Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve! Today was a short day for me, although I was super productive while at work (I've read that six-hour days make for more productive workers if you pay them for full-time - Kellogg did this during the Great Depression).

After work, it was family time, and we enjoyed delicious take-out Chinese food, making for a fun night despite the dark, rainy, and windy conditions.

We've had about half an inch in the last 24 hours. Heavier rain is expected overnight. Crossing my fingers for all the trees being battered about. It was quite windy driving over the bridge, although the electric Fiat handled better in the wind, probably because it's so much heavier.

Here is a lovely newsletter from Crixa (the closed amazing bakery in Berkeley) about Budapest.

The exquisite tiny cones of the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).

Downtown SF was hoppin' with pedestrians and cars as the festivities are upon us.

Here is a story about how NORAD has been tracking Santa for 70 years!

Here is a poem for you.

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 25 species today

Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Western Gull
California Gull
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-masked Parakeet
Black Phoebe
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bewick's Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Yellow-rumped Warbler