TGIF

Tom went to a Democratic Party meeting last night in Baraboo and wound up with his picture on the front page of the local paper. He's the third from the left. This picture was taken from the online edition of the paper -- the photo in the print edition is very blurred.

I don't know if the flamingos are keeping the squirrels away or not, but they sure do attract hummingbirds. Maybe when the flowers actually begin to bloom out back, the hummingbirds will be used to checking it out and may find something. Last night I was sitting on the front porch (an exaggeration -- the front entry would be closer to it)
while we had very strong winds. The trees were whipping around, but the hummingbirds were as calm as could be hovering by their feeder. They had softball-sized hail north of here, but we had not a drop of rain. More importantly, we did not lose power. That map shows the weather alert we were under for most of the evening -- right in the middle of that red blob!

I finished editing the material Vinko sent for his dissertation. He said he will send more tomorrow. This second part went much faster than the first. I hope that means I am getting better, not that I am getting more careless.

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