World Cup echoes

World Cup echoes
Originally uploaded by stshank.

The willingness to display nationalistic German symbols spread as far away from the World Cup as San Francisco, where I found evidence fussball fandom still lingers.

Cormorants

Cormorants
Originally uploaded by stshank.

This foursome was flying south across the Sunnyside's sunny skies, har har.

back to work

work
Originally uploaded by stshank.

My two-month parental leave is over, and it's back to slaving over a hot keyboard during press conference presentations. Multisyllabic Latinate words that George Orwell would hate are abundant (in this case, infrastructure, information, and technology). Today's quiz is to identify this uniquely tufted server executive.

hover fly

hover fly
Originally uploaded by stshank.

I think it's a hover fly, anyway. On a lavender sprig.

Bushtit

Bushtit
Originally uploaded by stshank.

One of a small flock of bushtits (Psaltriparus minimus) that has been visiting us recently.