The rain

The rain has come to play! Eight of the next ten days are expected to have rain. It's very exciting, and the air quality is wonderful. Currently 22 AQI. So far this year, we have had 12.61 inches of rain (July to Feb 15), which is 83% of normal.

Today we did a few errands and went on some rainy walks. There were glimmers of blue sky now and then. Got started on our taxes, but need to wait for some 1099s from slow, large institutions. It's a long weekend, so it felt less stressful to get everything done. It was chilly today, and walking felt like the only way to get warm.

Here is a fun story of DIYers working with renewable power.

Also positive: Red Hat movement is forming.

6:59 am – 5:48 pm, which is 10 hours and 50 minutes of daylight.

The bird of the day: Ringed Kingfisher

Here is a poem for you.

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 23 species today

Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Western Gull
California Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler