Friday, October 30

• 10:00am · Onboarding flow walkthrough with engineering
• 1:00pm · Design critique (robot fleet dashboard)

↳ Last night: the Hurricanes beat the Red Wings, 4–0. Blue Ridge Parkway in 14 days (Nov 13–15, 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 9 days; autopay is on.
• Library: your hold on Braiding Sweetgrass 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 quiet day. Nothing unusual, and no new subscriptions.

• Recovery: 57% (yellow). HRV 62 ms, resting heart rate 52.
• Sleep: 7h 08m, asleep at 11:21pm, up at 7:21am.
• Yesterday: strain 13.2, the commute and kettlebells.

↳ Fine for the commute; keep anything hard short.

• 54° / 37°: Rain. NW 9 mph. 83% chance of rain.
• Sun: up 7:33am, down 6:22pm. Golden hour from 5:46pm, blue hour until 6:48pm.

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

• Last outing (Wednesday): 84 frames at Fayetteville Street, 36 minutes with the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S.
• Porches series: 7 of 20. Next up is a porch at blue hour, which only needs a dry evening.
• To cull: those 84 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

• Lesser Black-backed Gull: 6 reports this week (Jordan Lake).
• Long-tailed Duck: 3 reports this week (Falls Lake, Oregon Inlet).
• Next outing: Nov 7, Eno River State Park. Fall warblers on the Cox Mountain trail.

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: page 293 of 391. About two evenings left at your usual pace.
• Saved: an article on how fog pools in low fields in autumn

• The sky stays flat through sunset: 61%.
• Recovery tomorrow above 47%: 74%.