Non-political

Air temperature 43 F, wind near calm, fog at the airport but not here. Again. We have been collecting gulls in the park lately, probably ring-bills. No idea what change or whim has brought them here. Maybe bike ride if the world warms up.

Thursday goose report

At least two dozen geese by the cemetery pond as I headed out, three dozen or so when I came back by. Both counts are estimates from a bike going 15 or 20 mph, because that's at the bottom of a dip in both directions. Bonus, flock of 10 or so turkeys in and around the road at about mile 6 on my route. They did not contest my passage. Which is good.

Roadkill limited to stains on the road and one patch fringed with gray fur, the right size and shape for a pancake squirrel.

White asters forming into snowdrifts by the roadside, small and mid-sized versions. A few of the mid-sized pale purple types. Also, lots and lots of blooming Japanese knotweed.

Got out on the bike, windy and temperature around 70 F. Up to the country club, over to the road through the bog, home again. Did not die. Ride takes me over 500 miles for the year. Whether I reach 600 remains to be seen.

15.35 miles, 1:27:09