Oh Flickr, you are wonderful and beautiful now.. but some things aren't quite intuitive for me yet, so there is much clicking around where I figure out how to do something that I used to do automatically. Don't worry. It's not you. It's me.

Holy Moly. Such an exhausting day. I'm all set (she said with hope in her voice) for the meeting today. I think. I wrapped up the work day, then went to splash class, and then I was DONE. I could barely keep my eyes open, so I went to bed at about 9:30. But I felt great and bounced out of bed at 4:15 this morning. You can't keep a good chele down.

Because I am a bird nerd, I was excited to see that the little buggers found the feeder in the backyard. My awesome ragazz' bought a Shepherd's Hook so the feeder can stand a little farther away from the trees.. which should hopefully keep Mr. Squirrel from dive-bombing into it. When I got home there were two Grackles sitting on the feeder having a little afternoon snack, a HUGE Blue Jay sitting on top of the hook waiting for them to finish (or waiting to attack, heh), and Mr. Squirrel was underneath catching all the seeds that the Grackles were tossing around. And so harmony prevailed (for that moment, anyway) in the yard. I still need to put up the two suet feeders. I might need one more hook.

Did I mention that it's almost vacation? YES.