The downside and the upside...
I managed to reinjure my ankle at work (thanks to some incredibly bad staffing by a relatively new charge nurse) and spent the next week and a half in bed. I mean, no internet, reading books in bed. The middle of last week I finally drug myself to work, but have rested otherwise.
That's the downside of this tendonitis. Here's the upside:
Since I can't go out and birdwatch, I have been carefully observing birds on the way home from work in the mornings. On one of those drives, I spotted a huge nest on the electrical scaffolding beside the railroad tracks. Paul and I went to investigate the nest this past weekend. We finally found the lengendary Bellaire Quaker Parakeets. Quakers, known also as Monk Parakeets, are native to South America, but are quite numerous here in the US. Some states have made owning them illegal, because of the threat to crops that they represent. However, they are legal here in Texas and I have friends who own them...they are cute, funny birds. So, here's a photo of one by it's nest.
