This is Fat Bear Week, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. Stay tuned.

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Autumn today, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. At 12:19 PM your time. Celebrate responsibly.

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Whiskers likes watermelon, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social.

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If you fill it, they will come.

When Whiskers was young, he enjoyed reading the sports page, and often became rather excited about what he read. It's #Caturday.

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Caterpillar on the sidewalk. I think it's a moth. I helped him along to the other side.

Yesterday, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, I learned a valuable lesson. At least I think I learned a valuable lesson. If your phone is functioning reasonably well, do not attempt to improve its performance. You can only come to grief.

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Yesterday at the grocery store, @ellen-friedman.bsky.social, I overheard one woman tell another that she had four infections. That reminded me of the time, many years ago, that I ordered a party tray from Alfred's Deli. 1/

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Beginning Oct. 2, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, I will no longer get a daily print edition of a newspaper. Instead, I will get a daily digital edition and a print edition on Sunday only. This makes me rather sad. But times change.

Cooper's hawk this morning, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. Therefore, no bluebirds. Or anything else. Except hummingbirds. Hummingbirds are not afraid.

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This looks like it might be pretty good, @ellen-friedman.bsky.social.

Song of the day, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. youtu.be/aeSI42aWjRU?...

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Afternoon bluebird update, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. There are six of them.

Whiskers just licked my carotid artery, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social.

Four bluebirds at the birdbath this morning, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, equally spaced at the points of the compass 🧭.

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I leave the table for less than a minute, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, and return to find Whiskers licking the strawberry preserves off my biscuit. What am I to do with that cat?

A young Whiskers emerges triumphant from the jungle. It's #Caturday.

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

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It is going on ice cream o'clock, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social.

My last tetanus shot, @ellen-friedman.bsky.social, was on 11/9/2015. They are good for ten years. My annual physical is scheduled for 11/6/2025, at which time I shall get another tetanus shot. Cutting it pretty close, huh?

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I think Whiskers is hallucinating on the patio, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. He is pouncing on things that aren't there.

I wonder if this is any good, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. I'm going to find out.

I am trying to teach Whiskers binomial nomenclature, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. I think it's something he should know.

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Milkweed bug in the milkweed. @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social et alia

Practically freezing this morning, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social.

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Two vaccines yesterday, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, covid and flu. Both in the right deltoid. My arm is a little sore. But I won't get sick. Should have gotten a tetanus booster while I was there.

Ducks and doves.

Damn, @glengrambo.bsky.social. But I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later.

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Today, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, I learned that a trout fly must resemble something the trout would want to eat. Not so with a salmon fly. It needs only to enrage the salmon with its presence. cc: @clinto.bsky.social

Cold this morning, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social. Only 24C. Wouldn't be surprised if we had some snow flurries before the day is over.

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Good game, @clinto.bsky.social. It could be argued that Midwest college football is the best football.

I just learned, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, that the most valuable cargo on the Titanic was feathers.

Whiskers requests quiet. It's #Caturday.