Wednesday, November 4

• All day · Feeding Theo's cat (Oakwood), continuing
• 10:00am · 1:1 with your manager
• 1:00pm · Weekly product sync
• 3:30pm · Onboarding flow walkthrough with engineering

↳ Blue Ridge Parkway in 16 days (Nov 20–22, booked). A full day. The gap after lunch is the only quiet hour.

• UPS: Out for delivery: trail running shoes.
• Northline Rewards Visa: statement closes in 7 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.
• Bike shop: your winter tune-up slot is confirmed for Saturday at 10.

↳ Nothing needs a reply before noon.

↳ A heavier day than usual, mostly shopping.

• Recovery: 57% (yellow). HRV 58 ms, resting heart rate 52.
• Sleep: 6h 59m, asleep at 11:30pm, up at 7:17am.
• Yesterday: strain 12.3, the trainer session.

↳ Fine for the commute; keep anything hard short.

• 61° / 43°: Rain. WSW 12 mph. 65% chance of rain. Next rain Thursday.
• Sun: up 6:38am, down 5:17pm. Golden hour from 4:41pm, blue hour until 5:43pm.

Verdict: stay in, or shoot rain reflections on Glenwood Avenue with the Wet Pavement recipe.

• 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. Next up is a porch at blue hour, which only needs a dry evening.
• 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: Pied-billed Grebes (3) 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 102 of 209. On pace to finish this week.
• Saved: a long read on how Raleigh planned its greenways

• The sky stays flat through sunset: 70%.
• Recovery tomorrow above 47%: 75%.