We love your blabbing. So don't hold back! :)

...and now you have to go down all those steep bits!!

Hope the flight goes well and it does sound like you need a break. I’m missing you already! All your hard work is so appreciated and enjoyed.

Thanks, Patrick. A break will be nice, but I suspect it won’t be long before I’ve got something I feel the need to blab about.

Thanks, Suzanne. We leave for the airport shortly and fly home tomorrow. Hopefully it all goes smoothly.

Love the walking shadow pictures!

Hope you have a good trip home! Thinking of you.

Or a shelter of some sort. Note the entrance on the front.

Yup, that was my thinking. Much more appropriate than its real name.

Appropriately named, too.. “Bust A Gut”..

Or getting ready for the Cal bonfire ….

Enjoyed your “shadow selfies”, Rachael :)

Yup, and a well-fed one. They luck much more svelt on the wing.

Thanks for all your excellent writing and images as usual. I can appreciate how much work it is. Nine months of posting is a long time. You both deserve a break.

European Goldfinch, eh.

I was fortunate that I had some thick padding that had adhesive on one side that I could cut a piece of it and cover the hole. It worked great!