IT STOPPED RAINING !!!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Hawk's Nest
The first egg was laid in the hawk's nest yesterday. I had a suspicion when I went to view it, but wasn't sure. Today Lisa told me about it, and I went and checked the time line. Sure enough - March 13th was the day.
The second eagles' egg has hatched now, so we can get a look at the feeding process. That late afternoon sun is sometimes so bright that it can be a bit hard to see them.
The second eagles' egg has hatched now, so we can get a look at the feeding process. That late afternoon sun is sometimes so bright that it can be a bit hard to see them.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Daylight Savings Time
Is that not the stupidest idea ever? It does not "save" anything at all. Much as I hate the idea, don't forget to push your clock ahead an hour, or you will find yourself late for everything.
I'm good about the clocks in the house, but I always seem to forget the clock on the car dashboard. I'll get around to it in a few days, after I frighten myself several times, thinking I'm late for an appointment.
I'm good about the clocks in the house, but I always seem to forget the clock on the car dashboard. I'll get around to it in a few days, after I frighten myself several times, thinking I'm late for an appointment.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Eagles
One egg has hatched in the Norfolk eagles' nest. A second one is starting to crack.
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Public Broadcasting
What do you watch or listen to at night?
As the day winds down, I am in no mood for drama or excitement. I record anything like that for viewing at another time. When I am trying to relax I want to see or hear beautiful things or funny things - things that let me go off to sleep and have pleasant dreams. I often turn to PBS or NPR.
Weekends on PBS bring me lots of Britcoms. Love 'em.
I do have a TV in my bedroom, but it's been a while since I have watched it. "Watching" TV with your eyes closed isn't very satisfactory. I'm more likely to fall asleep listening to NPR's Jazz After Hours playing softly in the background. And I'd rather wake up to their newscasts and local weather than to TV's scary headlines and pitiful attempts at humor and entertainment. I keep the bedside radio tuned to NPR all the time.
I guess I started listening regularly to public radio all the time several years ago when my daughter started doing interviews with authors for them. Not that I could hear her from the opposite coast. I only could do that on line. But it did give me better insight into the quality and diversity of their programming.
I enjoy their daytime programs too, like All Things Considered, and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and Car Talk, and some call in shows.
I don't think anyone can find fault with PBS shows like Nature, and the National Parks series. I'd so much rather watch their travel and science shows than the sorry prime time shows on the other networks. And it's so much better not having to deal with the commercial breaks. Don't even get me started on so-called "reality" shows.
There are exceptions of course. A few of the other network shows are very good. But I often wish for the good old days when we had only three channels available, and some truly great entertainers were giving their all for us. Pictures were sometimes grainy or snowy, but I enjoyed them a lot more.
As the day winds down, I am in no mood for drama or excitement. I record anything like that for viewing at another time. When I am trying to relax I want to see or hear beautiful things or funny things - things that let me go off to sleep and have pleasant dreams. I often turn to PBS or NPR.
Weekends on PBS bring me lots of Britcoms. Love 'em.
I do have a TV in my bedroom, but it's been a while since I have watched it. "Watching" TV with your eyes closed isn't very satisfactory. I'm more likely to fall asleep listening to NPR's Jazz After Hours playing softly in the background. And I'd rather wake up to their newscasts and local weather than to TV's scary headlines and pitiful attempts at humor and entertainment. I keep the bedside radio tuned to NPR all the time.
I guess I started listening regularly to public radio all the time several years ago when my daughter started doing interviews with authors for them. Not that I could hear her from the opposite coast. I only could do that on line. But it did give me better insight into the quality and diversity of their programming.
I enjoy their daytime programs too, like All Things Considered, and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and Car Talk, and some call in shows.
I don't think anyone can find fault with PBS shows like Nature, and the National Parks series. I'd so much rather watch their travel and science shows than the sorry prime time shows on the other networks. And it's so much better not having to deal with the commercial breaks. Don't even get me started on so-called "reality" shows.
There are exceptions of course. A few of the other network shows are very good. But I often wish for the good old days when we had only three channels available, and some truly great entertainers were giving their all for us. Pictures were sometimes grainy or snowy, but I enjoyed them a lot more.
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