That Pecking Robin is Back Again!

A couple of days ago, last year’s pesky female robin came back to peck at one of the basement windows. It’s a window well and she looks like she might be bringing next materials to it. She’s also beating at the window with her wings, as though she sees her reflection—despite the window film Sena applied to it.

I’m pretty sure this is the same robin who twisted her head around backward, Exorcist style, to stare balefully at me last spring.

She does this during the day. They sleep at night, thank goodness. But at the crack of dawn, she’s out quixotically pecking and flapping at the windows like they’re windmills.

We’re also on the lookout for the house finch pair. They seem to be scouting the covered back porch fan as a likely spot for a nest.

Answers to the 7 Card Cribbage Hand Score Quiz!

Today is the day of the answers to the cribbage score quiz last Friday. We were playing 7 card cribbage and got interesting hands to score.

Hand A is 28: There are a dozen points worth of 15s for 2; there are 12 points worth of 3 card runs; and there are 4 points worth of pairs.

Hand B is also 28: There are ten points worth of 15s for 2; there are 12 points worth of 3 card runs; and there are 6 points worth of pairs.

There are short cuts to counting the runs, although it’s faster to use the short cuts for counting runs, it’s good practice to count the runs and pairs separately.

We’re improving at counting scores in 9 card cribbage. So far we’re only playing to 61 and we often finish a game in only a couple of hands.

We’re scheduled to get our two new cribbage boards from Canada tomorrow. I’ve got my fingers crossed.