Warmer day
Jan. 3rd, 2021 07:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdonarkThe first day of January proved cold and windy. I walked in Glendover Park and in Bethany Lakes Park, with each walk featuring a bit of bracing wind.
On the second day of January, I began organizing my family year-end paperwork. I drove to the drive-up window at the bank to make a deposit. I drove to the post-office. The outside dropbox was full to the brim, so I went indoors. The new Allen post office just opened this year, and it appears to permit slightly later Saturday mailing times. I drpped off some shirts at the dry cleaners, and picked up other shirts from the dry cleaners.
While I was near the bank in McKinney. I went for a walk around Towne Lake. The rains made some mud creep over the sidewalk, so I had to deviate a time or two into the grass. The weather was in the 50s, with very little wind. It provided a nice contrast from the prior three days.
I saw a Cooper's Hawk and a Red-Shouldered Hawk, as well as Northern Shovelers, American Coots and other lake-dwellers. My eBird list reset to zero with the coming of the new year. Now my Collin County species list stands at 27 species.
Last night I re-watched most of the fine old Movie Mrs. Miniver and we watched an episode from Season 3 of the Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. This morning I got up, ate some kind of healthy version of cocoa cereal, and gave Beatrice her pill pocket full of pills and some wet food. I read tweets about the Open University and contemplated my day.
I like that in this time of year each day has roughly one minute more daylight than the day before had had.
On the second day of January, I began organizing my family year-end paperwork. I drove to the drive-up window at the bank to make a deposit. I drove to the post-office. The outside dropbox was full to the brim, so I went indoors. The new Allen post office just opened this year, and it appears to permit slightly later Saturday mailing times. I drpped off some shirts at the dry cleaners, and picked up other shirts from the dry cleaners.
While I was near the bank in McKinney. I went for a walk around Towne Lake. The rains made some mud creep over the sidewalk, so I had to deviate a time or two into the grass. The weather was in the 50s, with very little wind. It provided a nice contrast from the prior three days.
I saw a Cooper's Hawk and a Red-Shouldered Hawk, as well as Northern Shovelers, American Coots and other lake-dwellers. My eBird list reset to zero with the coming of the new year. Now my Collin County species list stands at 27 species.
Last night I re-watched most of the fine old Movie Mrs. Miniver and we watched an episode from Season 3 of the Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. This morning I got up, ate some kind of healthy version of cocoa cereal, and gave Beatrice her pill pocket full of pills and some wet food. I read tweets about the Open University and contemplated my day.
I like that in this time of year each day has roughly one minute more daylight than the day before had had.
