Took Arlene to Asena last night. We had a great time, the food was very tasty. Arlene had the eggplant, Sandy had the scallion fettuccine and grilled prawns and I had the prawn ravioli.
Asena II
Tawny
Our beautiful niece Tawny is here for the weekend to participate in the outside lands music/food/wine/art festival.
The only reason I agreed to pick her up from the airport is she promised to bring goodies from Portos Bakery.
Miltonia 2011
For the second year in a row, my Miltonia Orchid bloomed.
Learning
I’m sure by now most of you are getting tired of all these duck tales. But I’m fascinated by their behavior.
This morning, I fed Blondie & Chewy. Chewy is at that awkward teenager stage, half fuzz half feathers. As they were eating there was an intruder and while I was laughing and shooting at the same time I captured a immature duck defending its food from a much older larger duck. Blondie is teaching Chewy.
Diving Ducks
An important skill for the ducklings to learn is the dive & ditch. This is where they dive under the water and shoot off in different directions when they are about to be pounced on.
Stinky
Noticed what I think was a stink beetle this morning. I spent so much time photographing him that he escaped under a crack in the siding.
Killer Duck
Yesterday on our daily ducky count we noticed Luz was down from 8 to 2. We also noticed that 4 floating dead duckies. We never seen this before as usually they are eaten by the carnivores. Sandy’s suspicions were correct as this morning I photographed Blondie trying to drown the ducklings.
Soul Survivor
Of Blondie’s brood only 1 survived. Because he/she eats at an alarming speed Sandy has named him/her Chewy.
Enssaro
Last night we met Kathy at Enssaro in Oakland for our 1st Ethiopian dinner. We didn’t have a clue so we let Kathy do all the ordering. The food was wonderful as the Harar Beer was too. It was fun eating with our hands. Although I was a bit puzzled by the mousse cake desert offering.
Blogging delay
A loyal reader asked me today about the lack of updates on the blog. Allow me to explain…
I wanted to upgrade my PC from the old duo core E6700 to a new i7 960. Problem is I bought a used motherboard via Amazon and I as was about to install it I noticed the CPU socket pins were bent. The seller refutes this claim and I had to send it off to the manufacturer for a third opinion. Until then I’m using Sandy’s PC which doesn’t have Adobe Photoshop. But I should post anyway.