Wednesday miscellany
Testing the post-a-picture-by-phone process.
I spotted this magnificent creature as I dried my hair this morning. Never in my life have I desired a zoom lens as much as today. Neither my cell phone nor my actual camera could zoom in on him enough to show how pretty he is. He had a bright red head and shocking white streaks in his hulking vulture body. I feared for the TV aerial's structural integrity with that amount of bird perching and posing.
As much as I'd hoped our area would get walloped by the monster storm, I was not disappointed to wake to gentle, and non-freezing, rain this morning. There's still plenty of snow on the ground to make the world a wonderland while, at the same time, the roads are clear. Plus, there will be sun this afternoon.
Hubbyfink took the Highlander to the dealership this morning for an oil change and its 10,000 mile service. I thought I'd put a heinous amount of mileage on it, but I've had the truck for ten months as of this coming Friday so I'm running about average, I s'pose. It was weird driving the Prius to work. I know I've driven it since getting the Highlander, but it felt so small. It didn't help that Hubbyfink had pushed the seat way forward and the steering wheel down. I'm not that much shorter! (He keeps thinking I'm a little bitty short thing when I'm only three or four inches shorter than him! Silly 'fink.)
Speaking of little bitty, only four of us showed up to carthew's place for choir practice last night. It worked out pretty well, though, as we were able to drill "Jaquin Jacquet" by Clemens non Papa. What an adorable little tune! What a tongue-twister of lyrics! I think I'm the only one in the group who studied French in school. I provided some pronunciation guidance, but it's Middle French, I think, and the words are weird. Still, fun!
I spotted this magnificent creature as I dried my hair this morning. Never in my life have I desired a zoom lens as much as today. Neither my cell phone nor my actual camera could zoom in on him enough to show how pretty he is. He had a bright red head and shocking white streaks in his hulking vulture body. I feared for the TV aerial's structural integrity with that amount of bird perching and posing.
As much as I'd hoped our area would get walloped by the monster storm, I was not disappointed to wake to gentle, and non-freezing, rain this morning. There's still plenty of snow on the ground to make the world a wonderland while, at the same time, the roads are clear. Plus, there will be sun this afternoon.
Hubbyfink took the Highlander to the dealership this morning for an oil change and its 10,000 mile service. I thought I'd put a heinous amount of mileage on it, but I've had the truck for ten months as of this coming Friday so I'm running about average, I s'pose. It was weird driving the Prius to work. I know I've driven it since getting the Highlander, but it felt so small. It didn't help that Hubbyfink had pushed the seat way forward and the steering wheel down. I'm not that much shorter! (He keeps thinking I'm a little bitty short thing when I'm only three or four inches shorter than him! Silly 'fink.)
Speaking of little bitty, only four of us showed up to carthew's place for choir practice last night. It worked out pretty well, though, as we were able to drill "Jaquin Jacquet" by Clemens non Papa. What an adorable little tune! What a tongue-twister of lyrics! I think I'm the only one in the group who studied French in school. I provided some pronunciation guidance, but it's Middle French, I think, and the words are weird. Still, fun!