Progressives!

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Thank goodness it's Friday! Woo wee, work is busy. Today we went and got our new glasses, which are progressives. So far, so good except on the computer for me, but I can see fine on the computer without glasses. It is so nice to see the leaves on the trees in crystal clear relief. The walk over to Eye Gotcha is also lovely.

Finished the day straightening up after the wild week, made a nice dinner, caught a lovely, subtle sunset California style.

Pollen counts are high. Be prepared.

Good article about job training in the face of AI

Too much war and violence. This is awful for people, for architecture, for nature, for water, and for climate change.

I wish I could share smell over the blog
The bluest sky
Butterflies everywhere.
This tiny trooper was found on our 148 stairs we like to climb - growing in a crack. Amazing!
I love these tangly, messy gorgeous yards
Olive tree that stole my heart
Mystery
Almost a different city
Jupiter with the Gemini twins Castor and Pollux, not Anthony Senter and Joseph Testa, the notorious hitmen for the DeMeo crew in New York during the 1970s and 80s. They were known as the Gemini Twins because they were inseparable and operated out of the Gemini Lounge in Brooklyn, participating in numerous murders.

6:33 am – 6:08 pm, which is 11 hours and 35 minutes of daylight!

The bird of the day is the Glaucous-winged Gull

Here is a poem for you.

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 20 species today

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