Saturday, March 10, 2012
Electric day
Today is the first sunny warmish day of the year. The plants know it, the squirrels know it, and the electric cars know it.
(1) I got out into the yard with a rake and started fiddling around.
Since last year's reclaiming, I've made a firm practice of walking in the back yard once a day, if only for a moment, to maintain the sense of possession. Like a dog patrolling its territory. Now that I've retaken the yard from trees and trash and wind-fear, I'm not going to slack off. This year's task: smooth out the humps and dips and replant where needed; maybe build a tiny deck to sit on.
(2) A new generation of squirrels is also reclaiming this block. Their parents wisely abandoned the area last year after a hawk ate one of them. I was curious to see if the parents would somehow pass on the warning to the next generation, but apparently not.
(3) This morning I saw a Nissan Leaf and a Tesla for the very first time. What's more, I saw them at the same time in the same intersection. Amazingly the Tesla was moving!
This indicates the permanent niche for the pure electric car. Rich boy's toy to be displayed in warm sunny weather, like an Avanti or a Nash Metropolitan. You don't start it in winter or drive it in snow. ¶ 5:09 PM
(1) I got out into the yard with a rake and started fiddling around.
Since last year's reclaiming, I've made a firm practice of walking in the back yard once a day, if only for a moment, to maintain the sense of possession. Like a dog patrolling its territory. Now that I've retaken the yard from trees and trash and wind-fear, I'm not going to slack off. This year's task: smooth out the humps and dips and replant where needed; maybe build a tiny deck to sit on.
(2) A new generation of squirrels is also reclaiming this block. Their parents wisely abandoned the area last year after a hawk ate one of them. I was curious to see if the parents would somehow pass on the warning to the next generation, but apparently not.
(3) This morning I saw a Nissan Leaf and a Tesla for the very first time. What's more, I saw them at the same time in the same intersection. Amazingly the Tesla was moving!
This indicates the permanent niche for the pure electric car. Rich boy's toy to be displayed in warm sunny weather, like an Avanti or a Nash Metropolitan. You don't start it in winter or drive it in snow. ¶ 5:09 PM
