Snow day

At Tom Sawyer today

I looked out a short while later, and the suet (which has capsaicin to deter squirrels) was gone except for crumbs on the ground.

Dominion and Carcassonne

I got to plan two of my favorite games last night with Jen. We used both The River and the Inns & Cathedrals expansions for Carcassonne, for a rather sprawling 100+ point game. And Dominion is still my favorite. I really enjoy the way it makes me try to forecast card interactions and anticipate how my deck will evolve.

Hawk food

I just saw a hawk in the tree out back, and in watching it for a few moments I realized it was eating something in its talons. I ran to get my binoculars, focused ...and saw that it had a slice of pizza.

Yesterday, a balloon

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Winter sowing experiment

Northern flicker

This northern flicker is the only bird I've seen that the mockingbird can't intimidate and drive away from the feeder.

Unmatched: Battle of Legends

Played against Jennifer  (Dracula) last night. I was Bigfoot. It ended close. Bigfoot had two points left when he bashed Dracula for the win.

Azul

Post-game retiling.

An Enemy

I've decided there are few things I loathe more than wintercreeper. I am going to wage war on it on my property, and take potshots at it in the adjoining easement. I hate it. I will never defeat it, but I will won't stop trying.

A little snow

I didn't enjoy cleaning off my car this morning, but I do like having snow on the ground on Dec. 1.

Red shouldered hawk

Taken by holding my phone camera lens up to my binoculars.

For years I thought that the hawks in our neighborhood were red tailed hawks, but recently I realized I have probably been wrong. Now I am pretty certain that the hawks that are so busy around here are red-shouldered hawks.

Azul, yesterday

Games last weekend

Undaunted: Normandy

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Detail

Owl pumpkin

because the owl has a word balloon urging people to vote, it gets to stay out through tomorrow.