Below is a picture of Ron participating in Lockheed's FunRun. They have the event every year and he participates. This year he placed 5th in his age group. Not bad for his first run of the year!
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| Ron is number 212, red shirt, white cap, black shorts. |
Along with the seasonal change we have lots of birds preparing for the winter months ahead. We have one mated pair that gives us a great show each day, they are white falcons - all white with black wing tips. Yesterday they were playing - hovering then attack each other and then fall - spinning to the ground in a grasp. One usually takes flight and the other lands on the ground. We have another mated pair of hawks but they are not very energetic.
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| White Falcons |
We also have a pair of eagles nesting along the Sacramento River, they return each each year at this time. Last year the male ( Patriot) was killed in a fight with another eagle. The female (Liberty) has taken another mate ( name TBD) and will likely have eggs laid on our around the second week of February then hatch and fledge in April and June respectively. The local folks enjoy a cam that has been set up to watch their activities. Watching the young eaglets mature is pretty cool stuff. If you are interested in watching these critters this is the URL http://www.turtlebay.org/eaglecam - save the bookmark and enjoy!!
Lastly, during this time period we are also blessed with some great sun rises and sun sets. Especially good when we have some clouds - that makes for some great colors. This week we have also had the rising full moon which is yet another treat.
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| Thursday's Moonrise (Oct 17) |
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| Friday's Moonrise (Oct 18) |
They shut the lab down for most of the week so Kathy decided to take time off. We have been here in Anderson for a week. Sure nice when we can walk away from our urban life then slip into our rural life with all of comforts. Guess we are little spoiled but that's OK by us. Kathy is very busy with her artwork and she was able to attend the Roses and Rust show last week end. She did not participate but did partake and did her part to support her local artists. She ended up bringing home a large bird cage. She is going to insert a chandelier - not sure what that is about about - guess it is a artsy thing? She has been working on large journal which has been competed - now she is moving on to other pieces.
My week has been devoted to working in the yard. I did manage to get most of the blackberry vines off the pasture fences. Last year I removed the vines from the fence and burnt them - this year I removed the roots and vines that returned and have some pretty nice burn piles ready to go. The fire danger is still pretty high so I will have to wait for more moisture so they can open up the burn days.
Tessie ran in the pasture when she saw Ron out there helping the neighbor reign in her horses. Next thing all the cows are chasing Tessie and she's yelping, running for Ron. This is her after the bath that ensued...
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| Tessie after her bath (taken with my iPhone!) |
This afternoon we are headed to Red Bluff for a art show then diner afterwords. Some local artists are putting on a show and Kathy wanted to see their work. We don't get to Red Bluff very often so it will be nice to get out for the evening. Not sure who has more red necks Red Bluff or Redding. We went to Costco on Monday and we had a challenge to see who could count the most red necks at Costco. I quit counting after the first 5 minutes as everyone fit the image that we created. All these folks are pretty good people and we enjoy all of them. In retrospect - we both looked and acted like a red neck so I think we fit right into our community very nicely!!??
Enough babble - - hope you all have a great week end and wonderful week.
More later
Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie (the cat)
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