Saturday, August 22, 2009

Birdland


I was getting sick of looking at this unchanging page. So I'm adding this bit about the new bird feeder we installed when we finished the deck. It's a finch feeder, a long tube with very small holes filled with nyjer seed. The chickadees were first to latch onto it. But the goldfinches soon discovered it and are now the primary visitors. They are tenacious little birds who hold their ground. They go through the seed like no tomorrow and they seem to spill as much as they eat.



Friday, August 7, 2009

Kids Open House


Yes, its that time of year again. The annual PBS Kids Open House. This is the Sesame Street crowd, which is a major segment of the PBS demographic. The kids were adorable. The weather was uncharacteristically bad.