Day 173

June 22, 2021

Kind of  a turkey day

Today was a long rainy day filled with fun and different moments.  I took Patrick up to the rookery this morning.  It was 61 and rainy.  

We started driving up Taylor Rd and I saw a great horned owl in the woods just off the road. I couldn't get a good picture, but we got to sit there and watch him for a bit.  He was really cool.

This afternoon I went to Old Deerfield with colleagues to see an exhibit at the museum on John Putnam, a black man from Greenfield who ran a barber shop in the early and mid 1800s.  He played the fiddle in a "4 piece orchestra."   The museum will be a good resource for the grant.  

It was beautiful today inclusive of the rain.  There were patches of mist through out the county.  Had a good time driving it. Besides the birds there were many flowers blooming and colors were extraordinarily vibrant. 

When I stopped to take her picture my radio was blaring Fats Waller singing Ain't Misbehaving.  Didn't scare her off. 

A late return to the rookery which was very active in the mist.