Archive for ‘July, 2016’

Pretty bird: Western Tanager

This is maybe the fourth time I’ve seen a Western Tanager. They pass through and this one was outside the sunroom making a bit of a racket. Auggie was sitting near the house watching. I found no bodies so don’t believe Auggie had been misbehaving.

At home

After a run of upper 80/low 90F heat, it cooled a bit and is supposed to stay in the 70’s for the week and even cooler the following week with rain likely.

No complaints here!

So far, we are enjoying the weekend with some outside time, some inside time, some chores and some relaxing.

At Home

Please – do NOT believe everything you read

A local (to me) person was killed in an accidental confrontation with a bear. Detailed information has NOT been determined or released.

The headlines: “Biker killed by Grizzly” are media hype. Tests are currently being run on the victim and information gathered.

I am so very much dismayed that this has turned into a global media circus headlined by “Grizzly kills mountain biker”.

A local man died. A bear may soon be euthanized. It is a tragic situation being aggrandized by the media and people’s fear.

It will likely be weeks before truth is determined.

July: bah humbug!

Not July fans at the house Summers. The best thing about July is after July is August – birthday month!! And by my birthday mid-August, the heaviest tourist traffic is over, the nights are getting longer and September is just around the corner.

However, not to say we wish the time away – that would be a waste of each gift of a day together. And having something so innocuous to complain about is better than being really angry at other things in the world. Plus, it is a great excuse for us to hunker down inside with fans and A/C going, good books, a movie here and there and refreshing summer nibbles.

Meanwhile, we DO enjoy the cool mornings very much. After cleaning bird poop off the chairs for the third morning in the row and actually seeing the darn robin that is responsible, I told Auggie that he really needed to stand guard. He is supposed to leave birds alone and stick to rodents as prey, but I told him robins are the exception … GO FOR THE ROBIN! I tell you, there is an obnoxious one and it seems like the same one every year.

“We can’t believe you talked about poop … we haven’t even had breakfast yet!!”

Ok, I’ll talk about an Apple, then. Yep, I have an iPhone and I love it. It has only been two weeks and I’m still learning about it, plus it is my backup phone so not used primarily during the day.

As we come up on the Windows 10 anniversary, I have some thoughts for a different post. I still love Windows 10. I still love my Windows 8.1 phone. I’m also thrilled with the iPhone and that it works with my Windows 10 and 8.1 devices and software.

More on this later, but below my first iPhone video. Not great – I hope to spend some time this weekend – I’m taking this afternoon and Tuesday off so a nice looonnngg weekend – to play with the camera, video and editing functions.

Meanwhile, our morning walk on Wednesday (6/29):