“Los Borrachos” by Diego Velázquez via Wikipedia
Spring break has sprung. The weather is beautiful, mild Austin March. With SXSW, the Rodeo, high school basketball tournaments, the legislature, spring break and all the other Austin March Madness, it’s a great week for staying home.
To that end, I did some yardwork: the first mow, the last raking, some weeding. Suddenly, our yard is kind of nice again.
A couple of Carolina wrens finally moved into the wren house I hung a few weeks ago. So far, no one had moved into the wolery, but I probably hung it too late.
There are lots of blue jays around all of a sudden and a female cardinal comes to the dinner bell to share mealworms with Mr and Mrs Wren. The squirrels are back too. Joey is hoping that squirrel stew will be on the menu one of these days.
And, finally, Friday’s random ten, which I didn’t have time to post yesterday, and I know how the world hangs on what plays on my ipod each Friday…
- “Refusal” – Ennio Morricone – The Mission
- “Samba De Orfeu” – Ray Anthony – Ultra-Lounge, Volume 14: Bossanovaville
- “(When You Wake) You’re Still in a Dream” – My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
- “Feelin’ Good” – John Coltrane – The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
- “Silent in the Morning” – Phish – Rift
- “Towards Omega” – Astral Matrix – Global Underground 006: John Digweed, Sydney
- “Afrique” – Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – The Witch Doctor
- “Crackity Jones” – Pixies – Doolittle
- “Sick of You” – Lou Reed – New York
- “Theoretical Chaos” – Sonic Youth – Dirty (Deluxe Edition)
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
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