I attend an exercise class three mornings a week with other people who are roughly my age. Well…..I TRY to attend three days a week.
We have a woman in class who has the most wickedly funny sense of humor. She’s a leprechaun with a twinkle in her eye, always looking for a way to spice up the class.
Today, she had a roll of masking tape in her hand when class started. I should have been worried. VERY worried. But you know, those of us who are naturally innocent never see what’s coming.
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Unbelievable!
I know that summer doesn
Furry “Friends”
Meet Ninotchka.
She’s the middle in age of three raccoon mommies who are living in our attic. One of these clever ladies ate her way through the roof, and the others, being no slouches, followed.
We were just about to evict them, when they gave birth. We are waiting for the day when we see tiny furry bodies milling around under the bird feeder.
Dear Husband has created a raccoon door, to allow the mommies access to their babies, while keeping the rain out. He’s also slipped lightweight metal under the bottom row of shingles to prevent other holes. Once the babies are outside, we will repair the hole and have the entire roof re-shingled.
Enjoy it while you can, Notch. It’s time for you to face the wilds of suburbia again!
Friends
I’m recuperating from three weeks of Spring cleaning and heavy housework. I volunteered to host two pot luck brunches in my home. You know that I had pages of “To Do” items. I diligently worked my way through them, and the Red Hatters came to us a week ago. It was a wonderful party. They filled the house with their laughter and conversation, and we had a great time, but it didn’t prepare me for Friday’s visit with the exerecise group.
Elegant Mother and I have been attending an exercise class together. I enrolled her in it five or six years ago, to get her ready for a trip to the Chelsea Flower Show in England, and we have stayed on, and on, and on.
Red Hat Momma
I’ve been trying for some time to get a picture of my Mother all dolled up in her Red Hat Finery. My brother was in New Orleans and bought her an incredible purple boa to go with the outfit. She wore it for the Red Hat Society brunch that was held at our house last weekend, and was the hit of the day.
Here’s Elegant Mother on May 21st, standing on the sidewalk to our home:
Repairs
The bane of a homeowner’s existence…..repairs! We built our house 16 years ago, and when it was ten years old we reached the point were it was patch, Patch, PATCH! You’d think a new house would stay “new” longer.
One down, one to go
Whewwwwww!
I’ve spent the past three weeks working on my Spring cleaning, and getting ready for two brunches which will be held here. I’ve been “missing in action” from my blog because there was so much work to be done. It’s been worth it.
We held the first gathering today for our Red Hat Society group.
Veni, Vedi, Veci Iowa
Actually, that should be WE came, We saw, We conquered Iowa. My mother, one of my nieces and I visited a niece in eastern Iowa this week. It was a totally unstructured weekend. We ate, and shopped, and scrap-booked, played Spite and Malice, quilted, knitted, chatted, ate, drank, ate, and generally had a wonderful time.
Convenience?
I was in the grocery store last week, and I was reminded just how dependent we have become on computers in our lives. I’m old enough to remember when a cashier at the grocery store hit keys on a cash register to ring up the cost of the items. Each item was marked with a price rather than a zebra stripe.
If the electricity went out, they “rang” you up by hand, and you went on about your business. These days, if the computer is malfunctioning, or if the electricity goes off, you’re out of luck. No sale. There is nothing they can do to make a sale.
A new bird!
Saturday, I was in eastern Iowa, visiting with relatives. My niece had planted flower boxes on her deck, and a bird I had never seen visited one of them as we watched.
The bird’s body was a mustardy gold color. It’s wings were barred in black and white, rather like a downy woodpecker’s wings. It was slightly smaller than a robin, and had a similar shape. I didn’t get a good look at it’s beak, but it seems to me that it was long and pointed, rather than the blunter beak of a cardinal or gross-beak.
I browsed through my bird books, and the closest thing I could find to what I saw was a female “Northern” or “Baltimore” Oriole.
Can my birding friends suggest any other birds I might look at that fit that description?
I’ve never seen a deep gold bird before.