Tuesday, November 3

• 10:00am · Design critique (robot fleet dashboard)
• 1:00pm · 1:1 with your manager
• 3:30pm · Weekly product sync

↳ Last night: the Hurricanes beat the Jets, 3–2. Blue Ridge Parkway in 17 days (Nov 20–22, booked). A light day. Room for a lunch walk around Five Points.

• UPS: Out for delivery: trail running shoes.
• Northline Rewards Visa: statement closes in 5 days; autopay is on.
• Library: your hold on Several Short Sentences About Writing is ready at the Cameron Village branch for the next 7 days.
• eBird: 2 new needs alerts for Wake County overnight.

↳ Nothing needs a reply before noon.

No spending yesterday.

↳ Nothing unusual, and no new subscriptions.

• Recovery: 66% (yellow). HRV 62 ms, resting heart rate 52.
• Sleep: 7h 27m, asleep at 11:15pm, up at 7:18am.
• Yesterday: strain 6.9, mostly the commute.

↳ Fine for the commute; keep anything hard short.

• 66° / 42°: Partly cloudy. W 7 mph. Dry.
• Sun: up 6:37am, down 5:18pm. Golden hour from 4:42pm, blue hour until 5:44pm.

Verdict: worth going out at the end of the day. High cloud can catch color after sunset.

• Last outing (Sunday): 313 frames at Lake Johnson, 140 minutes with the 4.3-539mm f/2.8-8 (P1100).
• Porches series: 7 of 20. Soft light this morning: a porch day in Oakwood.
• To cull: those 313 frames are still unflagged in Lightroom.

Late fall: most warblers have gone south; sparrows, kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers and the first winter ducks are the story now.

Worth a look

• Lake Johnson: Ring-necked Ducks (12) reported on the lake yesterday. Go early, before the boardwalk fills with runners.
• Feeder: Dark-eyed Juncos and White-throated Sparrows are back under the feeder. Swap the dogwood perch for the pine sprig so the winter frames match.

This week

• Surf Scoter: 7 reports this week (Jordan Lake, Falls Lake).
• Red-throated Loon: 8 reports this week (Jordan Lake, Falls Lake).
• Next outing: Nov 7, Eno River State Park. Fall warblers on the Cox Mountain trail.

• A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit: page 75 of 209. On pace to finish this week.
• Saved: a guide to reading winter tree buds

• Golden hour will be worth it: 61%.
• Recovery tomorrow above 56%: 64%.