Good morning!
Planning on putzing around the house trying to stay warm - it's -16 F out there right now - brrrrrrr! I'll try walking Gus a bit when it gets warmer, but today will be the coldest day this winter and likely still in double negative digits.
Laura, love your theme of the week - appropriate for this freezing day! Although retirement in those temps isn't fun either
. I'm not doing much V Day celebration either, so appreciate it not in the theme. I don't know how busy the restaurants will be today due to the holiday. Ours are slowly opening at a 50% occupancy rate. I assume trying to get in there will need a reservation. Yeah, I'm very glad not to have to be outside shoveling on top of this cold.
Paula, I loved the Asheville portion of NC - didn't go to the Biltmore, but knew it was there. I was there for a bike ride in the mountains through REI. Frankly I walked in town - no car, so didn't want to walk the length of driveway to get to that Biltmore house
. At WRC, many bats are single occupants in their kennels or aquarium, but sometimes if found in groups, they like being together as a pair in either aquarium or kennel - they encourage and learn from each other to eat the mealworms and like the company - more reassuring to them. I did report one pair fighting a lot last week and I think they probably got separated. I think the single bat numbers were a bit over 100. It's a LOT to have to take care of. The new bats get put in aquariums to be individually hand fed - that takes a LOT of time. The kennels just have a container of mealworms put in so much faster - there were 16 aquariums yesterday.
Waves to all (from >6 feet apart)!
Anita