I still can't comment on blogs that don't allow Anonymous comments. I have no idea why blogger is being such a bummer, but it is. It simply does not show me logged in, even though I am.
So to divert my attention from this absurdity I clicked some quick photos over the past few days.
This one was when we were driving in the big town of Eureka. The city had a project back in 2018 that brought students interested in art to paint the corner utility boxes throughout town.
They did such a lovely job. The artwork is really quite beautiful and a nice sight while waiting at a stoplight there.
Then, the sky actually cleared up a bit. My brother Michael had come up to look around with the prospect of maybe buying some land here. After three weeks of dismal gray bummer weather, he was reconsidering that option.
On this lovely blue, big billowy cloud day though, he had a good time taking his long walks looking at land and fantasizing about a future. He drove home on Thursday still thinking about where to buy some property and build a little modular home. He was with us for more than a month, and we miss him already.
He didn't get to see this little beauty on the hummingbird feeder. He would have loved it!
I'm pretty sure it's an Allen's Hummingbird. They fly all the way here from Mexico during breeding season. Here is a map of their journey.
That
small blue spot is where they live in their non-breeding season. The
yellow is their migration area and that thin band of orange along the
California and Oregon coast is where they come to breed. It's a 2500
mile (3972 km) journey. Brave and hearty little birds they are. We're
glad they somehow manage to find our little bird feeder in our backyard.
And that's how I have been diverting my attention from my frustrating anonymous persona in blogger land.