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The canada geese are back in town, and here's a few of them just off my back porch in Chestertown, Maryland.

-- Steve Clemons

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Posted by susan, Oct 12 2008, 11:20AM - Link

our geese never leave. they have it pretty cush. unfortunately they
have become rather a nuisance, with flocks large enough to stop
traffic on busy roads-30 or 40 of 'em at a time, and they go
NOWHERE fast. also, they produce about 1 lb. of excrement apiece,
day in and day out. that makes the lawn not such a nice place for a
picnec!

Posted by Beth in VA, Oct 12 2008, 12:48PM - Link

Beautiful photo of the bay (or river), and it's a glorious day today. Enjoy, Steve.

I wanted to highlight an article about a Philly Obama rally to counter Steve's take that these were too much a victory rally. It highlights that Obama has pretty much ignored the inner city areas, and how much it means to these folks to have the campaign spend time there too. A different take on it.

Posted by Beth in VA, Oct 12 2008, 12:50PM - Link

Darn, html didn't work in the post above. Here's the link in it's awkward url format:
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=90b9b3e7-299c-4dd6-8fea-b11a118f27d6

Posted by Steve Clemons, Oct 12 2008, 1:05PM - Link

Great link Beth -- good to see this kind of thing happening in
Philadelphia. Someone sent me Obama's recent Philadelphia
schedule:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Progress Plaza
8:15 am (EDT)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mayfair Diner
9:30 am (EDT)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vernon Park
11:15 am (EDT)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Intersection of South 52nd Street and Locust Street,
1:10 pm (EDT)

He's clearly working hard -- as are a ton of his supporters.

This is all good.

best, steve

Posted by Jim Ramsey, Oct 13 2008, 7:14AM - Link

Lovely picture.

It's an obvious pick for a desktop background.

Do you have a higher definition version?

Posted by Steve Clemons, Oct 13 2008, 10:26AM - Link

Jim -- I will try to snap another high def picture soon and post that and make it as nice as this one. I took this with my Iphone and not sure it translates so well...Happy to forward you the pic by email though and you can see if it works. Just zap me a note at steve@thewashingtonnote.com.

best, steve clemons

Posted by Jim Ramsey, Oct 13 2008, 4:03PM - Link

E-mail works just fine.

I like to change desktop backgrounds periodically.

Right now I've got an old favorite. A 1938 Jaguar SS-100 in British racing green.