Bird views

My computer went into the shop and came out with Microsoft 8. This program is one of discovery and changes which I need to get familiar. The type seems more vivid than last time I wrote in this blog. I guess what I would like to talk about is the birds in my neighborhood. I have blue jays, cardinals and occasional mockingbird and mourning doves. The mourning doves hang out on the power lines usually facing away from me. The blue jays are the bold ones who try my bird bath in the backyard. I haven't been able to capture it on film yet, but they splash around in the water and fly into the oak branches. They chase away the cardinals which secretly hide in the tree limbs making tweeting noises. I want to get their picture, but when I get my camera set up they fly away. The flight of the birds is with such speed. I know it is pretty fast, but I would like to know how fast? I have clocked pelicans with my car doing 40 miles per hour in flight. They seem fast, but the birds in my neighborhood seem faster.

First Thursday in August

The weather is looking like rain today. The sun is still out, but there are dark storm clouds looming loosely like a jigsaw puzzle trying to find the other pieces to make one big storm. I mopped the kitchen floor this morning and got the garbage out. There is a neighbor over trying to fix the porch screen. I don't know if it is a good clothes drying day. It might be better to use the clothes dryer. Maybe, if I do , the storm clouds will go away and it will be blazing hot. I have no idea what we will have for dinner, but I am working up an appetite for lunch.