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| Apple Muncher, Golden Gate Heights |
It's heading back toward 80 degrees in our livingroom already, and the sun isn't even striking the front (west-facing) windows yet. A cool and mild sea breeze faked me out this morning, and I began my West Portal/Forest Hill walk in good spirits, figuring the breeze would most likely pick up and cool things down even more.
Nope. The breeze gave out less than half-way through the walk. Later on I was down by the ocean on my bike and casting fond looks out to the hazy, foggy horizon. But still no breeze to bring it in.
I was just a block from home when I saw that a small flock of parrots had landed in someone's apple tree. As I was getting my camera out I had to pick up the pace when I saw the homeowner come outside. I just got off a couple of frames before he hosed water at the parrots and sent them on their way, chattering in their cacophonous parrot language.
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| Wary Parrot |
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| Lemon Sipper (The hummer was visiting the lemon trees in the same yard as the apple trees. I'd passed some lemon flowers earlier on my walk and inhaled a snootful of their wonderful scent.) |
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| The pusher tug Barry Silverton and articulated tug barge Dr Robert J Beall, en route to Ferndale, Washington (according to VesselFinder), presumably via the Nooksack River, which is currently less than five feet deep at Ferndale. |
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