[Pollard]

You knew they were going to cause some kind of issues. Didn't know they'd be taking out utilities.

[Qiviut]

I have since seen crows land up there on the transformer, they just haven’t gotten fried yet. It looked like the power crew guys pulled off a carcass (wings/feet) & there was a big pile of black feathers at the base of the pole. The murder of crows that hangs around here was very disturbed for a couple of days - extra noisy, cawing, etc. I think they were missing their ‘friend’!

[Pollard]

Been out there cleaning up near the house, moving accumulated stuff and junk and raking the leaves from where it all was. Got a nice 3' x 30' pile to burn but they're all pretty wet so I was going to do it at the end of the day or maybe in a day or two. Came inside for a snack and a new weather forecast just dropped.

And this is what I get for complaining about the heat. My three days off next week will be mid to high 90s.

We've got some regular household trash to burn so I guess we'll set it across the top of the leaf pile to help them burn. Soon too because the first storm is already in Springfield, 80 mi away. I'll reburn to finish it up next week.

I'll be able to drive that full circle around the house in about an hour. Will need gravel before I do it too much.(or a long spell of dry weather;~)