As usual I spent this morning in the backyard and happened on a hawk that I could not ID.
Wait it’s a Cooper’s Hawk.
Hawkish
Sandy’s got a new PC
I had a Mini ITX motherboard laying around so I bought a few items and now Sandy’s got a new mini. I should have it put together shortly.
Internally its a Intel DG45FC running a Intel E7600 (3.06GHz core 2) with 2GB of DDR2-800 RAM. Storage is on a Seagate 320GB 2½” 5400RPM SATA hard drive. I threw in a Blu Ray player/DVD burner as well. Now she can finally run iTunes since it’ll be an XP machine rather than the old Windows 2K Mini ATX P4 2.8GHz machine she’s been running for years.
Overkill… maybe.
Porkey & Scallop
In preparation for Mutha’s Day celebration, I tried a couple crispy pork belly recipes. After two failures I think I have the right one.
Sandy also tried her seared scallops & fennel dish.
This Morning
I try to avoid powering up my computer on the weekend mornings because I end up geeking til the afternoon. So today right after I made coffee I went out to the backyard. If I sit long enough I see something to shoot.
Caitlin’s Burfday
We celebrated Cait’s birthday tonight at Gerry’s Grill in Union City. Happy Birthday Cait!
Got em
7D ISO 800 f5.6 1/2000th of a second.
Diane
Sandy made a dinner date with Diane and I just barged in. This is the 2nd time I’ve been to Otaez.
Winey
Just arrived today, a case of Navarro. I’m ready for Mutha’s Day.
Duck Real Estate
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.
Get your ding dang camera!
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.