished in its entirety and dishwasher replaced.  Home Depot is on the hook for a $30,000 subrogation with our insurer and washer, dryer, fridge and range are all new.  The microwave manifested glitchiness last week and left today for a local electronics recycling event.  Planned obsolescence reared its ugly head and was manifest.

The porch deck has been refinished.  The first and most of the second floor repainted and the hot water heater replaced.

Out with the old.  In with the new...