Word must be spreading about the “in place” to eat.

Look who came by for breakfast.

Meanwhile, Mom was sucking up birdseed like a vacuum cleaner. She went through about a pound of seed in minutes.

I put some birdseed out this afternoon and got an unexpected visit.

Ups and Downs of the week.

 Dad – Home at last. He came home Tuesday and has been doing well. My sister is staying with my folks now to help out for a bit. Welcome home, Dad.

  Celtics/Bruins/Red Sox - All three teams lost last night. Bruins are done for the season. Celts now face a Game 7. Sox again fail to capitalize on a Toronto loss. Big Papi went 0-7 and left 12 men stranded. Something needs to be done to move him out of the number 3 slot.

   Weather – Some nice days this week but lots of rain as well. More nastiness in store for us tonight, but starting tomorrow we should be entering a dry spell. Good news for the farmers.

 Graduation weekend - It’ll be nice going to work next week with the students all gone.

  Emergency Alert System – While the system itself can be useful, this cable company goes way overboard with it. I’ve been watching TV for about 90 minutes now and these messages have interrupted 9 times (so far). Sooner or later you just stop watching them.

 The Wall – Never know what you’re going to see. Our newest resident bird, The Redhead, or Mama Coonie cooling herself on the concrete.

Finally caught him up close.

I seem to be collecting woodpeckers in the backyard. Busy out there this morning.

Caught this guy snoozing down in the woods behind my house this morning. Strange to see a fox sleeping in such an open area.

…I’ve been in watching the Patriots dismantle the Cards and messing around a bit with the camera. Caught some deer eating the bird food I threw out. Also caught one of my cats in her favorite spot.

Ups and Downs of the week.

  Gadgets - I love technology. It lets you spy on kitties in your shed. 

   Icy roads – That time of year again. 

  New router and wireless AP – Suddenly everything is faster. 

   Medical bugaboos - Dad is back in ICU. The poor guy can’t catch a break. 

  Critters - Storing up for winter.

  Christkindlesmarkt – This place is great at Christmas. I used to love to wander around through the stalls while enjoying a bratwurst and some glühwein. In past years you could pan and zoom the camera, but now it’s a fixed webcam. Not as much fun to people-watch now.

Ups and downs of the week.

 Red Sox – Looking good lately, a few bad games notwithstanding. Their chances of taking the AL East are slim, but I’m more confident now that they’ll get the wildcard spot and then shine in post-season as they are able to do.

  Hurricane Gustav - New Orleans in the crossshairs again.

 Learning to hunt – Little guy gets a lesson in hunting.

  John McCain – I try to stay away from politics here, but his choice as VP candidate is so ridiculous that it’s terrifying. ‘Nuff said.