Well we have lost one of the great minds of science. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking died yesterday. Time to go back and reread “A Brief History of Time” again. I’ve read it about four times now. One of those great books that you can always get something new from each reading.
We got out to do a little road birding on Tuesday, hoping to get a late Lapland longspur. Didn’t get any longspurs but thanks to Lise’s great spotting we did get our red-shouldered hawk for the year. And a crow munching on a deer carcass. Nature isn’t always pretty. One of those great circle of life things.
A crow munching on a deer carcass. Yummy.
So far this year I’m at 78 species for the year and Lise is at 81. Not a great count, but OK considering the amount of time we have gotten out. In a month or so spring migration will pick up and we should have the dragonflies popping out too. Always something good to look forward to. Like the Republicans losing a congressional seat in a district that tRump carried by 20 percentage points. It’s starting to look like tRump’s purpose in life is do something that nobody else on the planet could do. Unite the Democratic party. Now let’s see if the Democrats are smart enough to use this gift.
I finally knocked off a new wood shop project. Something I planned to have finished about a month ago. A set of cheese boards and a cheese board/serving tray. Made with maple and purple heart. I’m still on the woodworking learning curve, somewhere about the level of a good high schooler. But, getting better. And I still have all ten fingers.
Cheese boards..
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 