Friday, 10 June 2022: our temperature is 21°C (windchill 21°C) around 12:30 pm. Sunrise was at 5:22 am, and sunset is at 9:49 pm. A lovely, sunny, blue-sky day.

A landscaper was supposed to come sometime today, to fix a few places in my backyard which were not done properly months ago. Just had a phone call letting me know that a number of their staff are sick, so someone will come next week, on Monday. Unfortunate, as today was the last nice day before 4 days of rain, so I could have gone out for the day. Can't decide whether to go for a short drive this afternoon - might just go to my usual area, which is where I went yesterday, and took the five photos I am posting..

I'm not getting much variety in the bird species I am seeing, but I still enjoy photographing the ones I do see. This afternoon, 10 June 2022, I decided that I would go for a drive, more or less repeating the drives I have been doing recently. Saw a Bobolink for the third time this spring, though still only from a distance. The Mountain Bluebirds are all so busy gathering insects for their babies. Such a special time of year.

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Friday, 10 June 2022: our temperature is 21°C (windchill 21°C) around 12:30 pm. Sunrise was at 5:22 am, and sunset is at 9:49 pm. A lovely, sunny, blue-sky day.

A landscaper was supposed to come sometime today, to fix a few places in my backyard which were not done properly months ago. Just had a phone call letting me know that a number of their staff are sick, so someone will come next week, on Monday. Unfortunate, as today was the last nice day before 4 days of rain, so I could have gone out for the day. Can't decide whether to go for a short drive this afternoon - might just go to my usual area, which is where I went yesterday, and took the five photos I am posting..

I'm not getting much variety in the bird species I am seeing, but I still enjoy photographing the ones I do see. This afternoon, 10 June 2022, I decided that I would go for a drive, more or less repeating the drives I have been doing recently. Saw a Bobolink for the third time this spring, though still only from a distance. The Mountain Bluebirds are all so busy gathering insects for their babies. Such a special time of year.

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Friday, 10 June 2022: our temperature is 21°C (windchill 21°C) around 12:30 pm. Sunrise was at 5:22 am, and sunset is at 9:49 pm. A lovely, sunny, blue-sky day.

A landscaper was supposed to come sometime today, to fix a few places in my backyard which were not done properly months ago. Just had a phone call letting me know that a number of their staff are sick, so someone will come next week, on Monday. Unfortunate, as today was the last nice day before 4 days of rain, so I could have gone out for the day. Can't decide whether to go for a short drive this afternoon - might just go to my usual area, which is where I went yesterday, and took the five photos I am posting..

I'm not getting much variety in the bird species I am seeing, but I still enjoy photographing the ones I do see. This afternoon, 10 June 2022, I decided that I would go for a drive, more or less repeating the drives I have been doing recently. Saw a Bobolink for the third time this spring, though still only from a distance. The Mountain Bluebirds are all so busy gathering insects for their babies. Such a special time of year.

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Friday, 10 June 2022: our temperature is 21°C (windchill 21°C) around 12:30 pm. Sunrise was at 5:22 am, and sunset is at 9:49 pm. A lovely, sunny, blue-sky day.

A landscaper was supposed to come sometime today, to fix a few places in my backyard which were not done properly months ago. Just had a phone call letting me know that a number of their staff are sick, so someone will come next week, on Monday. Unfortunate, as today was the last nice day before 4 days of rain, so I could have gone out for the day. Can't decide whether to go for a short drive this afternoon - might just go to my usual area, which is where I went yesterday, and took the five photos I am posting..

I'm not getting much variety in the bird species I am seeing, but I still enjoy photographing the ones I do see. This afternoon, 10 June 2022, I decided that I would go for a drive, more or less repeating the drives I have been doing recently. Saw a Bobolink for the third time this spring, though still only from a distance. The Mountain Bluebirds are all so busy gathering insects for their babies. Such a special time of year.

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Friday, 10 June 2022: our temperature is 21°C (windchill 21°C) around 12:30 pm. Sunrise was at 5:22 am, and sunset is at 9:49 pm. A lovely, sunny, blue-sky day.

A landscaper was supposed to come sometime today, to fix a few places in my backyard which were not done properly months ago. Just had a phone call letting me know that a number of their staff are sick, so someone will come next week, on Monday. Unfortunate, as today was the last nice day before 4 days of rain, so I could have gone out for the day. Can't decide whether to go for a short drive this afternoon - might just go to my usual area, which is where I went yesterday, and took the five photos I am posting..

I'm not getting much variety in the bird species I am seeing, but I still enjoy photographing the ones I do see. This afternoon, 10 June 2022, I decided that I would go for a drive, more or less repeating the drives I have been doing recently. Saw a Bobolink for the third time this spring, though still only from a distance. The Mountain Bluebirds are all so busy gathering insects for their babies. Such a special time of year.

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