Guess I should have read the next paragraph before posting the comment above. At least I was right about it being a duck...

I see webbed feet so I'm thinking it's a duck of some sort. What ducks have a dark brown (?) head and neck, mostly white breast, perhaps dark upper wing surface, and possibly a small white patch below the eye?

While golfing last week I enjoyed watching three minutes of aerial combat / ballet between an osprey and a bald eagle. The osprey had prey in its talons; the eagle wanted it. It was climb, dive, turn and turn again as the osprey tried to shake its pursuer, which in turn had a two-crow escort shadowing it.

All of this happend at low altitude and mostly within 100-200 yards of where we stood, watching and mesmerized. It was soooooo cool!

Yup. That's basically our approach too. It's amazing though how ALWAYS somehow translates with us to 99+%, which is pretty good but leaves room for excitement.

At home I ALWAYS set my phone on the vanity before even approaching the porcelain throne.

Away from home it's in my hand, not set down where I can forget it and walk away.

NEVER in a pocket, lest it fall out and go plop.

Yup, I've gotten better with practice. Also I'm having far fewer vision problems doing things like this. It's not really a problem any more.

When working with nuts and bolts and small parts, try spreading a soft rag or Terry towel below your work area. Dropped items will be less likely to bounce and disappear into obscurity, and will stand out better against a uniformly colored background.

During COVID a group of local musicians took to open air practice / jam sessions on Sunday afternoons, from 1 to 4, at a spot along the C&O Canal. They've kept at it ever since, even in poor weather, and draw an appreciative crowd. I don't think they're even busking: I've not noticed the typical open instrument case, laid out to receive offerings from passers-by.

I like to take our kayak out there, go for a morning paddle, the pull up and listen for a spell before heading back home.

Up Up and Away, In My Beautiful... Artichoke??? Hmmmm, maybe the original lyric and title are better. But it's a nice mural, anyhow.

Love The Jennies!

You might also inspect the ends of your pedal spindles. Many of them have a 6mm hexagonal indentation, so you can use an Allen wrench in place of the more robust pedal wrenches.

That assumes, of course, that you didn't overtighten the pedals during installation, and that you took care to lubricate the threads to prevent the steel or titanium from electro.ytically welding itself to the aluminum crank.

Frightening doesn't begin to describe it. Some of it is starting to recede now, but I've got the constant reminder from this dark shadow across about the right 20% of my field of vision to keep it alive. And I've got the feeling of living on borrowed time - the disease can always come back from its dormancy.

Funny. I missed this originally, until rereading the page after it drew a fresh comment.

I like that.

Yes, but it's the last time. They went out of business this month. Which is fine - spoiler alert: I had reason to lose my affection for them in the days ahead.