Took a four-hour ramble up and down Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC, today.
Managed to get close to this Sharp-shinned Hawk that was sitting on a light standard.
Took a four-hour ramble up and down Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC, today.
Managed to get close to this Sharp-shinned Hawk that was sitting on a light standard.
We took a walk in Byrne Creek Ravine Park after the hailstorm had passed in SE #Burnaby today. The air was so crisp and clean!
For a 90% PC/Windows user, I must say I’m impressed with the longevity of the used/refurbished Mac Mini I bought from Apple Canada on July 30, 2013.
C$679 in 2013 dollars for the following specs:
2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM (upgraded myself some years ago to 16 GB)
1TB HD
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1,536 MB
I have a NexStar hot-swappable HD “toaster” with a 3 TB HD connected to it via USB 3.0.
I have it driving a Benq GW2765 IPS sRGB monitor at 2560 x 1440 WQHD resolution.
And I mostly use it for Netflix .
Great cat toy for $0.00.
Yumi cut a small hole in the lid of a wee takeout container used for soy sauce or other condiments. The hole is just barely large enough for a piece of cat kibble to pass through.
Sora is learning to bat it around until she’s gotten everything out. Great entertainment for her, and us .
Female mallard having a splashing good time bathing in a pond at Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC.
Got a few shots of this Rufous Hummingbird at Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby this morning just as rain began to fall.
Spotted this cute Wilson’s Warbler at Fraser Foreshore Park in south #Burnaby this morning. We played peekaboo for several minutes. . .
Had a great time photographing this Downy Woodpecker on the trail at Fraser Foreshore Park in south #Burnaby today. Folks being good to maintain physical distancing.
Someone had left a pile of mixed bird seed on a downed tree, and the Downy was picking up sunflower seeds and stashing them in cavities in nearby standing trees.
A thread on FB about less driving these days made me curious about our situation.
I figured out our mileage since the beginning of March at about 6km/day (~3.7 miles).
It would have been even less, but when Yumi’s office in downtown Vancouver was shutting down we had to drive there twice to retrieve a computer, monitor, and key files.
If this average kept up for a year, that would make for a total of ~2,200km/year!
In previous years we’d drive between 15,000 to 22,000 km/year depending on how often we got out of town.
So at this point, we’re driving roughly 10% of what we used to.