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0.80" might call that a good drink if it was bourbon in a glass

Color made a good backdrop for the leucistic hawk today. She (guessing since I read that females are larger than the males) caught two meals this morning in the waist-high scrub, so her lack of camouflage doesn't seem to be a problem, looks healthy.

33.3° low, with a light breeze still going this am. Climbed right back through the 40s already, gorgeous out there in every way

"Red sky at night, damage delight"? So much for mariner lore...

Yup just the start of the acclimation process.

41.7° The step-down is real, but not spectacular...

41.0°F for the low, already up to 57°F in the sunny spots before 9am. Sugar maple foliage looks healthier than last year at this time despite stein - hoping for good color in the next month.

I bought it last fall after the raking season, on "sale" I think it was $450?

Another heavy acorn year, not the most we've had but plenty of plump ones. Raking isn't my fav outdoor chore, and I have 3 large oaks that cause lots of raking this time of year. I have a big tow-behind leaf vac fI've had for years that works great for leaf pickup, and last year that company advertised a 'nut rake' and after a bit of research, I got one. Tried it out this year and it worked great. Of course not advocating how anyone else should grab nuts, but having seen other folks here with severe acorn angst I thought I'd share this out. My acorn raking days may just be behind me... Short vid here from my first couple passes with this thing:

So far the rain trajectory on radar keeps me on the "have not" side of this equation. Soils need a good drink but if it stays dry today there's 2 fields of trees that have orchard grass up to my shoulders that need mowing. Just don't scrape me with 0.10" to ruin both options.

50.0° min. The seasons they are a-changin'...

0.10" overnight then 1.32" from the heavily CG-infused boomer at dawn. Badly needed drink for the parched ground but need more.

When your opposition calls you a "evil communist" and your retort is to post appreciation for actual evil communists...

Unfortunately it was a photo capture only, camera wasn't set for video out of the box (it's since been set to video)...

So... Put up a new trail cam yesterday, wife hoping to get some good wildlife captures, didn't see this as a possibility... It took this pic at 10:33am today. No idea what that is at center-left, I know what it looks like but never bought into the stories. Weird