Bat, chimney swift, or something else?

Something has been flying around my living room and occasionally darting into the small front entry area (at the base of the stairs) and the dining area on and off for most of an hour now.

Whatever it is, it's fast! Since I don't know for sure it isn't a bat, I'm still operating under the assumption that it could well be. Thank goodness for Batwrangler's tips!

To me, the real question is how will I know when it's flown out one of the open doors? Presuming it does, that is. It's fine if I see it fly out, but I doubt I'll be that lucky.

The other real question of course is how the darned thing got in. One of the chimneys, maybe. I rather hope so, 'cause I hope I don't have any unknown holes in my house.

Fly away, whatever you are! Fly away from my home!

Around Toad Woods

Finished mowing lawn: 3:08 pm
First thunder heard: 3:25 pm

Timed that right.

The columbines are gorgeous and the foxglove have started blooming. I have foxglove two places I don't remember seeing them before.

I've gone 12 hours with no signs of any winged creature flying or roosting indoors. Fingers crossed signs remain that way for the next 12 hours and then some. Forever would be fine.

With an extraordinary amount of luck, I'll be making my next LJ post from my new laptop. First I need to break the seal on the box. Then I need to do a few other things....

Eep.

That's a happy eep, mind you.

Onward.

I LOVE living in the future!

So, a few hours ago, I opened the box with my new MacBook Pro inside. Plugged it in, powered it up, followed the first step...maybe even the first two. Then I clicked on a button saying I wanted help transferring my files from another Mac. Followed those couple of steps -- connected Firewire cable, restarted old Mac holding down "T" key, said the equivalent of "have at it," then turned my attention to my desktop Mac to type in recipes for the cookbook I'm trying to get done for my niece and her fiance. It will personalize the KitchenAid mixer I shipped to them several weeks back as a wedding present. ( What happened next )

I love living in the future. I also love replacing a computer before the previous one resembles something other than a rock.

For the curious, I have the baseline model. Would have bought the "ultimate" with its faster hard drive and improved pixel count, but none of the three Apple stores I called had 'em in stock and dealing with mail order this week was too problematic. This one is plenty good enough. The Apple employees in Stamford, CT, mentioned that they don't sell many of the 17" models, and asked why I was choosing it when I came in late on a Sunday afternoon knowing what I wanted. Why? Because I'm not going back, not after 3 years of seeing just how much the comfort the extra screen real estate adds to everything I do on it. Especially layout.