Good morning on this beautiful, sunny Wednesday! It is quite hazy this morning although I am not sure if that is a smoke haze or not. It is hard to tell from up here, though looking at the leaves on this small tree in front of our building, it does look like it might be from forest fire smoke. The leaves are beginning to change color a bit more in our neighborhood now.

But they are falling off quickly too, before they change color completely. So, we may not get a good color this fall, once again. I might have mentioned that already anyway. On Monday they checked the smoke alarms and the fire alarms. Everything was fine. Then yesterday they came and changed the the smoke alarms. Why? Because it was time to do so.

Song Sparrow. They are heading south now.

So, why did they check them the day before? Because it was time to do so. Seems to me like it was a waste of time to check them knowing they would be changed the next day. But, apparently they did not know they would be changed. Some miscommunication there somewhere. And a waste of time. Plus making noise two days in a row. Sorry for repeating this, but it was kind of crazy.

Fox Sparrow. My favorite sparrow.

Then, 3 hours after putting in the new smoke alarms a different electrician came along to check and make sure the smoke alarms were put in properly. More noise. Poor Muffin. She has not had a good week at all. That loud noise must be hard on her sensitive ears. It was hard on my ears too. But at least I knew what was going on, she did not.

But she seems nicely relaxed again this morning. We had a good playtime. She ate a bigger than normal breakfast. Now she is sleeping. Hopefully it will be a quiet day. Because of all the extra things going on yesterday, I did not get out for my walk. Sigh. But I did spend time on the balcony at least, so i did get some fresh air anyway.

The maple leaves are changing color now.

I will try to get out for a walk again today. After all, this nice weather will not likely last for very long. Something I forgot to mention yesterday. There was a bumble bee on my balcony Sunday afternoon checking out my geraniums. Amazing how it found those flowers way up here. Well, time for another cup of coffee while I do some more straightening up in here. I hope to get back to reading everyone’s blogs soon too. Have a wonderful day and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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