The life and times of a true knucklehead – No photos to be used without permission
It’s that time of the year again when all the ducks come into town and search for nesting sites. We see them in the strangest places. Kinda reminds me of HGTV’s House Hunters, or should I say DTV. I hope they’re not victims of the subprime duck mortgages. Nest foreclosures aren’t pretty.
While we were out in the backyard, I spotted a humming bird close to Sandy where she was pruning the bushes. She yelled at me to get the camera. I responded as I usually do, “By the time I get the camera it’ll be gone”. She didn’t take “No” for an answer. What I did capture isn’t all that good as by time I got my camera dialed in, it was too late. I was trying to manually focus since I couldn’t find the AF switch in all the excitement. Needless to say my eyesight isn’t what it used to be.
I gotta listen to her more often.
Yesterday we checked out our local farmers market. Sandy picked up an orchid, quail eggs and tinapa, which she prepared for dinner… the fish not the orchid.
A pair of stupid burds decided to construct a 3 bedroom condo right outside our front door directly atop our porch light, without permits. The result is alot of burd crap!
I started to build a profile. I believe they are sparrows. The male is middle-aged, plain looking. Most likely a victim of a crime by human hands. He has a need for revenge and if not caught will probably escalate. Not a hostage taker though, that’s good news.
I think I watch too much Criminal Minds.
As a result of some dedicated burd research Sandy informs me that the “perp” is a Purple Finch not a sparrow. I stand corrected but still leaning toward eviction.
Every time I drive to and from Fed Ex (about once a week) I see at least one pelican in this estuary by the Oakland airport. So today I finally brought my camera and shot a few pictures. What I didn’t expect was for them to be feeding. I ended up shooting 123 photos. Needless to say most were junk.
I’m reduced to eating bats now. Actually for whatever reason we decided to have sandwiches for dinner so I decided to make a Bacon, Arugula & Tomato sandwich.
Whenever the days are cloudy and cold we look at each other and simultaneously say,”It’s Phò weather.” Sandy orders something different with each visit, me I order the same thing over and over. A small #10 (tai nam sach) with chicken wings.
I can’t remember the last time we got together with Jim, Kelly, Steve & Diane. So it was with great anticipation that we met at the Chop Bar downstairs from their lofts. The food was excellent and the company even better.
The weather was very nice today so I ferried into the city to meet up with Sandy.
In September we plan to go to Italy and it’s all we talk about. The tickets have been purchased via my AMEX miles, WooHoo. We’ll stay in a villa with 12 other family & friends somewhere in the Tuscany area. I don’t even know exactly where…I don’t care. I’m just happy were going. I’ve been wanting to go for some time now to meet Chef Boyardee.
I’ve read a little about crime in some of the tourist areas so I ordered and today I received my Cloak Bag. Now I need to order a Rosetta Stone Italian language CD.