Got knocked offline last night and into today (ironic, no?) so my LAT layoff post hung out there longer than I wished. A visit to Brian at Malibu Computers (merci!) solved it and now I'm back.

Here's a shot of a pair of hawks who made another in a string of visits to my part of the Cove this morning, flying so low over my house I could look into their eyes, feel the hairs on my arms prickle at the sound of those merciless, keening screams.