Setephaga ruticilla, American Redstart

American Redstart

 The above is a drawing by my grandson Caleb Lloyd.  He gave it to me for Christmas last year.  He is a student at Dayton Christian School and likes art and drawing.

Caleb is currently recuperating from wisdom tooth extraction surgery.  I am thinking of him currently and wish him the speediest recovery.

He is working at Tropical Smoothy in Beaver Creek.  Now that he drives, it is most convenient for him mom not to have to transport him.

I looked up this bird on Wikipedia:  This bird winters in South and Central America.  It summers in the United States and Western Canada.  It is a warbler.

Regards,

Larry Eicher

Newly the old me!

 

House Spider

It has been to long since I have blogged that I have forgotten how the Blogger software works.  I was hard hit by Covid-19 and was unable  to use my computer for months.  I was diagnosed on Nov. 01, 2020.

I am still coming back.  I've had two Moderna Vaccinations and was hit hard by the first one.  I went into the grocery store and got lost.  Carol had to call her daughter to find and rescue me.  They took me home and I went to bed.

My Daughter, Carrie Lloyd, came to stay with me while I received the second which did not effect me like the first one.

I made this stackshot capture on 1-1-21.  It was a large spider which I had seen around for several days.  I had been unable to capture it.  I found it as I said on 1-1 and made this capture.  It was and is dead.  It's legs had folded up as you can see.  At first sight I did not like the image for two reasons.  The detritus hairs distracted me and the folded condition of the legs.

Ec 0   auto dist,  dist per step 500 microns were the stackshot settings.  I have been recently "taking back" my computer.  Things don't stay static when time passes while the computer is unattended.  I hadn't realized how many applications I use in my "work flow."  Each one requires me to control its subtleties.

Lately, I have been rediscovering myself also.  My life had gone a weird direction and now I want to resume it more like it was before.  I'm gardening in the bed by my patio.  It is no big deal except to me.  I ate some scallions with my chicken liver dinner last evening.  I drank 187 ml of wine with it.  It seemed to me that the tastes cooperated with one another.  I experienced no ill effects from the wine.

I don't think I have shared with you that I had a surgery in May 10, 2021.  It was TURP, Trans-urethral resection of the Prostate.  I have heard that others have said the surgery was life changing.  Maybe it's too early for me to say but so far it seems to me a pain in the neck.  Maybe I was not ready.  Who knows.  I see the surgeon on Sept. 15.  I'm hoping to be back to normal or BETTER by then.

Regards,

Larry