Visitors

Ruth's day started at 6:00 this morning, starting the coffee and noticing some movement outside the kitchen window. A very large black dog? but no pets allowed here. Another look...hmmm...must be a black bear walking through the complex. yes, he reaches up, grabs a branch of a tree, chews on it? lets it go (boing!)...on to the next tree and branch. Sorry, no camera. And the cell phone camera only comes on when I try to answer a call. And it's downstairs anyway.

Our friend Lorelyn from Santa Monica has been in Nevada with her 92-year old dad visiting his 88-year old brother in Grass Valley. They (she and her dad, Joe) came for a day trip to visit and it was a great pleasure to at last meet him. We had a pleasant lunch and visit and Ruth enjoyed some opera talk. We look forward to seeing them again.

The most entertainment we've had is watching the training of Don to put out tidbits for the Stellar Bluejays in the area. First whole peanuts, then some grapes we bought for lunch. I was beginning to wonder if these poor birds were going to have terrible digestive problems - do they find peanuts and grapes in the wild? what do they really eat? The internet is so spotty here I haven't been able to check it. Oh well. We found some wild bird feed – sunflower seeds – and they are now really scarfing those up. Now I'm concerned about them becoming dependent on humans – at least this area is populated year round.