At Ray’s suggestion, I drop my car off at Dave’s to check the rear wheels. Dave called this morning and said “its just your tires…that noise is from your tires wearing unevenly. They’ve got scalloped edges.†Me: “Really? Hmm. ok, but did you check the wheels?†Dave:  “no, need. I’m sure that’s what it is. […]
The poet says that it is good to grow younger towards your death. I think I am regressing. Evidence? Tonight. Sitting with in a Cambridge restaurant after a movie…I’m a bit bored. My tablemates are texting and talking techie stuff. Dinner is over and I’m waiting for the bill. Listening to overhead speakers rolling 80’s […]
I am told I wear my heart on my sleeve. But this is ridiculous. Last night, 7Pm walking into Main Street café for dinner and some tunes. Waitress: “Dinner?†Me: “Yes, please. Can I sit here? (pointing to one of the many empty tables at the front) Waitress: “No that’s probably taken.” Me: (staring hard […]
My nose has driven family and friends crazy over the years. It’s a curse. I can smell a bear a half mile away, garlic on the breath of someone clear across the room, the clashing multiple perfume scents in a theatre. I’ve been known to wake John up in the middle of the night with […]
Alexander von Humboldt’s name is associated with hundreds of species and places : Humboldt Current, Humboldt penquin, squid, etc. etc. His research station – photos here – is in the middle of this fantastic open range surrounded by active volcanoes, and it’s up for sale – if you have a million dollars, you can buy […]
Andean (or Black Faced) Ibis. The Ibis world population is about 40 with all of them in Ecuador. We saw 24 in a magnificent private reserve – open only to birders – that surrounds the preserved Humboldt research station. Alexander von Humboldt (famous among science lovers like myself) was German (Prussian?) and worked in the […]
More photos from BirdBrain’s recent trip to Ecuador. Hikes in Yanachocha reserve (1 hour outside of Quito), the enchanted Polyleptis forest, an as yet unidentified volcano, and the Market at Otavalo.
Photo taken by BirdBrain in Ecuador. “This little humingbird is call the Booted Racket-tail…. very fierce with other hummers (who, I am sure, lust after his boots!) but only the size of my index finger.”
A good camera in the hands of a good photographer. No, not mine, but BirdBrain’s. Her dog, Jill.
BirdBrain Perhaps for the blog — or just you guys… We had a great Parents Day visit with Chris. Because of all the rain, our focus was on talking and eating. But of all the many things one expects to hear from our son, this was one was a surprise… in the midst of talking […]
Ok, you whiner … here’s a story for the blog, if you think it’s suitable … note: I have to go back 15 years to think of a good story … But it comes to my mind each year at this time, when Rosh Hashanah begins. As you know, we are not Jewish (not anything […]
BirdBrain sent me these photos of her son, Chris, at Western New England College. Looks darn familiar.