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Random Xmas Breakfast 2024

Merry Christmas! Mrs. Random made a little feast for breakfast: cranberry scones, breakfast sausages (Applegate Farms brand from the Capella Market freezer aisle—a tad sagey for our taste but we ate ‘em), a peeled navel orange half each, and goat cheese frittata. Yum! After breakfast, we opened presents from family, friends, and ourselves. Always fun. My Christmas gadget this year (picked out by me, as per usual) was an OM Systems TG-7 camera. If you followed my old blog over at Wordpress(dot com), you are aware of my recent lust for this thing. I opted for the RED version over the black (which pleased Mrs. R).

TG-7, getting its battery topped off

[Later…] I was already starting to write a paragraph about how wimpy we are—not going outside today, sitting on our butts, etc. But, lo! We did goad ourselves—and behold! We DID go outside! And forthwith we drove ourselves to the west end of Royal Ave. and hiked out to the first ford, near Tern Island, and back! I shot 188 images with the new camera; just now transferring them to my hard drive for inspection. We feel much better about ourselves having braved the wet and wind. It wasn’t so bad once we were out in it.

Birdhouse poles, Fern Ridge Wildlife Area

TG-7 close-up test in our backyard