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The Hatchlings! Mama Dove wasn't sitting still on the nest this morning, so I took a look, holding the camera high... https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/809JqX Yay! Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017
Market Foods report, and then some.
So... Duck eggs! I had a couple for breakfast today, and can report they don't taste much different from chicken eggs, but have a richer texture to the yolk. The sourdough pumpernickle turned out to be less sourdough, and very rye-tasting, which so concentrated is not my favorite thing. I really dislike caraway, and rye bread generally falls just on the okay side of that flavor, but this is pretty strong! The strawberry marsala jam... well! So extremely tasty! I will have to hold impulse in... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Going to the market
There was a spring market today downtown, and I came home with some green duck eggs, some mixed-color chicken eggs, a loaf of pumpernickle sourdough bread, an a jar of strawberry marsala jam, and some apple butter. I've been looking for 'back yard' eggs for some time now, to get away from buying the industrially produced ones. And I've been wanting to try duck eggs for a while, too. Likewise, this is the first time I've found pumpernickle sourdough in a long time! I might have to have breakfast... Sign in to see full entry.
14-18 days
That's the gestation period for the Eurasion Collared Dove egg. Since I first noticed these two eggs in the nest on my front deck around March 28, this means hatching can be expected within the next few days. It takes almost 20 days further for the chicks to be fully fledged. After that, perhaps I can have the use of my deck back again. The foot of snow day has been followed by temps rising to the 70s, with sunshine. It is window-opening time! That's this week, anyway. Next week, who knows? Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Star Wars II: Creating Magnificence
Speaking again of the Star Wars costumes--What a stupendous accomplishment for the costumers who all had their hands in this project! John Mollo, one of the award-winning costume designers, and Ralph McQuarrie and Iain McCaig, concept designers, are not household names, though millions and more have seen their work. The name of the exhibit, properly, is subtitled, The Power of Costume. The power is in the deep Earthly roots of the designs that move us emotionally at first sight of the costuming.... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Mission accomplished!
It was a lovely warm and sunny day, and we made it to the Denver Art Museum with ten minutes to spare before our 11am entry time to the Star Wars costume exhibit. Happily, photography was permitted: https://flic.kr/s/aHskXsq7gn Here are some of the photos I brought back. After we got home, Charlie got busy building the flicker decoy wall, a sort of flat box about 5 inches deep and 2ftx2ft wide, and then mounted it on the wall for that hard-headed bird to make a new hole and a new nest without... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
April Snow and a Sunset
A visit to flickr will show you yesterday's snow and tonight's sunset. https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/b4o09P The snow was mostly melted by afternoon from the streets, and would have been gone today except for the additional dusting last night. Spring temperatures tomorrow should finish it off. And tomorrow, inshallah, Charlie and I will make it to that museum exhibit. Inshallah... I first came across this when I was a child reading stories of the Hajj, a sort of cheery Muslim wise man.... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
End of the day
The snow was not a lovely surprise this morning, and spoiled the plans I woke excited about until I saw it was not gonna happen. However, we were able to reschedule, and by Thursday morning the snow of this morning which became the slush of this afternoon, and will be the ice of tonight should be well gone. So we will go to that exhibit before it leaves town after this week. If you missed the previous post, it's the Star Wars costumes exhibit. By mid-day the road was merely wet, so we went out... Sign in to see full entry.
A dangerous link...
Here is a link to the online auction site I visit now and then. The danger is how easy it is to jump in and then get over-excited... I generally don't bid on things I can't go personally to pick up, but sometimes the deals are pretty amazing, and little stuff from other farther away auctions often are not unreasonable for shipping. But be sure to check before bidding! Some of them are, in fact, ridiculous, and they prepack before the auction, so you can rarely ask them to reduce shipping by... Sign in to see full entry.
So much for driving to Denver today...
Charlie and I have tickets for 11am this morning, to visit the Star Wars costume exhibit that ends this week. Nearly a foot of new snow on the ground--and trees and cars and streets--suggests we will not be going 60 miles to Denver this morning. Adnohr, you'd love it! I might have to go out back and shake the snow off the lilacs that are bending under its weight something fierce. I hope they don't break. Sign in to see full entry.