Taking pictures

It was hot today inside and outside the the office it was 80°. Tomorrow in Oakland they are expecting 86°. It's summer I guess, and it's an El Niño year. Fingers crossed we don't have a bad fire year. Here is some on El Niño from the World Economic Forum

I often am taking pictures as you might guess. I stop in the middle of the sidewalk to take a picture of a feather or some other thing. I take pictures of flowers from far away and up close. I've almost caused a bike wreck because the rider wanted to see what I'm seeing. People in cars are paying attention to what I'm seeing and I am getting honked at. I'm generally causing trouble and I want to say to everyone it's nothing, pay me no attention.

Short story by Thomas Wolfe from 1935 Only the Dead Know Brooklyn (PDF) (come on, it's only 3 pages!)

5:47 am – 8:31 pm, which is 14 hours and 44 minutes of daylight

The bird of the day is an Olive Warbler

Here is a poem for you.

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 24 species today

Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Killdeer
California Gull
Turkey Vulture
Peregrine Falcon
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Violet-green Swallow
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
California Towhee
Orange-crowned Warbler