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10\/02 (Wed)<\/strong> – Discovered the deliciousness of pork schnitzel.<\/p>\n

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10\/04-10\/06<\/strong> – Extended Weekend Recap<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/06 (Sun)<\/strong> – The first dark-eyed juncos of the year were spotted behind our house.<\/p>\n

10\/08 (Tue)<\/strong> – Started using eBird checklists which can be fun, if not a bit frustrating when entering species into the app. I like being able to add my photos to the checklist later on, though. I’m very much into documenting things, so I’m not sure why I didn’t get into birding checklists sooner. It’s like Pokemon Go, but with birds!<\/p>\n

Finally saw the Northern Lights, aka Aurora Borealis.<\/p>\n

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10\/09 (Wed)<\/strong> – Updated my iPhone to iOS 18. Liking the new photos app in particular. I think it’ll be time for a new phone next year as I heard this is the last iOS that will be available for the iPhone 11. I haven’t had any issues with this phone, but I am looking forward to getting one with better cameras.<\/p>\n

10\/10 (Thu)<\/strong> – Pulled out my newest Halloween decor purchases. The ghost solar light (Dollar Tree) ended up being a cool white LED which I didn’t care for, so no more were purchased. The towel (also Dollar Tree) was hung from the oven handle, and the bat (from Old Time Pottery) was hung from the left side of the fireplace mantel.<\/p>\n

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Shared a photo on Facebook of the orange mums from Meijer still looking good, with an owl I added to the hanging basket.<\/p>\n

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Took another stab at photographing the Northern Lights with my phone.<\/p>\n

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10\/11 (Fri)<\/strong> – Decorated for Halloween inside.<\/p>\n

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Went to Mallard Lake after Joe got off work and spotted this beautiful juvenile bald eagle.<\/p>\n

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The sky was also pretty at the end of our walk as the sun was getting closer to setting.<\/p>\n

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10\/12-10\/13<\/strong> – Weekend Recap<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/15 (Tue)<\/strong> – Got a halfway decent photo of the comet Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS.<\/p>\n

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10\/16 (Wed)<\/strong> – Lincoln Marsh<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/19-10\/20<\/strong> – Weekend Recap<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/20 (Sun)<\/strong> – Started practicing standing on one leg to see how long I could do it since reading it’s good for one’s mental and physical health. Proud to report I was able to go a full minute on each leg and only 40 seconds was needed in my age group.<\/p>\n

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Also saw my first ever Blue Jay behind the house. It was eating some of the bird seed I had put by the tree. I could not grab my camera quickly enough to get photographic evidence.<\/p>\n

Went to Aldi, only to find they rearranged the majority of the aisles. Nothing makes sense anymore!<\/p>\n

10\/21 (Mon)<\/strong> – Got our first male downy woodpecker at the suet feeder. He has a spicy attitude and will peck at any sparrow trying to access the feeder, so we named him Loki. Our talkative female downy is named Lulu, so we are doing L names I guess. We haven’t yet named what we think is a second female downy.<\/p>\n

10\/22 (Tue)<\/strong> – We had a hawk sneaking around out back looking for a meal.<\/p>\n

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10\/23-10\/27<\/strong> – Anniversary Extended Weekend<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/28 (Mon)<\/strong> – Spent a lot of time sitting out on the patio knowing the last nice day was coming soon. I don’t know how I’m going to make it through winter.<\/p>\n

10\/29<\/strong> – Air Fryer review<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/31<\/strong> – Halloween<\/a><\/p>\n

New Food & Beverage Recommendations <\/strong><\/p>\n

7-UP Shirley Temple. <\/p>\n

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I’m not sure what it’s supposed to taste like, but I liked the flavor, so I plan to get more.<\/p>\n

Trader Joe’s Sesame Honey Cashews<\/p>\n

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A little pricey at $8, but very yummy! We only eat a small handful at a time.<\/p>\n

Notable movies this month:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We watched 1-2 horror movies every night in October, and these are the ones we had never seen before which I thought were the best.<\/p>\n

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Don’t Hang Up<\/strong><\/em> – I had some issues with the killer’s motive, not to mention a few plot holes, and I wasn’t scared by this, but it was interesting enough to keep me off my phone so that’s a successful movie in my book.<\/p>\n

Gonjiam Haunted Aslym<\/strong><\/em> – Actually creepy, if not predictible.<\/p>\n

Late Night With The Devil<\/strong><\/em> – Very unique premise that kept us glued to the TV trying to figure out where it was going on.<\/p>\n

Tucker & Dale vs Evil<\/strong><\/strong><\/em> – Horror comedy that kept us entertained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10\/02 (Wed) – Discovered the deliciousness of pork schnitzel. 10\/04-10\/06 – Extended Weekend Recap 10\/06 (Sun) – The first dark-eyed juncos of the year were spotted behind our house. 10\/08 (Tue) – Started using eBird checklists which can be fun, if not a bit frustrating when entering species into the app. I like being able to add my photos to the checklist later on, though. I’m very much into documenting things, so I’m not sure why I didn’t get into birding checklists sooner. It’s like Pokemon Go, but with birds! Finally saw the Northern Lights, aka Aurora Borealis. 10\/09 (Wed) – Updated my iPhone to iOS 18. Liking the new photos app in particular. I think it’ll be time for a new phone next year as I heard this is the last iOS that will be available for the iPhone 11. I haven’t had any issues with this phone, but Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,12,8,24,5,7,142,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-excursions","category-food","category-holidays","category-house-home","category-movies","category-nature","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11799"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11846,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799\/revisions\/11846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}