Here are pictures for today, day 11 in the life of the baby tree swallows...
The bluebird house has a nest in it again. You'll recall that our bluebirds abandoned a clutch of four eggs in May after a cold snap. We now have one egg again.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Tree Swallows - Day Eleven (and a bluebird egg)
I wasn't home to take pictures on Thursday and Friday. Cheryl took these two for me on day nine:
Here are pictures for today, day 11 in the life of the baby tree swallows...
The bluebird house has a nest in it again. You'll recall that our bluebirds abandoned a clutch of four eggs in May after a cold snap. We now have one egg again.
Here are pictures for today, day 11 in the life of the baby tree swallows...
The bluebird house has a nest in it again. You'll recall that our bluebirds abandoned a clutch of four eggs in May after a cold snap. We now have one egg again.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Things I Did Today...
In more or less chronological order...
Made a decision - to not go to Church. Cheryl woke me about 8:30am and asked it I wanted to go today. We’re kind of between churches. There's a small church nearby that we've been to a few times. We'll probably go back. Just not today...
Got up. About 9am.
Had some coffee and checked my email. Cleaned out my Google Reader.
Wrote an entry for Guuki.
Cooked breakfast: sausage, eggs & cheese, grits, toast, some leftover bacon. Biscuits and sausage gravy for Cheryl. Wished I had tomatoes, but we just set those out last weekend...
Wrote and published an entry for my education blog on Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's activities this past week. Wrote a second entry that will drip onto my ed blog later this week.
Cleaned out by Google Reader. Drank more coffee.
Created a Twitter background for my profile page.
Washed the breakfast dishes.
Listed to the stuff they do on the Speed Channel before the pre-race show comes on for NASCAR while I did other stuff.
Took pictures of the baby tree swallows. They've been alive five days now. Not much difference from yesterday. Waiting for the eyes to open.
Figured out (finally) how to download a video off of YouTube for later use. Since YouTube is blocked at school, this is a very useful skill. I downloaded a handful of potentially useful videos on social networking, social media, and Twitter for a presentation I may get to do this summer.
Listened to (and, intermittently, actually watched portions of) the Autism Speaks 400, today's NASCAR race in Dover. Wanted Kyle Busch to win, but I think he can in some place near 20th...
Cooked dinner: grilled steaks (sirloin, on sale for $2.99 a pound). I rubbed the meat with garlic powder and salt; mine also got some red pepper and curry powder. Baked potatoes, green beans, and part of a cucumber.
Watched the end of the race.
Took a 90-minute nap. (My dog also took a 90-minute, curled up in the small of my back...)
Cleaned out my Google Reader. Drank some green tea I brewed myself yesterday and put in the fridge.
Worked on a Guuki entry.
Did the dinner dishes. Fixed the coffeepot for in the morning.
Ironed tomorrow's cloths.
Fixed breakfasts and lunches to take to work tomorrow: Cheryl has mashed potatoes and meatballs (with a sauce made from Concord grape jelly and chili sauce), plus cottage cheese and blueberries for breakfast. I have a sausage muffin w/ egg and cheese to heat in the morning and a mix of rice, lentils, and peas in a butter & curry sauce with onions and some beef, along with some wilted spinach in bacon grease. (I know, my arteries...)
Turned off the TV.
Had a glass of Burgundy while I listened to Yo-Yo Ma and blogged. Purchased a couple of new Yo-Yo Ma pieces from iTunes.
Went outside and sat on the deck breifly. Cheryl went to bed a while back. There are lightening bugs. I saw my first ones for the year last night. Wondered when the screech owl will arrive.
Now considering going to bed early, but I will probably resist the temptation.
Made a decision - to not go to Church. Cheryl woke me about 8:30am and asked it I wanted to go today. We’re kind of between churches. There's a small church nearby that we've been to a few times. We'll probably go back. Just not today...
Got up. About 9am.
Had some coffee and checked my email. Cleaned out my Google Reader.
Wrote an entry for Guuki.
Cooked breakfast: sausage, eggs & cheese, grits, toast, some leftover bacon. Biscuits and sausage gravy for Cheryl. Wished I had tomatoes, but we just set those out last weekend...
Wrote and published an entry for my education blog on Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's activities this past week. Wrote a second entry that will drip onto my ed blog later this week.
Cleaned out by Google Reader. Drank more coffee.
Created a Twitter background for my profile page.
Washed the breakfast dishes.
Listed to the stuff they do on the Speed Channel before the pre-race show comes on for NASCAR while I did other stuff.
Took pictures of the baby tree swallows. They've been alive five days now. Not much difference from yesterday. Waiting for the eyes to open.
Figured out (finally) how to download a video off of YouTube for later use. Since YouTube is blocked at school, this is a very useful skill. I downloaded a handful of potentially useful videos on social networking, social media, and Twitter for a presentation I may get to do this summer.
Listened to (and, intermittently, actually watched portions of) the Autism Speaks 400, today's NASCAR race in Dover. Wanted Kyle Busch to win, but I think he can in some place near 20th...
Cooked dinner: grilled steaks (sirloin, on sale for $2.99 a pound). I rubbed the meat with garlic powder and salt; mine also got some red pepper and curry powder. Baked potatoes, green beans, and part of a cucumber.
Watched the end of the race.
Took a 90-minute nap. (My dog also took a 90-minute, curled up in the small of my back...)
Cleaned out my Google Reader. Drank some green tea I brewed myself yesterday and put in the fridge.
Worked on a Guuki entry.
