The crabapple is blooming, the lilacs are about to, the mallards are paired off, and everywhere birds are gathering nesting materials: crows, wrens, and robins alike. This morning I spotted a little brown wren in the big apple tree, and it turns out she's nesting in the bird house that Hal re-located into the side yard after the willow was taken ( Read more... )

So dinner was particularly nice today, and I was especially pleased with my experimental variant on the Asian-style dressed salad ( Read more... )

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After a week on the train I drove to work today -- errands to run this evening if I'm even remotely up to it -- and took the Secret Freeway (599 in this case, though 509 is also good) to Seattle to avoid the traffic on I-5. Somewhere in the vicinity of Boeing field I spotted a truly massive bird taking wing among the crows wheeling there. I've ( Read more... )

( Diverse minor adventures behind the Cut )