Hummingbirds in back yard

We go through about 1 gallon of "joy juice" per day feeding these hummingbirds. This is just a snap shot from Monday morning hummer feeding. Sometimes it is a frenzy with 60-70 of them out there. We have a few steady customers over winter but mainly spring and fall when they cannot find other food around. Really a never-ending source of joy.

Recipe for "joy juice"
1 - gallon fresh cool water
4 cups white sugar
bring water to a boil. add sugar, stir to dissolve, cool before serving.

Monday in the rural foothills can be busy. Today it, yet again raining so I will catch up on inside chores while the weeds continue to grow. Hope the wildfire threat is reduced a little.

Curve ball of rain this weekend curtailed mowing. Soft and moist is nice but I am chomping at the bit to complete the fire clearing work.

Front "yard" is mowed (all one acre) and snipped. Back yard (2 acres) on Saturday. We only mow once per year when the grass is 3 feet high and dying. Don't need a tractor. Going to new Indiana Jones movie now for a treat.

Mowing season once again here, albeit earlier than past 2 years. Good news is how cool it is outside, bad news is that it might rain..

Think I will go to office today and see what trouble I can cause.

Well, fun time to have a little bronchitis isn't it? Need to NOT work in yard for a couple days...darn...

Why am I coughing up blood?

Whew..DSL line performed flawlessly. Video conference live broadcast to 3 continents. Really incredible...now if we can just get the mic adjusted next time

Got the video conference system working with broadcast. Now if the DSL line holds up it might actually work on Monday...

catching up on Battlestar Galactica this morning. Season 4!!! Great way to spend too hot day while sick

Mexican dinner at Meditation retreat last night with play about Turkeys. Did you know Nabha can speak Gobble?

Whew! Just received email from my friends in Jaipur India to say they personally are well and not affected by bombings. I am sure it is not easy though.

Getting warm here in foothills. Expect +90 on Thursday. Guess I will get to finally wear shorts.

This sore throat is hanging in there for over a week. Woke up middle of night coughing fit..Ugly...what to do...

In town tuning errands. Nice to have library for wifi. Now onward

Thunderstorms last night Lightening was great!! More today.

Watching really cool documentary on that great American 20th century icon: History of Lionel Trains

First Saturday in May is Rajarsi Day where all of the community spends the day on community work projects. Always fun.--I am weed eating and painting

Fridays are technically my day off...I am going into office

Yes!!! VPN is restored. Now I can resume sitting in my Lazy boy chair while remaining connected to the world!!! (no iPhone yet though)

Hopefully VPN will come back up soon. My man is on the hunt!!! More for domestic tranquility than for me anyway.