Eventful Weekend

a) Saw Bobby
b) Saw The Prestige
c) Soaked in the Mud
d) Made pesto with the last of the basil
e) Ate same
f) Yukked it up all weekend with a dear friend
g) Bought two pineapple guava plants
h) Got back to work today to discover that my colleagues at the Oiled Wildlife Care network had their own busy weekend, a mystery spill oiling dozens of gulls with food oil.

They headed up to Arcata on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, spent the next two days finding and collecting birds and then stabilizing them. The birds had apparently gotten into a trailer with discarded cooking oil.

The situation seems under control now with most of the birds either recuperating in recovery pools or waiting to get washed tomorrow.