We went to Ikea after church this morning and one of the things we picked up were rain ponchos for Angela and Claudia. They need one for their trip to Germany, something to keep their knapsacks dry. When we got home we tested them out and they passed the test.

An update on the backyard bird feeder, one night this past week a couple of racoons were fighting over it and knocked it to the ground. After refilling it and hanging it up again, it lasted a day until some squirrels decided they would take their turn at it. They broke the handle off and chewed the cap to get the lid off. Undeterred, I fixed it up with some new wire, tape and a hashi.

The birds are back, we even had a Blue Jay munching away at the seeds that were on the ground.