Later this afternoon, Bob and I are going to drive over to the school district that I will be using for my dissertation research. I have the approval of the administration but need to do a short presentation for the school board. Then, tomorrow is my defense. Wow! After four years, I am very much in the home stretch. I figure by April I will be collecting data and should be finished with the whole thing by October. I’m using Halloween as my unofficial defense date. After all, I am witchyrichy and I’m defending on Leap Day. I’ve been saying that I’m doing the holiday PhD.
Trudi, the smaller Rhode Island Red, manages to get out of the hen pen every morning. I almost saw her do it this morning; one minute she was on one side of the gate and then I looked up and she was running free. She’s also the one who managed to get over the fence and into the newly tilled garden. Guess there’s always one who wants to be free. Bob said Tina Turner managed to get out of the back yard twice while I was away. She got returned by the neighbors. He thought she was still out when I got home Tuesday night but when I called into the darkness of the back yard, she emerged from the leaves under the azalea bushes.
Bob rearranged the bird feeders so he can see them from his chair. That puts the big sunflower seed feeder just a foot or two away from my window. I’ve been getting great views of chickadess, titmice and the mockingbird who likes the peanut butter suet that Bob made. I need to wash the window so I can grab video. The yellow throated sparrows have returned in force. We saw a pine warbler for a day or two and there’s been a yellow-rumped warbler flitting around for at least a week.
I puttered around yesterday. Talked to a few people on the phone, put away some of the stuff from the conference, did laundry, and hand-washed the baby clothes I’ve made for my charity crafters. I have a nice pile of hats, booties, a preemie blanket and two kimonos. I’m planning to ship them tomorrow.
