I saw this white, blackbird and I found out that they are really rare. So, I think its an omen. Anyway, I was in front of Longs Drugs in Scotts Valley. I was just getting out of the store and there was a flock of blackbirds in the parking lot. You know, they like to hang out and jump into their reflections in hubcaps. Anyway, I hadn’t had a chance to take anything, even though I was just getting out of the drugstore and I saw this white blackbird, he was just like the rest…except white, I took a picture with my cellphone, but it didn’t look as good as this one.
Archive for February, 2008
Sure, warming into the sixties, no frost for a week, no rain…birds singing…wild flowers are starting to come out. Banana slugs are on the move. Okay, if you live in St. Paul or somewhere up there, don’t throw up. It just means global warming isn’t the most even thing. What global warming really means, is more energy in the earth weather system, heat is energy. First it moves the air, then the wind, then the wind pushes around these things like cold and warm fronts. That is why, even when its cold, it is still…global warming. I am no expert, but I do watch the weather channel. Anyway, something was making my columbines start sprotting before I could get them in the ground…
Next blog will be on the slow, but steady progress of …sudden oak death around here. I swear, its thinning the woods enough that I can see through the trees to houses I didn’t know were there.
The weather is clearing, sun is coming through the trees at noon. We just had two inches of rain last night. So, its wet but it looks nice and moss is everywhere. This past month has really rained, no record for here, but we did have two days that rained 7 inches each time. Biggest reason why it is hard to write much on the blog, is quite honestly…I’m down. Lately, I feel like I am just gearing up to move. I don’t like moving. I like this place, even though at times its cold and you wonder during big storms if a tree is going to hit your house.
We are just over extended. We pay too much, our mortgage went up too. Plus, we miss family members. I’ll try to hang in there and hope that by this summer it will get better.