Crow Bros

For the past few years we've been trying to befriend the local Crows. This isn't easy to do with rural Crows, given that they have a lot of food choices, so they aren't likely to approach a human. But I have had minor success putting out unsalted popcorn, peanuts in the shell, and things like that. I have this terra cotta dish on the ground that I put corn and stuff in to keep the squirrels out of the bird feeders, and some birds like Doves and Crows, also come eat out of it. So to the deer, there's one out there hogging the dish right now. No, two. Jeez.

This week when I go to put out food, I hear Crows calling, so I know they're watching. Today they were up in the trees in the yard waiting, rather than hanging out in the edge of the forest. They seem to come around a lot more in summer anyway. Their winter roost is over in Belmore, but I don't see much of them in winter. Once these deer are gone I'll put out a little more food.

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I'm almost done with achievement grinding in Horizon Zero Dawn, so I've turned my attention back to Dead Cells for a while. The Castlevania DLC is terrific, as I think I said before, and I determined that I was going to get through it to the end, which I finally did! Dracula is incredibly tough to beat and when I went to bed last night my thumbs actually hurt, LOL. But I lucked out on my build, activated the assist mode that lets you respawn at your last save point, and just ... well, I died a lot.

Worth it, though. I got the Vampire Killer weapon out of it, an outfit, and a boss stem cell. So I switched to Maria Reynard's outfit and found that I now make a sort of squeaking sound when I take damage. LOL. I have only gotten the cat to spawn once, not sure how to get that skill again.

If I sit around here a little longer, it will be nice and hot when I go for my run. :P