The House Saga

Flight Interrupted

Spring and early summer seems to make the mourning doves around here do stupid things, like flying full bore into windows. Has to do with the mating season probably. We had four bird strikes, two of them at the same time. The first picture is a single strike. The second shows all four, and the third is a closeup of the second. In one case, the bird lay dazed beneath the window for some time while I contemplated putting it out of its misery, but eventually it flew away. We practically end up on the floor ourselves each time it happens. You might suspect that the window was too clean, but if you look closely you can see all kinds of bug strikes as well. We used to enjoy the mournful coo of these doves, but we're becoming a little irritated by them, especially in the spring.

Well, we are on our way to a new kitchen. Yikes! It happened so quickly. I thought he would demolish a little more gently and slower so I could get used to it all. I can't believe how open everything is. It is amazing. The pics don't really show it, you will just have to come over and experience it. I will put more photos up as we move along so stay tuned.

For the birds

We've had a bird coop from Fallbrook days just lying about, so we decided it was time to plant it here in Lincoln. Not so easy to do! Here's the hole:

Here's what came out of the hole.

One of the rocks could be

a dinosaur egg.

And here's the dinosaur we hired to do the job:

And the end result. No birds yet, but it looks nice.