I’m sick. I managed to get Amanda and LK sick as well, although LK does not seem that bad. He emits all kinds of bodily fluids anyway.
Starlings have moved into our stove exhaust, just like some did in Bill and Kelly’s place last year. Unfortunately, such things are no longer under warranty. The clever birds ripped off the flaps to enter, and now there are little ones. In some ways that would not be so bad, but they are very very loud in the house, and the nest materials are probably a fire hazard. Hopefully it won’t be too expensive to evict them, but Amanda wants to wait 21 days until the chicks have left the nest. I would try to evict them myself, but that would require a very large ladder that we neither need nor have the space to store.
I filled up the scooter tank yesterday on the way back from UW Med. I put in a gallon… dunno what the capacity is… and it looks like we got 100km on it… 60mpg. I imagine the mileage will get better as everything breaks in.
Not much happened over the weekend. Amanda worked Saturday morning and was on call 24 hours on Sunday.
I am making friends with the feral cats outside. I almost got one to hang out with me in the front yard. I have been leaving food outside for them at night, but only then because the crows will eat it during the day. Amanda was angry that I was using piglet’s expensive prescription food, so I got some normal stuff yesterday.
I don’t think piglet is pleased. Friday she hid in the bushes and ambushed invaders coming to see if food was around or stopping for a drink out of oUr water feature. But perhaps she will make friends/subjects since she is clearly the queen of the yard and building.