Went to bed with ‘Shake It Off’ playing over and over in
my head and woke up in the same condition.
Please make it stop!!
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Did some off-roading on my walk today. There
is a network of canals and dirt roads around the perimeter of most of the pecan
orchards in the area; I’ve never explored them because there are usually work
crews out and about but today seemed like a good day to wander. I decided to follow a dirt road around the
canal which would take me between the established and young orchards, thinking that
when I turned right it would eventually come out to the frontage road. And I
suppose in time I could have made it, but I came to a point where two route
options were blocked by barbed wire fences and the dirt road option would take
me further west, away from the camp. Additionally,
if I had wanted to brave climbing through a fence, there was also the matter of
a large ditch and a big field between me and the frontage road. Not as direct a
connection as I had imagined. So, I headed back the way I came. Maybe another time I’ll find the path to the
frontage road.
As I
walked along the dirt road between the orchards, two separate flashes of red in
the air caught my attention. Movement
and the red color against the drab grey of the pecan trees was hard to ignore. A
pair of male vermillion flycatchers! I’ve only ever seen them up in the
Oracle vicinity; it was exciting to see them here, basically in our backyard.
I left that pair behind as I continued my walk and soon saw another pair that seemed to be keeping
Then on my way
back, I disrupted a sizeable covey of quail who were far too spooked to stick
around for a photo op. All-in-all, it was a good walk for bird
watching.
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Kim was up late
imaging last night; I was up much earlier than him this morning. I walked while he continued sleeping then I hung
out in the camper when he walked a bit later. Anyway, this was his 2nd
attempt at this target…the night before there was a thumb drive issue. Good news and bad news about the imaging last
night. Good news: All the data
showed up on the thumb drive correctly…no lost data this time around. Bad
news: He discovered that he used the wrong telescope for the target he had
chosen. He doesn’t seem frustrated by
his mistake and is viewing it as a learning experience. Tonight is too cloudy
to image.
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| The brick of fries |
Then we took a big
circle route back to camp. The ride was a mixture of being kind of warm and
sort of cool; the sky was partly cloudy and if the sun was under a cloud my two
layers felt good; otherwise, I was a little overdressed. Although it was a good day
to ride, the warmer temperatures are just starting to appear. Hope to see it more consistently in the 70s
this coming week.
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Signed up for the
5K walk of the Shamrock Run on March 18, held in Marana; runners can do a Half-Marathon,
a 10K or a 5K which is also available for walkers. Last year we finished it in less than 53 minutes;
Kim wants to beat that time this year. Going to have to improve my speed
walking technique if we’re going to try for under 52 minutes. So, I guess we’re
officially in training.
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40 Days of Lent opportunity: Listen to the sermon
on Letting Go of Bitterness and Complaining. Because the service is presented live on Facebook
during the 8:30 a.m. service, I can watch/listen to it from the church’s FB
page any time if I happen to miss it when it’s happening live. Today that meant
I would have had to be up before 6:30 a.m.; since that didn’t happen, I watched
it this evening after returning from our ride.
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