Did the dinner dishes. Fixed the coffeepot for in the morning.
Ironed tomorrow's cloths.
Fixed breakfasts and lunches to take to work tomorrow: Cheryl has mashed potatoes and meatballs (with a sauce made from Concord grape jelly and chili sauce), plus cottage cheese and blueberries for breakfast. I have a sausage muffin w/ egg and cheese to heat in the morning and a mix of rice, lentils, and peas in a butter & curry sauce with onions and some beef, along with some wilted spinach in bacon grease. (I know, my arteries...)
Turned off the TV.
Had a glass of Burgundy while I listened to Yo-Yo Ma and blogged. Purchased a couple of new Yo-Yo Ma pieces from iTunes.
Went outside and sat on the deck breifly. Cheryl went to bed a while back. There are lightening bugs. I saw my first ones for the year last night. Wondered when the screech owl will arrive.
Now considering going to bed early, but I will probably resist the temptation.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Baby Tree Swallows - Day Three
A few more pictures of the baby bird. Three days old now. They have dark places along their spines and wings that look like feathers coming in. We'll see in the next day or two...
And the flowers in our willow stump.
And the flowers in our willow stump.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Bluebirds, Tomatoes, Sleep and Sausage
Just some general notes on life...
Birds: I mentioned on April 26th that my bluebirds had four eggs. They sat on them a while. Then for some reason they stopped. The eggs are supposed to take 17 to 19 days. It's been 26, and Mrs. Bluebird isn't sitting. We had a cold snap that dropped the temps here into the 20's. I don't know if that played a role or not. Today I cleaned the box out. No earwigs (I know that earwigs will drive them from a nest). Maybe they'll start a second nest and try again.
The nest of tree swallows (a second cedar box) on the other side of the yard seems to be doing well. They had six eggs when Ms. Tree Swallow began to sit a few days ago. Catholic, I guess.
Long Weekend: I told the kids at school I'd sleep until 9:30 or 10:00 tomorrow and then cook biscuits and gravy and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Probably I'll go eat off the breakfast buffet at Big Daddy's tomorrow and do the cooking thing Sunday and Monday morning. Cheryl and I are both a little sleep deprived. I took a two hour nap tonight (6:30pm to 830pm) and she slept somewhat long in the recliner in the living room while I caught up on my blogging. Maybe the extra day will help us catch up on our sleep.
Tomatoes: I've got eight tomato plants - Mr. Stripys, Red Beef Steak, Pink Beef Steak, and a Park Whopper. I need to find some Early Girls tomorrow. I'd like to find a small yellow pear-shaped. A few days ago it we had frost, but it looks like the chance for frost is gone now, so I'll plant the tomatoes in boxes on my back deck this weekend. I need a few annuals to put in the flowerbed, too. And I'll mow some grass. I'll probably also take my dog to the park. We haven't been to Lake Witten in months. She just got a hair cut, so if she gets dirty she'll be easy to bathe. I put her on a 30 foot least and let her run up and down the hills there. Good for both of us.
Sausage: Wherever I eat breakfast tomorrow, Sunday and Monday I'll spice some ground pork and fry it. Thyme, sage, a few caraway seeds, some salt and pepper. That way I don't have to put up with sodium nitrite or MSG. There's nothing like a good healthy breakfast...
Well, I think I'll finish my adult beverage and go to bed.
Birds: I mentioned on April 26th that my bluebirds had four eggs. They sat on them a while. Then for some reason they stopped. The eggs are supposed to take 17 to 19 days. It's been 26, and Mrs. Bluebird isn't sitting. We had a cold snap that dropped the temps here into the 20's. I don't know if that played a role or not. Today I cleaned the box out. No earwigs (I know that earwigs will drive them from a nest). Maybe they'll start a second nest and try again.
The nest of tree swallows (a second cedar box) on the other side of the yard seems to be doing well. They had six eggs when Ms. Tree Swallow began to sit a few days ago. Catholic, I guess.
Long Weekend: I told the kids at school I'd sleep until 9:30 or 10:00 tomorrow and then cook biscuits and gravy and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Probably I'll go eat off the breakfast buffet at Big Daddy's tomorrow and do the cooking thing Sunday and Monday morning. Cheryl and I are both a little sleep deprived. I took a two hour nap tonight (6:30pm to 830pm) and she slept somewhat long in the recliner in the living room while I caught up on my blogging. Maybe the extra day will help us catch up on our sleep.
Tomatoes: I've got eight tomato plants - Mr. Stripys, Red Beef Steak, Pink Beef Steak, and a Park Whopper. I need to find some Early Girls tomorrow. I'd like to find a small yellow pear-shaped. A few days ago it we had frost, but it looks like the chance for frost is gone now, so I'll plant the tomatoes in boxes on my back deck this weekend. I need a few annuals to put in the flowerbed, too. And I'll mow some grass. I'll probably also take my dog to the park. We haven't been to Lake Witten in months. She just got a hair cut, so if she gets dirty she'll be easy to bathe. I put her on a 30 foot least and let her run up and down the hills there. Good for both of us.
Sausage: Wherever I eat breakfast tomorrow, Sunday and Monday I'll spice some ground pork and fry it. Thyme, sage, a few caraway seeds, some salt and pepper. That way I don't have to put up with sodium nitrite or MSG. There's nothing like a good healthy breakfast...
Well, I think I'll finish my adult beverage and go to bed.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Certification Update: Administration
I got my paperwork in the mail earlier this week. I'm now certified in administration: principal, supervisor general instruction, superintendent (all preK-adult).
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