The Hidden Soloist

At 5:35 EDT this morning a soloist started chirping away in a tree out front. It is still very dark out and no other performer joined in. The soloist stopped at 5:50 and all was quiet. At 5:53 several others chimed in and the soloist has raised its volume to try and drown the others out. The others have demurred and the soloist is chirping non-stop. At 5:56 the chorus is beginning with more and more performers joining in as the sky begins to lighten.
Yesterday was pork, onions, a lot of garlic, tomato, fried peppers, chicken stock, and rice. The pork was nice and tender even though it was stir-fried. I used a country style sparerib. I boned it and pounded it and fried the bones along with the rest. Country style spareribs will be on the shopping list from now on. It is so easy to control the portion and gnawing on the bones makes my incisors happy. They are also quite inexpensive.
Today I must transplant the tomatoes. They are in seed starting sheets and need room for their feet. They will be able to go outside as the weather has modified and I don't have room inside for all of them. There are 216 of them, three to a pod, and two of each must be clipped off with nail clippers so that the remaining one will have a chance to grow. It is very hard to destroy the extra seedlings as they look so healthy. There are three in a pod to make sure that at least one sprouts. The seeds must have been very healthy as they all sprouted. Some of the seeds were three years old. The vigor of tomato seeds is impressive. Some seeds are not viable after a year but tomatoes are not among them.
It is 6:09 and the chorus has stopped completely. The sky is lightening and I await its return when the Sun peeks through. It may not however as there is a dense layer of clouds blanketing the sky. There will probably be rain today and it is a perfect day to put seedlings out.
I have made quite a few attempts to contact the San Antonio Rose but we seem to be on different schedules. I will try again today.