Up Too Early

I had my alarm set for 6:30am which is waaaaaay too early to be getting up for this retired old lady. I had to get up early because the humidifier installers were coming at 7:30am and I needed to have both eyes open and be dressed when they arrived. The only good part about getting up that early is that I saw the pretty pink sunrise.

There were lots of Mourning Doves hanging around the feeders and on the ground today. One new thing is a couple of them managed to squeeze themselves onto the platform feeder. I don't know how they manage to get in there. Their wings have to hit the posts on either side of the opening and it's a wonder they don't bang their heads. At one point there were two of them in there leaving barely enough room for them to peck at the seeds.

The drawing page I turned to in the 3-D book was the beginning of the "I" figures which means that I draw five different letter "I"s. Not very interesting. I nearly convinced myself to skip them but then my conscience got the best of me and I caved. Hopefully tomorrow's figure is more interesting than a bunch of "I"s.

The daily drawing page said to draw the shoes I wore today so I took off my shoes, plopped them on the table on a sheet of paper, and drew my ducks. I used the wax pastels to color them in.

I made a slow cooker full of WW Sweet Potato Cauliflower Soup today. It smelled really good while it was cooking. It has a chipotle pepper and some adobo sauce in it so it has a bit of a kick, not too much, just right. Once the veggies are all cooked you use a stick blender to cream it all then add fat-free half-and-half and some whipped cream cheese so it's creamy and delicious. And only 3 WW points per cup. Guess what I had for supper. Sorry that the cup is half empty but I was so into eating it I almost forgot to take its picture. You can load it up with crumbled bacon or shredded cheese or French fried onions or pepitas but those add points. I chose the zero points option of chopped scallions. Mm, good.

The watercolor today is a stretch of ocean floor with one little black and white Banded Butterflyfish almost swimming out of the frame. I don't know why this picture interests me so much but I wish I was in it right now.

After the furnace guys left around noon I zipped down to Zambaldi to visit with DS for a while.Today was a brew day and he was cleaning up so there was a lot of water getting sprayed around. Then he had to go into the taproom to get ready to open so I left him to his work.

Today's toss was a box of my mother-in-law's old sewing thread. It seems wrong to toss out what looks like perfectly good thread but I learned to my dismay a while back that it's weakened to the point that it continually breaks if you try to sew with it. Not worth the hassle. Not worth the house room. I did unreel a few wooden spools to keep for nostalgia and possible crafting.

My two best writing friends and one of my sisters-in-law called today which really cheered me up. I'm looking forward to spending a few days writing with friends in April.

--Barbara