Monday Update 5-8-23

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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Plant Shopping
Birdfeeding
May is Garden for Wildlife Month
Birdfeeding
Friday Five
New Community: Fannish Tarot
Philosophical Questions: Two Questions
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 5-5-23: Baking
Birdfeeding
Hobbies: Running
Birdfeeding
Good News


The Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday went well. I'm most of the way done writing poems for that, but I've still got one left to do.



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I am running a blog questionnaire one day at a time over on twitter_refugees but sadly that community has no Three Weeks for Dreamwidth tag.

I've been running a series of posts about wild birds here and on birdfeeding so check those out if you like birds:
Week 1
Birdwatching
Songbirds
Woodpeckers
Hummingbirds
Shorebirds
Waterfowl
Raptors

Week 2
Bird Fixtures
Birdhouses
Other Wildlife Houses
Birdbaths
Birdfeeders
Other Wildlife Feeders
Assorted Features


There is one open epic at present.

"The Heart's Best Tenant" is now complete!  Maryam and Charlotte talk about their relationship.

"Within the Souls of Men" belongs to Shiv and has 30 new verses. Shiv talks with Smoking Breath about the Iron Horses.


The weather has been mixed here, some hot and chilly. We finally got some rain in the last couple days.  It's been an exciting week for birdwatching!  Yesterday I saw two new birds, a hooded oriole and a white-crowned sparrow.  Today I spotted two gray catbirds, which I've seen before but not recently.  Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a flock of sparrows, a flock of mourning doves, several grackles, several house finches, two robins, two brown thrashers, two blue jays, a pair of cardinals courting, a brown-headed cowbird, and a fox squirrel. Violets, tulips,  honeysuckle, alliums, mulberry, wild cherries, and apple are blooming. Blue grape hyacinths and lilacs are almost done.  Peonies have buds.  Plus I have about 5 narrow flats of plants to put out.  :D