Beauty before the storm

Today was a beautiful day with high clouds and light breezes. High of 67° and low of 52°. Occasionally, fish bone clouds would show up, which always seem to come before rain.

We spent the morning tidying up the garage. Prep-cooked for the week and chores in the afternoon. It's nice that it is cool enough to use the oven again. Word on the street is that we have a few days of rain starting tomorrow. It's wonderful that we are getting rain this late in the year. It's really good as we are only 86% of normal rainfall for this time of year

Oil companies are seeking protection from lawsuits. If they aren't doing anything wrong why do they need protection?

Good news:

24 hours for 6,500 volunteers to build 10,000 beds for kids

Oxford library cat is the un-official mascot

6:28 am – 7:49 pm, which is 13 hours and 20 minutes of daylight

The bird of the day is the Blue-winged Teal

Here is a poem for you.

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 19 species today

Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Western Gull
California Gull
Red-tailed Hawk
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
California Towhee