Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Be Careful What You Wish For!

Holy smokes! No sooner do I blog about buckling down than we do a wicked Tuesday night practice. On the up side, my hundred times were exactly where they were at the peak of last sprint season, after our first set of two hundreds this season. And I pulled the train for the hundreds. Today I will hit my first noon practice of the season, and maybe get a bite of lunch afterwards with the Pats and Margaret! I think it may take me a bit longer than usual to warm up.

I must say The Boarder is in his Glory these days. The juncos and chickadees have been providing excellent fodder for his Ornithilogical Observations — and this morning was made even more exciting by the visit of a downy woodpecker! Yesterday I found that he had moved his scratching post two feet. I also discovered a recently deceased member of the order rodentia with its four feet in the air behind my chair. And there's that whole chicken jello thing ...

6 comments:

ADMills said...

The weather has been glorious, if cold. There really is nothing like an Autumn sky in the afternoon.

Toonces reports that this weather improves the hunting, and one can deliver live birds to mark Thanksgiving. Much better than small, live rabbits, n'est ce pas?

Jenny Davidson said...

It is very impressive that you can swim those kinds of times off the mostly LSD work you've been doing - clearly days off last week had mild taper effect!

The Boarder's next book will be Recreational Ornithology...

Black Knight said...

You are right: "why does this look so easy when I type"? Now the swimming is boring, no more sea, only the pool!
Ornithology ... I adopted a nice family of bats, they live near my window into a shelter that I bought for them.

Lily on the Road said...

I think that the Boarder and Lily are in cahoots. She brought something in this morning (she ran past me while I was in a cold drug induced haze)...

Not too sure I'll get home to, I'll keep you posted...

Danielle in Iowa said...

My friend's cat decapitates mice.

Gross.

Brent Buckner said...

No such thing as pet mice in the Boarder's worldview!