This was not our best day.

The new doctor gave Ginny more tests than an eighth-grade English teacher. Then he arranged for additional tests. We will not learn any results from any of this for four or five weeks.

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

The high point of our day: we watched a huge pileated woodpecker tap its way around the oak tree beside our home. This was the first we’ve seen in ages.

Here’s a copy of an Audubon print of a pileated woodpecker:

Pileated Woodpecker
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