One Last Chill...We'll See:)

It got it's chill in the far north..but it's here now; High pressure, cold, dry air!! And, with a Low not too far away..another windy day. And, birds, I got birds: finches, house and gold, doves, juncos on the ground with downy and red bellied woodpeckers on the suet. Of course, the scolding nuthatches, titmice (mousees??) and chickadees, always there first, would not be surprised to have one land on me as I hang the feeders..which are almost empty, already! The tree rats (aka: squirrels) chow down from the ground; at least my wire hanging system keeps them off the feeders...and the slimy cowbirds. Wrens and bluebirds don't hit the feeders but are about. The wind has the still bare trees in constant motion and howls occasionally to remind me, it's cold out there. Even cold deep into the southlands but the chill is short lived, cuz it's April and we'll be back near 80 by this time next week!

A little shaky in Alaska, in and off California, in Texass and not so OK and around Puerto Rico. Tonga, New Zealand with today's biggest, the Scotia plate remains on the move and the Mid-Atlantic ridge, far below the sea surface, is being pushed apart by more magma; another day on Earth.

The new lava flow from Guatemala's Pacaya volcano is growing, moving, oozing into nearby towns, not a pretty sight for residents (soon to be former residents..don't come here, fix your own problems first!!). The planet does seem to have an excess heat issue and only one efficient way to get it out, volcano!!

The moon is still gibbous but shrinking back toward new, Last Quarter is early Sunday morning. Sun remains spotless, but still restless with regular solar wind blast firing up auroras in the high latitudes.

Aurora                                                    Volcano                            Geothermal springs

Pretty cool up in Iceland!! Photo by Wioleta Gorecka,the TOE thanks you!!

Another 955 Americans did not make April 2nd, TrumpVirus got 'em. Just hope they were his supporters...sadly, probably not all! Case numbers took another jump in the wrong direction yesterday. Vaccination does not mean immunity: vaccination + mask + distance = safety! For the foreseeable future, that is the only safe way; too many dumbass TDS* still out there spreading the virus!! 1 week away from my second shot, worth the drive!! Until then, I will continue to mostly hunker, wander the forest, keep a dog's belly dry and scratched and bird feeders full, Today On Earth.

*TDS - TrumpDickSucker...