HAPPY DAY, BEAKERS! 
Oldguy, thanks for the air quality link. Glad your AQ has improved. I've had Red Air Quality the last few days in my town, due to wildfire smoke - but not from Canada's fires - from a wildfire the next county over, and I'm downwind of its smoke. My AQ forecast for today was an Orange AQ, but it went red... Right now, right here, my AQ is 169 - Red - Unhealthy.
Lani, Snoopy's having fun!
I love those Katmai bears!
E4E, way to have an inside connection to a restaurant with some very yummy clam chowder!
New England style (creamy white) clam chowder is my favorite, but I've had some killer good Manhattan Style (red/tomato) clam chowder, too. Enjoy!
Karen, ugh on the vertigo returning. Hope you can get an appt soon for another treatment.
BL, yep, you're right on.
Lisa, somehow I missed that you're going to ATF again this year. Fun!
Puff, LOL on your crazy fun feeder finch!
KB and Tig, glad your AQ is a bit improved today. Take whatever precautions are recommended. Exposure is cumulative over time.
Phyl, love your morning pic, and I say, "bwok, bwok; bwok bwok, BWOK!"
Gotta love the chickens!
Clynn, oh, I just love your pics of Bella and Talon this week! I just can't get over how much Bella has matured recently - seems like almost overnight. They are a joy!
I'm glad Honey feels better.
I don't recall what her ear med was for... maybe to prevent ear infection? I could eat mac and cheese any time of day. Love it for breakfast! I only eat it as a real treat these days, but I used to make cold mac and cheese salad with leftovers sometimes.
TSK, glad it was a nice outing to the zoo with the kids! It must be "zoo week" - LOL - my Lil Sis and a friend went to my state zoo Wednesday. The US Open Tennis Tournament is the 4th and last major of the year - it will be Aug. 28 - Sept. 10 this year. Wimbledon is the next (3rd) major tennis tournament this year - always over our 4th of July holiday - and it will be held from July 3 - July 16 this year.
Lori, thank you for the additional GSB cam pics, video clips, and info.
Successful fledges there are extra joyful this year, in light of recent sad events. Did Destini hide after her Spa Day?
I hope it went well.
Triplet Sand Cat kittens were born at the NC Zoo on May 11. They are sooo sweet! They are now sometimes out where they can be seen with their mom now. My Lil Sis and a friend went to the NC Zoo 2 days ago and they got to see Momma Sand Cat with her 3 new kittens!! I will attach a picture she took and sent me. She also sent 2 short videos showing them nursing and being licked up nice and clean by their mom, but I can't link those videos here. Sand Cats are native to desert areas of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia, and they are the only cat that lives exclusively in the desert.
Very interesting info on this feline species is included in this short article, dated June 2, 2023, about this particular Sand Cat Family, and about their species in general... some very interesting cool facts I never knew about them, such as they are the smallest feline species, and mor, more, more:
https://www.nczoo.org/news/sand-cat-triplets-born-zoo - "Sand Cat Triplets Born at the Zoo"You can click to enlarge these few pics my Lil Sis took this past Wednesday at the NC Zoo. I asked her to give the Roadrunner a "meep meep!" from me... LOL... I've
never seen it sitting down before! - but her picture of it looks like she caught that lazy Roadrunner sitting down!!
