Nature
No spring flowers for St David’s Day?
No spring flowers opened in time for St David’s Day yesterday. But these two are getting ready:
We do still have some winter flowers in bloom:
Technology Upgrade
This just in from Chicago: Sandy obtained our new access security hardware online and facilities installed it today. We’re hoping bluebird testing will begin shortly.
Lonesome Pine
We have a number of Virginia Pines seemingly being crowded out by the predominantly oak competition.
Sun rose again today
Sunrise 25 January 2013
I know it’s a bit blurry. So was I.
Purple Finch
at the niger seed feeder
Thanks, Gareth, for the loan of the big lens. Wikipedia has an interesting note about this bird seed, sometimes misnamed thistle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizotia_abyssinica
House Lights Up
We replaced the incandescent icicles with LEDs (too many duds and half-lit strings), but miss the warm glow of the old kind and wish these weren’t so blue.
Hurricane Sandy
Sandy and I survived Sandy. Lost power from about 9pm to 6am, slept in the basement for fear of the house being blown away (or bashed by the nearest oak tree). Outside things are quite wet and a little battered . . .
. . . but doggone, I need to get out with the chain saw to fix the back fence before the next time the dogs need to go out.
Hurricane Sandy weather statistics from near Heflin Road, a couple of miles from our house:
Dilwyn was here!
October 19th we visited Mount Vernon (but did not take the river cruise), then walked the South Valley Trail in Prince William Forest.
Dilwyn tried to fit in, even wore his half-marathon shirt, but after breakfast had to leave us for a long drive to South Carolina. We went south too. Erin was in Fredericksburg for the annual alumnae game at the University of Mary Washington. She had a ball. They won.
