Good morning from California, where Fall is finally reasserting itself.

Good morning from California, where Fall is finally reasserting itself.
Some wildlife at the Red Bluff Recreation Area (managed by the Mendocino National Forest). Lots of amphibians at Ben’s Pond(?)! We also observed well camouflaged mule deer and a busy Downy Woodpecker. #RedBluffRecreationArea
Happy new water year! According to WeatherCat software, my wx station recorded a total of 27.91” for Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023 water year. Compare that to 13.66” for Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022 water year! Nature gave us a 0.5” boost yesterday. I’m in the N. Sac Valley #CAWx
Saturday, September 30, 2023 →
Someone lost a parakeet or a small parrot 🙁😳 #BirdsOfMastodon #NotFromAroundHere
Saturday, September 30, 2023 →
Three episodes into Silo on Apple TV+ and I’m loving it. https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/125988
About time Apple Music shows are available in Apple Podcasts. Now, imagine this, I can resume playing shows anytime & easily know what I’ve listened to 🙄 Mainly I listen to Strombo.
In Northern California’s Fall, our whole house fan really shines. We can bring in cooler air at night when there’s no wind. The modern models are not very loud! So our AC (heat pump) is off for the season now. That’s a bit earlier than usual as we often need a bit of cooling at night for sleep.
Saturday, September 23, 2023 →
Got out to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge this morning. The White Fronted Geese are here (along with many small migratory song birds)! #WhiteFrontedGoose
Covid 💉✅ Flu 💉✅
At KSFO, just outside BART, is a pretty great view of the west side of G terminal. It’s easy to miss coming and going. #AvGeek #KSFO #B777 #B787 #Fujifilm
From the KSFO Terminal 2 Sky Terrace. I didn’t have my telephoto lens so I embraced the glass panes. Lufthansa 747-8 (D-ABYL) SFO-FRA #B748 #KSFO #AvGeek #Fujifilm
Thursday, September 14, 2023 →
Covid booster and flu shots scheduled for next Friday! 🎉
We sometimes spoil our resident scrub jays with sunflower heads loaded with seeds.
So long, Google Chrome. The last straw has come.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 →
I finally deleted my Twitter account. Even having an inactive account felt icky. And really really awful and gross over the last couple of days.
Lots of people with Covid at my workplace. I think the worst I’ve seen.
Today: A Coopers Hawk at the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge. #CoopersHawk #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography
Gray Buckeye Butterfly today at the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge. #Fujifilm #GrayBuckeye #Butterfly
Weather was nice today! Summer is waning and so I guess outdoor photography season can begin. Here are a few dragonflies enjoying an overcast and hazy day. #Fujifilm
Here’s a reminder that Fujifilm’s X RAW Studio stores its camera profiles at
~/Library/Application Support/com.fujifilm.denji/X RAW STUDIO
It’s a great way to keep an archive of film recipes and very easily load them to your cameras. Copy an FP1 file for a specific camera, rename it, edit it, save it, and then load it to your camera in X RAW Studio. I’m thankful that text config files are still in fashion.