Monday May 7 2007

Foggy Morning

Very beautiful foggy morning. Even the grass is frozen gray. After breakfast I took the dogs for a walk and did some photography. Mostly of the foggy hills and the spring wildflowers. The flowers are very stunted and sparse. I hope this bit of moisture helps them. It turned mostly sunny and warm later.

Remember I said there was a pair of hawks building a nest down in our tree on the ditch. I finally definitely identified them as red tailed hawks, but they seem much darker than usual. They aren't happy about it, but seem to be getting accustomed to the activity around the nest. For a while I thought they had abandoned it, but they are hatching the eggs.

Joe irrigated a little and is watching some sports. Along with the usual housework, I've made some phone calls today and did a little WAOW work. I think I'll make homemade pizza for dinner tonight. Cousins Iris (SLC) and Peggy (Atlanta) might visit later this month. They are going to see Mary Caroline in Oregon.

Didn't Beverly and her family get home from Florida just in time before that storm came!! They were right there on the beach. Beverly got her legs real sunburned on the last day and they swelled up, she said. I'm glad they are home safe.

And you know that fire in Griffith Park in LA? That was right by where we lived when I was a kid. I rode that merry-go-round when I was a toddler and that's where I love them from. It is beautiful. So far they saved it from the fire. It dates from 1926 or something. The zoo is there too and the Autry museum! I was in an art show in that museum 10 or 15 years ago.

The Richies separated their cattle this morning. So they will be branding in a few days. The little calves seem to be looking good and healthy. I've seen cute new colts here and there, but haven't taken pictures of any. Yet.