It seems like summer has just started, but in less than two
weeks we go on our now-traditional August vacation, with a break from phone and
other tech time sinks. Once we come back, there’s a week to catch up, then I
start teaching again. Where does the time go?
The last couple of weeks were spent trying to keep up with
the summer sale and special promotion, as well as wholesale orders. I think
today’s industrial-size run to the post office must be the culmination of the
summer madness! It’s been a scramble, but it’s great to have so much business
from long-time customers and new ones.
Today’s drama was the attack of the robins on our blueberry
bushes. They have been eyeing them for the past couple of weeks waiting for the
berries to ripen, and today they were all over the bushes, ripping and tearing
at the clusters as they stuffed their greedy mouths. Some people like robins,
but I have developed an intense dislike of them. It started when I put some
baby orchid compots outside to water and went away to do something else for
half an hour. When I came back, I found several robins gobbling down baby
orchid plants! Of course they chose to eat the rarest and most expensive
plants, not the ordinary ones. I recently discovered that robins are
responsible for the pre-dawn bird-screaming that wakes me up way too early in
the morning. Another bad mark. For years they have eaten our blueberries. One
year we tried putting bird-netting over the bushes, but the robins just lifted
up a corner, crawled under it, and ate the blueberries anyway. These robins are
the fattest, greediest, most aggressive birds I’ve ever seen.
As I try to clear my shelves of excess items, I continue
with the Monday giveaways. This week it will be another 100 g of random perfume
samples worldwide; for a US winner, the samples will be accompanied by some
larger items up to the 1-pound limit for first-class shipping. To enter the
drawing, leave a comment about which bird you most dislike. If you don’t
dislike any birds, answer the ridiculous corporate interview question of which
bird you would like to be and why.
The drawing will be held next Sunday so that I have time to
ship your prize before leaving for vacation.
[The blueberry pic is mine. The others are from Wikimedia. The robins appear to have been photographed east of the Rockies, and are much slimmer, cuter, and more benign-looking than than the Seattle variety.]
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