3:00 snapshot #688

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Alexis at her new (antique) kitchen table. The top is enamel, and looks like it was made last year. Underneath the moving parts are hidden, that allow it to slide open another foot and a half; the springs and latches are so rusted that I didn't expect the stuff to survive assembly. We moved the legs and top separately--the legs are nearly weightless, while the top weighs about 6000 pounds. Assembled, it feels quite sturdy.


Leaving the neighborhood, we came across this bird. Nearby was a fruit crate. I went over and checked it out: droppings in the crate made it clear that the rooster was in there fairly recently, and he sprinted away from my attempts to be friendly. I strongly suspect that someone didn't have the guts to dispose of the animal properly, and chucked it out on the side of the road. We told the local animal rescue league about it, and hopefully they took care of it (it was gone the next day).


Later on we went to the supermarket, and my attention was drawn to these birds up on the lights. The crow was calling, and sounded to me like a juvenile. Was it begging from the gull, or was their presence there together just a coincidence?