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possum
Yesterday I took a drive along Ten Mile Road in the Kankakee Fish & Wildlife Area. The most interesting things I saw there were four sandhill cranes and this bald eagle.
The entire list of things I saw is
4 beavers
a much cuter possum
a Bald Eagle
Mallard Duckss (lots and lots)
Canada Geese (lots and lots and lots)
Common Goldeneyes
Red-Winged Blackbirds (a few dozen)
Downy Woodpeckers (at least 4)
American Coots (a few dozen)
Sandhill Cranes (4 flying over)
Lesser Scaulps (a few)
Hooded Mergansers
Today was about trying to make my physical space work better for me; I couldn't stand living like a college student anymore. Then again maybe this was a fit of spring cleaning -- temperatures were near 60 today and for the first time since MLK weekend there is no snow on my deck.
In terms of my nesting urge. I have at least taken some first steps to upgrading to graduate student living at least by purchasing a futon (not sure when it will be delivered yet). It will allow me to better utilize space in my living room and get things to the point where I am more comfortable having guests over. I also bought some cheap garage type shelving to organize the second bedroom/office/storage room. I moved my desk (read the dining table I don't have a space to use as a table) and set up one set of shelves. Now I need to sort and purge the boxes of stuff that I pulled out of that room.
My other goal for the day were curtains or blinds for the bedroom as the ones there now clash with my bedding. Sadly I was not successful on that front. While searching for curtains, I did find a rolling cart for the kitchen that was on clearance. It will allow me to better utilize this odd space in the kitchen -- once I put it together that is.
I still need to upgrade bookshelves and get a very small dining table (both available at Ikea). The emerging style for my place has a strong mission style feel. I would also like to find a chest of drawers for the bedroom and get rid of some of the make do storage I have in there now.
When I end up moving, I will have more to move but I will be more comfortable in the meantime.
Unfortunately I am out of steam for the day; time to finish the Indian curry I am making for dinner and work on grading some papers.
possum
Yesterday I took a drive along Ten Mile Road in the Kankakee Fish & Wildlife Area. The most interesting things I saw there were four sandhill cranes and this bald eagle.
The entire list of things I saw is
4 beavers
a much cuter possum
a Bald Eagle
Mallard Duckss (lots and lots)
Canada Geese (lots and lots and lots)
Common Goldeneyes
Red-Winged Blackbirds (a few dozen)
Downy Woodpeckers (at least 4)
American Coots (a few dozen)
Sandhill Cranes (4 flying over)
Lesser Scaulps (a few)
Hooded Mergansers
Today was about trying to make my physical space work better for me; I couldn't stand living like a college student anymore. Then again maybe this was a fit of spring cleaning -- temperatures were near 60 today and for the first time since MLK weekend there is no snow on my deck.
In terms of my nesting urge. I have at least taken some first steps to upgrading to graduate student living at least by purchasing a futon (not sure when it will be delivered yet). It will allow me to better utilize space in my living room and get things to the point where I am more comfortable having guests over. I also bought some cheap garage type shelving to organize the second bedroom/office/storage room. I moved my desk (read the dining table I don't have a space to use as a table) and set up one set of shelves. Now I need to sort and purge the boxes of stuff that I pulled out of that room.
My other goal for the day were curtains or blinds for the bedroom as the ones there now clash with my bedding. Sadly I was not successful on that front. While searching for curtains, I did find a rolling cart for the kitchen that was on clearance. It will allow me to better utilize this odd space in the kitchen -- once I put it together that is.
I still need to upgrade bookshelves and get a very small dining table (both available at Ikea). The emerging style for my place has a strong mission style feel. I would also like to find a chest of drawers for the bedroom and get rid of some of the make do storage I have in there now.
When I end up moving, I will have more to move but I will be more comfortable in the meantime.
Unfortunately I am out of steam for the day; time to finish the Indian curry I am making for dinner and work on grading some papers.
