Yesterday's Walk Report: 102823

 This was going to to be a weekend walk report. That was the plan yesterday, October 28th, however, things don't always go as planned. It's true. The main reasons nothing happened this morning were, demons visiting me for much of Saturday night. I tried to tell them that both Halloween and the Day of the Dead were still a few to several days off but demons? Well, they simply do not listen. There was another reinforcing reason not to go bopping around outside today. It's windy, really windy. In fact, here's what weather dot com has to say about it...

IMPACTS... Damaging winds will blow down large objects such as trees and power lines. Power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for drivers of high profile vehicles.

and...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around large trees. If possible, remain indoors and avoid windows. Use extra caution if you must drive.

WHEN... Until 10 PM PDT Monday.

So, that's the abbreviated edition on the Sunday no walk report. Saturday wasn't too active on a walk/picture taking level either. There were demons there too. Plus, the campus was preparing for this...

 I took a screenshot from the school's website just so I could point out that passed a spellcheck and you would think a proofread on a college website's Event page.

School busses and other traffic were already pouring in for something I wanted no part of. My walk was a little shy of one mile. I did, however, go for a second somewhat longer walk awhile later, into the neighborhood just south of home. Docken joined me on the phone for both walks. Thank you, Docky.

Here are some pictures I took while I was on campus.

 I had to park on top of the hill instead of where I usually park when visiting the botanical garden down below. I wasn't at all inclined to take the stairs or hillside sidewalk down because that would've meant walking back up and that's where the demons might come to play. Meaning, no garden visit. 

I was greeted by this raven. We had a short discussion. As mentioned, I was on the phone. He didn't really seem to care. His partner was there very briefly, that's how I figured this is a male. He croaked even more when she took off.

 The top of the hill is mostly accessible now after at least a couple of years of being fenced off for construction. I'm still a little baffled over what may have been accomplished in all that time.

They did this though, right behind the fine arts buildings. They added the curbs and railing. Docken and I both guessed some kid went tumbling down the hillside one day whilst leaning back and contemplating their still life. Or something similar. 76 years without a mishap and now they have these attractive rails.

I circumvented all that by crossing over and going out the next set of doors.

This Cooper's hawk was my only other star for the day.

 On the way to finish up my top o' hill lap I was really just looking down below with curiously, trying to figure out what the heck was being watered with these two rain-bird sprinklers sitting in one spot. Had I looked more carefully I might have noticed this and one other hawk. Enjoying a shower perhaps? 

Still Life