For decades I've enjoyed watching Tree Swallows nesting in the bird boxes on my property. But this year I've also been lucky enough to watch two families of Eastern Bluebirds successfully raise their brood. This reward has inspired me to upscale these avian summer cottages. I'm renovating, painting and numbering them. So far, I've completed seven with about a dozen more to follow.
Just finished listing to an audio book from our library which I enjoyed very much and highly recommend. Published in 2019, it's called 'The Nature Of Life And Death: Everybody Leaves A Trace' by Professor Patricia Wiltshire, forensic ecologist, botanist and palynologist.
Oh, and I had a
nice windfall this past week. My neighbour across the road was given
two free internet services in exchange for allowing their silo to be
used as a relay tower. The neighbour offered me one of their free
services as a thank you for the use of my hay fields. Of course, I
gratefully accepted! My new signal is much stronger and the download
speed jumped from an iffy 5 Mbps to a steady 10.5 Mbps. Yay-y-y! The
only inconvenience is that I now have to change my e-mail address. My
old service was in use for 13 years. In that time I accumulated a lot
of contacts and business accounts that need to be notified. I suppose
the task could be filed under 'short term pain for long term gain'.
