The cats and I noticed something alarming in the garden this morning-a large flock of Chipping Sparrows fluttering around the pea fences. (Well, I was alarmed. The cats were merely curious.)
I usually see birds flocking around the time school starts in mid to late August. It is only mid to late July, and I certainly hope that this isn’t a portent for an early winter. Our garden is a couple of weeks behind as it is, and we will need as many frost-free days as we can get for a good harvest.
How good are you at predicting things?
Trail Baboon 
I predict Baboons will find comfort from one another today at Edith’s memorial service.
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have you got face time or something we can plug you into the celebration with?
maybe hear a song or two?
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I will try to FT
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i am not worth a darn at predicting
but i’ll bet you knew i was going to say that
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tim, you’re harder to predict than the stock market. 😉
(See my post below)
Chris
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i’m predicting that by the end of the week you’ll have figured out why the birds are attracted
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I hope so. Maybe there are tasty moths or other bugs in the peas.
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Forecasting is very difficult, especially when it involves the future.
– Yogi Berra
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Not very good at predicting. I tried to predict the stock market direction on a daily and weekly basis for more than 20 years and had no better luck than maybe slightly above average. And I don’t have a trick knee or lumbago that lets me predict when a storm’s coming. 😦
Chris in Owatonna
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I DO. It is painful when I am right.
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The trick to predicting the stock market is to predict which direction it’s going to go over a period of a decade or two, instead of on a daily or weekly basis.
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I find that you can always trust an addiction that isn’t being cared for to put in an appearance.
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HMMMM. Sounds like something has happened.
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Oh, I see it all the time. It is one of the few things I can predict with some certainty.
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Today I have learned that predicting who your words will touch is simply not possible. And I am okay with that. Tell your stories, share your words – they are important in ways you may not know about until much later.
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Nice, Anna.
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I guess it would have been a good prediction that it might be quiet on the Trail today. Good to see all of you this morning that could make it.
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i’m going to stick my head in again tomorrow
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Wow!
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