June 5, 2007
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A funny little event
Since I am now feeling better (just love those pain pills that enable me to walk upright again), I am doing more stuff outside than I have been able to for a couple months. Today, while moving some tomato plants from the deck to the garden area, we saw the funniest sight.
I suppose it wasn’t funny to the hummingbird but we watched a cardinal chasing it all over our property. I mean, that cardinal was PISSED!!!
Now what can a hummingbird, about two or three inches long, do to piss off a cardinal? Try to cart off an egg? I don’t think so. But it went on for almost 20 minutes before both birds were either exhausted or satisfied. Who knows but the acrobatics were spectacular. And, thankfully for us observors, it was the male cardinal that was ticked off. That helped us track the whole event. Oh well, Mother Nature and her children. Who knows?
Our friends from Savannah never made it in last weekend. It’s tough for a doctor to get away sometimes but they have it all set for this Saturday. They made their reservations at the local campground/state park and will pick up our travel trailer on Saturday. They will get to spend Saturday all alone, no phones allowed (their rule, not the parks) and we will get together with them on Sunday for a day of boating and, hopefully, some swimming in the lake. I am a wimp so if the water is too cold, I will stick with sunbathing. Besides, my muscles all tighten up if I get cold and that is not a good thing while I am recuperating from this darn back injury. <
> We will all get to fish anyway and we are told Lake Guntersville has some of the best bass fishing in the country. We shall see although how we will manage after salt water game fish, I am not sure. They really can fight and are a lot of fun besides being good eating. I will let you all know.
The Beast bought a MAC last summer while he was here and his special MAC keyboard went bad on him a couple days ago. He bought the MAC because the graphics on it are spectacular. Windows can’t even touch it when it comes to colors and things like that. He has the Print Shop program (don’t ask about cost) for MAC also. He is really into photography and is exceptionally good at it so I bit my tongue on the cost of it. At the time, he ws doing consulting work so he made it up in a couple trips. *I* thought the problem was that the keyboard needed to be a USB connection but I was wrong. It needs it but….it must also be a MAC keyboard. It is a real pain because it seemed that Staples AND Office Depot were both out of them. I have no clue when they will be in stock again but the Beast will be a *beast* until he has replaced it. >>Sigh<<
I am now working on my sixth afghan since we moved here a couple months ago…actually, just a little over two months now. This one is for my daughter in Louisville with her colors. She said *fall colors* so I selected what I thought they would like. So far, so good. I’m still trying to find a dark golden color to add before I need it or else she’s gonna be stuck with what I picked out which is a varigated yarn called painted desert, hunters green, burgundy, cafe and coffee. It looks fine so far but I really would like the dark gold to round it off, so to speak. I’m using a pattern called *cascade* but doing five rows of each color before I make the transition. I have to make it extra long because my son-in-law is so darn tall and big. Line backer size. I want the two of them to be able to curl up together on the couch with it and watch tv or whatever.
I’m working a little harder at it than the other afghans because we will be going to pick up our daughter for the family reunion at the end of the month and I woule like to have it completed by then. I will probably be crocheting in the car, knowing me.
Our neighbor from Florida (even the same town as we came from) stopped by today to tell us he was looking at Lakeland, FL for a winter home. His daughter lives there and he thought it would be nice to have a place close to her and in a warmer area in case it managed to get colder than he liked it here. He said this winter wasn’t bad but he wasn’t convinced it was a normal winter just yet. After he left, I told my hubby, *I think he was hoping we would jump in and tell him that we would go in it with him….you know, split the cost or something* After thinking about all he had to say about this one property he had found, the hubby agreed with me but….it’ll never happen. He’s a nice man but BORING !!!! And he’s totally clueless about boating. He almost killed my hubby and himself on the one trip the hubby took on the water with him (it was the neighbors boat so the hubby was a captive, so to speak). And the man obviously only took up fishing AFTER he retired.
Well, it’s late and time for me to hit the sack. Have a great night and a wonderful day. I plan on it. <
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