To avoid danger of suffocation...

...do not enclose plushies in plastic zipper bags before shipping. That's what I always think those warning labels should say. My new little okapi arrived today, in a plastic bag with such a label. Fortunately I got him out before he was too much discomfited. And here he is.

In the same shipment was the basic Carcassonne game set from Rio Grande. I think it will be easier to play with the okapi than with the game, which looks deceptively simple but has rather confusing scoring rules.

Frost alert tonight. We closed the hot frame up and moved the potted blueberries back into the barn. It is nippy out all right. Now the forecast calls for thunderstorms on Saturday for the bird count. Hope that goes away.