Weeknotes #11

I made a few updates to this site last week. If you prefer blog posts via email, there’s an easier way to signup. I also added a small heart at the end of each post. No login to jump through nor any data retained, just an incremental counter that ties into a WordPress widget. As I tinkered on these things I had a handful of not-quite-a-full-post notes that I wanted to tidy up. Here’s the random collection for the week. The days are long as the equinox nears. It’s bright out by 5:00am…and still is at 10:00pm, about an hour more of daylight than we had living in the Pacific Northwest. Bright does not mean sun, though, as there are plenty of wet, cloudy days. Birds are now awake by 4:30am, if not a bit earlier, so I’m also awake by then, at least until I reach up and close the window to shut out their chirps. It’s been fun to see more birds of prey around as the weather’s warmed (thankfully the resident hares are safe and hop around most mornings). Sticking with birds for a moment,…