October 29, 2026
Where: Eakin Park for the walk, Hidden Oaks for the photo
When: 5:45 pm and yesterday afternoon, respectively
Bird Species: this evening, entirely heard but not seen: red-bellied woodpecker, house sparrow, tufted titmouse, American robin
Things I Thought About:
- If your boss lives and works in another state, keep him there, is my opinion. This has been a stressful week.
- I can hear a dozen birds, and I cannot see a goddamn one. I am in despair, that next week, this is what 4:45 pm will be like.
- I won’t lie though, it’s kind of nice to be standing 30 feet away from a tree with a cardinal in it, and not be able to see the cardinal at all. Just splashes or orange leaves, and the sharp little chirps. We have five senses, after all. I can’t smell anything, of course, because I have fall allergies, but I do see and hear both of these things, and feel the dampness of the freshly mown park grass trying to seep through my soft boots.
- I can also hear the coach of the little league team, as cheerfully resigned as ever, begging Thomas to watch for his cutoff man, that could have been an out, Thomas.
- I have recently started dipping into The X-Files for spooky season. I used to get high with a girlfriend and watch this every Sunday night. These are two very young and very sexy people. I can't believe the Cigarette Smoking Man was in the office when Scully was hired, in the pilot.
- I am off work until Monday morning, and I just toggled off "Allow notifications" for both Outlook and Teams. Hell, yeah.
- I'm gonna get buzzed, get railed, sleep late, watch birds, buy clothes, and have a happy weekend, before the time change murders me this weekend.
BOTD: Carolina chickadee. Yesterday was so good he didn't even make the cut.
