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Been a little lax in posting of late, various Christmas things (like putting up the tree and the lights) have occupied time, along with some days of fairly heavy workloads. Fortunately it slacked off a little the last couple days. We were scheduled to go to a 5K this evening, but with my knee acting up on Monday for some reason (among other reasons, but it's still a bit of a bugger today although quite a bit better) we elected to skip. Good thing because a few strong showers passed through the area.

Two weeks ago the camera caught a lot of "bunny with bird" picture, the best ones ended up being a jay and a tiny bunny, and a larger rabbit that seems to be with a muscovy duck "vocalizing". (These ducks actually "hiss" instead of "quack", though to my ears the sound is sort of a cross between a hiss and a breathy panting).

Not much to report from last week, except for our 14 year anniversary on November 17th. We got some take out sushi and had some nice bubbly at the end of the night.

Work has been super busy so I'm glad to have a couple days off for Thanksgiving this upcoming week.

"Fixed" the parent's computer today (which really was more just some organizational stuff, nothing too big). Tomorrow we don't do quite as much (well, I'll be making black beans in the slow cooker and we'll be going to the grocery, but that's about it).

Obligatory weekly bunny aw...

I've seen the armadillos (a nine-banded armadillo specifically) in the back yard at night, but this is the first one I've seen in the camera trap during daylight hours. Apparently yet another non-native hanging out in Florida (reportedly all populated from a 1922 zoo escape). We have a lot of "non-native" species around here, which is fitting for a state with a heck of a lot of "non-native" humans.

Not too much exciting this week. On Friday I made a slightly adapted version of Columbia's 1905 salad (using the recipe nicely provided by the restaurant itself) to honor a "virtual 5K" (Richard's Run for Life) which normally occurs this weekend. One of the attractions to this 5K is the food at the end, provided by Columbia (and other local restaurants in the same group). It's been virtual for the last two years due to the pandemic (some 5K events have returned, some have not). We get to at least have a taste of the food at home.

I'm one of those that luckily is working from home due to the pandemic (still am, and just due to the nature of my job probably will be at least partially for a while). This means that our slow cooker recipe is growing nicely, courtesy of all the nice recipes on the Internet. Far more productive than some of the other ways you can use the Internet, for sure...

And, finally, the weekly bunny...

It's getting closer to Halloween, so here is the most Halloween-ish shot from last week's bird trap photos. Well, sort of. It's probably a grackle, not the traditional crow or raven of your average horror movie tale, but it'll do. The mourning dove photobombing the picture doesn't exactly help, though.,

Nothing much new to report. Just the usual work and chill shenanigans. I am happy to report that the gumbo (roux and all) was successful (along with a new slow cooker balsamic pork recipe), so as far as food goes, everything is spiffy.

I leave you with, of course, the weekly bunny.

Recently, at certain times of day, the sun, angled at a certain way and filtered through the bamboo plant, has been creating this sort of sunbeam flare effect on a few of the pictures. If the animal gets in the flare a certain way, it looks like, well, that they are illuminated from some light above. So, here are a few examples from the last couple weeks.



The Holy Dove, Bird of Peace.



The Holy Mockingbird, Bird of... Mockery?



The Holy Whisky the Cat, Bearer of Mews Requesting Pets and Scratchies (until Whisky randomly decides to attack and bite your hand).



And of course, the weekend bunny. Aw.

Just an ordinary week, really (first brew Saturday in a while, though), so a few snaps from the camera.



A monk paraakeet. Native to Argentina, it is one of a ton of "introduced" species that has managed to thrive here. I remember there was a tree with a large amount of these birds near my grandparent's house a long time ago.



Speaking of introduced animals from South America, there's a few muscovy ducks around the neighborhood. They've been wandering in the back occasionally the past couple weeks.



A blue jay. Actually one of the more common birds we get around here. Due to their habit of loudly "squawking", and their relatively high intelligence (they're in the same family as crows and ravens and the like), we theorize that, compared to the innocent but dim-witted doves, they are the curmudgeons of the bird feeder, squawking about a world that has gone insane.



A brown thrasher.



Of course, we have to end this with a picture of the small bunny that's been hanging around our yard lately. Aw.

Lately in the backyard, we've been having some regular appearances from an adorable little bunny. The camera trap has caught a few pictures of this little fellow, so this is your Friday bunny aw post for today.

Not a whole lot going on here, just a "typical week" (nice and short at least). So here's some backyard captures.



We mostly get mourning doves, but occasionally a few other species comes around. This appears to be a white winged dove, which normally is a Southwest / Mexico desert bird, but like many other creatures has been successfully transplanted to parts of Florida.



A female cardinal, seed in beak, feeding a juvenile cardinal.



Of course, since there was a bunny pic, we have to post that as well. :)

Apparently, I last posted a month ago.

Since that time, we did a week trip to Paris (amazingly enough we were able to squeeze this in considering the pandemic and what not), and spent a few days in New Orleans to see Crystal's sister in New Orleans for her birthday (a trip actually IMHO riskier than Paris, considering the COVIDiots in that neck of the woods).

Light month, in other words.

No plans to travel anywhere in the next while, so we're back to posting pictures of cute bunnies for Pepperpot to aw at.

It's Monday. What more can I say?