Some limited exploring
Sep. 8th, 2003 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillI managed to get up early and out the door by 7:30am to look for birds. I can tell it's fall--for the first time since we got here it was cool enough for me to want a sweater and long pants at that hour of the morning. Of course, since I've been birdwatching by sitting very still in a patio chair, I get cold more easily than I would normally.
No special birds today. I saw mockingbirds and robins, and two squirrels chasing each other in helices up and down the trunk of the pecan tree. The frantic skritching of their feet on the bark caught my ear.
About noon I went over to Carson Newman and tried out the pool. It's a nice pool, but the water is so warm it's hard to shed heat once I start working. I swam laps for a while, trading off strokes, then jogged in place in the deep end, working out against the resistance of the water. It was aerobic exercise for sure, and all my muscles are really tired now.
I also sat in the library and read the current issue of Science News. It turns out they do have Nature--up to May of this year. I haven't tracked down the current issues yet, if they have them.
Did a bunch of laundry while the weather was dry, took the tomatoes out of the dryer and realized I didn't have any fruit to put in its place. I'll get something tomorrow.
No special birds today. I saw mockingbirds and robins, and two squirrels chasing each other in helices up and down the trunk of the pecan tree. The frantic skritching of their feet on the bark caught my ear.
About noon I went over to Carson Newman and tried out the pool. It's a nice pool, but the water is so warm it's hard to shed heat once I start working. I swam laps for a while, trading off strokes, then jogged in place in the deep end, working out against the resistance of the water. It was aerobic exercise for sure, and all my muscles are really tired now.
I also sat in the library and read the current issue of Science News. It turns out they do have Nature--up to May of this year. I haven't tracked down the current issues yet, if they have them.
Did a bunch of laundry while the weather was dry, took the tomatoes out of the dryer and realized I didn't have any fruit to put in its place. I'll get something tomorrow.
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Date: 2003-09-08 08:52 pm (UTC)I was very excited to see a groundhog waddling along the trail outside the petroglyphs building the other day. I love coming across animals on my hikes.
And I'm going to try to get my nature hike site up and active again sometime this month. I'll let you know :).
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Date: 2003-09-09 05:43 am (UTC)The groundhog sounds cool. It's always exciting to see a wild animal. I guess I don't hike quietly enough (or maybe I'm just too slow) because if I see one, it tends to be just the back half, which makes it harder to identify.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could observe wild creatures without disturbing them? If they ever make nano-spy bots, that would be a great use of them.