Semester is done, grades are posted, and I can focus on trivial fun things. Like watching the Republican Party implode. Watching a bunch of egomaniacs start eating their own never gets old. Why would anyone watch “Night of the Living Dead” when you have the Republican primary process?
Finally get to do some outdoor activities too. Tomorrow Lise and I will be helping Barb do what has got to be one of the worst possible Christmas Bird Count areas possible. Barb, only doing this count for about 15 years, is still junior on the totem pole. So she gets to drive the trailer parks counting birds at feeders. And we get to help her. Still, better than sitting at a desk.
I might even be able to try out my biggish lens. Lise let me buy one a couple weeks ago. Not quite up there with the big boys, but getting there. We have been so busy I haven’t gotten to use it yet. If I get desperate I’ll start taking pictures of the lizard from across the room.


My biggish lens. Don’t worry, it’s mostly lens shade.