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Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Wordless Wednesday on a Tuesday! Why not?
What a beauty.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:11 am
See? This is what happens when you’re retired and never know what day it is!
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November 4, 2025 at 10:18 am
I was just saying how much I am looking forward to mistaking my days…
I am way too late but I will still do a Walktober post. I went on October 4 for my walk!!! Stupid job.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:12 pm
never too late!
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November 4, 2025 at 4:13 pm
💞
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November 4, 2025 at 10:35 am
Beautiful on any day of the week! ❤️
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November 5, 2025 at 4:36 pm
I was so surprised to see him. Haven’t seen any in weeks.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:51 pm
Goodness, you just shocked me. I frantically looked for my calendar. “Phew, it’s Tuesday.” You woke me up my friend. 🙂
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November 5, 2025 at 4:36 pm
I guess that was my job! I had no idea it was’t Wednesday.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 pm
I haven’t seen many robins of late — wonder why that is? However, I have seen jays and the little guys (wrens, etc.) Oh, and plenty of squirrels. Maybe my robins decided your food is better … certainly more consistent!!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:38 pm
Since Robins don’t eat at my feeders I never really pay much attention to them. And now I realize that I haven’t seen any in a really long time either. This one was on my deck railing to get a drink at the bird bath. I’ve only seen them do that on a few occasions. They’ve bathed there once in awhile. And one really brutal spring day when it was sleeting a robin sat on the heated bird bath to warm up. He looked pretty grumpy.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:22 pm
Wow, is that normal? Maybe migrating through? Nice way station you have! And a pretty pic!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:39 pm
No, not normal. I haven’t seen any robins in weeks. And they rarely if ever come up on the deck even in the summer.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:28 pm
I have seen a lot of Robins at Council Point Park the last few weeks, but I think they are just foraging and not migrating. I’ve seen Robins there and even around the neighborhood in the Winter now.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:39 pm
I rarely see any, in summer or winter now days. In the spring sometimes I see a flock of them, and they usually build nests around in the summer, but I don’t see much of them.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:35 pm
I used to have a yearly battle with a Robin building a nest in the “elbow” of my coach light out front. The last two years it hasn’t done so which is great as I have to put a plastic bag stuffed with grocery store bags to keep it from building the nest over my mailbox and blocking entry out the front door.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:03 am
I remember Ricky’s mom, Chris, telling me that many robins stay around all year. Seems as though they don’t go out as much though, or maybe we just don’t notice them?
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November 5, 2025 at 4:40 pm
Yes I think some do, but I don’t usually see any in the winter, and really not that many in the summer either, and rarely on the deck. He was thirsty.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:32 am
How awesome! My feeders need my help! Thanks for the encouragement.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:41 pm
You’re welcome!
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November 5, 2025 at 7:32 am
How awesome! My feeders need my help! Thanks for the encouragement.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:51 pm
Haven’t seen any robins for about a month now. My sister says they don’t migrate but just change their habits. They’re really good at hiding then if they’re still around.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:52 pm
It looks blue, ok with a little rust color in there too. Lighting is everything isn’t it? It’s really pretty!!
Who knows, maybe it’s Saturday today. Who cares? 🙂 We’re all just in this together.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:14 am
The past few years the Robins have stayed all winter in NJ, no longer a harbinger of spring! Beautiful capture
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