Fridays Are for Faucets and Forests (CA18_06)

Brain cancer is...

...a plumbing wizard.

Above you see a rare sight:  Darrell reading directions. I am not suggesting a causal connection, but the new kitchen faucet looks great and works well.

And then we hiked the Woodland Trail.  It's an interpretive trail, so we studied the brochure and numbered sites to understand what we were seeing.  We learned so much! 
Here's one highlight.  This is a Jeffrey Pine, the common pine of the area:

That's a tall tree, right?  Now check out the close up:

All those holes, all the way up, are the work of the thrifty Acorn Woodpecker, who drills holes and then stuffs them full of acorns for the lean season. 

Oh, all right! Yes, we did hear and see the Acorn Woodpecker.  It looks like this:

Our work here is done.  Happy weekend!