Wait Your Turn

I saw this Downy Woodpecker hanging out on the Slinky this morning waiting its turn to get onto the suet pellets. There was a Sparrow up there pecking away and the Woodpecker was very patient and waited until the Sparrow left before fluttering up and having a snack.

Today I drew out of 20 Ways to Draw a Jellyfish. I think that might be my favorite book to draw out of... no, I really like all of the 20 Ways books. I can't pick a favorite. Today's drawings are a scallop, a seagull, a sea urchin, a sunfish, and a clam. I like the seagull and the urchin the best today. I wonder, do I pick the darker pictures as favorites more than the lighter ones?

After I mowed the backyard weeds and the grass that's growing downstream from the downspouts, but not the barely-grown grass that the public service guys painted the other day, I went to the grocery for ingredients and made a batch of Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Soup. Instead of roasting the red peppers myself I cheated and used pre-roasted and peeled peppers out of a jar. Well, jars because I used a jar and a half. I asked permission to snip a stem of fresh basil from my neighbor's plant. He's got a bumper crop of basil and won't use it all so I get to have a little. It's so fragrant and tasty. The soup's pretty good too. I tried this little bowlful and will let it meld overnight for the flavor to develop.

I took the day off from writing and working on ads. My shoulder's a little touchy from all of the computering I've done over the last couple weeks so I thought I'd give it a break. Instead I mowed and then walked all around the Meijer superstore because I sit too much and need to get my legs in better shape. It's always something.

--Barbara