All You Zombies

One red fox dead in the middle of the travel lane, looked to be a yearling. Can't have been there long because it wasn't flat. Further on, fresh porcupine on the road through the bog, again in the travel lane. Posthumous revenge by quills? And may have seen a dead bat by the curb, but it isn't easy to distinguish between a crumpled bat and a crumpled bunch of leaves.

No geese at the cemetery pond, either time I passed it.

Not much new in the floral department. Japanese knotweed starting to bloom, another invasive weed. More asters, both small and midsized white. A few of the pale lavender. And still another variety of goldenrod.

Got out on the bike, up to the golf course and over to the bog and home. More wind than I would have liked, but no rain yet. Did not die.

15.38 miles, 1:28:21

Air temperature 50 F, wind near calm, sunny. Had Stephen King ground fog creeping across the park pre-dawn. Gone now, so it should be safe to go for a morning walk. Taxi duty for an appointment this afternoon.

Some mid-sized raptor soaring over downtown when I was stopped at a traffic light, gray with semi-pointed wings. Probably not a peregrine because I never saw a wingbeat. Goshawk maybe, though those tend more toward forests. And it's getting into migration season.

Two wild turkeys in a field opposite the transportation museum, either hens or juveniles. Wasn't able to do a thorough scan for others.

Roadkill limited to a couple of flat squirrels. No loss there. No migratory metal birds out at the base.

Got out on the bike, temperature in the 60s F and not much wind. No detours this time. Did not die.

15.75 miles, 1:31:33

Air temperature 61 F, wind west about 6 mph, fog at the airport. None visible here, but the radio towers have gone missing. We did get some rain yesterday, but only a down-payment on our drought. Foraging later, appointment afternoon.

Air temperature 65 F, wind south gusting to 15 mph, cloudy. "Showers in the vicinity" but not showing on the weather radar. Maybe showers again this afternoon. Not betting on any accumulation. Lawn crackly dry.

Air temperature 62 F, wind south gusting over 20 mph, sunny. If the wind doesn't get worse, should have a bike ride. Watered the replacement salvia again, since the forecast only includes "scattered showers."

Air temperature 57 F, wind south about 4 mph, sunny. Yesterday's entertainment included a tree crew next door that we hired on the spot to also take down twinned Norway maples in our neighbor's yard (with her permission) that hung over the corner of our house. Now we have a bunch of pissed-off squirrels -- one of the trunks had a "drey" in the upper branches.

Air temperature 52 F, wind north about 4 mph, sunny. Now that the sun has bothered to get out of bed, that is. Trash out, early because the truck came early last week. Wanna bet it won't show up until afternoon this week?

(With all the critters in our neighborhood, I don't want to leave the bin out overnight.)

From this point forward, the goal of "national intelligence" will be to tell The Boss what he wants to hear.

Air temperature 55 F, light northeast wind, mostly cloudy. Heating system service today, in which we find if the equipment will survive another Maine winter. Walk later.