The birds are upset. VERY upset. It sounds like they're being attacked. The starlings screetch and the finches cry in alarm. The call of a sharp-shinned hawk rings out!
Then silence.
Suddenly, the commotion repeats! What is happening to those birds?!
It is the time of year that we start up BirdGard, an electronic audio system that plays digital recordings of pest species' distress calls and predator calls. As the grapes ripen, these sounds have demonstrated a repellent effect on the flocks of birds who can otherwise strip a vineyard in a matter of days. Right now, the grapes are completing veraison, and we'll soon go through to do our cluster thinning. When that is done, we'll begin netting for the final push to harvest.
My orthopedist, Dr. Mark Northfield (who I've known since 4th grade) told me to start pushing my hand to regain it's former range of motion. The swelling is slowly diminishing: I can see knuckles on my left hand again. Can't quite make a fist, but I'm working on it. I played guitar a couple of times this week. It will be a little while before I'll be able to play the old riffs without pain.
Meditation helps to heal the emotional disruption. Motrin and warm water work on the physical.
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